Caray, Caray!

There are a few things that came about in tonight's episode. What happened to Sucia's mother and why does her father feel so guilty that he has to soothe his guilt by spoiling Sucia??
How do Sucia and Feo know each other?? Did I miss that?
Where are Daphne's parents?? Apparently this little girl who is mature in one way is lacking love and affection from a parent in another and takes it out on everybody else.
It's time that Arturo got some backbone. Enough already.
 

TJ:

Thanks so much for this awesome recap.

I too agree with you about Art. He does need some backbone. He really needs to sit down and spend some time with Ara, without So-Not sticking her nose in their bidness. He should have let So-not leave when she "wanted" to. I would have liked to see her backpedal. When So-not mentioned sending Ara to her Abuelo that should have been a big clue for Art. Art and Ara both need grief counseling.

I wonder how Mauricio knew that that was Gonzo on that tape from the bank. I wish he had recognized So-not. At some point, I'm sure, she'll get her anvil.

I can't stand Minerva. I hope Andrea and her boys are able to leave Minerva's very soon. I wish she would stay with Agatha in the meantime. So happy Esteban stood up to Grandma Meanie too!

You didn't miss how So-not and Feo know each other. They haven't really said. I hope there is a flashback to show how they met.

The best person besides Art for Ara would be Tita. She is full of energy and wisdom, I think she'd be great with Ara.

Oh, just a little correction, Osvaldo is Art's Papa, Gilberto is So-not's Papa. I also think he may be her Step-father.
 

Oh, and loved the title, so spot on : )
 

Great recap! This was an eventful episode. I could not believe Grandma Meanie slapped Esteban. Good grief. What a bruja. I agree, Andrea should find her own place ASAP. Maybe she and Isabel can be roomies.

I think Sonja may have done herself a bad turn by taking the fake pills and not putting some *real* pills in their place. Don't know if that will figure in at any point, but it's a small detail that she's overlooked.
 

Fabulous recap! I loved the line about the plaid pants. I feel sorry for the boys at that school.

There certainly was a lot of eye rolling last night, but there were at least a couple of smiling moments. I cheered when Andrea found that mistake and though it was sad, it was good to see Isa and Andrea talking honestly about their pain and conflicted feelings about Feo.

I wonder if Daniel will be a big part of the plot...
 

I thought it was funny when Ara said "Equis" shades of Nikki Balverna, lol.
 

Thanks for all the great recaps since this show began. I had promised myself I'd be a better commenter this time...sorry...

Looks to be a pretty good tn, if the writers don't abuse Aranza too much. After PEAM, I've seen all the child abuse I can stomach.

This show is moving along nicely so far. I guess we'll be fed the back-stories a little at a time, maybe when filler is needed.
 

Poor Art he can't get anything right. First he didn't tell So-not to back off back when she sneaked up behind himand put her arms around him and he even let her kiss him on the cheek today. He needs to tell her NO. Then he buries himself in work to hide his grief, decided to go on a business trip leaving Ara home and worse when she is acting out and getting into an uncharacteristic fight does he sit down and talk to her no he listens to the witch who tells him to punish the child.

I hope Lucha tells him about how Ara is talking about wanting to be with her mother. The child and Art definitely need grief counselors who really do know how to help (I went to one myself).

Poor Tita and looking at the empty closet. Don't know how long her husband has been gone but that cleaning out the closet is hard. I do hope that Art has the sense NOT to do it at this point or that will send his little girl over the edge.

It's nice to see bits and pieces of back stories coming in. Now we know So-not has a half brother and wasn't there a mention of a sister as well or did I miss that. We also know her stepfather is onto the fact that she is selfish but he still aids her and that may come bak to haunt hum.

MeanMin is back and slapping that adorable child SMH. Andrea needs to take her paycheck and find another place but somehow I don't see that happening because her twisted mother would probably fake something and guilt trip her into staying. Min needs a whipping girl and Andrea is it.

With a time jump in the cards we can pretty much guess that Daph will be an utter trouble making bitch. I wonder how she came to the conclusion that Esteban was a naco and not from their class. He is neatly dressed in a uniform one purpose of which is to keep kids from knowing who comes from a less affluent background. Hate to say it about a child but I really dislike this little brat and I can't feel sorry for her even knowing she seems to be suffering.
 

Hopefully the filler won't feel like filler! :-)
 

I don't think we have to worry about filler. These writers are giving us little bits of back story as we go along and haven't had one character sit around and spill the whole thing in one long speech. Had they been inclined they could have done it with Gilberto and the Padre. All we know is that So-not has a half brother going to military school and that Gilberto was married to her mother when she was very young. He is obviously ex-military, I think that was mentioned maybe by the maid and we know that So-not claimed the baby she had was from being raped. We know that is a lie but Papa might not and may feel guilty that he did nothing to prevent it, to protect her or maybe over reacted to the story.

This far in we already have lots of questions such as how did Feo and So-not meet and why are they allies other than greed, who is the missing Dante, what about orphanage girl, will David become important to the story, how did Feo con his way into smart Isa's life, whats with MeanMin. These writers have done an excellent job of creating characters and a story with some basis in reality. The pacing is spot on, some of the best I've seen in a novela in years. Now if they can only keep it up.
 

Thank you all for the compliments, it was a good episode to recap.
Thank you Madelaine for the name correction. Hopefully by week three I will get everyone right.- LOL
I agree- shades of Nikky B. but not as whiny.
Excellent point-xintperuvian- Sucia should have replaced the pills with the correct one. I hope that does not become a loose end.
Sara C- hmmm, more Daniel, why not? :-)
Emilia- no need to apologize, you comment when you can. I am in awe of those who comment daily and to multiple novelas. I was a little hesitant with the child abusing theme too, but I gave it a chance. I don't like to see children hurt or anyone at all.
Decie Girl - I think that Daphne eats mean cornflakes for breakfast. She must have some back story.
ITA with you about the writers. Thought was put into these storylines.
 

Great recap TJ!

I was so glad to hear the school psychologist suggest professional help to Art. All things considered, I was not upset about Ara fighting with Dafne to protect Esteban. If Esteban didn't already have a crush on Ara from the moment he saw her, that certainly sealed the deal for him.

Dafne is such an unhappy mean little girl, I'm sure her parents are the same way.

Sucia's step-dad needs to cut her off. He obviously knows she's using him. And she couldn't care less about her little brother either.
 

TJ, you forgot to label your post under siempre. I bookmark via labels and thought you didn't recap. Great recap. ITA about Andrea moving ASAP to get away from Grandma Meanie. The mona viste en seda line she told Andrea was too much. She will keep Andy and the kids down one way or another.

Deci and Sara, ita about the writers leaving enough unanswered questions about Sucia and Feo and others that filler caps won't feel like filler. They didn't tell ysvwhy Eugenia had been taking anti-coagulants until after she died in the Tita/Osvaldo chat, so the writers so far seem to know how to keep the suspense going.
 

TJ- Yes. The lack of a label had probably meant a lot of folks did not know that this recap was done.

 

Tablet jefa---Thank you for the great recap. I just now read it. I knew that there was a telethon on Friday but my mind somehow blanked it out and I kept saying to myself---this is Thursdays recap, I read this one already, now I am waiting for Fridays. OMG,
my mind started to function again,
as there was no Friday recap. I know that I don't have Alzheimer's disease but I am beginning to think that maybe I have Half-heimer's disease. Anyway
just about everything has been said already. I would just like to say that I feel sorry for Aranza at this point. Daddy going away and So-not in charge. OMG! that cannot be good.
the gringo
 

Thanks Vivi,

I don't know what happened. I thought that I labelled the recap but I guess not. I was wondering why so few comments.

Thanks again.