Thursday, December 04, 2014
La Malquerida #72, 12/3/14: Keepsakes and Pilfered Items
At the Association office, Este starts nagging on Norberto as soon as he arrives for being late. Norb says he’s having wife troubles. And trouble with booze too, Este points out. He then solves the mystery of why he was asking about the brothel last episode. He tells Norb that the other day, when he was drunk off his a$$, he invited Este to accompany him to a brothel (casa de citas) just outside of town. Este wants info on where this brothel is located and who is the owner—those places only bring troubles. Norb claims drunken ignorance and claims the only brothel he knows about and frequents is in San Jacinto. Does Este want to join him? Este refuses and informs Norb that he and Cris are back on AND expecting a baby. Norb is shocked—after so many years of marriage? Norb doesn’t have to fake his smile at the news for too long because Manuel interrupts to speak to him. He lets Norb know that Uli is free! Norb adds it to the many things going wrong for him today. He tells Manuel to step up his Acacia wooing, because not only is her ex free, but Cris is pregnant and there will be another heir to the Benavente lands and fortune.
E: That guy isn’t worthy (digno) of you.
A: And who is? You?! Are you trying to distance him from me because you insist on continuing our thing/what’s between us (lo nuestro)?
E: (He grabs her arm.) So you are accepting that there’s something going on between us?
E: Come on, Acacia. Tell me the truth. “Te gusto? Te intereso como hombre?” Do you want me? Are you attracted to me? (Do I make you horny, baby?!)
A: You’re crazy, Esteloco! Of course not!
E: (He closes the distance between them and grabs hold of both her hands.) We’ve already kissed, and although you say that it’s impossible for there to be anything between us, I want to know if you felt the same things I do.
A: (She pushes him away) Shut up! You already know that I don’t! I don’t want you to keep butting into my life! You keep acting the same with them all—with Ulises, with Manolo. Understand that you don’t have any rights over me!
E: I’m just looking out for you.
A: Well don’t do it! Dedicate yourself to caring for my mom and the child you’re about to have!
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The diary has been discovered and poor Padre Rocky is on the hit list. So is Memo. But it seems Uli is off the hit list (for now). Whew!
translations.
So glad Luisa got to tell Manuel off. There's nothing worse than a guy who bad mouths his passing fancy.
Boy, that was some dress Acacia wore.
Ann-NYC
I devoured your exceptional recap, savoring every single word. Your conversation translations were marvelous and greatly appreciated. Stellar.
"He’s building his little nest egg for his plans for world (hacienda) domination, after all"; "A see-through black doily and a black lace bra" and "worry that we’re going to get a Monica Lewinsky situation" were among my many favorites.
I also loved your keen eyed observations including "(I wish Uli would point that she is acting the same way with Andres that Acacia acted with him. THAT would wake her up.)".
You are so right that so many pivotal things occurred - where do we start??
Manuel's teetering on the edge of evil has now ended. He has plummeted to the bottom. How utterly cruel and despicable to attack lovely Luisa. I'm really a peaceful solution is always best kind of woman but I tell you I was cheering Arturo and wished he had beaten him to a pulp. While my heart went out to Luisa, I do fear this something this emotionally devastating was the only way she would be able to give the thought of Manuel up. Ann, I hope she believes every word she flung at him...
Did anyone forsee Ale's diary being discovered so quickly? The writers once again shocked me. I had the journal was going to be Ale's salvation. I also thought Danilo was going to beat her but it doesn't appear she even know he has it. I'm cringing thinking what horrible vengence he has in store for her. And while I felt pity for Perla in the past, it evaporated when she held up and mocked Carlitos' drawing, Ale's most cherished possession.
Rubio is dead, dead, dead to me. For a brief moment, I thought he had kept the diary back but no. What a revolting weasel.
And God bless Ale. What quick thinking about the phone! She never, ever gives up.
I momentarily felt badly for Acacia when Uli ripped up her letter but all pity left when I realized that any unhappiness she is experience is trumped by what Ale must endure a hundredfold.
Acacia's explanation of what her relationship is with Este was quite palatable although she was clearly uncomfortable in the telling. Will Hector be able to put the pieces together?
"He counters that if she really loves him like she says, then she will let him be with the woman he loves, Carmen". Smack! Take that Juli.
Este can't keep his roving, dress sniffing hands to himself. And Susanlynn, I agree that Este's dealings with Dan will be his undoing. Good riddance.
Sorry for rambling, this was such a pivotal episode.
Wonderful Vivi. Again, thank you.
Diana
Susanlynn- In fact this episode when Rubio and Dan speak about Este signing the contract, Rubio says that Este doesn't know that he's signed a deal with the devil. That put a happy smile on Dan's face.
Also, I didn't comment on the beautiful decorated crib and mobiles, but after my initial reaction of how beautiful, I got a very uneasy feeling - and not just because Este is a lying, cheating, murdering so and so....
If Danilo does kill Memo, I'm wondering if that would be the final catalyst to turn her against him. I would have cared more but after what she did to Ale, she is out of my good graces. Hrrummph.
Diana
Diana
Goodness, I did not expect Dan to get the diary so soon. Luisa, why weren't you nosy enough to check out that diary when Ale left it? Drat. I'm wondering if Rubio made a copy of it.
I'm actually feeling sorry for Acacia. She's whiny but basically a good person. Esteban can handle getting it on with Acacia while married to her mother, but I don't think Acacia could handle it, if it happens. The self-loathing could send her to a manicomio.
That's the dress you wear when you're on a date with someone you have absolutely no romantic interest in? Hmmm, wondering what Acacia would wear on her honeymoon.
I hope nothing happens to the priest. Ale would feel so guilty.
Niecie, yes, that dress should be in the dictionary under "sexy". Too bad she wasted it on Manuel.
Diana
Ale has been nothing but kind to Perla and has reached out and saved her from getting in trouble more than once with Danilo.
And this is how she repays her?
There is cruelty mixed in with the jealousy which really bothers me. The gleeful expression Perla wore when pawing over the few very pitiful reminders Ale had of her brother was just terrible.
Diana
translation. Your writing is so good that when I finish reading I always want more.
Luisa comes over to Ale's Home Sweet Brothel.
Rubio wants more than a shot of tequila. He's building a little nest egg for world (hacienda) domination.
Uli is ready to punch Manuel in his weasely face---I wish that Uli
would have given that disgusting twit more of a beat down than he did.
I want to know what is in that contract agreement that Estedummy signed. I guess that we'll find out in a future episode.
So Luisa didn't get to read Ale's
diary. That bastard Rubio got to it. That guy would sell his mother if the price was high enough.
So now DanEvil knows what Ale is up to. Alejandra is going to pay dearly for that diary and the padre had better be saying his prayers because he doesn't have long to live.
Memo taken out? He was never recognized. His mask was always on
Diana---Like you, because of Perla' past I did have some sympathy for her, but no longer. Perla has become happy, for the most part living on the dark side.
When Memo wanted to run away with her and start a new life, she said
no, that she belongs to satan Dan.
She's wasted, there is no bright tomorrow her. Perla, you're going down. No redemption for you.
the gringo
Damn Rubio! At first I thought he was going to disobey Dan and pretend not to find the diary. Although Dan would've made him look more. I'm pretty sure the note that was in there from Germán was the note he left Ale after he painted her the Sagrado Corazon.
I liked Acacia's desperate attempt to keep Este away from her. She IS an adult and should take care of her own problems. Este, Cris, JC, and Elena should back off and not interfere.
When Rubio said that he would soon be the patron of La Benavente I'm wondering if Dan had Este sign it over to him. Obviously Dan wouldn't care about Cris. Maybe somehow Rubio thinks Dan is letting him in on the action. I'm curious to find out what that contract is all about.
So it sounds to me like Ale had the phone stealing thing all planned out. She already asked Acacia for a charger. Didn't she have another phone that Dan took away?
Este said he had a lawyer look over the contract, so I don't think anything about Benavente was in there. Plus, Este has no legal rights over Benavente that would be holding in any contract. We'll just have to wait to see how Este gets screwed over by this contract.
Estalker, estupido, espanto Esteban es totalmente asco. He deserves every moment he spends in the company of the other slimy life forms in this novela1 such as Danilo and Norberto. Hector continues to prove himself the most astute, incisive character in the show, and I'm hoping for a grand romantic reunion between him and Cris. Does anyone remember En El Nombre del Amor? Only this time, I hope neither one of them dies.
I SO remember El Nombre del Amor - one of my top 5 favorites. I fell in love with Hector/Arturo right then and there. He and Cris/Victoria have an easygoing, wonderful chemistry and I am also anxious and hopeful they end up together here.
OT, not long after ENDA ended, I remember seeing a large article on up and coming stars. Allison Lozz, Eugenio Siller and Sebastian Zurita were featured prominently. Allison (whom I still miss) retired as a teenager, Eugenio is at Telemundo and I have not seen Sebastian since CS '09. But the older actors are all still here and prominently so.
Diana
I see Laura Flores (another huge fav of mine) is also at Telemundo. I miss her...
Diana
I don't know if you watched Abismo de Pasion, but SZ was supposed to be in it as the galan instead of David Zepeda but apparently he was let go because he expressed his distaste of doing a lead role. I didn't watch CS so the last time I saw SZ was in ENDA. Didn't SZ have a brief role in CME? I didnt watch that either unfortunately.
Romy
Vivi, to be honest, my favorite Laura Flores role was as Eduardo Yanez' mother in CS '09.
I cried my eyes out during her death scene with him. She made the fact she is at least 10 years younger than her "son" entirely forgettable. I wil never forget that scene.
Diana
Ok so I found an article from earlier this year that seems to reveal the real reason why SZ was let go from Abismo. The producer of Abismo, Jose Alberto Castro (who produces La Malquerida), supposedly deemed SZ too young for the role even though SZ and Angelique Boyer (the female lead of Abismo) were the same age. They actually previously dated a few years prior and at that time of Abismo Angelique was dating Jose Alberto so there may have been some jealously on JA's part because SZ claims JA took other projects away from him.
Does Dan allow customers taking pictures at the brothel? This just doesn't sound right to me. So Acacia will bring Ale a charger for the same phone and model number. QUE? Ok, I get it, it's a novela. After the pictures get to her email address (Dan lets her have a computer?} then what? Who will send the pictures out?
the gringo
You posed some good questions. Danilo takes pictures for blackmail insurance purposes I assume. I would suspect most patrons wouldn't want to take pictures for fear that they might end up in unsuspecting spouse's hands! As to how Ale is going to process the pictures through e-mail, I haven't a clue!
Diana
Gringo and Diana- From looking at the photos I think it was implied that Ale tooks those photos that evening. You don't need a computer on hand to have an email address and this is the best way for her to save evidence in a place Dan can't reach and doesn't know anything about. She can worry about how to get the evidence to the authorities later. Sending it to herself for now allows her to collect evidence in one location that no Rubio hands or Perla can reach.
I'm on pins and needles waiting for tonight's episode to start.
Diana
Vivi, I was thinking about the phone/charger compatibility too. Guess we will find out.
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