Caray, Caray!

Adriana:

I think the dress Ana has planned for Alicia may end up being a big heart breaker for Ana, as Isabruja is sure to do something terrible, like catching it on fire in retaliation for her wedding dress woes.

Yes, Fer is so..spinekesd. I'm not liking this character which is a reflection of not only the script but JS's acting ability.

The ring scene with Isabruja Mayor was vomit- worth. Don't know if I can take another 150 or so episodes of carmr Salinas or Yoyo.
 

**so....spineless. Sorry.
 

Adriana Noel, great recap! Yes, the whole HPV psa was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Very funny!

I am so glad that Fernando and Isabela are coming home early. From the previews it looks like Isabela has her foot on Ana's hand. Yikes! The war is about to start.

Yes, I agree that the whole quinceañera dress is going to become a bone of contention.

I always love Isabela's asides to the camera and us.

My favorite parts were with Yolanda. What a stitch: from putting in her order for garnachas with red sauce and cheese please to the guys trying to pull the engagement ring off her finger. I liked how she told Isabela that "Siempre hay una mosca en el arroz." (There is always a fly in the rice.). Yolanda always has her eye on the prize: Fernando will now let her get her new furniture! Too funny!

The sweetest scene was Luz and Ana, of course.

Best advice of last night was Diego telling Sebastián about his childhood and telling him about forgiving. It should serve to empower Sebastián in the relationship with his dad. Fernando is not evil, just out of touch and as before he has showed interest in becoming a better father. So, it shows some growth on his part to come home early to take care of Sebastián.

Last night was very entertaining and I am looking for some more good laughs and some drama (oh, no!) tonight.

Jarifa
 

"Mrs. Fernando Weak&Wobbly Lascurain"

Ha! Don't hold back, Adriana. This was such a great recap. No holds barred and details to boot.

I missed the very beginning, and anything to do with Yolanda out in the yard I did my best to ignore. But I perked up at the scene with Luz...oh my stars that little darling gets me every time.

So Sebas perhaps has been having issues all this time, and Dear Old Dad was oblivious? Well, we know from the start of this, he was pretty well ignoring all the kids and just playing Mr. Workaholic and throwing crappy Nanny's at them. But knowing Fanny tried to ask him to do more...Father of the Year award nomination has been revoked.

Now on to Uncle Diego . Firstly, I don't know about Ana, but my toes were curling during that restaurant scene. How the heck are they going to justify pulling Ana back to Fer except that Isa is a worthless bitch? If they start destroying the Diego character, that may make me take a powder on this TN.

Isa deserves a special corner of hell for what she is doing and thinking about Alicia. That place where the song "It's a Small World" plays over and over and you can only watch repeats of the From Justin to Kelly movie over and over and over and over....

And I agree Adriana, I found nothing really amusing about the ring scene. These guys are all too nice, I swear. Yolanda is wasting food, staff time needed elsewhere and making a general nuisance of herself. Yeah, real funny. Can't wait to watch her and Isa start racking up the bills.
I am not going to enjoy the Lady of the Manor Isa back and starting her reign of terror.

Daisynjay
 

Adriana Noel, your recap was wonderful. "Fer doesn’t care about Diego’s advice, what could Diego know about raising kids? (Apparently more than you do, idiot!)" was among my favorites.

I find I am liking Diego more with each passing day. His playful, flirtatious (but not invasive) behavior with Ana is one reason as well as his obvious care and concern for the children. “Seb wonders how everything turned out and Diego says that there is only a solution in situations like this: forgiveness”. Let’s add thoughtful, good advice to that mix. ITA with your “It would be such a welcomed change from the classic formula if Ana actually fell for Diego!!!” Yes, very refreshing…

Isa's cruel remark about Alicia has her stepping into dangerous territory. It's one thing to try and get the kids on her side but she made it clear that she has no affection for them at all.

Agree with everyone that the soon to be created dress does not stand a chance.

I hope things go well for Nico and Jen, they deserve some happiness.

daisy, like you, I would be very upset if Diego's character gets trashed. IF Ana and Fer get back together, it should just be that they can't live without each other. I am having a tough time digesting and accepting that about Fer right now. As you noted Adriana, he has kept none of the promises he made to his late wife.

Diana
 

Awesome Adriana.

Totally agree. "a few kisses don’t spell happily ever after and Ana, the pole dancer with years of experience in dealing with life’s hard lessons should know this."

It was a fantasy of a poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks with no family. She developed a crush on what appeared an upstanding prince charming and a ready made family so different from Juan. She fell into the trap and if she jumps to Diego she'll get more of the same (different guy same letdown). Ana realizes her mistakes, wants to take a breather and I don't blame her. She is a thing to these guys and don't understand both Jenny's and Fanny's insistence a new relationship with the playboy brother the best way to work through an old.

Yolanda - NO, HELL, NO

Nic - just a foolish old man

Luz - Mama

Isabela - pick on someone your own size

Alicia - "all in all just another brick in the wall"

Bruno - fetch

Fernando - darn, what else did I promise Fanny

Diego - "As a man sow, shall he reap
And I know that talk is cheap.
So the hotter the battle
Is the sweeter the victory."

Doroteo - all claims are worthless, I own her

 

Good work, Adriana. This was a difficult episode.

Yolanda does not amuse me at all. I can tell that Carmen Salinas is having a good time playing this Bruja Loca who is getting on all our last nerves, but what she is doing now has crossed the line either into evil or crazy.

Sebas and Alicia are the two most vulnerable of the kids and they're also going to be the focus of Hissabela's reign of terror. After Ana, of course.
 

Calling Fatima?

Should we start some Crackpot Theorists™ tables?

--Ana ends up with Diego?

 

Thank you for the great recap!

Fer is so oblivious to everyone around him and trying so hard to do the right thing that all he does is the wrong.

Diego made a great impression last night and I think its obvious the kids really need him, to balance out their father.

I'm not a fan of when actors break the fourth wall. I don't like asides directly to the audience.

Scene between Luz and Ana, when Luz says she's her new mommy and asks her if she is going to leave, so touching!
 

Adriana,

Thank you for a great recap with lots of great details.

I am with the "enough with Yolanda" camp and did wonder why it took reinforcements in the form of Diego to get the ring back. Like Nico like Fernando with these greedy women. All that food sitting in the sun! The only good thing is that Rene gets more screen time. His role and actiing in it have grown on me.

I did hate to see Fernando's face when Fanny was telling him about Sebas' problems. I think JS meant to show Fernando looking agrieved but he looked like he wanted to say "I can't be bothered." That said, I think his conscience continually comes back to haunt him after he does the wrong thing and then he corrects -- for at least the moment. He certainly has a long way to go but there has to be a good core in there somewhere to explain why Ana and the children love him.

UA, you are so right about Alicia and Sebas being the troubled children who lost their mother at perhaps the most vulnerable ages. And Luz truly is the light of the house and the novela. What a little doll!

The thought of Isabela and Yolanda taking over the house, mismanaging so many resources, torturing the servants and oppressing the children is so completely revolting that I don't know how I will make it. Thank goodness for the light and sweet moments provided by the children, Ana, Nico and Jennifer and that wild man Diego
 

The Ana & Luz scene teared me up, set up by Luz looking at the painting then looking at Ana. Though the best thing for Ana would be to get away from Fernando, Isabela & Diego, she now can't, without breaking a promise and two hearts. Who gives a flip about those selfish men.
 

Mati, I thought it was just me who thought Fer came off sort of like "really Fanny? ok, yeah I'll do it" when she asked him to watch for Sebas.

Based on his own upbringing, he believes in towing the line, being serious and doing the right thing. It made him the golden child with Dad. So he doesn't understand his own children who deviate from that. Ana was breaking that barrier, but it seems with Isa he might be taking a big step backward with his intolerance.

Did we ever get the back story on Fer and Diego's mom. I know they say she died too when they were young, but I wonder if she was more like a Fanny or an Isa?

Daisynjay
 

Victoria, I didn't really have a problem with Fer up until last night. Sure, he showed all the usual signs of oblivious galan (also known as galanitis), but I didn't think that falling into bed with Isa after a year of celibacy and than wanting to do right by his future baby was all that bad.
But last night he truly made me cringe, especially after I saw the scene with Mama Fany. That poor woman went to the grave trusting that her beloved husband would make a priority out of their kids and what he did was just the opposite. When Ana came into their lives, he was as far from the kids as possible. And even if now he's trying, he still has a long way to go.

Jarifa, I really liked the scene between Sebas and Diego; I noticed the similarity between the two of them a while ago, I'm glad that the show addressed this.

Daisy, from how clueless Fernando seems to be around the kids, I'm starting to think that his wife was in charge of absolutely everything and all he did was pay the bills. My toes were curling while watching Diego, too, and Pablo Montero is not even a favorite of mine.

Tofie, I agree with you that Ana most likely fell in love with the idea of family just as much as she fell for Fernando. For an orphan who spent all her life searching for her mother, that is pretty normal, actually. It would be a nice spin from the writers if they ever decided to truly go for a Diego+Ana endgame and say that she was more taken by the whole package (man and kids) then by the man himself.

Urban, Alicia and Seb ARE the most vulnerable, very well said! The middle kids, both at a difficult age. Fanny and Nando have love problems that keep them busy enough, the twins have each other and Luz is the light of the house that everyone loves and spoils. But Sebas and Alicia are clearly lost and in need of more attention. And, like every vicious predator, Isa felt the weakness and went for the kill.
I don't think Seb will fall to her feet too soon, but having Alicia in her corner might spell enough troubles in the future for Ana.

Mati, I wonder how much money the two brujas have to waste before Fernando finally realizes what they are doing. A wiser man would have read right through Isa from the day of the engagement party, but nobody has ever accused him of being too clever, right?

 

Daisy, I was wondering about Nico's first wife, too. I'm thinking that she was more like Fanny, but at least Nico didn't marry some bruja after he became a widow.
I have to admit that I wasn't really paying attention to Fer's expression during the scene with his wife, I was just shocked to see how little of what his wife had asked him he actually fulfilled. I understand that he was consumed by his own grief, but he should have snapped out of it one way or another - with 7 kids in the house, it's kind of hard to forget that you are a father.
 

I like the Diego we have seen so far but we have already been fooled by Fernando & Leon so I'm with Ana and ain't buying what he is selling just yet. He has lived his life the way he choose for 20 years, bouncing from woman to woman, and the skill necessary to do that is his boyish charm and ability to be sincere in the moment with the woman he is with, that is, until he is with the next. I don't fault him and he is very likeable but where Fernando is clueless with women Diego is a pro. I bet there are a multitude of women out there that would swear to you Diego was ready to settle down.

 

Adriana:
Not only did Fernando forget his promise to Fanny about Sebas but also about making peace with Diego.

 

I'm hoping Diego turns out to be like Warren Beatty or George Clooney, the right woman comes along and his world changes.
 

I don't see Fernando as a great father that truly loves his kids. I know we are supposed to believe that but what has he actually done? Really? He relented under duress from Ana for Sebastian to dance, under duress from Fanny to quit school, told his oldest son he impregnated an employee but loved another as their bonding moment, read one bedtime story and went along for a trip to the zoo. Am I missing something?

 

Yeah, Victoria, Fernando has selective memory.
 

Have to vent before reading the recap and comments.

When Yola took the ring and pretended she and Nico were engaged, I thought if they make this a plot that she acts as if she’s engaged and it snowballs from there, I’m done.

And I certainly don’t want to watch 150 eps of Isa tyrannizing Ana.

Or 150 eps of Yola lording it over everyone. I’d hope Fer would put a stop to it, but he’s so wracked with guilt because he doesn’t love Isa, that he’ll probably give her a pass.

This is early days for me to be saying that I’m going to start FF through some scenes.

I’m also a little bored with this one. Maybe I’ve just o.d. on TNs, having spent the last year watching three (and at times four) at a time. I wish they would introduce some new characters. I know they just introduced Tamara, but she hasn’t DONE anything, except be mopey.

Nanette
 

My opinion: I see Fernando as a throwback to what many traditional fathers were like when I was growing up. They provided for their wives and families, sometimes played disciplinarian but otherwise were not very involved with their children let alone the emotional lives of their children. Those responsibilities fell to their wives (Fanny in this case.) It did not mean that these fathers loved their children less. That is just how things were. So, since Fanny has been dead, Fernando has been like a fish out of water probably not even knowing what his kids are missing/needing.

Jarifa
 

Yowsa. Just when you think Yolo can't get any more presumptuous and rude and tacky, she exceeds her previous behavior by leaps and bounds (leaps and bounds that some poor servant will have to do, because she's sure as hell not lifting a toe). When they panned over all that delicious food, I thought it was a special feast Isa and Fer were enjoying on their honeygloom. Nope, just Bruja Mayor's afternoon snackie. I did like when Bruno deliberately put the fan right in her face as she was making him move it around.

Yobruja's behavior, especially about the ring, veered past entitlement and greed and into Serious Mental Problems Land. The wailing, really?! Is she really delusional enough to think she could be attractive to Nico, with her atrocious behavior? How did she snag one affluent husband?

I think for Ana, leaving the kids would be far, far more painful than either staying around Fer and his ball-shriveling chain, or leaving Fer behind. If Isabruja does succeed in ousting Ana, I think Ana should get custody of Luz. Poor little thing would fall apart if they were separated.

I think Ana's gift will be a pretty dress, but Bruja will offer something super expensive and trendy and Alicia will choose the flashy thing over Ana's gift. Possibly being really rude about whatever Ana picked in the process. Poor Alicia is in for some real trauma when she finds out how Isa really feels about her. "Gross! The ugly one!"?!?! Isa, grow up.

Alicia and Isa are just like two middle school girls in a mean girls movie. Maybe Alicia should get Isa some "weight loss" bars that will make her fat.

Thanks mucho mucho, Adriana. I like your candid assessment of Fer's disadvantages :).
 

Thanks Adriana, terrific detail. I would do the same as Fernando, take away his toys and check his homework every day.

I wouldn't call Fernando the worst father in the world. I think he's pretty typical actually. My father and mother had the same deal with each of their responsibilities. Dad worked, mom stayed home and took care of daily issues. And it's somewhat like this with my husband and me with our daughter. I'm just better at dealing with the daily issues and I think my mother was too.

I agree with those who said that if we are going to have YoMama act like a queen in this house ordering everyone around, and no one speaks up about it, I might have to go on strike. And if she doesn't leave Nico alone after he told her that he's got a girlfriend, I will go on a second strike.


 

The previews also had Ana carrying a packed suitcase out of her room. So I'm guessing that they make her switch rooms because she already promised Luz that she wouldn't leave.
 

Cathyx: Ana had her coat on when she was carrying out the suitcase so it gave the impression she was leaving the house. Of course we know she probably changes her mind at the last minute bec of the kids. Previews had Isa stepping on her hand and saying nasty things. Am I horrible person to want her to fall down the stairs and suffer a miscarriage? I already know the answer :(
 

Carvivlie, we get a pass on being a bad person for wishing bad things to happen to people on TNs since it's not real. I wish something would happen to her too. But if she loses the baby, I'm not sure that Fernando would divorce her. But if the baby turns out not to be his, then he might.
 

Thanks Adriana for recapping such a cringe worthy ep.

I disagree that Fer did not express interest in Ana. I think he made it clear to her that he wanted to start something serious with her.

Jarifa: it looks like we may be the only ones who like Fer. I don’t like a lot of what he’s done, but I understand why he’s done them—even if he’s wrong. Also, this parallels The Sound of Music and the Captain wasn’t the best father either—until Maria showed up.

I can related to Sebes—being the artistic/sensitive child in my family, and Alicia for feeling like the not so pretty one. I’m also a middle child.

I think Ana should leave to for her own good. She won’t—for long, anyway—because of the kids. Agony for her either way. She’d probably rather be unhappy but near the kids, than unhappy away from them.
 

I'm really really hoping that the baby turns out to not be Fer's. He would probably feel obligated to stay married to Isa otherwise, whether the baby survived or not, but if she had actually deceived him, that should be a dealbreaker.

The avances show that the brujas are going to get way more bruja-y. I hope the backlash will be swift and brutal.
 

I think we can all agree that Fanny must have had great parenting skills as the seven kids are really pretty great, and it seems that she had little or no help from her husband.
 

I agree that Fernando is very close to traditional fathers, who never interfere too much with day to day care, but this is a widowed father, he has to step up. he is kind of trying, but with an influence like Isa, I don't know...
I didn't see the preview about Ana carrying a suitcase. If she leaves, I don't think it will be for long. That house would be a mess without her.

Julia, U think that Nico and Diego should have just called Fer the minute Yolanda stepped into the house. She was already saying something about moving in the day of the wedding, but nobody dared say anything; I guess this is Televisa's version of funny, which is no surprise, since they know nothing about comedy.
I also think Ana's gift will be something pretty and heartfelt, but Isa will ruin that for her.

Cathyx, I don't think Fer is the worst father, either; but after his wife died, he should have done a little bit more than just bury himself in his work while the kids exchanged nannies like socks.

Nanette, Fer did show interest in Ana, but they hadn't even started a relationship when he suddenly said he was marrying Isa. And when he wanted to explain, Ana was just too hurt to listen.
Ana's despair seems to me like bad writing; they could have shown her hurt without having her cry those crocodile tears. I just think the whole thing was a little exaggerated because this is a tn and heroines are expected to cry all the time - and since SN is a good, natural crier, maybe they thought that they could take advantage of that.

 

I thought it was a low blow for Fer to snap at Diego "what do you know? You've never had kids!" when he knows perfectly well that Diego would have liked to have been the one married to Fanny and having the kids.

Diego may be a smooth charmer, but I don't think he's the kind of mujeriego who leads women on so they're thinking he's more serious about them than he is. I think he really feels Ana is different from his past lady friends. Which is not to say that his feelings won't change or that it won't end badly, but I don't think he's an incurable tomcat. I think if he wanted a fling, he'd look for a fling and make that clear.
 

I don't think Nico and Diego calling Fer would have done anything about Yomama. He knows now, and didn't even put any limits on how much of his money she's allowed to spend on new furniture!

But they definitely should put some limits on her behavior, and make it clear to the staff that they do NOT have to cater to her every insane whim. She wanted Manuela to neglect dinner for the kids in order to make her even more snacks that she didn't need and probably wasn't going to eat! She really needs to hear the word "NO" about a thousand times. Bruno and Manuela obviously worry about keeping their jobs, so Diego and Nico should reassure them that they will back them up. And Ana. Ana does still have a lot of influence on Fer.
 

Diego knows Ana wouldn't go for a fling, he took that shot already and she put him in his place early. This one will take a little work and I think he really likes her but I don't think his tomcat days over by a long shot. Right now he thinks he's making headway and no other women around and only a matter of time.

I agree the person to pull the reins in on Yolanda should be Fernando but he won't do a thing. He has already delegated the running of the home to the Isabela/Yolanda cabal. Ana's direct access to Fernando is next on their list.

 

Julia, I agree that Diego doesn't seem like a guy who plays with women's feelings. If I remember correctly, the model/girlfriend he had at the beginning of the show was pretty clear on the fact that Diego wasn't looking for a long-term relationship.

I think his fooling around has more to do with his free spirit and his career (traveling all over the world as a photographer) than anything else. I believe he is at that point in life where he truly wants to put down roots, have a wife, and a family.

So Fernando's comment about Diego not knowing anything about being a father since he never had kids, was really a low blow.
 

Adriana: I get what you're saying about Ana's despair. However, don't forget, she thought he was going to propose to her. Not only did he not propose, he proposed to Isa and at the same time made it clear to Ana he still had feelings for her. It was a devastating blow that she probably hasn't given herself time to fully process yet.

I am not looking forward to the return of Isa. I think this is one of those times in a TN where I'll read the recap first to prepare myself.
 

Victoria: I'm willing to give Diego the benefit of the doubt. I don't think he's playing Ana, either
 

I was thinking last night about how much better this would have been if the real battle had been between Ana and the memory of Fanny. There could have been a parade of women in Fer's life, each leaving him more confused. Ana, the constant, would bring him out of his grief and gives him a new life. More like the Sound of Music, huh?? There are reasons that classics live on. And it finally would have been family friendly -- not that I care but that is another contrdiction in this novela. Is it for adults or kids?

With Isabela and the horrible Yolanda we are firmly fixed in Televisa comedy land, which doesn't work well for many of us. My only hope is what someone suggested yesterday, that Jenny, a girl who takes no guff, will move into the house with Nico.

I will say that Mayrin owns the role, miserable though it is! And PM as Diego outdoes himself.

I think that even the best parents often begin with punishments that do nothing more than reestablish their authority. Then, they begin to see the child's side and try to get to something more reasonable. This has become a constant pattern with Fernando, but he is a pretty typical workaholic father who has been put into a position where he has to think about his kids. Marrying Isabela, of course, takes him in the opposite direction.
With a couple of others here, I see Fernando as a fundamentally good man, but one whose need to be in charge and correct will drive him further from that goodness and the needs of his kids.
Like his father, on his own he would soften and get to a better stage, but he needs to be a better father NOW!
 

ITA that the show stealer was Luz last night... that swinging her eyes back and forth with Ana and the painting of her mom, and telling Ana she wanted Ana to be her new mom was totally moving.

I also agree that Ana wants both the family (and motherhood 7 fold) and the man (Fer)... I dont think she will go for Diego not for her own sake, but for the kids.
She can admit to Fanny she likes Diego... but that is not enough for her. She knows Diego is a mujeriego and it is hard to change a man just overnight... even if she is the first woman to inspire true love in him since Fanny Sr.

ITA that Fernando is having a hard time. Yes. he is a widower and he should step up. But he tried to deal with his own mourning on his own and is (thanks to Ana's presence and influence) just getting the point that he needs to become the father the kids need... and he is feeling totally like a fish out of water when it comes to full time parenting, not just setting discipline rules that someone else implements (Fanny Sr, Ana).

I agree that Nico and Diego need to show support to Bruno and Manuela if Fer won't... I am sure Fer would not allow the treatment Ana seems to get in the previews from Isa or anyone... Fer has said it already to ISa, that Ana is there to look after the kids, not as a maid... so if they make the mistake of treating Ana as a maid (and that rudely) in front of Fer, he won't be happy or stand by quietly. He knows if they make Ana miserable enough she would leave... and he knows neither Ana or the kids would like that. So maybe not so much for Bruno or Manuela (although I think he would for them too) but there is a line that ISa and YoMama better not cross with Ana in front of Fernando.

The thing i liked about the Bruno/Nico/YoMama scene was the beginning, when Nico and Bruno were talking about Nico wanting ideas on how to propose to Jenny and YoMama waltzing in on the conversation and wanting Bruno to just go away. Bruno resisted and Nico made gestures to him 'DONT LEAVE ME' but eventually Bruno yielded to her...
then Nico and Diego fighting her for the ring... 'me lele!! / 'Cuidado que le lele!!' (lele is how some people say 'duele').
I agree that Alicia and Sebas are the most vulnerable per their age and the 'low hanging fruit' for Isa.

about the dress... i don't think they will damage it... I think it will be like Julia said, that Ana will make Alicia a very pretty dress... but Isa will come up with something very flashy and expensive and Alicia will go for that, totally breaking Ana and Luz's heart.
then Isa will use Alicia's choice of hers over Ana's to rub it in Ana's face.

 

I would love it if Jennys moved in and then, if Diego and Ana can't be endgame, they went their separate ways and Diego married Dana from the cloob and SHE moved in, too, and Ana could find some new suitor and stay on as nanny with lots more allies in the house.
 

tofie, ROFLO on:

Fernando - darn, what else did I promise Fanny

I really don't want Fernando to be a wimpy head of household. If he does not read the rule book to Isa on Ana, at least be around for your kids... and the kids need to constantly tell him what Isa/YoMama do with Ana, and take videos so they can show evidence.

I think Ana indeed is packing to leave the house after Isa steps on her hand when she orders Ana to unpack for her and Ana is picking up something from the floor.
Fernando needs to draw the line for Isa and YoMama and I would hope that that line also applies to Bruno and Manuela. Maybe he can hire someone specifically for Isa and YoMama and leave B/M/A alone.

 

Very much agree about Diego and his "history" with women. Dating women as he travels and the relationships he had were most likely very upfront that he was nnot looking for something serious. "No strings". Had a friend like that...but lord when they fall, they fall hard because in a way, not falling for every woman they date, they know it when they feel it. I see that with Diego. He's met his match, it isn't because she said no and he looks at it like a conquest. I always enjoy how he listens or watches her with the kids, he is learning a lot about her and seeing her better than Fer probably has seen up to this point. But that said, it bums me all the more that if he does fall hard, what's in store for him?

My wish for Ana and the home front: Be the Nanny during the hours the kids need one. While they are in school, why should she be there to be pushed around? On the weekend, Dad and the wife should step in. If they aren't home, then they can arrange for her to be there. That way Ana is around five days a week, at night when they need her and to do the homework and talk and then get them off in the mornings. Then leave.

Daisynjay
 

Adriana, thanks so much for your recap. You made me laugh often which I'm sure when I see what went down I won't be that cheery.

I'm with Victoria, Nanette, and others in being very concerned about the next 100 episodes. As UA has told us JS once lost as a galan so I don't think it will happen again. That being said, I don't see how things can turn around to the point the audience will really won't Ana with Fer. If he stays on his spineless path, it will be another tn where the audience is just happy the thing is over.
 

and yes, the fact that his memories tell us he made all these promises to Fanny Sr about being there for the kids when she was no longer around make me cringe. He definitely has to step up... and learn on the go. Yes, make mistakes but being there for his kids is number one.
 

If Fer were analytical at all, which apparently he is not, he would have heard all sorts of warning bells and seen red flags when Isa crabbed about why he had to deal with Sebas when Ana gets paid to "take care of all that".

I don't know how far Fer would go to defend Manuela, but Ana definitely has high status, and I don't think Yomama or Isa realize how attached Fer and his dad are to Bruno. They probably think he is more disposable and abusable than he is, and that could come back to bite them if Isa and Yolo push him too far.

I hope Yomama and Isa get a huge wallop of a comeuppance, and that we won't have to wait until the very very end to see it.
 

IF it were not for the kids, I would not mind if Ana ends up with Diego... but for the kids sake I would prefer Ana and Fernando together in the end.

and no, i would not want to see isa lose her baby due to a fall down the stairs or any other accident that could be blamed on Ana or the kids.
 

OMG, how big is that house, anyway? The younger kids share rooms, but soon enough Alicia will want her own room and then Sebas, too.
Fernando probably needs to build another wing to the house, now all the cast leaves there.
The next few episodes will be very hard to watch!!!
 

Isa better be ready and willing to be the best mom for her baby that she can be... including breastfeeding and tending to the baby at night, changing him/her, spending time with him/her... if she falls short compared to Fanny Sr, Fer will notice...
 

it will be a gruesome few weeks ahead... esp for Ana... but also for Bruno and Manuela...
As much as this would be torture to Ana, i hope we get a few romantic moments here and there between Fernando and Ana...
ITA with:
I will say that Mayrin owns the role, miserable though it is! And PM as Diego outdoes himself.


 

Julia, I wonder about this too "warning bells and seen red flags when Isa crabbed about why he had to deal with Sebas when Ana gets paid to "take care of all that" but he just blew right by that. She definitely tested the water and got away with the slight to Ana.
 

PM is flat out-acting JS here... (and the role fits him to a tee, compared to roles he has had in the past where he is the clear young loser in the triangle) at least in these last few eps.
 

JS got only three speeds here. Dumb & dumber & pissed. That's it.
 

Tofie:

You are so funny! I love it:
Dumb & dumber & pissed
 

“You have to admit, Hera, that Yolanda gives mothers-in-law a very bad name.”

“Again we agree, Aphrodite. She must have driven her husband into an early grave. Now she seems inclined to drive her son-in-law to bankruptcy. Look at that disgraceful waste of food. I will speak to Demeter and Poseidon about that. They will not be amused. And attempting to steal the engagement ring meant for another woman. I'm not fond of the idea of Don Nicolas with a woman so young, but she is at least honorable.”

“One would think the pair of them were out to destroy this family. Isabela is going to hurt poor Alicia very badly. I am already seeing that party. It's going to be a nightmare.”

“Fernando needs to act like a man and protect his children. This is not his brother's responsibility. A playboy brother who is out to pay him back for 'stealing' a woman over 20 years ago. That is not right. Can you help that situation?”

“I could try, but sometimes the arrow misses. Diego could be growing up, but if that is so his timing couldn't be worse. He and Fernando are not going to mend their differences yet.

“Yolanda abuses the servants while Isabela abuses the children. She is going to turn them against each other long before her own is born.”

“She wants them gone before her own is born. We must do something.”

“I'm open to suggestions.”

(I promise to stop this if it fails to amuse.)
 

OMG!! Side bar worthy: Dumb, Dumber and Pissed.

Maybe we should just go with DDP from now on with Fer and we'll know who we're talking about.

Brialliant tofie!

Daisynjay
 

Adriana # fantastic!! Yobruja made me sick last night. She is truly boundary challenged. what gets me is the men. where is the backbone in the household? They all like to be run over. Why? No wonder Sab is loosing it. Poor Ana, she should just grab Luz,Fanny, Sab, the twins and run. Don't see any good coming out of Isa and mom moving in.

Hanna
 

I love it UA
 

I like that!
DDP for Dumb, Dumber and Pissed... Love it!

 

Nanette, yes, we "Fernando likers" are few and far between these days.

Jarifa
 

Urban:

I love it!


 

Tofie, I thought the warning bells, in addition to the slight against Ana, should be about her attitude toward parenting. Isa seems to think that paying Ana to be a nanny somehow absolves Fer of needing to be a parent.
 

I'm still in Fernando's camp. I think his actions are totally believable and realistic, like it or not. Not everyone has the skills to deal with the problems of their children. So he hired a nanny who does.
 

Julia, I agree about Isa's thinking that paying a nanny equals good parenting and I bet that's what she's going to do with her own baby. She'll give birth, turn him/her over to the nanny and go on her merry way, shopping and coming up with other ways to spend Fernando's money while tormenting the household.
 

How is Isa going to explain the baby being "so premature"?

Isa = Evil (perfumed, packaged and gift wrapped).

Rosemary Primera
 

That too Julia and I didn't even consider she hates kids. Let the nanny (anyone but Ana) handle it you pay her a lot. My knee jerk was toward her belittling Ana's capability.
 

Well, clearly the baby will be born "early" due to the stress Isa suffers having to live with the other kids and Ana, and yet it will be full-weight because of the stress-eating. :P
 

Jarifa, Cathyx: I guess it's the three of us at the Fer table.

I fear Ali's party is going to end up a humiliation for her. I can see Isa and/or Yola taking over the spotlight. Also, I don't think a big, fancy party is the best idea for a self-conscious teenager.

UA: All your "voices" for recaps have been great, but I really love the Goddesses one. Maybe because it's purely dialogue. You're very good with the dialogue. I'm impressed, and not a little bit envious.

 

THOUGHT: Could Fernando's emphatic rebuff about Diego not having any kids portend some hitherto unknown kid of Diego's emerging from the ether?
 

UA, please keep giving us glimpses of the goddesses. We have the pain of seeing the BBBs (bossy beyotch brujas) taking over, so allow us to see a little class and charm from Olympus as counterbalance.
 

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UA: don't stop channeling the goddesses please. Their dialogue enriches the discussion on those nights when we all want to bang our heads on the patio floor. I wish they could drop in on "La Gata" and give some advice to poor Esmeralda.

I find it sooo annoying that Fern thinks he has the right to display--or feel--jealousy of Diego with Ana. He gave up that right when he said "I do, idiot though I am"

J in Oregon