Friday, January 09, 2015
La Gata #92 Thursday 1-8-15 The Anti-Climax or Was it a dud for you too?
Pablo invites Carlos to his apartment. Carlos thinks it’s about Pablo’s not being chosen as the Padrino for Carlos and Virginia’s wedding. No. It’s about Virginia and after Carlos learns it, he probably won’t want to marry her.
Pablo tells Carlos Virginia has a terrible illness she inherited from her mother. She can’t have children. If she does she will die. Carlos thinks it’s a lie from Lo to separate them. Pablo further tells Carlos that Virginia is not the biological child of his parents but his cousin. Carlos turns away and weeps. He tells Carlos he can marry but not have children and Virginia doesn’t know. Carlos mustn’t tell her. It is his mother’s place. Pablo tells him he will understand if he doesn’t want to marry and just go far away. He asks Carlos if he will marry Virginia or leave. Carlos turns his back, silently weeping and thinking for a loooong time. Finally he turns back to Pablo. Only Virginia matters to him. If they can’t have children, they can adopt. Virginia is a blessing in his life and he’s going to marry her. He deflects any praise from Pablo that he is a great man. “I’m a normal man with a great woman by my side.”
Mariano comes to pick up Esme to go look at the prison’s archives. He tells her the case from last night was about Juan Garza. She doesn’t know who it is and what it has to do with her. Oh, never mind, it’s just an error. They leave to go look at the files.
As Esme looks at the archives, Mariano thinks about Juan Garza, how he must be mistaken. Esme is so open and transparent. He believes her reaction. She is not capable of deceiving Pablo.
Rita, accompanied by Metche and Jarocha is looking at dresses for her wedding. She tries on a purple number. But Rita wants to wear white cause she’s not been with a man since the father of her son so she’s a nueva señorita. She chooses a white lace maxi with a split to the knee on the left side. The gals dance and clown around.
Fernando is pacing nervously. Now he wants to tell Esme the truth. Where is Esme? He knows she went out with Mariano but doesn’t know where. He says he’s been a perfect imbecile. Blanca should have said “you damned straight!” but she didn’t. She assured him he wasn’t.
Esme has gone through file book after file book without finding anything. She talks about how she admires Fernando. She comforts Mariano who is having a bad bout of papa envy.
Well, back to the files. Esme find’s Fernando’s entry and discovers they are her parents. She is happy. Mariano holds her hands and stares at her.
We see the back of Juan Garza’s head as he meets with lawyer Fidel Gutierrez who tells him he told Mariano about the facts of the case and he acted like he didn’t have the least idea what it was about. Fidel said Mariano was going to talk with Esme and get back with him. I frankly don’t understand Garza’s response. I replayed it several times and read the Spanish caption. I don’t get it. Feel free to fill this part in.
Pablo has stopped at the old MN mansion to check on Augie. Lo tells him the fever is down but he’s not out of the woods. Pablo gets a phone call.
Carlos has gone to see Virginia at the institute. She wants to know what Pablo wanted. She knows something is wrong and he tries to lie to her that Pablo wanted to dig him out about his not being the Padrino. He is finally able to stop her probing by talking about how much they love each other and the happy life they will share. They can wait for the children: what’s important is to be together.
We get a flash of Esme back at her apartment holding a paper talking to herself about realizing that Fernando and Blanca are her parents.
Mariano breaks the news to Pablo that a lawyer, Fidel Gutierrez, called him and told him that his children were those of his client. Mariano tells him he already talked to Esme about it and there’s no doubt it’s an error. Pablo wants to know why he wasn’t told. Mariano didn’t tell him because it just happened yesterday and just before Augie got sick and he wanted to talk to Esme first. She has no idea who this tipo is. He asks Pablo to chill: the last thing Esme needs is another hassle: She just found out who her parents are.
Over at the MdlSC, Fernando goes to tell Blanca that Esmeralda is there. He’s nervous. Could it be that she knows? We have to be calm and expect anything. In a move calculated to piss me off it I weren’t so over all this shit, Fernando wants to see Esme first to verify that she knows. Blanca says if she doesn’t know, they will tell her. “If she does then come for me and we will confront this together.”
Esme is downstairs and is also nervous about how she will react. Fernando comes down the stairs. Slowly she turns and looks at him. My daughter, he says. She calls him Papa. They embrace and cry and declare how long they’ve waited for this day. The bastard! Blanca should have had this opportunity!
Lo’s reveling in her return to her mansion is interrupted by Mariano and Pablo coming to check on Augie. Mariano tells Lo about the lawyer and accusations. Lo is all like oh, Esme’s morals are beyond reproach! She came to me several times when you were in NY to contact you. No doubt, Esme’s babies are yours and MY grandchildren! Mariano looks at her suspiciously.
Fidel Gutierrez meets with Juan Garza. Fidel will meet with both Negrete brothers. Garza doesn’t want to do DNA test. He will only do it if Esme denies him his rights to his face. But before that he wants to meet with the MN brothers. I don’t pretend to understand this.
Back to the family reunion. Fernando says he was afraid Esme would reject him. No, Papa. Why? Having my parents is more valuable than any treasure. Forgotten, Blanca has to come downstairs herself. Esme calls her Fela, Blanca, and then Mama. They embrace. Esme says she always knew Blanca was her mother. Now her family is complete. Fernando is so proud, he wants to shout it to the four corners of the earth. Group hug.
The new extended family are all seated at dinner. Fernando, Blanca, Esme, Pablo, babies, Mariano, Jarocha, Metche, and Damian. Fer and Blanca serve up sentimental lovey dovey talk about always having dreamed of this day, and always having had faith. Pablo’s proud to be a part of the family, too. Phone rings. It’s for Mariano.
Immediately Fernando, Pablo and Mariano are in Fernando’s study. Fernando fumes and shouts about the outrage of the paternity challenge. Both Pablo and Fer want to go with Mariano who argues against it. Pablo thinks Esme won’t like this being hidden from her. Mariano doesn’t think they should spoil her joy of just having found her parents.
Now we see Lo in G’s joint. Gisella claims not to be behind the paternity challenge.
Jarocha comes to talk to Fernando. They both suspect G is behind Garza’s charges. Fernando will protect Esme and her babies.
G and Lo plot. Lo will stay close to the maldita gata and will invite her to live in the mansion. The goal is to have her close to eff with her and do away with her once and for all. Gisela flashes her sickening trade mark, self-satisfied, auto erotic grin.
Esme comes over with the babies. Lo pretends to hurt herself on the way up the stairs. She lies about how she’s being faithful to her vows to care for Augie in sickness. Esme tells her she has to rest. Oh,this is a luxury Lo can’t afford. What would become of Augie without her?
Pablo goes to meet with Gutierrez alone. Not sure what happened to Mariano? Pablo blows his top and makes a statement that can be interpreted as a threat. Again. Please feel free to chime in here. A random stranger walking in off the street claiming paternity of another man’s children makes as much sense as the way Gisela walked in and took over “Esme’s man.” Anyway, apparently Juan Garza has the upper hand and Pablo is tap dancing to the bullets being fired at his feet.
We’re back with the saintly Esme giving Augustin a pill. She says she will take care of Augie. Sorry to be so dense tonight but did Esme say she will make arrangements to care for Augie? Did I hear this right? Lo can’t accept that, not after all the harm he has done to her. I don’t know why Esme can’t see she needs hip boots as Lo dumps a shit load of phony compliments on her. Esme embraces Lo who makes ever-plotting evil villainess eyes behind her back.
We end with Pablo trying to demonstrate some testicular fortitude: He demands to know where this guy is! Gutierrez says Garza wanted to come to an agreement with Pablo first, the alleged father of the children. Pablo yells HE is the father! Where is he? Let him show his face! He doesn’t exist!
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Blanca - I know, I know, I should have divorced the assclown years ago
Augie - hmmmm, does this mean you'll give me daily sponge baths
Mariano - feel bout as useless as tits on a boar hog
Gutierrez - you may talk to your mother like that but not to me, little mister
Ah tofie, you NEVER disappoint! Thank you! "Tits on a boar hog" girl that is masterful! I LOVE those kind of colorul metaphors. the Beverly Hillbillies used so many of those. (I am reminded of this as Donna Douglas passed on a few days ago.)
We can do this guys. What's the countdown?
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Sorry guys. Couldn't get excited tonight. I could slap the usual people but El Sil tops the list. All's well that ends well, though. If Esme is happy with the reunion then so be it.
Interested in any one else's take on what this Garza game plan is and is it Garabato or Ines's father wearing the wig? Makes no sense.
See y'all in the morning. Cold, windy and snowing. Going to hibernate for a few hours.
Interested in any one else's take on what this Garza game plan is and is it Garabato or Ines's father wearing the wig? Makes no sense.
See y'all in the morning. Cold, windy and snowing. Going to hibernate for a few hours.
Gracias, Lila! Thank you for the recap!
I'm downgrading Pablo after tonight. He's a terrible galan AND a terrible brother. Repeatedly telling Carlos he might not want to marry Virginia? Not cool, bro. Not cool.
“I’m a normal man with a great woman by my side.” IMO, the only point of watching this episode. Not gonna lie, my eyeballs got sweaty. Slap that on a greeting card.
"I frankly don’t understand Garza’s response." If I'm remembering correctly, this is the part where he said that if Esme wasn't going to discuss it, he wanted the lawyer to talk to the guy who's usurping his place--Pablo. Either that or it was the part where he said he had "proof" but he wasn't going to share the proof with the lawyer until "the right time." *roll eyes*
"In a move calculated to piss me off it I weren't so over all this shit, Fernando wants to see Esme first to verify that she knows." I think this was the point where I was sort of ranting at the TV and Mr. 5ft told me to drink more. He wasn't wrong. "The bastard! Blanca should have had this opportunity!" Agreed!
"Not sure what happened to Mariano? " Me neither, but I didn't like it. Some nonsense about Mariano not being available. Seriously, Pablo? Did you not learn your lesson about not doing legal stuff without a lawyer?
"Sorry to be so dense tonight but did Esme say she will make arrangements to care for Augie?" Sorry about that! You probably couldn't hear it because I was yelling at the TV that this is BS that Esme needed to be on her own and do her own thing and take care of the babies while stringing beads and taking classes online, but somehow she has time to play nursemaid to Augie.
I've lost the will to theorize about Juan Garza. Just show us his face already, so we can get on with the WTFs.
I'm downgrading Pablo after tonight. He's a terrible galan AND a terrible brother. Repeatedly telling Carlos he might not want to marry Virginia? Not cool, bro. Not cool.
“I’m a normal man with a great woman by my side.” IMO, the only point of watching this episode. Not gonna lie, my eyeballs got sweaty. Slap that on a greeting card.
"I frankly don’t understand Garza’s response." If I'm remembering correctly, this is the part where he said that if Esme wasn't going to discuss it, he wanted the lawyer to talk to the guy who's usurping his place--Pablo. Either that or it was the part where he said he had "proof" but he wasn't going to share the proof with the lawyer until "the right time." *roll eyes*
"In a move calculated to piss me off it I weren't so over all this shit, Fernando wants to see Esme first to verify that she knows." I think this was the point where I was sort of ranting at the TV and Mr. 5ft told me to drink more. He wasn't wrong. "The bastard! Blanca should have had this opportunity!" Agreed!
"Not sure what happened to Mariano? " Me neither, but I didn't like it. Some nonsense about Mariano not being available. Seriously, Pablo? Did you not learn your lesson about not doing legal stuff without a lawyer?
"Sorry to be so dense tonight but did Esme say she will make arrangements to care for Augie?" Sorry about that! You probably couldn't hear it because I was yelling at the TV that this is BS that Esme needed to be on her own and do her own thing and take care of the babies while stringing beads and taking classes online, but somehow she has time to play nursemaid to Augie.
I've lost the will to theorize about Juan Garza. Just show us his face already, so we can get on with the WTFs.
Lila, sounds like you are getting the brunt of that winter storm...thank you for writing up a hot recap! The episode was kind of "meh", but the recap was great!
It was an anticlimax to have Esme figure out the truth an hour or two before the big reveal. Then Fernando comes down the stairs and they are playing execution theme-music. I kept thinking "where is Blanca?"
Was trying to get my brain around how Esme figured out her parentage by looking at the prison records. "Fernando De la SC, born in Spain, with a wife named Blanca who is a singer." Esme already knew that Blanca was Fernando's wife...was the singer clue enough to convince her that Blanca was her mom? Don't want to burn too many brain cells on this 'cause I'll need them later.
Other note of interest: when Pablo was confronting the attorney for Mr Garza, why didn't he just offer to go do a DNA test on himself and the babies? End of problem. (I kept getting distracted by that weird black and white photo of a big gnarly foot that was hanging by the attorney's desk...)
J in Oregon
Stay warm everyone!
It was an anticlimax to have Esme figure out the truth an hour or two before the big reveal. Then Fernando comes down the stairs and they are playing execution theme-music. I kept thinking "where is Blanca?"
Was trying to get my brain around how Esme figured out her parentage by looking at the prison records. "Fernando De la SC, born in Spain, with a wife named Blanca who is a singer." Esme already knew that Blanca was Fernando's wife...was the singer clue enough to convince her that Blanca was her mom? Don't want to burn too many brain cells on this 'cause I'll need them later.
Other note of interest: when Pablo was confronting the attorney for Mr Garza, why didn't he just offer to go do a DNA test on himself and the babies? End of problem. (I kept getting distracted by that weird black and white photo of a big gnarly foot that was hanging by the attorney's desk...)
J in Oregon
Stay warm everyone!
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: Friday, January 9, 2015 at 1:43:00 AM EST
: Friday, January 9, 2015 at 1:43:00 AM EST
Thank you Diva for your clarifications. I agree, let him show his face so we can get on with the WTFs indeed! Is there any thing left for Pablo to suck at? Jeezopete! Oh, yeah. He'll eventually believe Garza and leave Esme para siempre. Good riddance if that happens! Let Fer, Blanca and Esme move to Houston and fuggedabouthim.
Awesome Lila. Honey, we're all just weary.
"She comforts Mariano who is having a bad bout of papa envy."
"The bastard! Blanca should have had this opportunity!"
"Gisela flashes her sickening trade mark, self-satisfied, auto erotic grin"
"I don’t know why Esme can’t see she needs hip boots as Lo dumps a shit load of phony compliments on her"
Esmeralda - forget the boots save your necklace
Fernando - I told you to stay put
Blanca - I know, I know, I should have divorced the assclown years ago
Pablo - damn, I thought for sure Carlos would bolt and make me look better
Augie - hmmmm, does this mean you'll give me daily sponge baths
Mariano - feel bout as useless as tits on a boar hog
Gutierrez - you may talk to your mother like that but not to me, little mister
"She comforts Mariano who is having a bad bout of papa envy."
"The bastard! Blanca should have had this opportunity!"
"Gisela flashes her sickening trade mark, self-satisfied, auto erotic grin"
"I don’t know why Esme can’t see she needs hip boots as Lo dumps a shit load of phony compliments on her"
Esmeralda - forget the boots save your necklace
Fernando - I told you to stay put
Blanca - I know, I know, I should have divorced the assclown years ago
Pablo - damn, I thought for sure Carlos would bolt and make me look better
Augie - hmmmm, does this mean you'll give me daily sponge baths
Mariano - feel bout as useless as tits on a boar hog
Gutierrez - you may talk to your mother like that but not to me, little mister
Hey J! Thank you girl. I seem to be good a getting dud episodes but this should one not have been! Maybe some of my friends out there are excited about the reunion but it was pretty ho-hum to me. It could have still been dramatic if Blanca had gone down first or if they'd gone down together! Why was Blanca denied? What was the point of all the weeks of her with the Renata dolly? This would have been such poetic and dramatic justice that Blanca, who had baby Renata wrenched from her arms and spent years in squalor and madness should be the first to formally welcome Renata/Esme back into the reunited family unit! They frickin' totally blew that!
This cracked me up: (I kept getting distracted by that weird black and white photo of a big gnarly foot that was hanging by the attorney's desk...) yeah! That was weird!
This cracked me up: (I kept getting distracted by that weird black and white photo of a big gnarly foot that was hanging by the attorney's desk...) yeah! That was weird!
Blanca - I know, I know, I should have divorced the assclown years ago
Augie - hmmmm, does this mean you'll give me daily sponge baths
Mariano - feel bout as useless as tits on a boar hog
Gutierrez - you may talk to your mother like that but not to me, little mister
Ah tofie, you NEVER disappoint! Thank you! "Tits on a boar hog" girl that is masterful! I LOVE those kind of colorul metaphors. the Beverly Hillbillies used so many of those. (I am reminded of this as Donna Douglas passed on a few days ago.)
We can do this guys. What's the countdown?
Hi, Lila. Thanks for sticking with this when we continually sink to new lows on the plot and the BS reaches new record highs.
Why didn't Esme and Pablo go out privately and have a DNA test done so it can't be screwed around with?
Why didn't Esme tell Lorenza that they are rich again, THANKS TO HER DADDY, so why don't you go out and hire your own damned help?
What is left for Pablo to be bad at? He's probably no good in bed.
David
Why didn't Esme and Pablo go out privately and have a DNA test done so it can't be screwed around with?
Why didn't Esme tell Lorenza that they are rich again, THANKS TO HER DADDY, so why don't you go out and hire your own damned help?
What is left for Pablo to be bad at? He's probably no good in bed.
David
Permalink posted by : Friday, January 9, 2015 at 11:45:00 AM EST
: Friday, January 9, 2015 at 11:45:00 AM EST
"He's probably no good in bed"
Well, you sure haven't seen any repeat performance nor any enthusiasm from Esmeralda for a rehook-up. Telling you, had she seen stars and curled toes...........
Well, you sure haven't seen any repeat performance nor any enthusiasm from Esmeralda for a rehook-up. Telling you, had she seen stars and curled toes...........
David! Thank you so much! You make some excellent points, excellent! None of these "problems" are necessary at all if people would just fire a couple of brain cells! Then, things which could be touching and dramatic are just left to die with a whimper. Wharever.
Thank YOU, David, for hanging in here on the patio with us! I'm right proud to be in y'alls company!
Thank YOU, David, for hanging in here on the patio with us! I'm right proud to be in y'alls company!
Esme taking care of Augie is just the stupidest thing ever! Aren't felines supposed to be keen on tuning in to people's true inner vibes? If so, Esme has totally lost her cat senses: she can't see evil unless it has a sickening smile and is wearing bad glasses!
Thanks, Lila.
Tofie, "curled toes" - maybe that weird picture in the lawyers office was of someone in the throes of passion - kind of like porn for foot fetishists.
David
Tofie, "curled toes" - maybe that weird picture in the lawyers office was of someone in the throes of passion - kind of like porn for foot fetishists.
David
Permalink posted by : Friday, January 9, 2015 at 12:13:00 PM EST
: Friday, January 9, 2015 at 12:13:00 PM EST
Now, I'm not sure what I would respond to more, Pablo painting the same me, head shot, over again or some new anonymous dude painting my feet on the sly.
Lila, thank you. You are so right, what an anti climax.
David, "what is left for Pablo to be good at? " Hah! He is the worst galan ever.
Pablo explicitly went against Mariano's advice and made a fool out of himself. He tried to play the "we were married, the babies are mine" card and the attorney whipped out the annulment paperwork. Gotcha! No marriage, no presumptive paternity.
I was thinking Juan Garza might be Meatball.
Once again the paternalistic bullshit attitude is driving me nuts. Don't tell Virginia she might have a dangerous condition. Don't tell Esmee there is a potential paternity action brewing. Don't "let" Blanca tell Esmee she is her mother. Please.
Esmee is catching some of that Pablo stupid. Didn't she see Gisela at the park after the attempt on Pablito? Didn't she then have Lorenza lie right to her face? Do you believe your own eyes or the woman you know to be a lying liar? Didn't Doc Hottie/Creepy suggest to Esmee that Lorenza and Gisela were working together? Where is her brain?
David, "what is left for Pablo to be good at? " Hah! He is the worst galan ever.
Pablo explicitly went against Mariano's advice and made a fool out of himself. He tried to play the "we were married, the babies are mine" card and the attorney whipped out the annulment paperwork. Gotcha! No marriage, no presumptive paternity.
I was thinking Juan Garza might be Meatball.
Once again the paternalistic bullshit attitude is driving me nuts. Don't tell Virginia she might have a dangerous condition. Don't tell Esmee there is a potential paternity action brewing. Don't "let" Blanca tell Esmee she is her mother. Please.
Esmee is catching some of that Pablo stupid. Didn't she see Gisela at the park after the attempt on Pablito? Didn't she then have Lorenza lie right to her face? Do you believe your own eyes or the woman you know to be a lying liar? Didn't Doc Hottie/Creepy suggest to Esmee that Lorenza and Gisela were working together? Where is her brain?
tofie, I think you're right about Pablo's lack of skills in bed.
Though, that makes me think of the one thing he might actually be good at--efficient impregnating.
LN, maybe he didn't infect her with stupid, maybe he's sucking the smart out of her with those sloppy kisses.
Though, that makes me think of the one thing he might actually be good at--efficient impregnating.
LN, maybe he didn't infect her with stupid, maybe he's sucking the smart out of her with those sloppy kisses.
LN, you are so right!! Why in the hell isn't Esme even the least bit suspicious? If al that eevil had been wreaked against you and especially your own defenseless little baby, wouldn't you be cautious unto paranoia? Criminey! What happened to Monica who really has G's number? Maybe she just said eff it, I don't need these fools!
And yes, you can cut the paternalism with a knife: is this crap in here on purpose? Social engineering via novelas?
Pablo may not be good in bed but I think here's some off-camera dalliance between Esme and Pabs: stupidity may be transmitted via bodily fluids cause she is just about as dumb as she is beautiful!
And yes, you can cut the paternalism with a knife: is this crap in here on purpose? Social engineering via novelas?
Pablo may not be good in bed but I think here's some off-camera dalliance between Esme and Pabs: stupidity may be transmitted via bodily fluids cause she is just about as dumb as she is beautiful!
Diva, looks like you and I made the same connection between Pablo's "skills" and Esme's intelligence. Hee hee! Poor babies being raised by these mental giants!
Lila, this was wonderful. Thanks for the recap!
It sure did take Carlos a LONG time to respond. I know it was done for dramatic effect but it was so silly to have stare off into space while we heard his theme song.
The big reveal was meh. No suspense. She just found out on her own by reading the records. They could have done a better job with this scene.
I too didn't like how Silencioso made Blanca wait in the room while he went to see Esme first.
I hope this whole "Juan Garza" thing doesn't last long. We only have like a month or so left, right? It is time they start wrapping it up.
They really should be telling Esme what is going with "Juan Garaza". She has a right to know.
It is plain silly for Esme to be taking care of Aguie.
It sure did take Carlos a LONG time to respond. I know it was done for dramatic effect but it was so silly to have stare off into space while we heard his theme song.
The big reveal was meh. No suspense. She just found out on her own by reading the records. They could have done a better job with this scene.
I too didn't like how Silencioso made Blanca wait in the room while he went to see Esme first.
I hope this whole "Juan Garza" thing doesn't last long. We only have like a month or so left, right? It is time they start wrapping it up.
They really should be telling Esme what is going with "Juan Garaza". She has a right to know.
It is plain silly for Esme to be taking care of Aguie.
Thanks, Mauricio! I hope to goodness it's only about a month to go! Totally agree about the Garza thing. A man is claiming to have fathered het babies and she's not to worry her pretty little head about it? What a crock of patronizing bull shit!
Thanks, Sara!
Thanks, Sara!
Maybe it's best that Esme doesn't know about Juan Garza just yet. With her brain activity track record lately, she's liable to just cave and start to wonder if it's possible that he IS the father. The scaredy-cat has been more present lately than the gata salvaje who would snarl and go into protective mode with a, "Oh, really? He says what? Fine, let's go, then ... let's do a DNA test right here, right now with everyone present - Pablo, the babies, myself, and this moron! We'll ALL follow the samples together, so there are no shenanigans, and wait, TOGETHER, for the results. What? What do you mean, never mind? Hey, Garza, where are you going? Come back here, imbecil! Who put you up to this? Oye, cobarde!"
Permalink posted by : Friday, January 9, 2015 at 4:53:00 PM EST
: Friday, January 9, 2015 at 4:53:00 PM EST
(Comes in from out of breath) Alma de Hierro... Jorge Poza's character Sebastian is blind... JP plays Mariano... Augie also plays a bitchy school principal LOL.
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