Caray, Caray!

Thank you, Cap’n for an entertaining and detailed recap. What an excellent title, this is so convoluting but true.

The asides are hilarious, just to name a few:
•To take basic management training
•Tomas the magnificent- mind melding
•Mayuya is a total skank, ewww!
•She’s using all her resources to find the stolen one, but at least the other one had a great mother, nudge nudge wink wink, and is happy.
•Lara chloroforms Eusebia who must have been on break from her all-seeing eye.
Along with the Delfina meltdown counts.
Yes, Jose is absolutely awesome, down from his tight shirts to his belted pants. Ahhhh! What a delicious piece of eye candy.
I’m not complaining but the episodes are becoming predictable. We know that DamFab will survive, so it’s looks like the two Keystone cops will sustain another smack down from Hernan the Horrible.

 

Sylvia, you must be exhausted after crafting this amazing recap. Yes, I think you totally deserve being carried for a bit by the handsome and charming Jose.

This was a veritable treasure trove of jema. In addition to what Tablet jefa noted, "...Delfina’s final and bestest tirade from last "DamFine is washed up on shore, his" and "he molded Hernan from a loser into a winner. (Who hasn’t really won anything yet, but hope springs eternal)" were a few of my favorites.

Why do crafty villains who know how to keep the darkest secrets do not hesitate to pathetically reveal and regurgitate their lost loves? Fully has armed Hernan with yet another piece of information to be used against him but little do they know it is mother and daughter that they are obsessed with.

So Ernesto had Hernan's parents killed... May be a key factor in leading to his demise as I suspect Hernan will not take that news lightly.

"As predicted, Mayuya drops her knickers for Fulgencio". HA! Now that is a scene I think we could all live without watching. What we have to endure! ;)

Diana
 

Diana here again. Not sure what happened, but my cut and paste job left out most of my favorite lines so here they are again (in better format):

This was a veritable treasure trove of gems. In addition to what Tablet jefa noted, "...Delfina's final and bestest tirade from last night. Blame! Freaky eyes", "DamFine is washed up on shore, his manly chest bared to the elements" and "he molded Hernan from a loser into a winner. (Who hasn’t really won anything yet, but hope springs eternal)".

Thanks again Sylvia!
 

Wow Sylvia. You got the perfect episode, when Captain Fabre, the senior, ends up as Sharkbait.

Since we know Fully was likely behind that boat explosion, it would be a bit of poetic justice if Estercita ends up being eaten by sharks during this explosion. Not that I want her to end that way.

Dam has been surviving murder attempts for a long time now. How many of his 9 lives has he used up?

Mayuya sure has been a busy bee since Ester went missing.
 

Great title! ROTFLOL! And I think that "shark" was an orca?
 

So, has this tn officially jumped the shark now? It feels that way, like it's become ungrounded somehow. Was this episode a complete one, or another chop job?

I need Marina to be less passive and start asking some questions like who tried to blow up her man, and who tried to burn down her fishing plant, with her in it? Wouldn't you be just a bit curious and on edge?
 

Sylvia:

I so enjoyed this spectacular recap! You rock! Really liked the title.

Ay, yi, yi, what an epi last night. Dam Delicious is back! The sea returned him. So now we know how his Papa died. Is it history repeating, hmmmmm......

Vivi:

You were right about Ernesto being the big boss. As far as Marina goes, I think she is too worried about Dam Delicious being in the land of the conscious than she is about who did this to him. I think she may start asking questions once he comes around.

I had to laugh about Eusebia's third eye being closed. I was hoping her spirit would wake up Dam Delicious to the danger.

Really liked all your lines that TJ and Diana quoted : )

Mayaya is a tool. And Rosy que, que what???? She had a child out of wedlock, so who is she to speak! And with the town nogoodnik at that!

I am glad the Commandante is still on the job, bugging Nereo's place! I hope they gets lots of stuff on him and Herny, and Fully.

Oh, and liked your reference to picadillo ; )
 

Wonderful recap, Cap'n Sylvia! Thank you.

I loved loved loved the title. The perfect title for this episode.

I was not surprised to find out that Ernesto is the big bad boss. I had suspected that for some time now. I was surprised to find out though that he molded Hernan to be just like him and killed his parents for being traitors. So were Hernan's parents also part of the business?

So Ernesto wants to push Hernan until he is without morals and scruples. But it seems to me that he already is without morals and scruples.
 

Alright, time for another rundown of the entangled background stories of the senior players in this tale:

Mercedes: Loved Michel Fabre; loved Ariel Riverte; had Marina and Magdalena by Ariel; loved by Fulgencio; owned/hated by Ernesto; hates Fully and Ernesto

Ernesto: Mercedes’ ex-pimp/current enemy; Hernan and Fully’s human trafficking boss; kidnapped Magda; killed Hernan’s parents; Hernan’s mentor

Fulgenico: Loves Mercedes; ex-lover/baby daddy of Rosy; married Delfina; fathered Ester by Delfina and Laz by Rosy; hated/murdered Michel Fabre; hates Damian Fabre

Ariel: Loved Mercedes; married Bea; fathered Marina and Magda by Mercedes; best friends with Ariel; died of apparent natural causes

Michel: Loved Damian’s mom/his wife; Dam’s dad; friends with Mercedes; loved by Mercedes; best friends with Ariel; Fulgencio’s enemy; killed because of explosion planned by Fully (and convenient shark)

 

Tks mucho Cap'n

¡Sharknado!
I hope we have more flashbacks to Michel Fabre, ¡que hombre!
We still don't know who Damien's mom was.
I don't think this has jumped the shark, (yet). A new record for Mejia, probably tks to Monica. Maybe it's just WL that does it for me.
 

Thanks, Captain.
Yikes, the scene of FabDaddysaying goodbye to Little Dam was sad. I had to turn off that scene at the end. ...too gruesome to contemplate.
I just knew that MayDay was going to make a play for Fully. Those two make a disgusting pair.
so is Mercedes going to stop DamSleepingBeauty from being smothered by those two inept cops ? how many times has Wiley Coyote tried to kill DamLucky ???? 4 ?...
 

What a great and funny recap Sylvia. As I was reading this this morning, I laughed out loud when I came to:

"...and it pains me to say it...sharkbait."

I'm feeling really badly for poor Estercita, except for her mom and few busybodies, no one seems to really care all that much about Estercita's fate. Everyone is praying for Damián to regain consciousness but I didn't hear a lot of praying for Estercita... well, I for one want her to survive. No way should Damián and Marina be given a greenlight that easily.

I was hoping that Hernán might offer to play his fiddle to help Fully cope with his grief over the loss of Estercita.

And how stupid is Fully to believe that Hernán had nothing to do with the explosion? So remind me, who else has been planning to blow up Damián?

Carlos
 

Hi, Sylvia,

Loved your recap. Your take on things is so fun.

Despite his opulent life style, has Hernan ever succeeded at anything?

Carlos: prediction; Ester is too annoying to be dead.

Vivi: thanks for the up to date scorecard.

Thanks again Sylvia. I like your writing.

David
 

In this TN, the Virgin has two manifestations, both with wielding the title "Virgo potens" (Virgin Most Powerful): Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of the Sea. The "rogation" mass at the beach had the image of Our Lady of the Sea. While Eusebia's devotion is mainly to Our Lady of Guadalupe which at times she grabs the image and kisses it. Remember in the previous episode she claimed to have direct communication with the Lady especially in her trances. She is a candidate for immediate sainthood upon her death. And this island could well become a Marian Shrine.
 

Anon- I noticed in the scene when Eusebia kissed her statue of La Virgen de Guadalupe, she called her “mi niña chula” or something like that. I thought it was cute and funny.
 

Wonderful Captain!! I echo all the compliments already heaped upon you. So well deserved. This was great. And your title was brilliant!

I laughed as well as seeing Fully go all mushy regarding Mercedes. I thought crooks always watched their backs with each other, but Hernan is accumulating a lot of achilles heel info on his partner. That Cesar, he always gets around with his female characters, old and young bless him. Who's the real stud muffin, huh?

Ernesto is just the ultimate scum I guess. And we have him to thank for Hernan--is that supposed to imply that Hernan might be eventually redeemable? Could be interesting.

Couple chuckle moments for me last night, that really shouldn't have been. Loved Delfina with her cackle of town ladies, DamFine's sudden ability to find a shirt when he appeared on the beach and having the wherewithal to give a few good smacks to Mari before succumbing to the required death-watch trauma's, and the oh so predictable bad cops.

Really disliking Mayu more with every episode. She's going to make Pester look like small potatoes in the annoying villianess category real soon. I actually still vote that when we next see Pester, she may not be the girl we had all learned to know and "love".

Daisynjay
 

Daisynjay- I actually do love Ester. :)

I've never really considered Ester a villain. Just a brat (an abused one). And the times she's gone off on Marina were the times Mayuya put the jealousy bug in her ear and instigated it. She's even the one who egged Ester on to seduce Dam at all costs (even getting pregnant) on her honeymoon. She's always been the real villain, and now she gets the chance to really spread her poison to Delfina, Fully, and the whole town (instigating hatred against Marina), now that Estercita is out of the way.
 

How long will Damian's coma last? A few episodes? Perhaps this was during the period William Levy had difficulty with the writers and kept changing their "script". The writers may have punished him by putting him into a coma. And he may have punished them by mumbling lines he did not think were particularly well crafted. An untold story of artistic differences on the set.
 

Mayuya is what they say in Spanish - a mosquita muerta. Someone who looks innocent to others (except to us on The Patio) but is actually really venomous. The character was originally going to be played by Jessica Coch but they made the cast change at the last minute and hired Malisha Quitana to play the part. Malisha is also a new actress and she's doing such a good job with this character.
 

However, I would have loved to have seen Jessica Coch in this role. She also would have done a good job.
 

Thanks for reading y'all, and thanks for the comments. They are always insightful and informative.

Anon, thank you for the info on the two Virgins. I will have to watch the rogation mass again and look for Our Lady of the Sea.

Diana, this is brilliant - "Why do crafty villains who know how to keep the darkest secrets do not hesitate to pathetically reveal and regurgitate their lost loves?" Don't be surprised if you see this pop up again; I have saved it in my IttyBittyDittyBag just in case.

Audrey, I also thought the first "shark" fin was an orca. But that didn't look quite right either. So I think the first shark we saw was a fin and a tail, maybe like a thresher shark? (Harmless to humans but this is a telenovela.) The second looked like a tiger shark or maybe a great white.

Vivi, I thought about using "jumping the shark", but to me it doesn't feel like we are quite there. Yet. But I could be persuaded otherwise. I would definitely be on edge if someone were throwing rocks with my name on it through my window. But I was impressed with Marina's ability to compartmentalize and put mom first. I appreciate your rundown. I think we are going to need these frequently.

Mads, picadillo, lol! Glad you caught that.

I was very annoyed that we say no sign of Estercita in last night's episode. We were denied.

Mauricio, interesting info about Jessico Coch. She would have been perfect, but so is Malisha Quintana.
 

That was so funny how one minute DamFab was DamShirtless and the next he had a shirt on. I'll have to take a look again but it looked to me that DamFab was wearing different pants when he showed up at the beach than what he was originally wearing when we saw him unconscious.
 

Carlos and any other fans of PesterEster...Never fear. I think that she has been rescued by the Coast Guard and at this very moment is screaming and throwing a waterlogged , major league hissy fit right there on their deck. Ester is too spoiled to die.
 

Cap'n Sylvia - (captain's) hats off to you for another fabulous recap. very funny. loved it. thank you!



Variopinta - WL so does it for me big time; whether as DamFab or Michel. I miss him when he's not on screen.

DamFab appearing fully clothed - utter disappointment. plus, he had khakis on instead of the jeans he was wearing when the boat exploded, and when he first appeared washed up on the rock.




 

Cap'n Sylvia - Thanks for a hilarious recap. Adding to the lines already mentioned, these are gems too:

"And who to her desperate eyes should appear? But Damian Fabre, staggering near."

"Delfina heads for the hospital with her horde of harridans at her heels."

I have my bet on Estercita returning. She's far too much fun to go now.
 

Cap'n I'm glad to know that someone agrees gets my vampire theory. Thanks.

So geriatric "Alice" (ya gotta be a Twilight fan) can see the future and send her spirit to warn Damien of danger, but she can't see men sneaking up on her? Hmmmm.

P.S. wouldn't it have been awesome if the had snuck up on her spirit watching Damien from the hallway?

Cynderella
 

The Virgin of Guadalupe is beautiful. i loved it when Eusebia called her "mi Nina chula." I do not catch many words, but I caught those. I am not Catholic, but years ago I went to a Catholic hospital for surgery, and there was a big statue of Mary right outside my room. I remember looking up at her and talking to her as I was wheeled to the operating room. P.s. I had a good result. thank you, Mary. she and Eusebia seem to be Bffs.
 

Susanlynn, Yes, that was a sweet moment when Eusebia called the virgincita "chula". It's good to know La Virgincita is non denominational in her goodwill. Glad to hear your surgery turned out well. I am not Catholic either, but when I was in Italy I thought it would be worth my while to attend an outdoor blessing by the Pope. I figured it couldn't hurt.
 

The magically changing and appearing clothing was the reason why I wondered if this episode was a chop job, and if Dam had first been found by a nice old lady by the sea (like Dan in Amor Bravio) who clothed him before he wandered off again.
 

Sylvia thanks so much for this wonderful recap. Your sense of humor was great and you gave me several laughs.

Wow, I knew Mayuya was bad but trying to jump Fully is so icky. ITA Diana it was a scene we all never had to see.

Glad we got more info on many of the characters. Though Hernan could be redeemed, I think once he realizes Ernesto killed his parents he'll kill his mentor (so Mercedes won't have to).


 

Oh, good point Vivi on the possible apparel change. Forgot that may have been a result of chop and dice by the monkeys in the editing room.

Didn't WL do the same "creative differences" with TDA?? You would think he would learn to stay away from these Meija productions.

Daisynjay
 

captain..Yes, I agree. I am up for a blessing from anyone, anywhere, anytime. Even though I am not Catholic, I have many close friends who are , and they have lit candles for me and given me prayer cards during bad times. in fact, I had a student a few years ago who was a priest from Iraq . He said a mass for my son-in-law who was having surgery for a tumor on his spine(. benign). The results were good . Que lastima..., The mass did nothing for his soul. My other son-in-law (the investment banker) is a devout Catholic who is currently finishing up a master's in theology. I pointed out to him that I did not think that he could be a priest..or pope..because he is married and has a child. just say in'.

I had a student from Dominican Republic who told me that mothers there bless their children before they leave the house. I have also seen this done in some telenovelas. She asked me if I did that, and I told her ..yes, but only in my head.
 

Oh my Sylvia...Just the title would have been worth the price of admission. Frankly, I think you should be writing for The Soup. You've got the chops, kid.

Loved the info about the Rogativa and the 11 thousand virgin handmaidens. Lots of luck at finding that many nowadays.

And your Santa Claus riff..."what to her wondering eyes should appear..." Too funny. "Horde of harridans" also and funniest--

[big burly crew] "they cry, just in case".

Oh yeah, lots of hombre crying in these telenovelas. I remember William Levy complaining about that when he first started acting. "They want you to cry all the time!!!!" Well, not me, but ditch those shirts please.

Just the funniest ever, Sylvia, and how lovely that you had a reason to slip in the term Sharkbait to your recap. The gods are with you. And maybe the chula de Guadalupe also.
 

Susanlynn I used to say the mitzpa with my children before they left for school everyday.

"May the Lord watch between me and thee while we are absent one from the other."

I wouldn't let them leave me until they said it with me.

Cynderella
 

Guau! What can I possibly add to the chorus of praise for this perfect and perfectly hilarious retelling of last night's events?

I guess my favorite part was when you lapsed into the rhythm of A Visit from St. Nicholas:
"And who to her desperate eyes should appear?
But Damian Fabre, staggering near."
Maybe next time, you can write the whole thing in the same meter? [I keed, I keed.]

But then there was single hispanic female and the face-off between the ignorant town harpies and the citified folk.

What can I say? An embarrassment of riches, as always.

I AM glad you made light of the SHARKBAIT moment. As campy as it was, it was also horrible. After such a trauma, it is clear that DamFab is an emotionally vulnerable man who will need lots of comfort from the Patio.
 

About DamFab's coma memories --

Did you guys notice that he remembered Esthercita's jumping into the water scene differently from the way we saw it?

I'm sure this wasn't sloppy continuity but simply an attempt to show how fragile and unreliable memory can be. Right?
 

Cynderella...love that..
 

Thanks for reminding us NovelaMaven. Yes, in the past episode, she gaily jumped in the water and then pretended to be drowning in order to get DamFab to jump in also. And he was royally pithed to find out she was just faking.

Maybe some misplaced guilt is affecting his memory. yeah....riiiiight.
 

Even though we are in the middle of a lot if heavy drama, I must say how much I love Marina's wardrobe. I love her little sleeveless tops and leggings. ... so cute and comfylooking.. I would so buy that line.
 

Speaking of fashion, Susanlynn, I noticed that this novela disproves a personal theory of mine:

All fabulous-looking men, when hospitalized, will be bare-chested, regardless of the nature of their injuries.

And yet there was DamFab primly covered in his hospital gown as if he were Olinto or something. We wuz robbed!

JudyB,
"Misplaced" is the operative word. Our boy has nothing to feel guilty about. Nada!
:)


 

Does the guy playing Ernesto always play an evil, rotten character ? . In Alborada, , he was a horrible husband and stepfather. bleccchhh. I get depressed just looking at that leroetual nasty, cranky expression on his face. Imagine looking at that every morning over the breakfast table. yikes.
 

NovelaMaven - "... need lots of comfort from the Patio" and "DamFab primly covered." You crack me up.

Susanlynn - ITA about Marina's wardrobe; understated. I wonder if she'll don some sexy ones in the future. Although, pretty as XN is, she does not seem to have any sex appeal; no sultriness to her.







 

Cap'n Sylvia:
Let me add to the abundant and well deserved praise for this wonderful recap. You were in fine form last night, m'dear, and you told the story so well, with your tongue firmly in cheek.

I was so disturbed to learn that this boat explosion was not Damian's first—how traumatic for him. And Daddy Michel was eaten alive by sharks? That's just nasty, Cap'n Sharkbait. Cover your eyes so you do not see!

Of all the great things about his recap, which many before me have mentioned, I have to say the title itself is my favorite. It is almost a complete encapsulation of the 'bag of tropes' used by our Ex. Producer Sr. Mejia.

My favorite paragraph in the recap (which screams, "Ca'n Sylvia wrote this!) is the following:

'Marina bonds with Candy and her, um, staff, then thanks them and then leads them in a prayer session. I think praying with whores is the best way ever to thumb your nose at the town gossips'.

OMG, how I laughed. ROTFL. Wiping my eyes. That Marina is some kind of brain surgeon to save her rep by making friends with the highly considered Candy and her hos with hearts o'gold.

So Ernesto is the big bad boss, I guess we assumed that. But who knew that he 'molded' Hernan after killing his parents for being 'traitors'. The only thing stronger than Herny's loyalty to the Boss is his obsessive love of Marina. Who wants to bet that Ernesto will one day make Herny choose between the two?

Already though, 'Nan is an accomplished liar. When he was talking to Fulgencio yesterday, he almost had me believing him.

Tia Beck and Jose are just dreamy. Give us more of these two!

As for Delfina, I'd watch out for that broad. She is a LEETLE too attached to Ester, methinks. Something is foreshadowed there, too, I think. NO SPOILERS HERE my friends, just doing the guessing that keeps me engaged in serial dramas! Just how will this familiar story play out, we wonders. Yesss, we wonders.

Thanks again, amiga Sylvia. I am so glad you recapped this episode, sharks and all. No one could have done it better.

Elna June

 

Carlos:

I am with you, Vivi and others who have fallen for Estercita's charms.

Anita, the the Storm Cellar Bay store, you might need to print up 'Where's Estercita?" t-shirts for us to wear in solidarity until Ms. Ester shows up—dead or alive. I'll take one in XL.

EJ
 

OMG I have a tollhouse chocolate chip cookie, a diet coke and a recap by Cap'n Sylvia! Could my day get any better?

As others have commented, you topped even your own high bar with this one, starting with the title which was the mental equivalent of a tongue twister!

Some other memorable lines:

"Help, Jose! Pick me up and carry me somewhere!"

"Mercedes, the future replacement mother"

"Our overdressed captain"

The doctor says "The next 24 hours will be critical but Dam is young and studly"

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You are crazy funny!

Viv--Thanks for the character rundown. Love your organized mind.

Susanlynn--you come up with the best "Dam" words: "DamSleepingBeauty" LOL

Fully must have been a busy boy back in the day. Chasing after Mercy, fathering a child with Rosy, and still managing to land a rich wife in Delfina. I love how all the bad guys have a vulnerability--usually an unrequited love.

Thanks again, Cap'n. Sadly, my cookie is gone but I will be laughing over this recap for days!

Katy
 

NOvelamaven. I agree with your theory. In Alborada, Don Luis was wounded in the side. Thus, necessitating the removal of his shirt and many scenes of Luis shirtless or later with an open shirt. those writers were GENIUSES.My favorite scene was of the bandaged Luis grimacing as he leaned forward to kiss Hippolita...WHATACHAMO..The pleasure was worth the pain. Sigghhh

Likewise in Amor Real , Manuel was shot...yes...in the side. And likewise, he recuperated shirtless.

A coma ???? What were these writers thinking ? poor planning.

 

But Susanlynn, he may need brain surgery requiring him to remove that hideous wig.

Carlos
 

OMG. This recap was hilarious! I want to see more Jose/Rebecca moments.
 

Carlos...Good point. I would almost enjoy removal of the awful wig as much as I've enjoyed his occasional removal of his shirt. That nasty, scraggly wig bothers as much as Fernando C.'s cardigan-over-the-shoulders look...and you know how I felt about that fashion Don't.

So...None of us trust Clorox, right ???? Meanwhile, the double mint twins JackAss and Dumbass are on my last nerve. i am hating these people more and more.
 

oh-oh..I did it again..Clorox, Dumbass , Jackass, and Doris are in CI. Watching two novelas at once is getting very confusing. Hey, why don't we do some character switching ????? do you think Doris could be a match for Pester and MayDay ?????

Gotta go. ...hub's waiting to go on a walk before dinner.
 

Much as I hate slimy, greasy, sleazy Hernan, he's really playing it smart with Marina. Or maybe she's just Oblivious. He didn't show any jealousy when she said she was madly in love with Damian (she didn't notice his gritted-teeth smarmy grin as he pushed the button to blow the boat up). He offered to help in any way he could to look for Damian (while trying to convince her to move on). He's been by her side the whole time Damian was missing and now as she holds vigil at the hospital, always the "true friend" she needs to lean on. Yup, he's playing her (and everybody else) perfectly.
 

Hey everyone! Just finished double checking with the episodes online and what we saw last night was a complete episode. :)
 

NovelaMaven:

"And yet there was DamFab primly covered in his hospital gown as if he were Olinto or something. We wuz robbed!"

LOL. Poor Olinto.
 

Anon - I marvel at Herny's capability to show complete composure on the outside, and always says the right things.


 

susanlynn
Watching two novelas at once is getting very confusing.

Especially 2 by Los Mejia. Dumb which this one will soon be & way, way dumber which CI is.
 

Susanlynn:

When you said Jackass and Dumbass I thought that you were referring to Valdivia and Lara. Those nicknames fit those two characters well since the two of them have not been able to do anything right so far.

And speaking about Lara, is that guy even a cop?? He's never in uniform while Valdivia is always sporting his.
 

I know y'all, can you believe I got the sharkbait scene? It was meant to be.

Novela Maven, I can't believe I passed up the opportunity to comment on Dam's primly covered chest. You are hilarious my dear. And yes, we WUZ robbed.

Susanlynn, the same guy was the villain in Romancing the Stone. He's been bad for a long time.

EJ, I would definitely pray with whores if I knew it would annoy the town harpies.

Katy, you're sweet. I'm jealous about the cookie. Will have to console myself with ice cream.

I was scratching my head trying to figure out who jackass and dumbass were. I was thinking the two bad cops? I see Mauricio and I are on the same wavelength, lol.


Carlos, brain surgery would work for me, anything to get rid of that heinous wig. A coma, how original.
 

Audrey, I watched that shark scene again. I would say there was definitely an Orca in there amidst that mélange of shark shots. It looked like there were a few different animals, and one might have been a dolphin, lol!

Young Damian also asked his dad if it was Don Fulgencio who was responsible for the explosion. I missed that last night.
 

Hmmm.It seems that the nicknames JackAss and Dumbass could possibly be used in many telenovelas. However, they are especially suited for Jose Antonio and Octavio in CI because those two hombres are, without a shadow of a doubt, absolutely, positively a jackass and a dumbass.
 

Sylvia...superb sarcasm throughout.

Like but buttah...land o lakes.

My fave of many faves:

"Marina and Madre Eusebia touch hands and spiritually connect, waiting for that divine intervention."

Gotta Love those divine interventions!! Gertie