Caray, Caray!

And not a moment too soon!
 

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We begin with the disgusting creep Fernando arranging some chains and handcuffs in a warehouse near the dock. He has a flashback to how kind Griselda was in paying for uniforms for the hetero volleyball team. He says to himself that Griselda doesn’t deserve to die this way. Then he shakes it off…oh well.

Teresa Cristina has brought Fernando, reclining on the back seat since he’s a wanted criminal, into the condominium. She gives him instructions. He’ll only have one chance at Griselda. She says everyone will be at the wedding. She’s been monitoring them and she arranged a problem at Maridas in Alquiler so Griselda would be running late.

Well, the wedding in question is that of Iván and Paloma. Gris leaves Gigante in charge of the business and, in passing, lets Viewerville know what happened. Carol gave up trying to get Iván to stop loving Paloma. She also had to give up the cancer trick and has left town. They could have shown this and spent less time at the airport with Quique, but …

We see Maximo warming up for his big octagon fight with Jorge Murillo. [It’s in the daytime? I would have thought a bout like that would be at night.] It appears there will be some preliminary fights, and one of them will be Leonardo. Clinton is giving him some advice, and the sonorous tones of the announcer are heard: Leonardo Surfista contra Marcos Pantera.

And then, believe it or not boys and girls, that same announcer thanks the sponsor of the match, Telemundo, and reminds us that La Impostora will have its premier tomorrow! Clara fidgets nervously in her seat, wondering if she should even be there.

Iris and Mario burble on about Paloma’s wedding. Iris never thought she’d get any help from Paloma, but now thinks Iván is well enough off to support her! They also mention a number of times Ro foiled them when they tried to get at the lockbox.

Apparently the wedding reception is to be held at the posada. Iván and Paloma both look gorgeous. He tells her he’ll always be there to put wind beneath her wings. Rafa and Amalia kiss. Pati tells Tony it’s very romantic to get married at the beach. All the couples are there: Diosa and Gigante [wasn’t he supposed to be minding the store?], Sol and Daniel, Quique and Bárbara. Even Quiquito is holding hands with a little girl

Before entering the octagon Leo remembers all his bad moves in the past: stealing shoes, helping Rafa steal motorcycles, selling drugs, and even beating up Quique. Leo’s opponent looks a lot bigger and tougher than he does.

Gris is afraid she might have missed Paloma’s wedding, but she doesn’t want to miss the party. Rei calls her and says he’s on her way to pick her up. Gris goes outside to wait and is grabbed from behind by Fernando, who puts the stereotypical rag with chloroform over her mouth and nose.

She manages to break free and punch him a couple of times, but he finally subdues her. Just then Reinaldo arrives and begins to hit Fernando. From the car TC sees her plan about to fail, gets the tire iron out of the trunk, and bashes Rei with it. As they begin to leave Fernando gripes to TC that he thought Rei was supposed to meet Gris at the party. TC says that’s what they did when they were a couple, so how was she to know. [Reinaldo probably wanted as little time with her as possible!]
 

MARIDO EN ALQUILER – GRAN FINAL – Part 2 of 6

Meanwhile, back at the octagon, Marcos appears to be getting the best of Leo, but he finally managed to knock him down. Then Leo seems to get new life. He caroms off the side of the octagon and kicks the other boy in the head. They begin to wrestle in earnest. The other boy is not as cocky as before, and it appears Leo has won.

Reinaldo wakes up and calls Rios.

TC and Fernando have taken Griselda to a warehouse; she’s in the trunk. Of course no one at this busy Miami harbor is going to notice them carrying an unconscious woman into a warehouse.

Reinaldo calls Quique, but Antonio grabs the phone. Rei tells him his mother was kidnapped. Tony doesn’t tell anyone else and runs out of the party.

Ríos is at Casa Palmer questioning a very nervous Ro, who says that TC left early in the morning and doesn’t answer her cell. He takes Ríos and the other cops up to her room and shows them the empty closet and her empty lockbox.

Babbling some nonsensical phrases José is loading TC’s luggage on his boat.

We see Griselda on a chair with each wrist handcuffed and chains attached to the wall. TC dances around her giggling with joy. She tells Griselda to beg for her life. Gris refuses. TC says it wouldn’t do her any good anyway because she’s going to die. Gris tells her to go ahead and get it over with. TC says “Not without some pain and desperation. You think I’d waste this wonderful moment?”

Gris: “Aren’t you even going to tell me why you hate me so much?” TC: “Don’t play dumb. You knew my feelings from the first day you entered my house.” We see her remembering Reinaldo telling Gris in her overalls that they’d met again. TC says she hated her from that moment. The only way to cure herself is to get rid of Griselda. Increasingly demented, she puts the tape back on Griselda’s mouth.

Ríos confronts lilly livered Ro. He tells him his boss committed terrible crimes. She killed Marcela. He believes she killed Chef Fred. She ordered the murders of the children of the neighbor, who has now been kidnapped by Fernando, surely on his boss’s orders. Ro just whimpers. Ríos tells him he better tell the truth or he’ll be accused of being an accomplice. After the cops leave the room, Manuel and Elsa get in Ro’s face. Manuel even says he’s worried about Ro. There’s no hope for Ro. He just goes into TC’s closet to mourn his loss.

Fernando and TC take off in her big, black Mafia town car to go to a hotel to consummate this evil partnership.

Ríos tells Rei about TC having taken everything. He advises he and Tony not to tell the others what’s happened as they might impede the police work. Ríos is hoping for a clue or a phone call, but Tony runs out saying he won’t just wait. He asks Pati to meet him at Tacos Bar.
 

MARIDO EN ALQUILER – GRAN FINAL – Part 3 of 6

Clinton treats a cut above Leo’s eye and tells him he’s very proud of him. Leo says he wants to go sit in the audience with his mother and watch Max win back his belt.

Fernando and TC arrive at a hotel room with some sexy saxophone music playing. He tells her she has no idea how long he’s waited for this. She replies that he’ll have to wait until he gives her the originals of those recordings that incriminate her. He asks if she thinks he’s stupid. If he gives her the recordings, she won’t give him what he’s wanted so long and she’ll play him false. She asks where the recordings are. He shows her a key and says they’re in a cabinet near where they left Griselda. TC says they’ll go there after she gives him what he wants. When he gets close, though, she tells him that he smells bad. He tells her it’s pure testosterone. She wants him to take a bubble bath first.

In Max’s dressing room, Clinton tells him that, if he retires, he knows whom he’ll train: Leo!

Tony is a complete wreck at Tacos Bar, and Gabe serves him a shot of tequila. Tony won’t tell Gabe what the problem is. Pati arrives, and he tells her that his mother was kidnapped by TC. Elio is at the next table and overhears this.

We see José on his boat and the sky looks black. He tells some guy there that whoever goes out on the high seas in this weather is betting everything.

Quique, at Barbie’s suggestion [perhaps together they’ll form a complete set of brains], has called the land line. Reinaldo anxiously answers. Amalia asks if he’s with her mother. Ríos gives in and tells Rei he has to let them know the truth. We see them a bit later, Quique going nuts.

Fernando says it’s been a while since he could bathe in fresh water. He says he’s in heaven. TC says they’ll get it on in a little bit. She has to fix her hair. We see her using a hair dryer. Uh oh!

José has returned to Casa José to pack up. Elio comes in right on his hells. Elio says he discovered his father was going to leave despite the huge storm that’s coming. Poor Elio. He gets nothing from his father. He realistically says it would do no good to try to get in his way, knowing him as he does. But Elio thinks there’s something important he should know about Griselda. He says he overheard Antonio speaking at Tacos Bar and something serious is happening.

Max says a quick prayer in his dressing room and goes toward the octagon. The crowd cheers wildly. He enters through a couple of columns of smoke.

José has come to Tacos Bar, but Tony has already gone. Gabe asks what is going on. José asks if Gabe has seen Gris today. Gabe gets right in his face. If something has happened to Griselda it’s because of that woman you “frequent”. José says the police know; and, before leaving HE PAYS WHAT HE OWES! Gabe says it’s a miracle.
 

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José calls Antonio and tells him to listen carefully to what he’s going to say.

We see the championship fight begin in the octagon. Unlike Leo, Max appears to be doing well from the beginning.

Gabe shows up at Casa Carrasco where everyone is standing around wringing his or her hands. Rei tells Gabe what happened. But just then he gets a text from Tony telling him to come outside and say nothing to the others.

Fernando luxuriates in his bubble bath. He tells TC: “Mi bonita, me va a llevar a paraiso.” TC: “No, a place nearer”. And, as I expected the minute I saw it, she drops the hairdryer into the bath. She giggles watching Fernando twitch as he’s electrocuted.

Max wins the bout. The crowd goes wild.

TC arrives back at the dock and enters the warehouse. She makes a lot of arrogant comments to Griselda and tells her that Fernando must be in hell about now. She tells Gris she killed him, just like she’s going to do to Griselda. Gris: “If you think you’re going to impress me …” TC goes nuts and puts the tape back on her mouth.

TC remembers the recording, opens a metal cabinet and, smiling triumphantly, takes out the recording device. She plays it. “Si la señora llegó hasta aqui es porque estoy muerto, y usted está perdida. Cuando la noticia de mi muerte se difunda mi amigo entregara estas copias a la policia. Un placer conocerla, mi doña!” (If you’ve found this it’s because I’m dead, and you are lost. When the news of my death gets around, a friend of mine will give copies of the recordings to the police. It’s been a pleasure knowing you, madame.)

TC: ¡Maldito! “This is what happens when a person with class gets involved with scum. She rounds on Gris, telling her it’s all her fault. If not for Griselda she’d be happy in her house with her husband and her daughter. She takes off the tape in a frenzy and Gris tells her she’s completely crazy. Squealing with rage, she pours gas all around Griselda. She says that Griselda will end up like a rotisserie chicken. She lights the fire and Gris is surrounded by flames. TC tells her to beg for her life, to humiliate herself. Gris: Never!

Reinaldo, Antonio and Pati arrive and see flames coming out of the warehouse. Inside, Gris tells TC to go away and let her die in peace. TC says she’s going to stay until the end so that the last thing Gris will see will be the person who hates her the most. Antonio rushes in and starts trying to free his mother. TC pulls a gun, but Reinaldo grabs her from behind. The gun drops on the floor, but Pati picks it up.

While Rei and Tony try desperately to free Griselda, TC taunts her daughter to free herself, to go ahead and shoot. She should finish her off the way she finished off HER mother. Pati just stares in horror but holds the gun on her.
 

MARIDO EN ALQUILER – GRAN FINAL – Part 5 of 6

It takes Griselda to point out to Rei and Tony that there’s a huge axe leaning against the wall. TC runs out, and Tony and Pati run after her. Rei hacks at the chains and manages to free Griselda.

TC runs up to José’s boat. “¡Mi róbalo, vamonos!” He is very calm. He tells her it’s not a good night to be out on the water. He looks at her closely and says that, from what he can see in her eyes, things didn’t work out the way she planned. José seems to have difficulty starting the boat’s motor.

Antonio calls the anxious family waiting at the house and tells them his mother is safe.

We see José’s crappy boat bobbing up and down in a terrible storm, while TC screams that they should go back; this miserable boat could sink at any moment. But José tells her that, rather than return, they’ll disappear.

Griselda is surrounded by her grateful family. Reinaldo embraces her and tells her how brave she was. She says she doesn’t know how Antonio ever found her. He says that, believe it or not, it was thanks to José, who saw TC and Fernando entering that warehouse. He called Tony and let him know.

Ro appears and says that he knows where she went. She went off with the fisherman in a boat.

José shouts a challenge at Neptune, asking if that’s the best he can do, as the boat is buffeted in the huge storm. TC, below, shrieks with fear. José grabs some lines at the front of the boat and yells at the storm to go ahead and take him. The force of the wind throws him the length of the boat and he hits some metal parts hard. He looks dead. We see the boat go down. And we also see a watery image of TC with some dollar bills floating around her head.

It’s six days later. Griselda sees an article in the paper that they’re searching for Teresa Cristina and José. Gris says that he did the same thing that he did 15 years ago. She asks the virgin to see to it that they never return.

At Casa Palmer a lawyer reads Teresa Cristina’s will. She’s been officially declared dead. Pati, Reinaldo, Rosario, Manuel and Elsa are there. The will says she left what the law required: 50% of her money and her furniture to Pati. She left the house to Ro! She also left the other 50% of her money to Ro. Manuel and Elsa now realize that Ro is their new boss. He faints dead away.

Another loose end is being tied up. We are in the courtroom and Alba testifies that she knew that the sperm and egg were from Beatriz and her brother, but she decided to respect the decision of HER patient since she made that choice not knowing. She appeals to the judge. “What should I have done, señora, change the donors that my patient chose just because I knew them and their history?”
 

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Beatriz’ snotty lawyer asks Alba to answer one question and with a yes or no. The parents of this creature are Beatriz Lobo and Guillermo Perkins, yes or no? Gabriel has arrived at the courthouse and storms in before Esther can say a word. He says that he’s Victoria’s father, Esther’s partner. He’s the man who loves Victoria and loves Esther. He says that if Esther hadn’t chosen the files of Beatriz and Guillermo, Victoria would not have been born. Esther chose those donors. She was very careful during her pregnancy so the baby would be born healthy. The fetus developed in her body. She gave birth. She gave Victoria all the love in the world. Esther is the real mother! He says that if you buy a seed at the market, plant it with love, care for it, and it becomes a tree, then the fruit of the tree belongs to the person who cared for it. The judge looks convinced.

Esther did win. Beatriz asks her pardon outside. She says she never before realized until she heard Gabe that, if Esther hadn’t chosen the donors, Victoria wouldn’t even exist. She promises never to bother Esther again. Esther thanks God that Gabriel chose her. Gabe says life can be a surprise. He always thought she’d go back to Juan Pablo. Esther tells him she’d always thought he’d spend his life dreaming of Griselda. They each say they love each other. Now this pleases me a lot.

Our next scene is of Juan Pablo rehearsing his models, seemingly quite happy to be where he is.

At Casa Carrasco, everyone is getting ready for Amalia’s wedding. Rafa is a nervous wreck. Sol, Barbie and Patti giggle upstairs while a makeup guy works on Amalia.

Rei walks Amalia down the aisle, and we see the whole cast is at the church. At the reception at Rey Gourmet the couples all dance. Reinaldo tells Griselda that she’s happy because she has a big, big heart and that he’s going to make her the happiest woman in the world. While their love theme plays, we see a few scenes of how this all came about, including Gris changing his tire. All the happy couples dance.

FIN
 

Thank you, Novelera! An excellent recap for an unfortunately mediocre novela... This ending was more interesting and faster paced than this sluggish novela previously was.
 

Novelera, you never disappoint us. This is an absolutely stellar recap. And I am amazed that you tackled this two-hour monster so quickly, managing to post it before bedtime! Thank you so much.

I have seen enough of this novela to know the general outlines; and I did watch this last episode. I admit to being completely puzzled by José's behavior at the end.

Are we to see him as heroic (his tip-off probably saved Griselda's life)?

Suicidal?

Did he go out to sea with the deliberate intention of ridding the world of Teresa Cristina?

Did anything in his previous behavior suggest an end like this?

Those of you who have been following this story -- I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I was glad that Esther and Alba won the court battle (as hokey as it all was) but completely unpersuaded by Beatriz's contrition.

Thanks again, Novelera, for doing such a superb job.
 

Thanks for the awesome recap. I don't have time to comment in depth until later tonight but for now I'll ask this:

What about Simón??????
 

Novelera- Bravo. I'm in meetings all day, so I'll comment later, but I had the same question about Simon. Oh well. At least Gabe didn't get left out in the cold.

A bit of trivia-- the little girl who plays Kikito's girlfriend is Juan Soler's daughter. With his wife in Santa Diabla, they've made Telemundo a family hobby. :)
 

Great final recap and up so quickly. Thank you I could not understand anything they were saying on the boat.

TC with all that water around her, but her makeup was flawless.

I did not see anything about Simon.

I thought Jose was going to become a hero, seeing all those people love each other; his last son going off with a woman while Jose seemed to stay in the same place, he realized he was alone. Even when he turned down his daughter, he seemed to be aware of what he was. So I'm not surprised by this.

Am glad Gris and Rei got together in the Brazilian version they did not, and TC did survive, something I was glad did not happen in this version. Although to the end, I kept expecting a taxi to pull up at the wedding. After all this was a telenovela.
 

Many thanks, novelera, for this marvellous recap. I stopped watching this telenovela several months ago, but I was curious to see what happened in the end, and your detailed recap filled the bill perfectly. Muchísimas gracias otra vez.
 

Thank you for the very fine recap, Novelera.
And with this, we are DONE with Marido.
I enjoyed this tn sooo much when it first started - it had real humour, mature, root worthy leads, a good cast and a very good story.
But, as time went by, the writers seriously dropped the ball on this one, we've all talked about it a million times before.

What I'd like to talk about now is the Brazilian ending, because I found it to be more realistic than the Telemundo one, even if I didn't like it at all.
Let me explain. In the original version:

- Gris and Rei never get back together, Gris ends up with Gabe and Rei with Vanesa (after she's seen the error of her ways)
- Gabe and Esther break up when Gabe sees that she still loves JP; she gets back together with her ex
- the show ends with Tony's graduation, where Gris gives a big speech, where everyone is in attendance
- on the street, Gris sees a car and in the car she sees a very much alive TC - that's the actual END

Now, I think this would have been a more realistic end because Gris and Gabe are similar in character and background, and so are JP and Esther. Also, Rei ending up with Vanesa would have meant that he finally got over being with stronger women who overpowered him.
Brazilian tns are different this way, the anticipated leads' happy ending is most of the time in actual doubt until the very end and they have a different perspective on things.

I do prefer the American, more predictable fin, but I agree with all your comments: how about Simon? Ivan and Paloma married just like that?

Ah well, on to see what La Impostora is all about, I guess!
 

Marido,

wow, thanks so much novelera!

I was never really thrilled with this storyline, but I found this novela easy to watch, sprinkled with warm moments. (I just love how this writer develops all of her characters and ties them all together) I guess the original title was going to be Reina Madre, which makes sense.

as someone said Kiko and Barbie together finally made a whole brain,

I saw Penelope at the reception, I think she was with Victor, I guess Leo never worked his real charms, and I'm not quite sure why a woman like Clara would be happy with a son and boyfriend that are cage fighters, but Max was so special.

I thought Carol's (Ivan's Ex) purpose was to explain how Ivan was a many woman man and although he could be married, he eventually would get back to his old ways, which made sense to me, so I worry about those two.

I was so happy to see Gabe burst into the boggled trial and set everyone straight, including himself and Esther.

thanks Vivi for the trivia on Juan's daughter.

I loved the violins, the dance at Rei Gourmet, and the slow twirl.

(I guess the question is, will I ever be able to shake the image of Teresa Christina, everytime I see Maritza Rodríguez).

 

I'm happy with everyone's endings, although I still think Simon should have met Marcia. The show would have been better overall with less flashbacking and more secondary character stories. I thought maybe Carol really was sick and had died and that's why we didn't see her anymore.

At least Paloma gets her guy, although I wanted to see maybe a veil of flowers or something a little more hippie-ish. Tia Iris looked great though, didn't she? But shouldn't she have still gone to the reading of the will, even with Ivan supporting her now?

Excellent final recap for Marido, Novelera! Don't think I can stick around for La Impostora since I'm working full-time again and it really eats into novela-time, but I'l lsee you all over at Santa and Reina!

Kelly
 

I also didn't get why the writers started the Carol storyline, only to drop it. We never saw it play out, never saw Paloma and Ivan make up. BOOM! We were thrown into their wedding reception, just like that. We didn't even get to see them exchange vows on the beach. So odd.

I'm glad Gris and Rei ended up together, not like the original version. To me, if she and Gabe were going to have anything, she would have felt some attraction to him in all the prior years she knew him. But she NEVER felt anything romantic for him. I would not have bought a sudden turn around. Rei was the first man in years to make Gris feel like a woman again-- the first man to make her blush and look away shyly. That was not Gabe. And after years of a frivolous woman who did nothing (she never even got that event planning biz off the ground), I totally get why Rei would be so attracted to a down to earth woman who lived her life with purpose. Yes, she has a strong personality like TC. But Rei is such a laid back guy, that I think he brings balance to that kind of woman, and vice versa. I could not have pictured him with some young social climbing chippie like Vanessa-- someone who would happily turn into a TC one day. He'd been there, done that.

 

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

I thought it was fitting that it was Antonio, who started the novela breaking his mother's heart, was the one who saved her. Well, with the help of an eavesdropping Elio.

NovelaMaven, interesting questions about José. It never occurred to me that he would be trying to rid the world of TC while committing suicide himself. That's certainly a valid interpretation. Mine is that he went out in that storm because of greed. He had to get TC to the Caymans in order to collect his $1 million. Challenging the storm that way was, to me, part of his macho persona. He knew the horrible odds going out on the high seas, as he said to the Cuban guy at the dock. But he believed he could beat those odds.

Of course, José certainly had some humanity. He appeared to love his out-of-wedlock child, Elio, even though he didn't show much of that in their last conversation. And, either because some affection remained for her or to save his children from a tragedy, he foiled TC's plan by revealing the location where she was being held to Antonio.

I agree that they could have fleshed out some of the minor plots by simply cutting down on the number of flashbacks. I hate flashbacks. After I've seen something, I don't need to read character's minds by seeing it over again.

I was surprised the very end was the way it was. I halfway expected a Univisión type ending where they advanced the plot and showed Gris and Rei already married, Tony with a medical practice, and several more grandchildren.

I was not thrilled Ro got all that money. I had grown to despise his servile groveling to a monster and his covering up his absolute knowledge (even helping take down the wanted posters) that TC was guilty of murdering Marcela in the hospital.

I did find Reinaldo and Griselda to be a believable mature couple. I know he's been around forever, but I'd never seen Juan Soler in anything before. He did a great job, as did Sonya Smith.
 

Novelera- I also was not pleased that Ro got all the money. I think I might have been happier had Iris gotten it! And yes, Iris did look great at the wedding.
 

Novelera--What a great finish you provided to an otherwise so-so ending (IMHO). I hope I get to savor some more of your special turns of phrases in the future. Gracias for all your work to keep us up and happy with Marido. Kudos to all the volunteer recappers, and especially to Kelly and Adriana Noel.

I desperately wanted a four-way wedding with all the Carrascos at the altar with their partners. Must say that Juan Soler looked smashing in his tux walking Amalia up the aisle. That was good enough for me.

I thought Gris' hairdo a bit off, though. I was looking for the one they showed a few times in the opening credits. Should she have been wearing a strapless evening gown to her daughter's wedding? She's the mother of the bride, for heaven's sakes, not a prom queen. Enough kvetching about this. Just disappointed we didn't get a Griselda-Reinaldo wedding and a tres anos despues.

Novelera--you said, "She [Carol] also had to give up the cancer trick and has left town. They could have shown this and spent less time at the airport with Quique, but …" Hear, hear! ITA.

Vivi, for some nagging reason, I think the writers and producers really did have the stories fleshed out for Paloma, Ivan and Carol, but if the number of episodes were arbitrarily cut back, this is what they cut out.

Susana: It would have been nice to see her get a real comeuppance. She annoyed me from the very beginning.

As a pacifist, the two fights were a waste of my time. Why, after ignoring the bloody part of the sport for most of the tn, just showing them training, did the writers have to go for the fight. I'd rather have watched Paloma and Ivan getting married at the beach.

TC pouring gasoline around the warehouse was laughable (but probably safer for the set). If she had really wanted to burn Gris to a crisp, she would have poured the gasoline on her...but too painful to watch and Rei wouldn't have been able to save her.

Simon: Ditto--where was Simon? Marcia would have been perfect for him.

Juan Pablo: He only looked resigned and feigning happiness with his lot. He was happily married to Esther for a lot of years, so he is a marrying man. Maybe Vanessa will come back to him.

Jose: I so agree with NM and the Anon commenter who ventured he had little to live for--lost the knives and an easy life, lost Elio, no hope in gaining back any of the original Carrasco family, even lost Barbara and he certainly doesn't want to spend much more time with TC than he has to. Oddly, he did try to persuade her that the weather was not in their favor but TC insisted on leaving pronto. I was kind of hoping the motor wouldn't start and she would be arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced to life in a prison psychiatric ward.

Interesting observation you made, Novelera, "I thought it was fitting that it was Antonio, who started the novela breaking his mother's heart, was the one who saved her. Well, with the help of an eavesdropping Elio."

Ro: I was also disappointed that TC left Ro the house. It would have been more believable for her to leave him, Elsa and Manuel money. ITA with your comment about him, Novelera.

Novelera, Juan Soler has quite a stack of credits. In most of his early work, he played flawed characters who weren't very nice. Then I saw him as Jeronimo in Cuando me Enamoro, paired up with Silvia Navarro. They steamed up the pantalla, even though they were at odds with each other a lot of the time.

In Marido, Gris and Rei were kept apart for so much time at the beginning and then at the end that it was more like one of the side stories. When they made up it was like 2 seconds of "we were both estupidos." We didn't really get to see a developing relationship between them, misunderstandings or no.

Don't know if I will do La Impostora or not. I like Sebastian Zurita (our E-moony from ENDA) but will give it a try for a few nights.

Farewell, it's been a nice community to share some time and exchange opinions with. Hope to see you all in the future.

 

Oh I'm not sure where to start. It started out with such promise and about halfway through it became just mediocre.

Too many useless characters. Dropped storylines. Bad acting on the part of some (Daniela Navarro I'm looking at you!).

I felt the show started to go off the rails when Gris buys the house across the street from TC and Reinaldo. Gris didn't, at least to me, seem like a person who would do things out of spite. Yet she wanted to stick it to TC so we were treated to that raucous homeowner's meeting.

TC's big secret was lame. A big non-issue for me. They spent so much time building this up that when it was finally revealed it was anticlimactic. Marcela lost her life because of this?

Another non-issue was Victoria's paternity. The law is on Esther's side. Caso cerrado.

Thanks Adriana for posting the ending of Fina Estampa. If I had to live through that I would be more disappointed than I am now.

I'd give this novela a gentleman's C.


 

Sue- Yeah. Isn't it ridiculous what a big deal was made out of TC being born out of wedlock to a servant (gasp!), and the fact that she MURDERED her mother was a throwaway revelation made quickly to Pati in the confrontation in the burning building. Not even sure Rei, Tony and Gris heard it since they were trying to prevent Gris from burning to a crisp.
 

Long ago, since i had little time i had to choose santa diabla or this novela and since i chose SANTA DIABLA im now glad i did (judging from the comments on MARIDO EN ALQUILER).

I felt kinda bad for JP and Simon. Manuel and Celeste wtf?! But i wouldve watched if Khotan was in this (If Diosdado and Anacleto were in this so should Angel) then again Gabriel Valenzuela kinda looks like Khotan....

I still think Griselda shouldve beaten Barbara like Santa Martinez did with Barbie Cano!

And lastly Juan Solers wife isnt the only one in SANTA DIABLA. So is Ismael La Rosas wife Virna Flores (Paula Delgado)...

Hate to say it but this novela was like CORAZON VALIENTE. Started off good but ultimately failed...