Caray, Caray!

Sorry gang. I got carried away and hence a bit long winded. Sorry for the huge recap tonight.

Ricky gets a little crazed and very controlling in tonight's episode. He may feel he's losing control of his woman. He wants so much to protect her that he's not allowing her to have a say. It's no wonder she hesitates to tell him stuff. And what about those crazy eyes! Calmate senor!

Madhilde has lost control over one of her brood -- and she's not liking it one bit. How can Cesar do this to her! It's all about Mommy -- what she wants for their lives whether they like it or not.
 

Thank you for the recap, Paquita.
Haven't gotten around to reading it all, yet, but I had to come to tell you that "Padre of the Plaid Priesthood" made me spill tea all over my keyboard.

New rule: when reading a recap made by one of the Caray mates, be sure not to have anything from the family of liquids around (this should not be mistaken with the rule that clearly states that one should always have their beverage of choice handy, in case a truly bad tn requires it, or if it's after 5 or if you just feel like it); also, biscuits and other solid food, could turn into a choking hasard, I remember how once I laughed so hard at a particular line over with the Corazon Indomable peeps, that I almost chocked on a piece of Oreo. Nobody knows Heimlich around here!



 

Me no likey Ricardo. He has no right to stop Sebastian from seeing his mother. He has no business roughing up people to find out who sent flowers to Phoniana. And Phoniana...ay ay ay. What a... perra. Not fans of either of them. Pobrecita Matilda. At least she's not two-faced. She says what she means and she means what she says. After this episode I have a lot more sympathy for Sebastian in the way he reacts to that control-freak Ricardo, who's never been honest with him.
 

When the truth comes out, I look forward to seeing Phoniana, the hotelier w/ the globos and the blonde bimbo perp walked to prison for fraud.
 

Tks Paquita

Anyone know who the actor is that plays the lawyer Ricardo hired? Can't remember where I saw him.
 

So much work and no time to see the capitulos.

Very belated thank you to Adriana Noel, the absolutely hilarious Cynderella (aka Rhoda Penmark #2), and Paquita.

Your recap was NOT too long, Paquita. It was perfect! So agree with Adriana re "Padre of the Plaid Priesthood". I think it would make a good title for a book series. I think Padre deserves his own show.

Which just got me thinking, why don't any of these stories come back as sequels instead of remakes? I would love to see more of these characters.

Yeah, sequels. That's the ticket!

Fatima
 

Oooh, sequels! We should be careful what we wish for though. What if Mejia did the sequel? Shudder to think of that possibility!
 

A sequel to Corazon Indomable, God forbid!
 

Paquita - Terrific. I thought last night's episode was especially good and your recap captured all its emotion. My favorite snark: "'And return my photo album!' Yeah, that's telling him Big Poppa!"

Ricky means well but he was so out of line. Can't stand Berto, but Berto was right to rebuff Ricky in the office the way he did.

So funny when Eliseo was describing Ricky to Jose Luis. "He's tall, young..." Then, Eliseo sees JL's face kind of fall, so he's quick to add something like "uh, he's not that young."

Variopinta: Don't know the actor's name, but he was the cheating married cop in Un Refugio para el Amor.
 

Thanks Paquita, I finally got a chance to watch it, this week has been too busy with work and other things. I'm glad for the translations of some of the last bit, I was having trouble following Ricardo's thought processes.

I was hoping that Oriana would show Lucina the picture of Jose Luis. That way Oriana will know that he's staying at the hotel.

This is really going to shake things up when everyone knows about Jose Luis. I still think it's Raquel bribing because I can't think who else could or would do it.
 

Anonymous, don't you have a problem with Matilde having a problem with Cesar wanting to be a missionary? Isn't ones child doing God's work the ultimate complement for a religious person?
 

Paquita- This wasn't long-winded. It was wonderful. I haven't seen the episode yet, so I loved the play by play, especially the Minion Report. :) JL’s minion was Johnny the mechanic in Teresa.

I really like how nothing stays secret for long. By next episode, Ricky will know about the resurrection of JL. I also like how people draw logical conclusions, even in the most emotionally charged situations. I'm amazed Oriana is putting together the whole JL thing so quickly. In another tn she would have insisted he was dead, because that was what she was told. But she's going with her instincts on this, and her instincts are right.

Sounds like Ricky has a problem with the Green Eyed Monster. But just one look at Berto should be enough to tell him that Ori would never be interested in that sleaze. Even Raquel hasn’t lowered herself that low (yet). Is Ricky so insecure that he thinks Ori broke up because she just doesn’t want to be with HIM, instead of what she told him about it being about how complicated her life is?

I’m looking forward to Ricky following up on Padre Plaid’s suggestion of the DNA test. I was hoping to read that he grabbed a hairbrush or some such while he was at Sebas’ place. I’m also looking forward to Raquel and JL meeting.

 

Paquita thanks so much for your recap. Your title was funny too and the recap was not long.

The pace of this tn is quite unusual for most (unless Uni is ripping you to shreds as they are w/LT). I am hoping Ricky finds out the brat is not his.

Vivi - thanks for your comment from yesterday about the baby. Regarding Ricky, he is insecure b/c he is vulnerable; he is in love and knows Oriana loves him too. That and hormones keep him from realizing how stress out Oriana is and why she says she can't handle all this stuff (including him) right now.


 

Variopinta:

The new lawyer is Julio Manrique alias Rafael del Villar.

We have seen the guy in thousand telenovela eternal third-rate roles. PEAM, MEPS, URPEA, Esmeralda or LFDD Maripaz's lawyer.

Everybody knows but not. :D
 

Thank you for the recap Paquita.

About Matilde's feelings for César's choices: I don't have a good opinion of her as a person but I don't think her feelings over that are strange or anything. When my friend chose to become a priest his parents were very upset, since they expected him to marry and have children. They weren't so mean like Matilde is being but my friend did tell us that they cried and tried to change his mind at the begining. Fortunately for them my friend fell in love the year before he was ordained and left the seminary but they had already made peace with his choice at that point.

I have to say, since this is the first time that I've commented since Jose Luis reappeared, that I really like Diego Olivera's look here.

I've been very busy with work lately and my next door neighbor died due to hemorrhagic dengue. It was very sad because she was still very young, only four years older than me, and she had small children. I'm home right now because we had to clean up the house since the government notified us that it would send fumigators to all the neighboring houses again today now that she's been buried.

Jarocha
 

CathyX, Yes, this is a telenovela, but don't you think his sudden decision to quit his job abruptly and become a missionary is troubling? A vocation director would find that troubling. Abrupt decisions are not a good sign. Quitting a job w/o prospects is not a good decision.

And you know and I know it has everything to do w/ that blonde bimbo and whatever happened in the car. Remember how he was curled up in his bed after the incident?

Matilda has good instincts. She has every right to question her son because there's more to the story. Right? You better believe it. And Matilde will be proven right very soon.
 

Variopinta, you just know that if they ever go for sequels, they WILL choose Corazon Indomable - staring Lupita, Nameless by Solita, Miguelito, Namelss by Simona (or is he Tav Jr?), and Nameless by Esther (does the kid have a name?)
All the old folks would make guest appearances, we'd get to see 20 something Ana Brenda and Daniel Arenas play 50 year olds, Simona would still be waiting to die, Alvaro.. would be already dead because he's just too old even now, only Santa would look exactly the same because, you know, she's Gandalf's sister, therefor a witch, therefor gets old slower.

It could be called The Venganza Monologues and each of the characters described above would have their own venganza against someone - and it would last for 743 episodes, so almost as long as CI already feels like.
 

Jarocha thanks for stopping by and my condolences to your neighbor.

My problem with Matty is her methods. Of course, she may be disappointed about the missionary decision but she has this life designed for her son that he does not want. And when he doesn't conform, she kicks him out of the house.
 

Thanks for this most excellent recap Paquita. Very well done. I love the embedded vocabulary.

I'm liking Berto a bit better. He seemed like such a repugnant sulking lump initially but the guy has a sense of humor and I like how he stands up to Ricky. But you have to wonder a bit about him if Raquel won't go there.

Ricky acts just a bit too entitled and big for his britches as far as I'm concerned. I also find his forthright requests for sex very off-putting.

I hope that José Luis chooses to reveal himself to Alina first. I think that would be a very touching and emotional scene.

Carlos
 

Jarocha- Thanks for dropping in. I'm so sorry to hear about your neighbor. How sad. All the best to you family and neighbors, and I hope the dengue is under control.
 

So many new developments tonight, with new revelations about the depth of Ricardo's feelings for Ines (my excuse for his jealousy, which was too much), Jose Luis' return and the next installment of the threat letter. Paquita, you covered these and so many other story elements beautifully.

And Jarocha, with others I send my condolences. What a sad event for you and the other neighbors.
 

Thanks Paquita, great recap. Ricky is using his brain and voicing his opinions. Shocking! Is this a TN? He is actually connecting the dots and following up on leads. Berto is dressed like a cheap dude and looks desperate. How can he possibly aim so high? Oriana is way out of his league.
Madhilde???? I just don't have the energy>

Hanna
 

Matilde is a two faced hypocrite and a bad mother to my mind. Her mothering is all about HER, not about the best interests of her kids. The only problem Cesar has is that he needs to breathe. He needs to sit down and formulate for himself as a working-unlike his parents-grown adult what he wants to do with his life and at every turn his mother is trying to suborn that. As I said before, matilde needs to harangue herself and her lazy husband and let her son be. Ruben and Matilde basically found in Paloma hustle or a mark they could bleed
dry and that's why she's mad at Orianez-she ruined Matilde and Ruben's plan to wait it out and inherit when Paloma dies.

A thought experiment, especially for the Anonymous poster who dislikes Orianez. Do you think Tilde would have treated the real Ines any better than she is treating Orianez? The real Ines was obviously troubled, having lived a rough life surrounded by prostitution and all the vice that goes with it. Based on how Tilde has reacted to Orianez and especially Alina, I can tell she would've made the real ines' life hell to get Paloma's money because Tilde felt she deserved it and not someone as declasse as Real Ines.
 

When Phoniana signed those documents, she committed fraud. That's the bottom line. She's bled granny of $5 million pesos to help her fraud friends get a hotel. That's illegal. I ask you, what's dear sweet granny's role in her real daughter's turn to drugs and prostitution?

Ceasar and Fabiola to this point are the only pure good characters in this telenovela? You think that happened w/o Matilde? Or is the writing of this telenovela mere cliche?
 

The other day someone asked me why I was so focused on Phoniana's lies and not everyone else's. Because it's one thing to lie about your identity, but quite another to sign that name to legal documents. That's fraud. For that reason I cannot sympathize with Phoniana.