Saturday, May 25, 2013
Qué Bonito Amor #30 (Mex 44.2-45) Friday 5/24/13 Maria's Mariachi Miracle Man or JAntos to the Rescue!
Cap. 45
Lo del Pasado:
Isa is in intensive care and all the immediate family and friends are awaiting new of her in the lounge área. JAntos knows that Ruben Olmo suspects him and is about to acto n his suspicions after he picked up a piece of paper with his name and that of the FBI written on it that Olmo accidentally dropped on the floor.
Lo del Nuevo:
Bruno The Bronzed, cousin to Orange Julius Giuliano, aka, El Gusano (tuve-tanning must be a family trait) admits the rotten truth finally to his godmother, Altagracia, about his, GG’s, and Alfredo’s lying to the authorities to save their skins at Santos and Michael’s expense. Altagracia whacks him across the chops and demands he tell Wendy the truth or else. He whimpers that he doesn’t want to because it will mean losing her, but Altagracia hisses that it will be his just desserts for having betrayed them all. He begs her to give him a bit of time to clear Santos’s name and absolve [eximir] him from all culpability. (Like does she really have any choice? Grrrr!)
El Coloso demands to know from JAntos where he came up with all that money he plunked down to pay towards Isa’s operation. JAntos and Fernando tell him to back off and leave together for a little confab.
Meanwhile, Maria and her family worry about where they’ll get the money top pay for everything. Maria tells Amalia not to think about that now: “—‘Dios squeezes tightly, but he never strangles.’ ”
Isa goes into shock and must be operated on immediately, but of course needs special B negative blood. Well, waddacoinkydink! JAntos just happens to have that special type. He will get hooked up to Isa during the operation and Maria will be there as well, “for the child’s sake.” El Celoso and Mil Amores are there for Maria’s family to give them emotional support.
Back at the JNTR bar, Don Concho’s wringing his hands because Santos has given notice. Mirna says PHHHT! This bar always does well, with or without a Vargas. Then she reminds him that he’s supposed to be taking her out to dinner. When he objects she demands and lays down the law: “—You promised me that you’d be leaving that spider-woman of a wife of yours, but I see that you really aren’t. So, this relationship ends when I say it does and not before!” He is visibly upset and talks to her in English. “—Don’t mess with me, you’re playing with fire!” “—Oh, you’re the one who started the fire. Now get it together while I go freshen up a bit [darse una mano de gato=lit. give yourself a cat’s paw]
In the operating room everything is tense as tense can be, but JAntos and Maria continue to speak to Isa while the operation progresses. (It must be for themselves, since from what I know from personal experience, when anesthesia takes over you are absolutely, positively dead to the rest of the conscious world, or might as well be. No matter, just adjust the antennae on your foil beanies a few degrees to the left.)
Susanito, meanwhile, is having an emotional crisis due to unrequited love for Irasema. Mama Mancia is angry that somebody should have rejected her son, but on the other hand, she’s angry that he should be “in love” with some unknown probably floozy and doing the nasty with her. She demands to know who it is so she can give the offensive trash a piece of her mind. When Sue has finally heard enough of Mama’s rants, he gets up to leave and yells back that he’s more than old enough to fall in love and live his own life. Meanwhile, at the entrance to their vecindad, Dona Prudencia and her sister watch as Irasema prays for forgiveness from the virgencita for all her sins and asks for nightly protection again…we assume from other sinners who may be cruel to prostitutes.
As we return to the operating room emergency, Viewerville hopes that the virgencita can multitask cuz suddenly Isa’s heart stops beating. (We are left to wonder over the next sixty seconds if the telenovela gods have finally decided to kill somebody off in this one). Everyone involved begins praying to the virgencita that she needs to get back on the stick and make sure Isa’s heart kicks in again! The virgencita gets the message luckily, and Isa’s monitors stop flat-lining. Everybody in the O.R. begins cheering.
At the same time, Fernando has brought Amalia some coffee and starts chatting a bit in hopes to calm her nerves. Amalia and he go way back, we learn, as it was Pedro who got him off the streets and taught him his first notes on the guitar. “—He’s who made me into a mariachi.”
A bit later, Maria and JAntos come out of the operating room to change. The nurse says it was obvious how much he loves the little girl, the way he continued talking to her during the whole procedure. She leaves and the two share a hug of relief.
Col, meanwhile, calms down Paloma and talks her into getting something to eat, just as the doctor, Maria and JAntos come out to the lounge. The doc announces that Isa came through the operation and is in recovery. He mentions JAntos’s donating blood and his continual verbal encouragement to her. Amalia can’t help but to thank JAntos again for being there when they most needed somebody.
In the city of Lost Angels, Altagracia prays a prayer of thanks to the virgencita and prays for continued support and strength while they fight to get Santos’s name cleared.
A bit later, Amalia and Mil are in the coffee shop chatting. She tells him that she’s always thought there was something strange about JAntos, It could be that it’s because he’s a foreigner, he suggests, or because she had bad experience with a mariachi. No, it’s not that, she says, it’s just that she felt as if he might be hiding something. Mil tells her that he’s gotten to know him pretty well and believes JAntos is a decent guy. Amalia says she’ll take that at face value since Fernando is such a close and trusted family friend, cuz he’d have told her if something bad was going on, wouldn’t he. Sure thing! (Did Fernando choke on his food just then?)
Col joins Paloma while she gets something to eat. He brings up her quinceañera party and Paloma has to admit that her boyfriend really isn’t her boyfriend anymore since he refuses to be her chambelán [escort, date] for the night. Col is ready to deck the kid for being a regular jackass, he says.
~~End parte 1~~
As
for Rodrigo, he is asleep but having nightmares about not being able to find
Paloma inside a huge forest. He awakes
with a start. Enough said about puppy
loves. FF>>
Eventually,
Isa wakes up after her surgery and both Paloma and Amalia are there bedside
with her. “—Are you angry with me?” (Hell, yeah!
You did exactly what you were told not to do; you nearly got yourself
killed, costing all of our friends all their life savings--since we didn’t have
a peso to spare--to give you a lifesaving operation; and you nearly put me back
in the hospital again; and then to top it off, Paloma found out our little
secret about your being a foundling which we’d wanted to keep quiet about but
that now everybody and his brother knows!)
“—No, dear! We both love
you! We would have been furious if you’d
died on us!” She asks them not to let
Maria know she’s awake yet because Maria will be angry with her. Why?
Because she disobeyed Maria and played in the Street on the scooter
anyway. When Amalia and Paloma gently
chide her for disobeying her and Maria and tells her she must face her sister,
all the kid can do is whine “nobody loves me.”
(Pardon me, but the kid’s bright enough to know what’s what with Maria
and JAntos, so she can pretty much figure it’s really exactly the opposite or
she’d still be laying on the side of the street. Whining to keep from facing up to Maria ain’t
gonna cut it for me, kid!) “—You need to
learn to obey for your own good, dear.”
(No duh!)
In
another part of the hospital, Oscar and Fernando discuss trying to find another
couple of serenading gigs to make back the money they all spent on Isa’s
hospital bills.
Back
in El Lay, Alta tells hubby that Bruno just confessed the truth to her that
Michael and Santos are both innocent.
Justo is pissed-off impactado and wants to wring Bruno’s neck. “--No way can we allow Wendy to marry this
crook!”
Bronzo
arrives home, crumples into a ball, and then starts crying his eyes out. “—Forgive me, Santos!” Sob! Sniffle. Sob. “--Forgive me!”
Alta
suggests that what’s best for Santos is for them to think through what their
next steps will be. They can’t really
discuss this with Wendy, either, because another wrench in the works will only
set her off [desquiciar=unhinge, disturb, perturb] further. Justo swears that Bruno and Giuliano will pay
dearly for what they’ve done to his son!
Back
in the lounge, JAntos has told Maria that he’s not going to be leaving Mexico
after all. However, he won’t tell her
the reason and asks her not to question him about it for now. All that matters is that her baby sis is all
right now. She tells him she’s eternally
grateful for his saving Isa’s life. No,
he did it out of love and love Isa all about giving. As for Maria, she’s given him way more than
he could ever need; and he’s so grateful for having met her! He’d have never
made it through otherwise. They kiss on
it.
Ok. So now Isabel wants JAntos to smooth the way
for her with Maria first. FF>>
A
little later in the lounge Paloma lets Amalia know that she’s learned their
secret about Isa’s being a foudling. She
admires her mother and Maria for taking in the little one and wants to know all
the details (which I’ll spare you).
Maria gets the go ahead to visit her baby sis.
JAntos
is already in there and tickling Isa and joking with her. He gives Isa a bit of
help with her apology to Maria. Maria
walks in and Isa repeats it verbatum.
Maria gently scolds her and all is right with the world.
Back
near the barrio, Sue takes a walk to get away from his nagging mama and ends up
in the not-so-fresh meat market. He
turns down a proposition from one of the young hookers then spies Irasema getting
into a car with some guy. He is still
there hiding in the shadows a block or so away when she returns. He is dumbfounded that the woman he fell in
love with is a streetwalker.
In
another part of the city, El Baritono gives D-- (whatever her name is, Pam and
Elvira’s third menso-teer) a personal serenade.
El
soñador and one of the other newbies in the group buy a sausage-dog and go
visit Annie. They kid her about being in
love with Mil Amores and she begins reminiscing with them about Cayetano and
remembers he was not a very nice guy.
After
a while, JAntos goes outside Isa’s room and looks for Mil. He tells JAntos that Amalia’s sixth sense or something
has her asking questions about him and he’s getting antsy having to continually
lie to her. JAntos still doesn’t want to
tell Maria anything and the two are arguing
about it when Oscar walks up to them again.
This time Oscar demands to know where JAntos money or he’s going to warn
Maria that something’s up with JAntos and that he’s hiding something. He
wheedles Mil about betraying his family and so JAntos’s finally gives. He explains it came from his parents so he’d
be able to finally get back to El Lay. “—¡Hijole!
Your parents must be rich, huh?”
JA’s all “None of your bizwax, buster”
He lays a nasty curse on El Celoso and walks off. Oscar then threatens laying a big hurto n Mil
if he finds out Mil’s been playing dirty and lying to him and Maria about what’s
really going on with JAntos. Mil acts
like he doesn’t know the first thing about what Oscar’s talking about, but
secretly he’s scared excrement-less.
A
few minutes after, Oscar and Maria are out in the hall near Isa’s room. They both try talking Amalia into going home
while they spend the rest of the night watching over Isa for her. Finally Amalia agrees to go home and Oscar
offers to drive her and Paloma back.
JAntos
finds Mil again. Mil complains he’s nervous
Nelly with all this lying for him. JAntos
complains he can’t tell the truth or he’ll lose Maria! Mil hisses back that she’s bound to find out
sooner or later and it needs to be sooner!
In fact, JAntos better tell Maria
the honest to gawd truth or he will, no if’s, and’s, or but’s.
Maria,
meanwhile, is in Isa’s room and finally gives Lety a call to give her an
update. JAntos walks in and the two of
them stay with Isa throughout the night.
He talks her through her fright when the nurse comes in to change over
her serum bags by asking her to think of what she’d love most in the
world. She wants a daddy. JAntos says he can’t get her a daddy, but
they can pretend he’s her daddy. She agrees. He tells her to wish upon a star and then
tells her that from now on he’s going to be the man in their life whom they can
depend on and who’ll look out for them. Ah, ¡qué bonito amor!
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That's a craptacular hospital that a) they let Maria in the operating room for no reason and b) the doctors & nurses just stood around as Isabel died and did nothing except watch Maria & Santos pray over Isabel.
I believe it was an Elvira/Lourdes free episode, so that's good.
What we learned:
Justo learned Santos & Michael are indeed innocent, betrayed by Bruno, Guiliano & Arnold.
The doctors learned Santos & Maria love Isabel as if they were her parents*.
Santos learned Amalia is still suspicious of him & questioned Fernando about him.
We learned Ruben & Oscar are suspicious of Santos having so much money..........where did he get it from?
Oscar learned Santos' parents gave him the money to return to LA.......but that much money must mean they are rich or something.
Isabel learned what happens when you disobey your sister & mother.
We learned there's some dude named Cayetano that did Ana wrong.
*I know Maria's supposed to be pure, etc. but I think it would've been a fantastic twist if Maria were actually Isabel's mother and the "left on the doorstep" was just a cover for Maria's pregnancy. Not gonna happen but it would've been a nice twist.
I believe it was an Elvira/Lourdes free episode, so that's good.
What we learned:
Justo learned Santos & Michael are indeed innocent, betrayed by Bruno, Guiliano & Arnold.
The doctors learned Santos & Maria love Isabel as if they were her parents*.
Santos learned Amalia is still suspicious of him & questioned Fernando about him.
We learned Ruben & Oscar are suspicious of Santos having so much money..........where did he get it from?
Oscar learned Santos' parents gave him the money to return to LA.......but that much money must mean they are rich or something.
Isabel learned what happens when you disobey your sister & mother.
We learned there's some dude named Cayetano that did Ana wrong.
*I know Maria's supposed to be pure, etc. but I think it would've been a fantastic twist if Maria were actually Isabel's mother and the "left on the doorstep" was just a cover for Maria's pregnancy. Not gonna happen but it would've been a nice twist.
Permalink posted by 
: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 11:04:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 11:04:00 AM EDT
Anon, tht would have been a nice twist, but it's not going to happen. Also, Susanito learned that Iresma is a lady of the night!
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 2:01:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 2:01:00 PM EDT
One thing I really like about this novela albeit it can be frustrating is that we learn bits and pieces of backstories as we go along. We aren't subject to what we always call a core dump where two character sit down and tell a long story to get it all out at once.
We also lesarned for sure who wears the pants in the Concho Mima relationship
We also lesarned for sure who wears the pants in the Concho Mima relationship
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 2:18:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 2:18:00 PM EDT
All done, folks! Sort of the eye of the hurricane IMHO with last night's episodio. ITA the hospital operating situation was all beanie bash but I did wonder if the TN gods would choose to finish off the little one, despite my years of experience correctly second-guessing them! LOL!
I loved the scene between meowing Mirna and grouchy Concho. I enjoyed this epi most though because it was an Vampira/Lewdes-free epi.
I loved the scene between meowing Mirna and grouchy Concho. I enjoyed this epi most though because it was an Vampira/Lewdes-free epi.
Jardinera, I'm stealing the Vampira name!
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 3:27:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 3:27:00 PM EDT
One does have to suspend disbelief in watching novelas. JAntos is hooked up to give blood to Isa who is in critical about to die condition and the docs take his word he has the same blood type without even checking. Then after giving who knows how much he hops off the table and goes about his business without even a glass of orange juice or a cookie. Wonder what would have happened if he had passed out.
Poor Sue finding out the truth. Now I wonder how he will react once the shock wears off. Will he confront Ira in a nasty little scene or go after JAntos for the set up in the first place. At least he seems to be getting out from under Mancia's thumb.
So Santos has a pile of money to get him back to LA. Now exactly how was he going to do that. He has no papers and no passport so he can't take a plane, a bus or even drive without being stopped at the border. What he should do is go to the American Embassy and turn himself in. He'd then be extradited back to the US and could clear his name. And since he is the son of a diplomat he might just be turned over to Justo. Somehow I don't see him hooking up with some coyotes to make the trek.
Oscar actually surprised me by being so nice to Paloma. He always strikes me as being selfish and self absorbed. He's nice to the family but it always with the ulterior motive of looking good to Maria.
Amelia the human lie detector can pick up the JAntos is hiding something but she had no trouble believing the cock and bull story Concho told her and that involved her beloved Pedro.
BB is now really in trouble if he tells OJ that she spilled the frijoles to Gracia. Poor WW is about to find out that her wedding dreams are kaput because no way in hell are her parents going to let that happen.
Poor Sue finding out the truth. Now I wonder how he will react once the shock wears off. Will he confront Ira in a nasty little scene or go after JAntos for the set up in the first place. At least he seems to be getting out from under Mancia's thumb.
So Santos has a pile of money to get him back to LA. Now exactly how was he going to do that. He has no papers and no passport so he can't take a plane, a bus or even drive without being stopped at the border. What he should do is go to the American Embassy and turn himself in. He'd then be extradited back to the US and could clear his name. And since he is the son of a diplomat he might just be turned over to Justo. Somehow I don't see him hooking up with some coyotes to make the trek.
Oscar actually surprised me by being so nice to Paloma. He always strikes me as being selfish and self absorbed. He's nice to the family but it always with the ulterior motive of looking good to Maria.
Amelia the human lie detector can pick up the JAntos is hiding something but she had no trouble believing the cock and bull story Concho told her and that involved her beloved Pedro.
BB is now really in trouble if he tells OJ that she spilled the frijoles to Gracia. Poor WW is about to find out that her wedding dreams are kaput because no way in hell are her parents going to let that happen.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 3:46:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 3:46:00 PM EDT
Thanks, Jardineria, for an excellent recap of an action packed episode.
C’mon everybody, the party’s in the OR! Or, if not exactly a party, a manufactured crisis and a good old fashioned sob-n-pray fest. Ay caramba, that was ridiculous.
I like Gracia and Justo a lot; they have rare good sense, and Santos clearly takes after them. But I’ve been thinking. Maybe Wendy is a foundling, too? ‘Cause I don’t know where she got all those stupidity and whining genes.
Ana’s reaction to Santos having the same blood type as Isa seemed suspicious to me, like maybe she knows something. And Cayetanto? Don’t tell me she’s got a history with the randy old goat on the next ranch over? ;)
I’ve decided I like Myrna.
C’mon everybody, the party’s in the OR! Or, if not exactly a party, a manufactured crisis and a good old fashioned sob-n-pray fest. Ay caramba, that was ridiculous.
I like Gracia and Justo a lot; they have rare good sense, and Santos clearly takes after them. But I’ve been thinking. Maybe Wendy is a foundling, too? ‘Cause I don’t know where she got all those stupidity and whining genes.
Ana’s reaction to Santos having the same blood type as Isa seemed suspicious to me, like maybe she knows something. And Cayetanto? Don’t tell me she’s got a history with the randy old goat on the next ranch over? ;)
I’ve decided I like Myrna.
Carolina I thought Ana's reaction was odd too then again she is very suspicious of him and all men. They don't know that apparently JAntos has never been in the DF but then again she may just think it is an odd coinky dink.
JAntos doesn't seem like they type to get someone pregnant and walk out on them in contrast to Oscar who did.
Time will tell and we have many moons to go
JAntos doesn't seem like they type to get someone pregnant and walk out on them in contrast to Oscar who did.
Time will tell and we have many moons to go
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 5:46:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 5:46:00 PM EDT
DCG, I don't think Santos is Isa's dad for a whole lot of reasons. ITA, he's not that type of guy. Ana's reaction was odd and you could be right that she just thought is was a coinky dink, perhaps only meant to show us how word was getting around? Or maybe that Ana knows something about Isa's history without being directly involved. Or, given how loosely put together this show is, maybe it means nothing at all. :)
BTW, I forgot to say above how much I enjoyed Gracia slapping Bruno.
BTW, I forgot to say above how much I enjoyed Gracia slapping Bruno.
Good work, Jardinera.
I did enjoy seeing Altagracia grill Bruno like a steak and slap him afterward. He deserves a long stay at San Quentin (or wherever) and if the Godfather has him whacked he's no loss to anyone. I do hope that Justo frogmarches him to the authorities in Monday's episode.
Wendy deserves to be sentenced to the convent.
Irasema deserves a lot of sympathy. We don't know her backstory but I'm wondering if she got knocked up and was thrown out of the house by unsympathetic parents. And poor Susanito for having to see for himself that she is a streetwalker. It will be a while before he gets over that.
I did enjoy seeing Altagracia grill Bruno like a steak and slap him afterward. He deserves a long stay at San Quentin (or wherever) and if the Godfather has him whacked he's no loss to anyone. I do hope that Justo frogmarches him to the authorities in Monday's episode.
Wendy deserves to be sentenced to the convent.
Irasema deserves a lot of sympathy. We don't know her backstory but I'm wondering if she got knocked up and was thrown out of the house by unsympathetic parents. And poor Susanito for having to see for himself that she is a streetwalker. It will be a while before he gets over that.
Jardinera, I enjoyed the recap so much more than the actual episode.
The hospital scene was super predictable, down to Santos being the needed blood type. I'll never understand why Maria was allowed to hang out in the operating room.
I was amazed that Bruno confessed to Altagracia. It seems to me that marriage to Whiny Wendy would at least begin the punishment he deserves.
The landlady's blonde sister from out of town?? Don't know why she's visiting, except for the random fun of it and maybe to see more of that nice joven JA??
The hospital scene was super predictable, down to Santos being the needed blood type. I'll never understand why Maria was allowed to hang out in the operating room.
I was amazed that Bruno confessed to Altagracia. It seems to me that marriage to Whiny Wendy would at least begin the punishment he deserves.
The landlady's blonde sister from out of town?? Don't know why she's visiting, except for the random fun of it and maybe to see more of that nice joven JA??
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 9:38:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 9:38:00 PM EDT
La Paloma: regarding El Bronzo "marriage to Whiny Wendy would at least begin the punishment he deserves" LOL! Couldn't have put it better myself!
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UrbanA: LOL!"grilled like a steak" --and I'd say burned to a crisp. I wasn't expecting his confession this soon. This guy really is a wimp.
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Carolina: " a manufactured crisis and a good old fashioned sob-n-pray fest" -- perfect description of another magnificent melodramatic machination de Mejia.
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UrbanA: LOL!"grilled like a steak" --and I'd say burned to a crisp. I wasn't expecting his confession this soon. This guy really is a wimp.
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Carolina: " a manufactured crisis and a good old fashioned sob-n-pray fest" -- perfect description of another magnificent melodramatic machination de Mejia.
IMHO JAntos's having the necessary blood type is just another Mejia overdone coinkydink.
Could be that Isa is Irasema's little girl, but I figure she's Concho's or Mirna's lovechild tho' not from their current affair with each other.
Could be that Isa is Irasema's little girl, but I figure she's Concho's or Mirna's lovechild tho' not from their current affair with each other.
Well, since the story has given Isabel a medical crisis involving a blood type not shared with her family the writers would have had to follow through on her origins. It will probably take a long time from this point before we know who her birth parents are. Santos' continued presence in Mexico will not be the only reason for this.
While being married to Wendy would be an appropriate punishment for Bruno, Justo and Altagracia don't deserve to be stuck with him for a yerno. The one certain thing is that unless there are substantial funds in Wendy's name (which I doubt) Bruno won't get any money out of the Garza family.
While being married to Wendy would be an appropriate punishment for Bruno, Justo and Altagracia don't deserve to be stuck with him for a yerno. The one certain thing is that unless there are substantial funds in Wendy's name (which I doubt) Bruno won't get any money out of the Garza family.
Jar--As someone on Caray has said--you put a fork in it--it's done to perfection, never charred.
Got to mention: Viewerville hopes that the virgencita can multitask cuz suddenly Isa’s heart stops beating. And The virgencita gets the message luckily, and Isa’s monitors stop flat-lining. Everybody in the O.R. begins cheering. (Mejia does love his inspirational moments. Maybe he should be writing for La Rosa de Guadalupe.)
My other thoughts and comments have already been covered--from operating room practices, blood typing, parentage, to a nearly out-of-body experience for Isa--while the medical staff stands back and watches. Then Isa just pops her eyes open and she's just fine, even wearing lipstick! She's an 8-year-old child and she's in a huge bed and the rails are down on both sides. Please, give reality a break!
Anon207, "craptacular hospital," good one and also glad you mentioned it was an Elvira/Lourdes free episode--and also a Lorena-free episode.
Decie G--I agree. We've all been wondering about back stories and this is a nice way to present them, just in casual conversation. We're so used to these tn's connecting all the characters together in some way, we can't help thinking about Jorge Alfredo's blood type being exactly like Isa's. My queja is that this is "un hospital privado" and as such, they should have a blood bank with every known match in cold storage. Maybe I would have believed it if they had said it's out of stock.
This is all to say that we may or may never know Isa's parentage. We do know that now Paloma knows that Isa came "from somewhere else," so that may be a hint that we'll find out.
Suspension of belief is the operative phrase with this one!...That's why we wear beanies, so we can survive the suspension of belief.
Anita La Dama del Queso
Got to mention: Viewerville hopes that the virgencita can multitask cuz suddenly Isa’s heart stops beating. And The virgencita gets the message luckily, and Isa’s monitors stop flat-lining. Everybody in the O.R. begins cheering. (Mejia does love his inspirational moments. Maybe he should be writing for La Rosa de Guadalupe.)
My other thoughts and comments have already been covered--from operating room practices, blood typing, parentage, to a nearly out-of-body experience for Isa--while the medical staff stands back and watches. Then Isa just pops her eyes open and she's just fine, even wearing lipstick! She's an 8-year-old child and she's in a huge bed and the rails are down on both sides. Please, give reality a break!
Anon207, "craptacular hospital," good one and also glad you mentioned it was an Elvira/Lourdes free episode--and also a Lorena-free episode.
Decie G--I agree. We've all been wondering about back stories and this is a nice way to present them, just in casual conversation. We're so used to these tn's connecting all the characters together in some way, we can't help thinking about Jorge Alfredo's blood type being exactly like Isa's. My queja is that this is "un hospital privado" and as such, they should have a blood bank with every known match in cold storage. Maybe I would have believed it if they had said it's out of stock.
This is all to say that we may or may never know Isa's parentage. We do know that now Paloma knows that Isa came "from somewhere else," so that may be a hint that we'll find out.
Suspension of belief is the operative phrase with this one!...That's why we wear beanies, so we can survive the suspension of belief.
Anita La Dama del Queso
Sometime during AB someone posted the comparison blood type stats between the US and Mexico and yesterday I went in search of similar information in an attempt to understand this.
Apparently, blood donation to blood banks is believed to not be commonplace in Latin America so situations of this type usually call for donation from a blood relative. The American Red Cross therefore needs to make a special effort to get US Hispanics to donate blood because they tend not to trust the collection process or understand it.
That would account for why this is such a commonplace plot point in novelas. However, you'd think that it would by now have influenced someone to initiate the establishment of blood banks in these countries.
Apparently, blood donation to blood banks is believed to not be commonplace in Latin America so situations of this type usually call for donation from a blood relative. The American Red Cross therefore needs to make a special effort to get US Hispanics to donate blood because they tend not to trust the collection process or understand it.
That would account for why this is such a commonplace plot point in novelas. However, you'd think that it would by now have influenced someone to initiate the establishment of blood banks in these countries.
I've noticed that Danna Garcia is in the Garnier Ultra Color hair treatment commercials sometime shown during the show. She looks different in that she is brunette in the commercial and obviously not in costume, but they flash her name and she does say a few words in the commercial. Many of these commercials are also on YouTube.
Gobluefan from OH: Welcome! Nice to see there are others who're watching this musical Mejia monstrosity along with us!
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Anon207: ITA with Anita that craptacular has a certain definitive ring to it and I'll second or third your opinion here.
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DecieGirl: that kind of slow backgrounder drip of an info drop does add to the so called "mystery". : ? )
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Anon207: ITA with Anita that craptacular has a certain definitive ring to it and I'll second or third your opinion here.
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DecieGirl: that kind of slow backgrounder drip of an info drop does add to the so called "mystery". : ? )
Televisa actors frequently do commercials, both on camera and voice-over. I've heard Enrique Rocha's voice a number of times; no surprise.
Can't wait for Manuel Ojeda to appear on camera in this series.
Can't wait for Manuel Ojeda to appear on camera in this series.
Jardinera
The slow drip of info does add to the mystery. Writers are trained not to dump everything at once. Unfortunately bad writers and novelas sometimes have them think it is quicker to just have a character blurt out everything in long monologue. It slows down the action and detracts from the mystery. Imagine if during that tense anxious scene in the hospital Fernando instead of saying Pedro had introduced him to music said instead, remember how Pedro found me on the street, a starving young boy with no family, bought me torta and talked music and then showed me how to play the guitar and to sing and made me a mariachi. He taught me to love music and I honor him and your family everyday.
The whole scene would have been slow and the drama leeched out of it.
For all its faults at least this novela keeps us interested with drips and drabs not a flood of information.
The slow drip of info does add to the mystery. Writers are trained not to dump everything at once. Unfortunately bad writers and novelas sometimes have them think it is quicker to just have a character blurt out everything in long monologue. It slows down the action and detracts from the mystery. Imagine if during that tense anxious scene in the hospital Fernando instead of saying Pedro had introduced him to music said instead, remember how Pedro found me on the street, a starving young boy with no family, bought me torta and talked music and then showed me how to play the guitar and to sing and made me a mariachi. He taught me to love music and I honor him and your family everyday.
The whole scene would have been slow and the drama leeched out of it.
For all its faults at least this novela keeps us interested with drips and drabs not a flood of information.
Permalink posted by : Monday, May 27, 2013 at 12:44:00 PM EDT
: Monday, May 27, 2013 at 12:44:00 PM EDT
Gracias, Jardinera! I'm getting caught up today. Geez the Virgen has her hands full with this bunch!
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