Caray, Caray!

Good work, Kat.

I dearly hope that JA told Fernando where the meeting was. I am shocked, quite frankly, that he didn't follow him there. The florist could have delivered the gift.

It will be interesting to see what happens when Derecho and Curtis show up. Of course, they are more inept than their Mexican counterparts, so I'm sure we're going to spend the remaining 36 episodes waiting for all this to be sorted out.
 

URBAN I agree that the Mexican ineptos are a step up the evolutionary chain than Dumb and Dumber. They at least know who JAntos is although for some reason they like their counterparts in LA have somehow jumped to the conclusion that JTNR is a hotbed of crime. When Dumb proposed and Dumber fainted I almost did myself. Never saw that one coming.

I must have missed something somewhere. When did JAntos ever tell Ruben he would give himself up and to who?

I don't think the note placing thugs were the ones who killed Gloria. These two looked much more professional than street thugs and since they apparently work for either Ruben or OJ there would be as better class of killer.

Good point about hoping JAntos told Fer about the meeting place not that it will do any good since the actual meeting is someplace else. This being Novelaland somehow Fernando will find the correct place should JAntos need him.

Looks like Ana got another love letter but once again isn't told who is sending them leading her to continue to think that poor sad sack 7 Seas is the romantic.
 

OOps, Paquita; I got the days mixed up.

Decie, I don't recall anything like that, either. No way would JA promise Ruben anything like that. It's Ruben blowing smoke again.

The Mexican police might think that JNTR is a hotbed of crime because of their misconceptions about JA. Money laundering is hardly on par with violent crime.

The two street thugs are not the ones JA was meeting.
 

Thank you Paquita, for keeping a clear head through all this messiness. You made it a fun read anyway.

So now we know from the refrito that the all-in-black crew (and The Man in Black looked delicious) was at first waiting in the "Medical Forensic Center" or something like that. JA picked up the folder and the scene closed.

Then the party moved to a room with lattice partitions and Roddy was handed the box with his mother's ashes.

Poor JA, he's lost his little nido de amor and his one bed. But I guess he won't be needing it tonight?

What I got from the Ruben wants JA to turn him in also is a two-parter. A day or two before when JA finds out that Ruben is the attorney for the bar and has to work with him, there is something about meeting with officials and maybe handing in the financial report (?) or paying the back taxes (?). JA has no problem with that (he says--but is probably a bit worried about meeting with officials of any kind). Whatever the word was, it was not assesoria, but I could have sworn it started with an -a- but I didn't get any further than that.

Last night, Ruben is challenging him to keep his promise to take care of the matter personally. (Note that Ruben is picking the time for all these meetings.)

I finally believe in JA and Maria's deep feelings for each other, on the stage at JNTR and off in the dressing room.

If they are together, united for the long haul, then something else will pull them apart physically, like jail or a sequester. Looking forward to tonight.
 

ANITA Speaking of that bed the other night wasn't JA saying something about having to get a bigger bed, the one he had was too small.

You're right about the Ruben JA convo in the bar when JAntos found out he was the lawyer for the bar. It did involve the fines or taxes or whatever. The funny thing is you tend to take the scene at face value and forget about it and then something comes up later on and you think what the heck is that all about. I just took the conversation at JNTR as Ruben trying to lord it over JAntos as to who is more important to the bar, the lowly administrator or the mighty lawyer. What my husband always called the mine is bigger than yours conversation.

So Mirna thinks Maria is going to be her ticket into the bar. I guess she forgot how snotty she was to her especially after she allied herself with Elvirus. Now on the other hand Mirna could tell Maria and everyone else the truth about the infamous wax job and get back at Elvirus for throwing her out of the bar.

I had to laugh at the meeting between Elvirus and OJ. He obviously didn't think much of her while she on the other hand thought he was hot stuff.
 

She would go for those cold blue eyes of his.

I hope Mirna does spill the frijoles. Elvirus needs to be put in her place... behind bars. She stole money that got two waitresses fired and was responsible for Maria's "accident."
 

Decie Girl - on your comment from yesterday re: the rose petals -
Not to belabor a point, but I, too, thought at first that they were in the Susanito/Ira scene but if you look at the screen caps, you can clearly see that it is JA with the bare leg and Maria with the bare back among the rose petals. Also in the closeup, Maria's hair ribbon is very evident, as are the petals next to her head. Then, in the morning ... nothing!

 

I'll be almighty frustrated if neither Elvius and Mirna don't end up in the slammer. Both of them have committed numerous crimes. It always galls me in novelas when secondary characters get away with their crimes because the focus is on the main characters and their problems and they run out of time to tie up all the loose ends.
 

Anon

Right you are. I went back to the screen caps and blew them up and it is clearly JS so the whole thing is a really bad example of cutting and editing a scene. There were no roses in JAntos place and Maria certsainly didn't arrive carrying a bunch of them so the whole thing which was supposed to be romantic looks like a screwed up mess. That is really bad continuity. And of course no evidence visible the next morning. For shame. That has to go down as one of my altime worst screw ups.
 

Decie--It can't be that bad (but bad enough). The rose petals, I mean.

I've had to stifle some guffaws when I see a seduction scene and the guy has a million candles and has them all lit by the time the girl comes out of the bathroom (can't remember which tn, and it's late....)

It must be one of those Telenovela Laws--There must be candles and rose petals.

Did you notice all the candles lit in the corner--and I'm just looking at the screen shot.

See you diehards tomorrow--amigas.