Caray, Caray!

Excellent succint recap, Jardinera!!! I too wanted to rip Isa's tonsils out when she was bragging to Ana about her successful deception on Soledad. But I am glad Ana restrained herself.

yeah that coo-coo of Seville needs to get coo-coo'ed out. and seems Isa is up to the task in the previews...

Loved Fernando's googoo gaagaa face as seing Ana all dressed up for the DR intimate concert... that was a great face on JS... and he could not hide it from the boys who were giggling about it.
Nice for Fer to not pull the jealousy card since Ana and Sole were going with Angel... i bet he wished he could go along.

and yes, DR was a real treat... she has not lost one hair of talent from her bout with cancer of the recent years.



 

At the end of the ep, when Ana was shouting out of her tonsils her admiration for DR and Angel was just staring at her and smiling, it all reminded me of that day at the restaurant when Fernando walked in with Isa and walked out with Ana and the chocolate cheesecake/cake she enjoyed a la 'Sally' in 'When Harry met Sally'
 

for anyone interested, here are the lyrics of the song DR was singing... very appropo for Ana
I translated some lines that i believe apply the most to Ana.

LETRA 'QUIERO AMANECER CON ALGUIEN'

QUE SENSACION EXTRAÑA (what a strange sensation)
QUE SOLEDAD TAN LARGA (what a long lonely time)
LA LUNA QUE ME LLAMA (the moon is calling me)
AMOR QUE ME RECLAMA (love is claiming me)
QUE MAGICO PODER (what magic power)
ESTABA YO DISTANTE (I was so distant/removed)
PERO HOY QUIERO VOLVER (but today i want to return)
VOLVER A ENAMORARME (to fall in love again)
A COMPARTIR CON ALGUIEN (to share with someone)
TODO LO QUE HAY EN MI (everything that is in me)

quiero amanecer con alguien (I want to wake up with someone)
que en la lucha por regirme me sedusca (who seduces me in his strugle to have me)
que separe bien mi cuerpo de mi mente (who can separate my body from my mind)
que sepa como amarme (who knows how to love me)
que no quiera cambiarme (who does not want to change me)
quiero amanecer con alguien
que me intuya solamente con mirarme (who can read me just by looking at me)
que me busque al sentirse vulnerable (who comes to me when feeling vulnerable)
que sepa como amarme (who knows how to love me)
que no quiera cambiarme (who does not want to change me)

Y MI RAZON SE CALLA (and my mind is quiet)
MI CORAZON LE LLAMA (and my heart calls for him)
NO QUIERE MAS AUSENCIAS ([my heart] does not want more absence/separation)
Y BUSCA UNA PRESENCIA (and [my heart] searches for a presence/being)
QUE LO HAGA AUN LATIR (who makes it beat on)
QUE IMPORTA LO QUE PASE (without care what happens)
QUE IMPORTA LO QUE FUI (without caring what i was)
POR QUE LA VIDA ES UNA (because there is only one life)
Y AUN CONTRA CORRIENTE (and even against the current)
YO QUIERO PROSEGUIR (I want to go on)

quiero amanecer con alguien (I want to wake with someone)
cuya fuerza me defienda de mis dudas (whose strength defends me from my doubts)
que no rompa mis silencios con preguntas (who does not break my silence with questions)
que sepa como amarme (who knows how to love me)
que no quiera cambiarme (who does not want to change me)

quiero amanecer con alguien(I want to wake up with someone)
que en las noches se confunda con mi sombra (who merges with my shadown at night)
que comprenda que explicarse esta de sobra (who understands that explanations are not neccessary)
que sepa como amarme (who knows how to love me)
que no quiera cambiarme (who won't want to change me)




 

and i agree with Jardinera, i don't even want to waste blog space discussing Nico and Johnny... ugh!!!
 

Dear Jardinera,

Thanks for this sharp and witty recap. Pleasant episode on the home front, with lots of indications of new plot turns to come in the coming weeks. I just hope that someone can get Manuela to speak up!

Thanks, Marta, to you for the lyrics. A lovely, heartfelt song so beautifully performed . . . even with Ana's yelling.

I have to say again that these adult actors deserve kudos for working so well with the child actors. Some are so young that there have to be frustrations and a generous spirit to allow them to constantly steal the show. Even little Sarai is turning into a winner. Whatever my frustrations with some of the plot turns, I find the family scenes generally appealing and the kids just terrific.
 

Jardinera, thank you for the holiday "above and beyond the call if duty" recap. It is appreciated.

Highlights:

Ana giving Isabela the poke in the forehead.

Fernando telling Nico he is a coward for not looking Jennifer in the eye and saying "good bye" before he goes to Switzerland.

So, Fernando wants to take dance classes with Ana to add proof to the fact that he has changed. Just makes Ana's deceit worse and worse. I understand her fear but at this point the odds are less and less in her favor as Fernando does more and more for her.

Jarifa


 

Great work, Jardinera.

I know I've said it before, but if Fernando is willing to accept Soledad after she did time for killing someone and may do something for her considering the circumstances of the crime, it would be insane for him to be judgmental of Ana for dancing in a club. He will not like that she kept it from him, so let's hope that this revelation doesn't coincide with the birth of Isabitch's hellspawn.

He does seem to not have forgotten what she's done to his children and what she almost did to Siete. Let's also hope that the police find something to hang on Enfrique, who appears now to be going off the deep end. I don't like the idea of Fernando going back to the office yet because he'll have to deal with Hissabela all the time, but something will have to happen.

I can easily see Fernando suing for custody before it's all over only to find out that Enfrique is the sperm donor.

I hope we meet Sarai's parents soon and that Fernando and Ana can knock some sense into them.

Finally, Nick will be a lot safer in Europe for the moment even if he is going for a boneheaded reason.
 

Jardinera, thank you SO much! As always, your style of writing is such a HUGE treat!

I LOVED Ana doing the "Graciela Poke" to Isawitch. I'll bet the actors were both laughing after that scene. :)

Even better that Fer told Nico the truth and called him a coward. That comment was well deserved.

martaivett I cannot thank you enough for giving us the lyrics to that song. I am going to see if I can find it today to purchase. Didn't DR look just fantastic! The song almost made me cry as all I could think about was all that DR has been through with her breast cancer. I know that her long beautiful hair has always been her trademark, so I was very happy to see her beautiful hair. It suits her to a "T".

Angel's smile and Fer's smile ar both to die for. Those men would win my heart a million times over with their smile alone. When they both smile, it brings out their already handsome features even more. Ay, Jorge!

Fatima
 

martaivett, thank you, thank you, thank you, again! This is going to be another one of "my" songs!

Fatima
 

Perfect recap Jardinera. After all the holiday goodies and visiting, was actually nice to sit and quietly catch up with our favorite dysfunctional family. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!!

What an absolute coward Nico is. Honestly, he could have just said he was visiting Diego and not all this crap to Johnny handing his wife over to who HE THINKS should take care of her. And not saying goodbye to his wife...Fer should have set him straight on how that would make Jen feel, etc. But hen he's still learning too, so....

Ironic the idea of dance lessons. Who will be the teacher...someone that knows Ana from Chicago? I mean this has to come out NOW and be done.

Marta, thanks for the words to that lovely song. Mr word, DR sounded amazing. But why the hell does Ana still have to scream during performances...I'm sorry, she's old enough that she has to know that's wrong and frankly to the performer, rude. I guess all she knows is being heckled at the club and thinks that's what people want? Ah...no.

I find the words very interesting...someone who loves me for what I am? Is that some sort of for-shadowing that Fer won't when he learns the real truth?

My kitty pretty well trashed the tree last night while we slept, so back to packing up the ornaments. One way to enjoy a day off :)

Daisynjay
 

J-thanks for great recap...

-What did I miss that totally changed Sarai into one of the family? Was expecting her to have some heart-to-heart talks with Ana (maybe I missed it). Still don't like the idea of her and Sebas "hooking up".

-Someone else said that heart surgery can really change a person mentally---Nico is sure acting like an idiot lately.

-Has Jenny been borrowing tops from Luz' dresser the last few days? I hope she meets Angel-they would be a good match.
 

I forgot to mention this but yes, it was embarrassing to see Ana behave that way in the club. It is the one inconsistent thing about her that she can't restrain herself in public like this. This isn't a rock concert!


 

Thanks Jardinera, I admit I never heard of Daniela Romo before.

Was I the only one to catch Sebastian wink at Serai when they saw each other in the morning? Barf-o-matic!!! He's 11!!!

The previews had Isabela telling Enrique that he's the father of the baby.
 

i posted this on yesterday's blog but i will copy it here.

Is anyone starting to think there is something wrong with the water at that house?? at first Ana only had to deal with the emotional and social issues of Fernando's kids... but now it is all four older kids bringing in other kids their age or close to their age also with emotional and social issues of their own that now Ana and Fernando as a team need to deal with... please!!! how much is too much for Ana to deal with? she is reading on paternity psychology books... but she also is trying to learn math and english while at it... do we have to add on to her load of 'accountability'?
Fanny with Ximena, Laura and Edith
Nando with Ximena, Laura and Edith
Alicia with Pablo and her own self-image issues.
Sebas with Sarai...(ok, it was Fernando who brought her in)

the only healthy age-appropriate friendly relationship seems to be Mau and Luz... (the youngest??!!!)


 

UA, i have to agree... that shouting and standing up in the middle of the song was out of order... too far way beyond the attractive 'folklorica/exotica' description Fernando has used about Ana.
 

This is the part about the Ana character that I have not understood since day one. Why does she shout so much? I was more than a little surprised to see such shouting during that very intimate performance. This is when Isawitch would have a reason to call Ana a "naca" (as much as I despise that term).

Fatima
 

Jardinera, this is great and thank you so much.

Agree, Nic is a ......, never liked him

Daisynjay, the songs lyrics I'm afraid do portend what's to come.

Glad Fernando didn't go jealous (no reason for him to think anything now) but that was the first date for Angel and Ana, mama was the tag along. Angel already made his move. Smooth

Soledad's incarceration is in the past and she is not the nanny nor the love of Fernando's life. Ana's deceit is not some mistake or behavior in the past 20 years ago but what she is doing today at 35. The provocative dancing for men and the lying. I understand she wouldn't want the smaller kids to know what she does for men on the side but if she really did love Fernando, and wasn't a coward like Nic, she'd be honest with the guy. They're gonna make Fernando out to be some neanderthal because he cannot accept the nanny (and the woman he wants to marry and start a family with) dancing at a gentlemens club but everyone else in the world thinks it fine. I'm not buying it.

 

You really don't want them to be together, do you?

Under the heading of All Things Considered, Ana has excellent reason to be afraid of his reaction. He's already been accused of adultery in the business press; this revelation could make that come back with a vengeance.

With La Costena's falling profits shown in last night's episode, this could make things exponentially worse. The only positive is now Isabitch was shown to be exactly that, so she doesn't get the prize either.
 

Thank you Jardinera, your recap was a lifesaver as I have missed the last two nights. Glad I did not have to sit through more of Nico's lame excuses for leaving his wife. I'll be planted in front of the TV tonight however, awaiting further developments.

J in Oregon
 

Ana totally ruined that beautiful bolero for the other guests. Heck, she ruined it for me! She's like the rude person who sits in front of you at the movies and talks the entire time.

I hope Fernando ponies up for a lesson from an actual ballroom instructor. From the previews, it looked like he was teaching Ana himself. Fernando might know a basic box step in the waltz, minus the rise and fall and brushing of the feet, not much better than Sebas at hip hop. Just an excuse to get Ana close to him.

Wouldn't it be great if we had a another cameo here -- from one of the actors who can really dance -- Cristian de la Fuente or William Levy?
 

I do want Ana & Fernando together, sooner the better for me but I want her to start to meet him half way. I was all over him with what he pulled with Isabela, his chauvinistic, condescending self, continuing to try and corner Ana afterwards, even his jealously and bad behavior toward Diego but Fernando is trying. Ana refuses because her fear of having to make a choice (she's not even sure, though likely she'll lose one) between her old self or a new one.

I thought Ricky wanted to run the company into the ground initially or was it just to replace Fernando and he really cannot do the job?

Ana did ruin the show for everyone in that room that paid. Her tickets were free.

 

Thanks for your recap, Jard.

Why in the world did Nico marry Jen and then decide he was too old for her? Didn't it ever occur to him when they were dating? And to choose Jonny of all the creeps for her. He's a jerk!! No fool like an old fool.

Maybe Angel will step up to the plate??

Ann-NYC



 

Why do I think Nico would have a fit if Angel was the one courting Jen?
 

Can someone delete this spam, please?

And to the person who posted it: This is not allowed on this blog.
 

For me these are the best two songs by Daniela Romo; her sex appeal and talent shine brightly in these two songs. I think her singing talent was never fully recognized. Enjoy.


Daniela Romo - Explorame: http://youtu.be/M2IaxMGzyf8


Daniela Romo - Quiero amanecer con alguien: http://youtu.be/3BNhvUNf2yk