Caray, Caray!

Thanks, Cynderella. The "relaxation technique" "bouncing chest trick" complete with screencaps was very funny!

Finally part of Greta story came out. When will the Sofía part of her story?

Maybe Javier Cruz can't find shelter but Chava sure does. Should be interesting.

Jarifa
 

Alexa & Armando need to get a room because they can't help themselves.


 

Cynderlla, your recap has made my day. This was just fantastic.

In addition to the wonderful screen shots, my favorite captions and phrases were "She's Counting his Ripoll Recipe Royalties Before they are Hatched"; "Paco's hamster jumps on the wheel" and the most excellent "Him: Hoping that she will admit her love for him soon. Her: Hoping that he will turn in to Zepeda before she has to kiss him again"! :)

I have to give Chava props for his persistence. It appears it is paying off. I can easily believe Chava struck up an instant rapport with Raphael, the actor's easygoing likeability is his strongest suit.

"She tells us that he will never get rid of her". Why do I suspect Irma has invited her own personal anvils to strike? She's lost the war and should concede while she still has a shred of dignity left.

I just can't get behind Paco and Lupe. He is too dour and too much of a downer for her. Where is Commandante Tavares?

Irma and Armando seem destined to be together.

Jarifa, your "Maybe Javier Cruz can't find shelter but Chava sure does" said it all. This should be good.

Thanks Cynderella!

Diana
 

Diana, ITA about Lupe and Paco. I so much prefer Tavares who doesn't have all of Paco's baggage nor his obnoxious daughter.

Jarifa
 

Cynderella, thank you so much for your recap! You are such a good egg for doing it.

Well, that was a bit anticlimactic; so Paco figured out Sofia might be his daughter. I notice when Lupe was waiting with lips hanging in the air for a goodbye kiss, he was completely MIA thinking about Greta and Sofia. Tsk tsk tsk. He doesn't have a clue what's going on in his own feelings; typical. He's going to hurt Lupe. :-(

I don't know; Javier is still hanging around, not dead yet. Could they impossibly be thinking of rehabbing him for Lupe? I kind of doubt it, with the handsome copper having such an instant crush on her. But...there Javier is; not dead yet. I think they want to fix it up between Marisol and Javier, too.

Glad to see Alexa is making a contribution, working on the family business. I hope she gets involved enough that she can help keep it from going under. But it might be that it needs to go under, since basing a business on the theft of something is a pretty big transgression. Then they would start over and do it right.

If Ripoll has a fatal flaw as a company that needs correcting, then in a way that would make Patricio make sense. He serves as Shiva, the destroyer; and although Shiva is a negative force, destruction is just as necessary as any other force to make way for the new. Gawd knows I need SOMETHING to make Patricio’s unannealed antagonism make sense. Does that make sense…

Salvador was in his element last night, doing what he does best -- being a real help and "salvation" to Sofia. When everybody else is just sucking her dry and giving her hell, he is the angel that comes and actually helps her. Bless his heart; it's why we love him. We all need one.

No wonder she generously offered to share her room to him, he he he. Looking forward to that.

A wave of regret washed over me when I saw Salvador and Sofia kneeling at the altar in the church together; it dawned on me I would never get to see them do that at their wedding. Well, not as they are now. It would have been so sweet. Pedro did a great job last night. He looked so earnest in church, and his sunny self lit up all the scenes they were in.

I'm saving these last couple of weeks of Pedro's episodes in my TiVo. I made need them, not sure. :-)
 

Jeri, I for one or two don't want a beefcake Salvador and like him just the way he is. Oh well.
 

I love Sophia's red and turquoise outfits, but they surely wouldn't be "business appropriate" in most companies in the USA. Would clothing like that be appropriate in Mexico?
 

Cyn- Another fun recap, pics,and captions. You cracked me up with the bouncing chest trick--- of course the fake ones don't bounce as much as the real ones, but a guy has to take what he can get.

Chava was really in his element, and I loved seeing how his outgoing, helpful, sunny attitude not only got Sofia through her presentation, but also landed her a MAJOR contract. Now, why would she want to get rid of this guy? DZ bringing the beefcake factor might be titillating to look at, but I'm just not sure if he can bring the same outgoing/optimistic/good guy vibe Pedro brings. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt though.
 

Gobluefan from OH, I'm from a resort city in Arizona, and when at a resort, businesspeople do business in swimsuits. I reminded myself of that last night when I had the same thought as you. That resort in Buenaventura was fantastic. I hope it was the real location.

tofie, I hope David does a good job; I want to enjoy the rest of the show. I'm willing to suspend disbelief, because I like this story a lot. It's the only one I like of the nighttime lineup right now. So, here's hoping.
 

I will say one more thing about the business meeting: that meeting was very chilly indeed for Sofia. Ripoll is looking at rocky times in the industry. Thank goodness Salvador saw an opportunity behind the scenes to save Sofia's bacon.

I feel sorry for her; she works very hard and is very dedicated. Her efforts make sure all the employees, like our beloved Matias, still have jobs. And all this is not her fault; but she's getting all the @#$%.
 

Town they were in was Taxco. I've been there many times
 

tofie, oh, cool; thanks! I thought Fausto told a huffy Alexa that Sofia appropriated her Armando to drive to Buenaventura. But googling that just now, it doesn't seem to be a real place.

However, there is a Buenaventura Grand Hotel and Spa in Puerto Vallarta.
 

I need Chava to use the same outgoing, no-quit attitude he always uses to help OTHER people, on himself-- to get a racing sponsor and get back to doing what he loves.
 

Tofie, Jeri, count me in as those who would have preferred Pedro Fernández to have finished his role of Chava. He is a really good actor and in my opinion fits the role perfectly. Will have to see how David Zepeda does. It will be like watching a new novela.

Jarifa
 

I like it. The photo caption in the church mixes comment between Chava the character and Marjorie the actress seamlessly. And it is spot on.

"Him: Hoping that she will admit her love for him soon.  Her:  Hoping that he will turn in to Zepeda before she has to kiss him again." 

Other high points: the breathing lesson series and Paco' hamster.

Now that Fausto knows about Paco and now that Paco is learning to count we are finally ready for some progress on either reconciliation or venngance.
 

Great Cynderella.

"Suspects that Octavio may have stolen his oven and his bun too"

Greta makes me want to puke. Wha, wha, whining about losing the love of her life and he hates meeeeee and at the same time saying she didn't regret marrying Octavio. Of course she didn't regret it, she had money growing up, was accustom to it and made a decision to continue to bathe in luxury. Part of that decision was to enrich herself and her husband by stealing from her romp across the tracks and even the inconvenient pregnancy not enough to prompt the common decency of truth despite the threat, she assumed Paco not a man able to defend himself and one easy to steal from. Octavio's threat wasn't even needed.

Vivi ITA, if Salvador put half as much into his own quest for sponsorship he would be on the race circuit right now. The dude is about the only thing that prohibits total ruin of Ripoll and Sofia and he don't know it.

 

Vivi, Salvador already had that conversation with someone recently on screen (can't recall who), and he told the person that he wasn't concerned about racing now; that the only thing important to him right now was Sofia.

Jarifa, this story could have been written for Pedro; even down to the reason he's leaving the show, because his career is less important to him than his wife. I thought that was noteworthy.

I'm kind of believing that his wife's jealousy is indeed the reason he's leaving. It was rumored he went to TPTB and asked to have fewer love scenes with Marjorie to keep the wife from leaving him.

I can see how this would upset Marjorie, because that's their stock in trade. And it's true, there is some awkward vibe on screen. But I can't even say how I personally would feel, being the wife of an actor.

I don't like it that my husband works with other women! LOL I don't give him an ultimatum, but I don't take him for granted either. He doesn't kiss them for a living, though.


 

Jeri- Thanks for the update on Chava's quest to return to racing. I've missed some episodes, so I must have missed that discussion. I hope he does go back to the racing soon though. He can pursue Sofia and his career at the same time. Plus, chasing after Sofia isn't going to bring money into his house and put food on his family's table. He has to do something that earns cash, and at the moment he's on an unpaid vacation with Sofia, where he's actually working for Ripoll!
 

Very interesting comments, Jeri.

Jarifa

 

Yeah, I will be interested to see what he does for work next, too. I was wondering about that when he took off on this little day trip.
 

I do not think i will be watching this novela anymore,i think i will only read the recaps.....Really the only interesting characters in this novela are the villians.If the novela does not get more intense with Mr Zepeda i am going to have to stop watching it.I do watch it because i find the love triangles cool but i am becoming bored even with them..Maybe the novela will get more intersting next week but it just needs to have some spark to keep me interested..
 

Thanks, Cynderella. Great recap and pics. I too love the Chava-Sofia bouncing chest sequence. My favorite snark: Suspects that Octavio may have stolen his oven and his bun too

Yep, Chava was at his best last night charming everybody. He’s certainly got charisma. I’m savoring all Pedro's scenes.

I hope it doesn’t take too long for Silvana to discover that Pato aborted their baby. Can’t stand to see him fawning over her now. I’m wondering if Silvana will be different with Matias after her loss, like actually welcoming his healthy food offerings. If Silvana continues to diss Matias, to hell with her.
 

Awesome recap Cynderella, pics and captions were great too. Chava really saved Sofia last night, he's her guardian angel. David Z might be able to pull off the love scenes, but in my mind he'll never compare to Pedro charisma wise. I feel the same as you Niecie, it's gut wrenching to hear Silvana crying to Pato about her baby when he's the reason it no longer exists.
 

Diana, I don't see Irma and Armando staying together: it's splitsville for them.
 

Pedro posted a pic on his Facebook page earlier on an unrelated topic. I saw it about an hour later, and there were 11,000 Likes in an hour -- almost all of the hundreds of comments bemoaning the state the show without him. They've seen it already, apparently. That doesn't sound good. Pedro hasn't posted anything about the show since the single announcement he was leaving some time ago, but the comments sections are always full of upset people, no matter the topic. His page has 2.8 million likes.
 

Vivi, I am hoping Paco tells Greta to get lost when all is revealed regarding the big secret from 30 years ago.
 

Vivi, I am hoping Paco tells Greta to get lost when all is revealed regarding the big secret from 30 years ago.
 

It just dawned on me that Patricio is not only going to be super ticked off to find Salvador in the hotel room, but also that Salvador managed to save the conference with that big sale, which Patricio thought he'd done a good job of wrecking for Sofía. Patricio is going to be so steamed! Should be good!
 

Oh Sheezo Sofia has to wear some fire engine red thing split up to her UPPER thigh. Chavas a stronger man than me.
 

Whoa! ! Does Fausto know the truth about Greta?
 

Fausto's been working for the Ripoli's for what, 32 years?
 

He let a little something slip to Alexa concerning Greta's secrets. Hmmm guess we'll see. Sofia just had 30 birthday.
 

Kirby, reminds me of what Nestor did on Amores Vadores when he revealed information confirming Eduardo Yanez's character wasn't the bio father of Sherlyn's character in front of everyone @ the church.
 

I'm telling you Chava was hilarious last night. First Sofia dreams of him and wakes up all sweaty with her radiator boiling over. Then he is on the sofa dreaming of a beautiful tender moment with her spooning with him. Poor old Chava manages to roll off the tiny sofa and awakes. Can't believe it was just a dream and is rifling through the crumpled bedding on the floor looking for Sofia.
 

Pedro was fantastic last night. LOL
 

Both Sophia & Araceli are slobbering over Chava like a piece of meat.


 

Slobbering....now that's funny. I just dont know how they managed it on that park bench all night
 

Thanks everyone for your kind comments.

Jeri, the fun will start when Paco confronts Greta about Sophia. I want to see that conversation. First you marry the man who stole my recipes, then you allow him to steal my kid.

Tofie Beefcake Salvador (Zepeda) is a good beggar. He can make us believe that he adores Sophia. I've seen him in other novelas.

GoBlueFan: I kept thinking that Sophia was wearing Victoria Secret loungewear. I couldn't take her seriously at a meeting and I live in Southern Cali.

Vivi, About DZ. I think he can play "good ol' boy", but the problem is that he looks to classy. I saw the previews and he classes up the joint. It disturbs me. But I think I'll forget as soon as he takes his shirt off.

CountxAlacran, please don't stop watching. I think that they had to build up the storyline first. Things are just happening slowly. 1. Paco just found out that Sophia could be his. 2. Patrick killed his own baby. 3. The mob is terrorizing the neighborhood. 4. Alexa and the Chauffer are messing around. 5. DZ is about to take off his shirt. It's in his contract, he let me read it.
 

GoBlueFan: Did you see what Sofia wore for the meeting the next day? See through top, no back, no bra and sprayed on jeans. Our hookers here in Sarasota dress more conservatively. :-)
 

Sooner or later, the big secrets Greta is desperately trying to keep secret, will be exposed for the world to see.