Thursday, November 27, 2014
La Malquerida #67, 11/26/2014: Caray Caray Would Have Happily Helped Juli With the First Part of Her Plot
Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope you all have a wonderful day with your family and friends, but do drop in between bites of turkey and pie to discuss this episode.
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"Harsh Realities, and Painful Falsehoods"; "But it seems the near brush with death isn’t enough to bring Carmen to her senses" and "Juli’s accomplishments: Reconciliation with her sons- check; Shaming and blaming of Norberto- check; Andres and Carmen on the rocks- check; Victimhood status established- check! All in a day’s work" were among my many favorites.
Juli's plan was rather a stroke of genius. It was very telling that Carmen and Andres tried to protect each other during Norberto's tirade. I fear Andres may fall under Juli's spell now that Carmen has left him "forever" (the second such declaration in as many days - Acacia forswearing Uli being the first).
After Norberto struck Juli, although Manuel likely did the right thing by getting Norberto out of the room quickly and quietly, he seemed rather nervous and more anxious to end the fighting rather than being outraged his father hit his mother. I kept thinking that it was lucky for Norberto that German was not there instead. I don't think he would have stood idly by and would have likely defended his mother with fists flying. As well he should have. Manuel lacks heart and strength and is truly his father's son.
And German kissing Lizzy made my heart sink. She seems like a nice girl. Truly. As you noted, German wonders “Every time I learn more things about Ale, I wonder how I could have loved someone like her.” How twisted this has all become. All this time, Ale, who loves him fiercely and totally, continues to suffer silently and utterly alone.
At least Hector is still championing Uli and working to find Itzel. As for all of those who are abandoning Uli, I desperately hope Uli survives and they are all proven wrong. Vivi and gringo, count me in on serving the crow dinner to one and all :)
When Cris called Este, he looked as though he were taking an impersonal business call. How cold. As you noted, he barely glanced at Cris the next day, he had eyes only for Acacia. Also, Ale looked as horrified as we are at the thought of Este and Acacia joining she and Dan for dinner. What a nauseating prospect. Ack.
Acacia had no business telling Este Cris was pregnant. In the previews, it seemed he was staring at Cris as they sat down to talk. Well, that would be the first time he's noticed her in quite a while. But what he is thinking and what he will do or not do remains to be seen.
This was fantastic amiga. Thank you.
My best wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving to all. Enjoy and savor this special day with the ones you love most.
Diana
What hold does Dan have over Ale that she would go back to him? It has to be more than "marry me or I will kill you."
What does Lizzy have to do with Dan?
In this episode, Carmen seems to have lost mucho IQ points since I last paid attention to her character. What part of treating facial lacerations and wounds apparently inflicted by a murderous psycho says "romantic tryst" to her? Or did I just miss that she was irrationally jealous?
Chris in FL- Great to see you drop in. Lizi has nothing to do with Dan. Ale became Dan's fake girlfriend and then his wife because he threatened the lives of German and all the people she cares about. He then followed up his threats by hunting her down when she ran away, and killing two people on separate occasions right in front of her-- one of them her mother. And then to show how easily he could have German killed, he had his men drive German's truck off the road with his capataz in it. For a bit, everyone thought German had died, but this time round it was just the capataz. This was a warning to Ale, and only she and Dan know that.
As it's Thanksgiving, I've been trying desperately to find something that is going right in this not quite but surely must be near rock bottom storyline.
The only bright light I see is Hector who is working behind the scenes to help German and Cris and who is the lone believer in Uli's innocence.
With all the relationships in shambles, are Juan Carlos and Elena our only happy couple?!
Diana
Yes, Mr. Buttinsky is our bright spot right now. The outsider who can see the truth more clearly than our other characters, and doesn't just stand by and let things go unchallenged. Love that German and Cris have their show to look forward to, and that Hector's law team is working Uli's case.
Weren't JC and Elena adorable last episode getting all lovey dovey?
I do love the romantic element of TNs though. And yes, while JC and Elena are delightful together, I miss the amazing kisses and chemistry of German and Ale.
If we are really reaching, I suppose we could look at Memo and Perla. I was hoping broken Perla could find some sort of life after Danilo. But after what Memo did to Uli and the other prisoners, I just can't root for him...Of course, if he were to dispatch Danilo, I might be able to forgive him.
Other than that, I have nothing :)
Diana
Happy to see Manuel turning a corner. But I hope he's not going to "try to love" Luisa now that he sees Acacia is a hopeless cause and that he doesn't want to wind up pitiful like his dad.
I'm giving Manuel a break on how he handled Norb slapping Juliana. Both boys grew up watching Norb be abusive to Juliana. German has yelled at his dad to stop and not treat Juliana that way, but he's never struck his father. This is pretty realistic. Thankfully, so far, Norb has always stopped with a slap. I remember a while back when Juliana angrily taunted him (saying something like "what are you going to do, rape me?") and Norb slapped her and then left the room. This is a two-sided sick relationship.
Danilo is smarter than I thought. So he's going to reel Este in on some legit pretext and only reveal it's money laundering once the deal is done.
Rubio had his wits about him when he lied to Danilo about why Este doesn't want Acacia with Uli, but I'm wondering if Danilo will pick up on the non-stepfatherly feelings at the private dinner.
Vivi, glad you pointed out the cute scene between JC and Elenita the other day. That was so sweet. I almost forgave them for turning on Uli because they’re so innocent they can’t imagine all the foulness swirling around their world.
I have to rant about Acacia (again). Acacia, okay, you think Uli was boinking Nuria. So what, the man still has a right to legal representation against fraud. How dare you tell Hector to drop his case, you stepdaddy kisser and momma betrayer! Hopefully, Uli won't judge you so harshly if/when the truth comes out.
Niecie, I could not have said it any better! Fantastic line...
Diana
"But his threats to kill her and Andres, and his desire to get his gun, don’t do much to convince them of his relative innocence."
Niecie this is awesome. "How dare you tell Hector to drop his case, you stepdaddy kisser and momma betrayer!"
Ahhhhhhhhrrggg, I cannot wait till someone bitch slaps Norberto.
I hate her but Juli is crazy clever.
If I were Carmen I'd run and not leave a forwarding address. That whole family is bonkers including anyone associated toxic.
I feel sorry for Lizzy.
Oh, German, German it gets better you don't know the half of it.
Not sure if Hector believes Uli's story blindly but he does have a decent nose and smells something fishy.
Acacia is trying to wildly fight jumping into Esteban's arms again and in the flurry of punches last night, used her roundhouse with the pregnancy disclosure. She better hope it works cause she got nothing more.
Tofie- German's mind will explode when he finally learns the whole crazy, sordid background of Dan and Ale. You don't know the half of it buddy! I do think he'll feel guilty about judging Ale so harshly when he has the full picture.
Susanlynn- Yeah, I think Dan will be able to pick up on Este and Acacia' s attraction if he sees them together, and will use it to his advantage.
I don't even know what to say about Juliana. She sure knows how to play the victim card.
I actually do hope that when Germán learns the truth about Ale that he will be asking her for forgiveness. And I wish Carmen will see that Germán is a good person.
Acacia had to go and spill the frijoles. I'm curious to see Esteloco's reaction.
Vivi---One of your early lines stood out for me. She/Acacia really, really means it this time
Yeah right, Acacia's mind is made up and she means it. LOL
The difference here is that Maricruz had no smarts, then she got some and finally lost her smarts or most of them anyway. I don't think that Acacia knows what smarts are, she's never had them.
Now it's Cris---I know that it's Thanksgiving and I am being mean but I am so tired of hearing that you Ulises hurt our spoiled, pampered Acacia and made her cry.
BASTA!!! STOP IT!!! No more of that OK???
Vivi---You cracked me up with it's visiting hours in the local hoosegow. I laughed and laughed. Being an American and born here I know that slang word but for someone trying to learn English, words like hoosegow must drive them crazy. English can throw people for a loop sometimes. I was
talking to a man from Switzerland
who had come here some time ago. He said that one of the very first things he saw when he got off of the boat was a sign that said hot dogs 25 cents. He knew a little English from studying in Switzerland. He told me that he knew that hot meant don't touch it
you will get burned and that dog was an animal, so was hot dog a hot animal? He was very confused he told me. Well hoosegow??? I'm still laughing.
Yes Diana, the crow dinner will be a big one and extra help will definitely be needed.
Oh no! Now that Manuel realizes that Acacia is a lost cause will Luisa be in his sights? I hope not. Poor Acacia? NO! Poor Luisa.
Niecie---How dare you to tell Hector to drop his case you step daddy kisser and momma betrayer.
That will be the top line today Niecie, I'm sure of it. You hit the jackpot with it.
NO!!! Acacia and Estebone, Alejandra and the devil together for dinner.
Looks like no jury trial. What is it, everybody gives their statements and then a judge decides? What kind of trial is that? I mean it looks like which ever side brings in the most liars
wins. QUE? Hector had better have some strong evidence on behalf of Ulises because of all of the liars stacked up against him, he'll need it.
Must see tv tonight.
the gringo
I agree with everyone that is tired of Acacia. And she did not have a right to tell Hector to forget about Uli's case. Hector took it upon himself to help Uli, and like Hector said the other day, he is a pretty good judge of character, and he believes Uli is telling the truth. When Hector is able to prove Uli's innocence I DO NOT want him running to Acacia's side. She does not deserve him. She breaks up and gets back together with him like she changes lip gloss. Uli deserves someone better.
I too miss seeing BigSexy and Ale together. I really hope they have a future together and that he understands why Ale did what she did.
Juli is also getting on my last nerve. I fear that Andres will fall into her trap. Andres is a good guy, and if he thinks that he's lost Carmen for good he might get in trouble and look to Juli for comfort.
Thanks again Vivi & Feliz Dia de dar Gracias!
I really, really hope Andres stays as far away from Juli as possible.
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