Caray, Caray!

Good Morning Y'all.

I tried to do this one justice. I snarked it up some. And what is with all these characters salivating over pictures I'd like to know. Please enjoy the recap.
 

Excellent recap, Mads!

We do have a few characters salivating over pictures of their obsessions, but at least they aren't sniffing articles of their clothing...yet. :)

I have a feeling Juliana will make a trip soon to see the good doctor.

Danilo sure is wheeling and dealing to get his drug cultivation and brothel business set up. Perla failed in her mission to get the cultivation guy to give them a discount. I was shocked that a guy in that kind of business doesn't go for prostitutes. Perla seemed really hurt, and then Danilo rubs her age in her face, literally pulling on her crows feet. I felt bad for that poor new girl. Obviously Norberto doesn't have the same standards as the drug guy- he likes prostitutes, and he likes them very young. He'll pay the price, if Danilo reveals that video he just recorded.

Este officially went into perv territory. Last time he just came upon her. This time he knew exactly what he'd find when he went down to the river.
 

Madelaine, oh noes!! Seeing the devil’s most devoted disciple was certainly an eye opener this morning. I am hoping that image is not indelibly seared into my brain! ;) oh dear...

The title was great and the recap was fabulous. "He swears to love her foreva. That's pie cart talk" and "What is it with these people salivating over pictures" were among my favorites. Swine is the perfect name for Danilo.

I adore "I Can't Get Next to You" and look forward to playing that at home (no privacy here at work).

I thought Jules' lasvicious lusting over Andres' picture was almost as cringeworthy as Dany's.

Vivi, there is something sad and pathetic about Perla. Berefit of confidence, she endures Danilo's brutal treatment yet yearns for him. She is culpable for helping him bring these poor, unfortunate girls into a life of misery. I have felt a trace of pity but not much more.

Was a tad bit surprised at how quickly Ulises jealousy turned to anger when he came upon Manuel and Acacia. But in his defense, he knows Manuel has ulterior motives. And speaking of... it's obvious he doesn't trust Esteban either. Nor should he. The little treats and trinkets Este left for Acacia were sweet as a child but Ulises is right, Acacia is a woman now. A fact Esteban is struggling with...

It was inevitable that Ale would not be able to hide her scar forever. If it had to be revealed, I am glad she is among friends who will support her. Perhaps and hopefully, this will be a step in her healing process.

Este purposely seeking Acacia out was indeed disturbing. That act aside, I think he is doing everything possible to put her out of his head. I believe he loves Cris and is simply smitten with Acacia.

My head wants to believe that he will be faithful to Cris but my heart is seeing a huge danger sign.

Madelaine, your recap was snarkilicious and great fun. You always do masterful justice to all of your recaps.

I am really hooked on this. Every night I think I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow.

Diana
 

Thanks, Mads, for yet another excellent recap. I have been so exhausted lately due to getting up at 5.15 that I actually went to bed at 8.45 last night. This morning , I watched the episode with my breakfast and then read your recap.

YIKES. Este is sliding down a very slippery slope with his obsession for nubile, young acacia. It was creepy watching him follow the younguns on their triple date to the old swimming hole and hiding in the trees while he spied on Acacia in her itsy bitsy teeny weeny bikini. I was hoping that his horse would let out a loud whinny , and the kids would see him. I once went swimming in a beau's pond , and his mother told me that his dad thought that I had nice legs and a cute figure...hmmm..Even at the age of 16, I felt a little creeped out and uncomfortable about that comment. I also found it very upsetting watching him grab Chris so lustfully because he was all hot and bothered from seeing Acacia. Ick.

Watching the actor playing Rubio is interesting. He always wears a teeshirt with an open shirt on top , and he always has his machete on his belt which makes me nervous. He constantly has something in his hand yo munch on. now, he has added the harmonica.
 

Madelaine - Fab recap. My favorites.

Listen you cowardly swine, put Ale's picture away.

What is it with these people salivating over pictures?

I can't help but admire El Rubio's wit. When Esteban said Cris was the love of his life, and then Rubio said something like well, then, her daughter must be the exportación I didn’t know exactly how this word fit in but it sounded like a sophisticated way for a capataz to put it.

I'm not enthusiastic about Esteban's love talk. When he was removing Cris's shirt, he said something like she may not be young or the most beautiful but she was the woman he loved. Reminded me of an old comedy sketch when a guy tries to calm his wife down from being jealous over a hottie by saying, "honey, I don't want somebody beautiful and curvaceous, I want you."

The young woman Norberto went off with seemed as scared and intimidated as Ale had been. That ugly scene was well done. I feel sorry for Perla too. My guess is she was enslaved and brainwashed at an early age. Esteban loves insulting her, though he knows full well that she’s attractive (physically, that is). After all, he's still doing her. No idea what will happen, but with Sabine Moussier I hope eventually Perla will get on a venganza train against Danilo.

 

NiecieI think that you are so right about Perla having been a young victim of Damdan just like Ale .

Mads..I liked the names Perls and Swine..so appropriate.

There are a lot of nasty men who victimize women in this show..DamdanNorberto, Rubio...and former good boy Este is on a slippery slope to becoming a dirty middle aged man. I felt that he was basically just using Chris to satisfy his desire after seeing Acacia in that bikini. Bleeccchhh ...so wrong. Chris is beautiful and kind and definitely does not deserve to be treated this way by her husband. I am all for Uly now. I thought that he was a bad guy , but I was wrong. I think that he has Este's number and so does raunchy Rubio.
 

Vivi:

Thank you most kindly. Oh, how glad I am they are not sniffing things. That always bothers me.

Oh, The Swine is the worst. I too was surprised that the drug guy wasn't into prostitues.

I too thought as you did about that camera and Norbie. He is one dirty dog, Norbie that is. He will have to pay up, or risk being exposed, hmmmmm.........

Oh Diana:

Thank you kindly.

I'm sorry about that picture of the Swine. I'm just angry as hell about him, how he continues to procure these young girls. I want his anvil to be swift and sure.

I am with you about Este. I too think he is doing everything he can to put Acacia out of his mind. I didn't like that he told Cris she wasn't young anymore. Cris is a beautiful and decent woman.

I am still on the fence about Ulises. I want to make sure he isn't just talking a good game and is actually a stand up guy.

Me too Diana about being hooked on this. I also can't wait to find out what happens next.

Susanlynn:

Thank you kindly. Este has gone into creepy territory. I too was hoping maybe his horse would whinny. What a thing about your old beau's Papa, creepy.

I think Rubio may wear the machete because of snakes. There are a ton of them around. But it's creepy the way he constantly touches it when he is displeased about something.

Niece:

Thank you kindly. I didn't know what Rubio was saying, Thanks for that. Esteban sure was pithed.

It is true about Perls. And the Swine is still doing her any chance he can get. She is still attractive, he's just a putz. I too wonder what her background is. Oh, that would be great if Perls got on the venganza train.

Susanlynn:

I agree with you about Este. There was no call for him to say she wasn't young anymore. That's a huge red flag that she ought to think about. Thank goodness though, there was no switch like the last time with Acacia. I am really hoping Este does love Cris. It almost sounded as if he were trying to convince himself.
 

I believe what Rubio said is that Cris is the love of Este's life, "pero su hijastra es su pasion" (but your step-daughter is your passion).

Rubio certainly has Este's pervy number. I guess it takes one to know one.

Ulises seems totally legit and upstanding to me. We've had no red flags about him. I totally got why his first reaction to seeing Manuel hugging Acacia and holding a flower was an angry one. This was the dude he falsely accused him of a crime, in front of his girlfriend and all her family and friends, and was this close to sending him to jail for it, all because he was trying to steal said girlfriend for myself. Taking that into account, I think it's actually rather big of him to set that aside and be willing to hang out with Manuel again.

And with Este, who has been either hostile or condescending to him from the beginning, he's the only normal person (not counting Rubio) to start picking up that there is something not quite right in the way he interacts with Acacia. By the way, this episode Este kept bringing up again, and again that Uli wasn't used to riding horses and should be given a docile horse-- all to make Uli feel less like a man and to provoke his anger. That was just sophomoric, and the intent wasn't lost on Uli.
 

Vivi:

That's what I thought Rubio said to Este, the passion, but I thought I heard it wrong.

I thought when Este found out that Uli wasn't an experienced rider I thought they had cooked up some type of plan to give Uli a frisky horse. Thank goodness that didn't happen. I think Uli is seeing some of the things with Este.
 

Thanks Super Woman---I liked your line, she is all over him like a cheap scent.

Oh no! Dan Evil is joining the Association. That's bad news for Alejandra.

So Norberto has to get lazy Manuel up to go to work. Manuel has to work? His first job?

The new girl looked older than fifteen to me. I know that she is supposed to be a scared new recruit but she looked to be of legal age to me.

What's with the blackmail camera?
Is Norberto about to be blackmailed? That would be an interesting twist.

Ok, several have said it, there seems to be a chorus forming. I saw it too. So Esteban got an
appetite watching beautiful bikini
clad Acacia and then went home for the main course dinner with Cris. Galen Esteban?
the gringo


 

Gringo- I was so surprised to see Norberto make Manuel get up and go to work. Even better when told Manuel that he had to start as a messenger at the Association (just like German did), and that he'd report to German AND Alejandra. And also that he wasn't giving him any responsibility on the ranch because the workers don't respect him (like they do German). Now that it looks like Manuel won't be marrying into money, he's useless to Norberto, and Norberto seems to be valuing his least favorite non-son, German, more.

I also thought the new girl looked of legal age, although still young and scared enough for Norberto to be ashamed of himself. And boy, will he regret it when the blackmail starts with the video!

By the way, the new girl hadn't been given her prostitute name yet, and Danilo suggested that he name her Julianita (little Juliana). Pretty sick, huh?
 

Clarification: Danilo suggested to Norberto that he name her Julianita. And Norbie didn't seem to mind the idea. Yuck!
 

"It was inevitable that Ale would not be able to hide her scar forever. If it had to be revealed, I am glad she is among friends who will support her. Perhaps and hopefully, this will be a step in her healing process."

Diana- I meant to say earlier that I so agree with this comment. That scar represents so many things to Alejandra. It's the physical manifestation of her captivity, and all the pain she and her brother experienced all those years. Just like her past, she tried desperately to hide it from everyone, and as soon as anyone gets a peek at it, she falls apart. In the end, I really think she needs professional help to get past a lot of her trauma, but I do think it's helping greatly to finally have friends and people around who love and care for her, like Acacia and German.
 

Gringo:

Thank you most kindly. That girl just looked so darn young. I couldn't tell how old she was. Oh, yes about poor Cris being the dessert. Yes, this is Manuel first job. I am glad that Norbie is making him start from the bottom.

Vivi:

Thanks again for the added tidbits.Good that Manuel is starting from the bottom. icky, just icky about the Swine telling Norbie t name this girl Jules and Norbie not doesn't protest, what is wrong with him?
I too think before it is all said and done that Ale will need professional help. I too am glad she has all the friends she has. You are right Vivi, she couldn't hide that scar forever. Maybe before this TN is over she can have it fixed.
 

Thank you so much Madeleine!

Perls and Swine – I love it. Very clever. And I am grateful for the whole wonderful recap as my captions are crummy. Is everyone else having the same problem? Mine are well behind what’s going on, and sentences are often left out. Well, I guess it’s a good learning experience to just use my ears to understand, but it also means I’m missing some stuff.

I found it weird that Acacia would hug bare-chested Este after her nightmare. A virginal young woman would be weirded out by flesh-to-flesh contact. And why isn’t she wierded out by his intense looks at her?

And why is she still a virgin? No hanky-panky with Ulysses.. what (who?) is she being saved for? Hmm, not pleasant to contemplate.

I also was surprised there was no horseback accident.
 

Maggie- I don't think Acacia has been together with Ulises long enough for them to have any hanky panky yet. But now that they have declared their serious relationship in front of both of their families, I'm guessing it will come up. Their kisses are pretty intense.

I was so glad when Cris came into the bedroom and Acacia went into her arms instead. I was more surprised CRIS didn't do a double take when she saw Acacia in Este's bare arms, more so than Acacia, who was still in the stupor of her nightmare, not being taken aback.
 

@Vivi, I am with you Cris should have looked like what in all hell is going on when she walked in on them. Acacia is not 10 years old for cripe sake. Este is a creep and Rubio is on to him and Uli is almost there too good for them. The horse accident will happen sooner rather than later I am sure. Rubio picked up on something with that look at Este. Can I say I am glad I like spoilers lol.
Romy