Caray, Caray!

Good Morning Y'all

I know I missed a lot of stuff on this capitulo. My female dog is in heat and I have two male dogs that bay. I had a hard time hearing, so please comment about details and things I missed, and as always thanks so much ; )
 

Thanks, Madelaine, for the great as usual recap and in the midst of lovelorn puppies nonetheless!

Funny scenes:

Alejo calling Minerva a whale and " mi gordis "again just to get under her skin.

AS complaining to Carmelita about the styles for her dresses eventhough she gave her her own patterns.

Minerva setting up the baby monitors so she and Isela can spy on Alejo.

MA doing his happy dance waiting for Lupita.

MA telling his family (except doña Mati) they need to work because with the money he made he can barely pay Lupita for their food. AS at her laziest giving him suggestions on night jobs and bringing up the labor she suffered when he was born.

MA telling stubborn Nepo again he cannot help him get back with Lupita.

Minerva growling in her teddy.

Jarifa




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The first conversation of Saul and MA... Saul asked MA to make sure what he is looking for with Lupe is real and he is not just following the plan/suggestion that he seduce Lupe to get the house... MA did not answer that final question...

And I LOVED LOVED that Tizoc opened the car door for Frida but when AS came over to the car looking for the same treatment, he just yelled at her from the inside of the car 'SUBASE!!' (get in!!) and she quietly had to get in the back seat all by herself.
 

Thanks, Madelaine! Sounds like you've got your own little doggienovela going on at home. :-)

Ahole should be careful about calling his wife a whale. Last guy I saw do that in a TN ended up getting haunted by her ghost.

I know Don Chuy has a soft spot for AS, but the way he is treating Carm about this thing with the dresses is ridiculous. The only good place this story could be going would be if AS designs a dress (because she seems to have something specific in mind that Carm can't figure out what it is), Leo draws it, and Carmelita makes it. And then they become an award-winning fashion design team together. That would be awesome.

I'm very annoyed that MA didn't head off this misunderstanding with Lupita by telling her up front (like, a week ago or more but at least last night when they were talking about the search for proof of his innocence) that Minerva is helping him. Problem solved. Why does it never occur to TN people to tell the truth? It gets tiresome after a while.

And most of all I'm annoyed with AS. I'm ready for her anvil to arrive at any time and I'm getting less and less picky about what form it takes. Chicken poop wasn't enough; dog poop wasn't enough; I just don't know what it will take.
 

Thanks, Madelaine!

Lots of funny bits for an episode in which not much happened (aside from Mine attempting to seduce MA). Ahole telling Mine she was huge and looked like a whale, and expecting that to be taken as a compliment! Those two do love aggravating each other.

Ahole and Vilma apparently teleported to the country house. How will MA get out of this one? Can Minerva talk her way out of such a compromising scene?

I think Carmelita was trying to tell AS that there wasn't enough fabric to make what she was suggesting. AS, of course, thinks it's Carmelita's problem to just make it work. After all, the customer is always right! Just get it done! I think Carmelita should demand at least half the payment upfront and maybe more.

I loved how Carmelita was the voice of reason and told Lupita that if she only heard half the conversation, she doesn't really know what it was about and could be misinterpreting it. And Lupita actually seemed to listen to her and consider talking to MA about it, instead of steadfastly insisting he is the worst of the worst and a few overheard words are definite proof of that!

I also liked how Tizoc got rid of Perla when she was teasing him about liking la jipirisnais. He knows how to lock a door...he's already way smarter than most telenovela characters! Still waiting for the day when Frida will actually accord him equal status in front of Tato and the Tools. Can't she tell those doofuses only give Tizoc a hard time because they feel threatened by him?

AS suggesting MA work nights, too, so that the rest of them need never lift a finger. She is the WORST! An unreasonable sense of entitlement is one of my biggest triggers, so I have NO patience for her. But then again, as she pointed out, she was in labor for AN HOUR AND A HALF when MA was born, so she's done her lifetime share of work and then some!
 

I hope Carmelita comes up with great clothes that are nothing like what AS suggests, and she becomes a successful designer on her own. Maybe Leo could help with styling and publicity/sales. I don't want AS to benefit from Carmelita's work at all. I want her to have to shovel manure in order to eat.
 

Tizoc could give Parkour lessons at Frida's school. Maybe Tato's too fancy for such things, but Tizoc's demonstration (a few weeks ago) seemed to attract a lot of admirers!

AS's sense of entitlement would be bad enough on its own, but she's apparently not intending to pay Carmelita with her own money, and I don't see her doing anything to raise the money to pay back what she stole from the Menchacas. In fact, she hasn't even confessed. So, yes, anvil now please. It can be the kind of anvil that she can recover from, but it needs to fall soon.

I only suggested the dress designing for AS because I'm convinced she has some unrevealed talent that will finally emerge when she's challenged sufficiently. But I'm open to the possibility that her unrevealed talent is for scooping manure. Or maybe she'll have to sleep with Sharky to get her chinchilla back.
 

I'm annoyed that MA still hasn't told Lupita that his mother took the money. He knows what a stress the debt is to her. I suppose he thinks that if the debt is paid off, the Menchacas can kick them out, but I think they could work out some satisfactory arrangement. The Menchacas are kind people. They won't make them leave when they don't have the means to stay someplace else. They could negotiate for some rent payment or more help with the housework, though.

Oh, of course there's also the problemita of his not being able to deceptively claim the million dolares if the Menchacas own the house outright, but I'm hoping he's getting over the idea of swindling them. Do the right thing, MA!

Maybe AS does have some latent talent, but the more she acts entitled to do nothing and have everything, the more I want her to have to do something she would find degrading. She is really into art. Maybe she could eventually become a museum docent or curator or a gallery owner after many episodes of learning to take care of herself and appreciate what she has and what other people do.
 

I think that Tato would pretend that he thinks parkour is uncool/naco/whatever because he would suck at it.
 

Well, I've finally caught up after following this on the internet for the last 3 weeks. I LOVE this novela and I would have missed so much if it weren't for the very fine recaps by Madeleine, Martaivett, and Julie and the funny and insightful remarks by you regular commenters. Thank you all so much!
I can't wait to see how MA escapes - he HAS to escape, doesn't he?
Keep up the good work!

Ann C
 

Ann! Congrats on catching up!! This is one of my favorite TNs ever (so far), and I am surprised that it isn't more popular.

As for MA: The lucky thing is that Ahole doesn't even know that's who Mini is with. He may be able to sneak out or hide or something... but MINI will be in BIG trouble. Especially if Ahole sees that she's not wearing her little fake tummy.
 

I think this show would be way more popular if it weren't on SO late. It's very funny! I was wary about starting it just because of the late time, but now I'm hooked and usually stay up for it. Can't do that all the time, though, and I understand why a lot of people wouldn't ever watch it.
 

Thanks Madelaine for this fun recap of a very funny but rather uneventful episode.

Even though I had great difficulty understanding even half of Tizoc's and Perla's discussion, I thought it was very entertaining. I did catch that Perla called Frida a broom with legs... mean, but right on target.

I cracked up at Isela playing with the hand puppet. Too bad that Minnie isn't pregnant because Isela will make a great grandmother.

I was disappointed in Tizoc for not showing more courtesy and respect for AS, but he was very funny nonetheless.

Ann C, I'm so glad that you've joined us with this.

Carlos
 

I would say that the courtesy and respect Tizoc showed AS was about a hundred times more than she deserves. I mean, he didn't drive away without her, running over her foot in the process. He let her get in the car. Still, though, if he's at all serious about Frida, he'd be wise to make good with her mother a bit. Then again, AS is a total snob who will not approve of him no matter how polite he is, so why bother? Then again again, he shouldn't waste opportunities to take the high road and show that he has more class than she has.
 

I think when MA was ranting and raving he mentioned that Frida's clothes are too small for her. (Obviously referring to her skirts.) LOL.
 

Thanks a bunch, Mads! I was on a call for the first part of the show, so I missed Tizok's dis of AS. Darn!

Minerva trying to seduce MA was a riot. Let's see how MA gets away from her and Alejo and his gun tonight.

Carlos- I didn't see when Perla called Frida a broom with legs (LOL), but I did catch when MA dinged Frida by pointing out that she's so grown up (and able to work) that she's even outgrown her skirts. Ha! She then tugged down on her usual short skirt self consciously.
 

Julie- Jinx! We were writing at the same time about the same thing.
 

Julie, thanks for the laugh with reminding us about what happened to Plutarco in PESE.

Jarifa
 

LOL!! GMTA!
 

Another little detail I enjoyed was Ahole's photo at Vilma's bedside.

She has noooooo idea what she's missing out on.