Caray, Caray!

Urban, thanks for the "earworm " from the Beatles and an absolutely wonderful recap!

Great acting, great episode.

Fernando really cannot blame Fanny for anything : she has just been one of his kids suffering through the recent death of her mother. What was she supposed to do when Ana made everything better in the family and was the reason Luz began talking again? Tell him with the risk all of the good would be snatched away? I think not. In this case, Fernando is not being fair. Let him take it out on the others who knew, but not Fanny.

Loved the aside with the gloating Isabella and her celebratory glass of wine.

Looks like the fallout continúes mañana.

Jarifa


 

I think Fanny held her own very well. And I would be the first to play Spock if Fernando got on her case because if he was willing to think of her as "my little girl" vis a vis her having a sex life, then he can't logically think her old enough to be complicit in a conspiracy of silence.

But in the raw moment you know that any novela character who feels betrayed will vent like this. They never learn to think before saying anything.
 

Thank you, UA, for capturing so well all of the pain expressed in this episode.

Although I dreaded the BIG REVEAL and the aftermath, it has produced some of the best acting and highest tension in this novela. I felt so sorry for both Ana and Fernando, but especially for Fanny. Her father mentioned her "nobility" when he gave Ana the seven rings and she really showed her nobility tonight in both defending Ana and putting the entire family above all.

Whatever else, Lenin has very good manners. He won't win Fanny finally, but he knows how to be gracious and is there for Fanny when she needs him.
 

Urban, in real life sometimes people vent like this without thinking it through. . Perhaps with her being the eldest child, Fernando has for gotten the "child" part. Maybe he will apologize to her down the line some time.

Jarifa
 

It was an Olympian recap Urban; an Olympian recap.

Fatima
 

At least one thing hasn't happened and that's the name-calling that I find unforgivable. Had Fernando called her a slut Ana would have been a fool to continue crying.

However, I think this will get worse before it gets better despite how few episodes are left.
 

I think you are correct about things getting worse, Urban.

Honestly, I could not watch. I decided to just wait for what I knew would be an excellent recap from you.

Fatima
 

Urban, it was a great, great recap of a big episode. So many lives blown wide open. (Except for young Nando; he is delighted to have Xime back. Me, not so delighted.) And your screenshots capture all the angst! Thank you.

Hard to watch all the crying and distress. So sad. What happens when the little ones wake up?

Too bad the bodyguards that Don Fernando had ordered for Fanny are no longer in evidence.

J in Oregon
 

Jarifa, I don't think Fanny is a "child" anymore. Eldest "daughter" to be more precise, but no longer a child. She's old enough to take responsibility for her part in this, despite her good intentions. One has to wonder that if it'd been Nando instead, would your reaction be the same? Not sexist mind you, just not a fan of the Double Standard.

And as for: "Let him take it out on the others who knew, but not Fanny", hate to break it to you, but Fanny IS one of "the others who knew".

Fernando has the right to be angry at any and all who was in on the secret because he was lied to, and apart from the other children being lied to(excluding Fanny, of course), he was the primary focus. One or two times out of ten will you ever hear someone bring up the children whenever Ana contemplates whether or not to tell Fernando her secret.

In the end, I wanted SO much for Ana to tell Fernando the truth. But alas, standard SO/TN formula when it comes to lies and secrets.

Anyways, loved the little ice breaker with Johnny and the bat thinking it's a break-in.

Still don't like Jezebela.


 

Thank you UA. Loved the Beatles tune.

Fanny's explanation of her lie, one of silent complicity, did sound rational but doesn't show much respect for her father. Had she been honest with her father early on, using that same argument, Ana would still be the nanny, doubt she'd be the ex fiancee, but still the nanny.

I don't fault Fernando for not being able to process what has happened and am sympathetic to his disappointment. Ana and her friends and those in the know always knew this a possibility. Fernando found out a couple hours ago. Don't see many people in his life rushing to provide a shoulder to cry on, even Bruno not there for him, he's with Ana. We'll see what Nando tells him, hope he talks to Diego too.

Ana seems much more upset about being caught than taking personal responsibility for misleading Fernando. Maybe had she not started with an excuse but an apology or go immediately to asking for forgiveness when an I'm sorry for lying to you could have been the first words out of her mouth.

Lenin with Fanny at hospital for Leon was weird for me.

Still couldn't care less about Nando & Ximena.
 

Excellent recap, UA! When the immortals take their revenge on Isabella, please, not the face!

I have to say I agree with the others, this was a great episode. It's the best one of the TN I've seen so far, and the acting was very well done!

I completely understand where Fernando is coming from. To find out about Ana the way he did would send any man into a frenzy. I do believe him that it wasn't about the actual dancing,yes he would've been put back by it, but he would've at least known the truth. Now, in him mind, he looks like a fool. All the lies that were told to him by Ana, along with other people helping her, are just coming to the forefront. I think that his pride is hurt more than anything. He's a man of principle and thinks of himself as someone who is on top of every situation, but this time he was made a fool of and it's going to take him a while to get over it. As far as Fanny is concern, I agree, she is an adult and he has a right to be angry with her as well. However, I do believe her reasons for not telling him were valid and I thought he would take that into account. But in his current state of mind, he's on the warpath and everyone who knew is going to hear about it.

I'm still not comfortable with Ximena/Nando situation. When I see them together, it reminds me of reading about Teachers who've fallen in love with their much younger students. That's what they look like together.

All in all, a great episode. Maybe when Fernando calms down things will work out, but for now, I can't blame him for going off like he is doing. I would probably be doing the same.
 

That should be, "in his mind" not "him mind." it's early
 

Tough episode to watch last night, but so well done by all. Thanks UA for giving us a stellar recap with all the details.

Fer's reaction was no surprise. He has always time and again preached not having people lie to him, holding integrity as the ultimate virtue. He is a man who was only just learning to accept other people's weaknesses and maybe seeing in himself he had a few too. Diego hinted that in his trouble with his brother--Fer had been the perfect son, above reproach, never doing anything wrong.

With the reveal, Fer took one giant step backward to that personality trait and as we guessed, he's not even worked up about the pole dancing as much as the ongoing lie.

As for Fanny, again, Fer was like that as a father when we first met him. He wanted ideal kids who also followed the rules. Her having to beg for his forgiveness was hard to watch, because from her view, she only had her siblings and father's best at heart, but Fer isn't there yet to hear that.

Wonder what Nando's reaction is going to be. Speaking of whom, that whole Ximena makeup was one big bomb in the middle of a good episode. So maybe she did need to go back for some more therapy and he stops that? All for tween love...please help me. I look at those two and I get Nada.

Lenin has to be the most loyal lap dog ever. He knows he's odd man out, and yet he comes when Fanny calls. The fact she called him before anyone else....that in itself was really odd.

Don't expect us back to giggles any time soon.

Daisynjay
 

I can't understand Nando's decision regarding the two girls since -- as someone pointed out the other day -- Ximena has the IQ of a potato. Both girls have issues but at least Edith has an IQ and a sense of purpose in life. Ximena doesn't have that.

I am impatient for when Nick and Diego return because that will be a major turning point. They will remind Fernando about his Don Hielo persona and his previous inflexibility which (I suspect) will make a comeback. That's the reason this is occurring too late in the series. In the normal way of things this would take 20-25 episodes to resolve and we don't have enough time for that.

Ana was caught just before she would have disclosed. Ironic and horrible, yes. She could have avoided the whole thing if she had done what I would have advised: Send Dana out of town for her safety and then send the video anonymously to the police from a brand-new untraceable cell phone. Dorofeo would have been arrested, Chicago shut down, and Jezebela (good one!) would never have found out.

As to what actually happened, if Fernando hadn't gotten the note or paid any attention to it Ana would still have been screwed because Jezebela would have sent the video she shot to Fernando, possibly in the manner Ana should have sent the other one to the police.

Ana's biggest mistake in all this was her assumption that Fernando would judge her as a loose woman for working at Chicago. While we know Fernando isn't judgmental about that, it took us a while to figure that one out.
 

I don't think anyone appreciates being lied to, no matter the reason, and especially over time. Fernando pointed out that Ana counseled Leon against that very thing while she was doing exactly that and that he trusted Ana above all others and coming from her the betrayal more pronounced. So far his behavior is consistent with someone hurt and betrayed, one minute lashing out and the next withdrawing into his shell. The look on his face when he discovered Fanny was in on it, pitiful. Whom can he trust? The two people he adored the most, made him a fool.

 

Take a look at the screen caps of Isabella, in the second one she looks just like "recently moved to Argentina" Pablo!!!!!

Jarifa
 

As I had the goddesses say, Fanny had all the guts in the world for fessing up to her father. However, she is at considerably lesser risk of losing his love in the long term and I think the reasons for her actions were valid.

Of course, we can pretty much predict that Jezebela will take advantage of all this as soon as she knows, which should be quickly in view of having only 23 episodes left.

This Sunday the finale airs in Mexico.
 

All I can say, other than kudos to Urban, is that it will take a while before I recover from this episode.
 

Great Re-CAP UA
With only 23 epis left, This TN will fast forward, and should be "mucho" better to watch.

This means a quick romance between Angel and Ana (boring).

Donnie Fern will glance at DizzyIzzie, but not fall for her again, since she has a underlying "thing" for Johnny.

And don't forget, one more "big" reveal will be who's the real baby daddy.... Which somehow will include Crazy as a "fox" Enriqgy, Only after he makes an atempt on FlimzyFanny.

Everything else is really a non-story: who cares about Nando,Exema, Witch(Edith)Hazel, or FlimxyFanny, Leo the Lion and BennyLinny.

I look forward to seeing DizzyIzzie put on the "Ritz" (Low cut-tight mini dresses) to win back Donnie Fern. Must See TN TV.

(Cathyx - Spell Check Please... mine still broken.)
 

The Big Reveal

Who tells Fernando about Chicago ? ?
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3 votes -- Tofie, Carolina, and Victoria -- Isabruja
1 vote -- CathyX -- Doro, who tells Isabruja
1 vote -- Fatima -- Johnny with his big mouth
1 vote -- Daisynjay -- Ana by mistake
1 vote -- Salvador -- Ana
1 vote -- Variopinta -- Yoyomama
 

It looks like the pattern here will be that a lot of characters return to their first or at least most intense love after a relationship with someone else:

Fanny - Leon
Nando - Ximena
Ana - Fernando (I assume and hope)

Bruno - Manuela (seemed so last night for some reason, although I liked him with Betty)

Angel - back to Magda finally?

Jenny and Johnny are the exceptions, I think, and will remain together.
 

Thanks for he excellent recap UA... as always, entertaining, thoughtful, and well-crafted.

My first thought when Fernando launched into that self-righteous self-pitying rage:

Welcome back Rogelio, I've missed you. Why don't you take a seat in this comfy wheelchair, try on this black hat, and amuse yourself with this handy little quirt...

I think that this quote from the recap pretty much explains his real complaint:

"She made him feel like an imbecile."

I was a bit appalled and disappointed at some of the wishes for Isabela's retribution... acid in the face... really?

Carlos
 

Just read that Televisa will have 15 extra episodes of MCET on their webside. I guess they actually spared us another useless, nonsensical side plot!
 

Mati, while I think it's safe to assume we will eventually get there with Ana and Fer, putting the tweens into "your true love is our first love" scenarios makes me want to throw things at the TV. Not only is it cliched, but just tired when through these LONG TN's we have the character developments and plots that don't always hold up to the fact that "first love" or honestly "first crush" should be your enduring love. And so early? What will get next, an engagement between Ximena and Nando...lord help us.

At this stage of the show, I don't see an Ana/Angel pairing. It wouldn't even make sense if we stayed in the same time period. Unless there is a fast forward in time, Ana was in too deep with Fer and would be hurting too much to jump into anything ( and I give Angel some credit for being attune to that).

We have way too many "evil" people running around who need their comeuppance to deviate too much into new pairings. Think we are entering the Osorio Ultimates Twilight Zone where the comedy takes a major back seat.

Daisynjay
 

Carlos

Did you see Amor Bravío?

The anvil that befell Isadora (LC) was the worst anvil that I've ever seen in a telenovela!
 

15 extra episodes? Where were they taken from and why? I thought this series had good ratings in Mexico.

I agree with Daisy. We have too many outstanding things to resolve to detour into the possibilities of new pairings now. If the current crisis had happened 30 episodes ago I could have seen it happen then.
 

That had to be the most heart wrenching scenes that I've seen since Betty discovered the letter in Yo Soy Betty, La Fea. The story made a 180 from being a light hearted escapade to being a heart attack.

Nando and Xi. Ok, cute, but sill...

Fernando has a lot of soul searching to do. How will he react when he sees Isabela? When he (if ever) sees Diego or his Dad?

Ximena having the IQ of a potato: Oh, come on! She has been studying, she has been to rehab, she is trying to improve herself and I think she has. Can we just please graduate her to the level of a radish now? TY TY

3 votes -- Tofie, Carolina, and Victoria -- Isabruja

Congratulations to our winners!



 

"cute, but sill..." should have been "cute, but still..."

 

Urban:

Here is a snippet of what I read -- no spoiler :


Mi corazón es tuyo está en su última semana, pero no te preocupes pues en exclusiva para televisa.com/micorazonestuyo tenemos para ti 15 capítulos extras que disfrutarás al máximo y sólo AQUÍ podrás ser testigo de ellos.

En este primer capítulo extra podrás ver la llegada de la infiltrada anónima, una mujer sin rostro que llegó a la mansión Lascurain para descubrir todos sus secretos, manías y el amor que esconde ésta familia, aunque por desgracia las cosas se le salieron de las manos y el recto señor Lascurain (Jorge Salinas) por poco y la descubre.
 

Daisy,

I agree so much about these teen loves. I had so hoped that the Lascurain kids would end up unattached. And Nando/Ximena is a total disaster, but I guess this will be it. I imagine, again, that younger teens are watching this and Osorio is watching them and their preferences. Ugh.

As for Ana and Angel -- maybe a closer friendship since he is coming tonight, according to the previews, to look into Ana's chest pains. But I agree that it's too late for much of anything. Makes you wonder why he entered the picture.

Fanny is in danger, which I hate, along with all of the family. Leon isn't my favorite, but he has surely paid for his involvement with the Lascurain clan.

I doubt that the extra 15 have anything to do with what is going on now. My guess -- only a guess -- is that once Ana and Fer are back together, we have some new household adventures.

Lots of pain ahead before we wrap up those 23.
 

Urbsn, excellent recap, thanks for sparing me the yelling.

Ana is a 'good' person, but she has several major flaws, as the heroine. One is that she's a serial liar and can't be considered honest when she can justify lies. I can look past the first few months of lies, but it became consistent and planned. The fact that she would've never told Fernando if she could've gotten away with it, proves my point. She was setting a terrible example for the children in many ways. In fact, she asked others to lie for her, which is even worse. She didn't grow in her self esteem to think that she or Fernando could handle the truth even though their relationship had grown.

Fanny knew she should tell him and always felt bad about it. She should've had confidence in Fernando's changing and told him long ago. She was pressured by Ana and began to believe that the ends justified the means.

Marea Primavera
 

Wonderful recap!!

When Fer yelled "shut your mouth" to Ana I could only think he must have wanted to say that for a long time.

I wanted to feel bad for Ana but the pain and anguish coming from every pore of Fer made that impossible.

I fear for the kids and wonder what Fer will say to them.

Agree, Nando and Xim is a disaster and wish had chosen to let both go.

I can't believe only 23 episodes left. Feels like we have so much more to get resolved!
 

Anon,

I did see Amor Bravío and didn't like Isadora's fate which ended up garnering sympathy for her. I think Gabriela's fate in FELS (buried alive... YIKES!) rivaled Isadora's in harshness. In general, it seems to me that TNs punish the bad girls more cruelly than the bad boys. Sexist?

Carlos
 

Carlos, I think punishment usually fits the crime and if those villanas' crimes exceeded those of their male counterparts, they were suitable.

Gabriela of FELS had more or less buried her daughters alive on the ranch when they were adults who should have had friends and boyfriends by then. She also make them prisoners to her fake invalid status. Hisssadora of AB was a scam artist and killer who got off on perversion and torture; remember she practically had an orgasm when killing the helpless old priest.

Both their male counterparts also got what they deserved.

No pity for any of them from me.
 

Unless there is a fast forward of at least 6 months, Ana rebounding into a relationship with Angel in the next day or so, gosh. Don't want to watch her again have a guy professing his love and she telling them, no guarantee but I'll try as they make out in his office.
 

If this was La Gata, Ana would have 3 more suitors before it all ends! lol
 

Tofie, with Enfrique on the loose and Jezebela on the prowl we can't have a FF like that. Enfrique has to be caught before he can do any harm to Fanny or any of the other kids.

Marea Primavera, to call Ana a serial liar is unfair. She concealed one thing that could seriously have bitten her on the tuchas. A serial liar has no relationship with the truth of anything.

There is nobody on this planet who tells the whole truth all the time. However, there are people who hear one lie and then never believe a word out of that person's mouth ever again. Fernando is such a person, so I wonder who lied to him in the past and what was it about.

I understand Ana because she has had a hard life. She grew up in an orphanage where she was not badly treated but where she still lacked true parental nurturing. It's easy to understand that she feels somehow inferior to others who had that. That she ended up on the fringes of the sex trade is no surprise because she may have felt insecure about her right to anything better at the time.

Since she was involved with Johnny for four years, catching him cheating on her hurt big time. More than she let him know. He was also wearing the gift she gave him at the time, a gift vastly superior than the last one he had given her. Although we saw him as an immature jerk when that happened, her reaction was more visceral. It was an insult to her as a woman.

The constant class distinction insults from Hissabela and Yomama and the insulting scam they pulled on her didn't help, either. She might not have taken enough of a step back to see that their behavior was far more declassé than all but one of her own (the one we always criticize).

Her other problem is that once her own emotions get in the way her instincts about people fail. She was right on the money about Jezebela, Yomama, Enfrique, Diego, and the children. However, she had possibly misjudged Fernando. His inflexibility at the outset was tough enough to accept and she may not have seen the extent to which he changed over the almost ten months of her time at the mansion. She was too afraid he would revert to Don Hielo once he knew.

Of course, no novela writer would do this, but here are the words I might have written for her.

“What if I had told you the day I got here? Would you have hired me if you knew? How about three days later when Luz talked again? Would it have mattered then? What about the day at the zoo? What would you have said then?”

I'd like to think this would have left Fernando with nothing to say, at least at that moment.
 

Wow UA, what an episode! Is there ever a right way or good time to fess up about a really big lie? Especially given what was at stake for all involved. Ana knew what Fernando's reaction was going to be. The beach was the ideal place to come clean but then Fanny asked her not to. Granted, she had lots of opportunities prior to the trip but fear is a pretty huge motivator. I don't think Ana is a pathological liar, she just made a mistake. She is such a giving person her motives were pure.
Loved this episode. Fer claims its not about the actual dance but the omission of info. Really? it didn't seem to matter when Lola was dancing. why was he disappointed when he finally met her at Ana's place. He must have had an idea it was Ana, or wanted it to be. Fact that she was a stranger made a difference? Sounds like double standards to me.

Hanna
 

Carlos,

I am with you on the punishments of several recent villainesses. I want them to get their comeuppance, but I personally want there to be some ambiguity. Defining it in terms of disfigurement or being literally buried alive (FELS) may feed our sense of vengeance but -- for me, anyway -- not of justice whereby a judge and jury would lock them away forever in a prison where they could never have the life or the love they coveted.

However, some of these villains are so villainous and have left so few tracks that justice isn't going to be achieved. So, the producers/writers have the choice of simply killing them off or inflicting a punishment that they devise. My sense is that the men are more often killed off, but I haven't really kept track.

Susana Gonzalez was both imprisoned and disfigured as Rogelio's nasty sister. Too much for me, but lots of too much in that novela.



 

UA, though I see your valid points on Ana's mindset, what I desperately wanted to see from her was to end the secret before she took a ring. To me, that put a whole additional level on just continuing to rationalize and need to hide her secret, and Fanny took a huge brunt of that very unfairly. Pleading to a child to continue to lie to their father who has never been anything but dear and good to her was wrong.

And I can't help but keep thinking about the context of this couple in the reality of the world they lived in. If this hadn't been leaked by Isa in the way she did, but instead the video went viral or Isa decided to blow it to the press...the impact on the kids among their peers, how parents would have looked letting their kids be friends with their child (and we know that some would have gone there) and Fer's embarrassment and the possible aftermath as a corporate executive would have been disastrous. Osorio didn't write the reveal that way, but as the secret kept on, that danger was more and more pronounced. We want to root for the heroine who is actually a sweet, good woman, but it's hard not to see her judgment was flawed towards the end.

Daisynjay


 

There is never a good time for bad news. That was the theme running through Ana's head all through the story.

I think that if Fernando were presented with this scenario as someone else's situation he is intelligent enough to see that the men in the club meant nothing to Ana. She did not interact with them during her performance or "socialize" with them before or after. He's too emotionally close to the situation to have this perspective right now. He needs time, which is going to be difficult because of the situation with Enfrique. That should demand his full attention because of the immediate danger.
 

Daisy, I don't think Fanny is a child. She is the daughter of the man kept in the dark, but she isn't a child.

She could have made a decision to tell him at any time once she knew. She didn't owe Ana anything at that point. Ana's plea for silence happened later, when the stakes were higher for everyone. Fanny's decision on the night Luz finally spoke was for the good of her younger sibs; she got nothing out of it.

She could easily have held this over Ana's head, but she didn't.

Nobody's mentioned this yet, but I will bet that when Ana left the mansion she took only what she brought with her to it. She's only still wearing the rock at the end of last night's episode because she couldn't take it off.
 

I expect Ana will come back and Fernando told her they could tell the kids tomorrow. Not sure he'll want to see her but that should be tearful. Perhaps she'll show up with Angel and her mother in tow.

I still don't like this will be all his fault before it's over and he will have to be the one to forget and forgive to make everyone happy. Ana did so it's his turn, I guess.

 

I'm glad the Big Reveal happened this late in the TN. No time to drag out their estrangement until we want to scream with frustration.
 

Good point Nanette. But then I feel like the reveal was drawn out. So I'm not sure which one I prefer...
 

Urban: Yes it was an exaggeration on my part. Ana isn't a liar about all things, but she lied a lot. To me, the writers haven't made Ana a very likeable person. She's sweet, kind, etc. but so hyper, rude, unfocused, etc.

Good points about her past and how they affected her. Just disappointing on how they don't show the her growing, being smarter, stronger, etc. I couldn't get through these without the fantastic recappers we have.
Marea Primavera
 

I would have preferred it to happen earlier. That would have allowed for the right amount of time for resolution. No time jumps, either, because that would have been a writers' cop-out. A time jump now would be ridiculous with Enfrique running amok.

One has to also wonder where he's hiding. Granted, he's not been loose that long, but he's a killer. This should be on the news but then again, when do we ever see anyone (other than Yomama) watching TV?
 

Carvivlie: I thought of that too, but still like the idea of no long drawn out separation best. We still have the Little Big Reveal and Enrique situations to resolve. And, hopefully, Nando will come to his senses and switch to Edith (she was my pick--if he had to pick anyone). Too bad Brianna is still a little too young. Maybe she'll pop up later all growed up. With Osario, anything is possible.
 

Nando has lost his innocence with all of the crap surrounding Xime and Edith. I would have chosen Edith too but then she still isn't comfortable with herself, i.e. still wearing all of the black and the makeup. Xime may not be the brightest bulb but at this point she has a good sense of herself. I think the fact that she was moving back to CA was a sign of her making good decisions. Ultimately, I wish he just dated like a normal 17 year old.
 

Carvivlie: "Ultimately, I wish he just dated like a normal 17 year old."--exactly!!
 

I don't care either way, but I think Nando picked Ximena BECAUSE she's a mental midget next to him. Having been a bullied nerd most of his high school life, it must have given him some confidence to be able to be "better" at something than the beautiful, confident popular girl - and he probably doesn't even realize it. I think Edith's intelligence scares him, I mean, if HE's not the smarter one in the relationship, what does he have left (makeover nothwithstanding)?
 

Jarifa I totally agree about Isa's disguise; when they first showed her with the caterpillar eyebrows and curly black hair I thought it was young Pablo!

Fernando's disappointment in Ana was mirrored by his disappointment in Fanny for keeping him in the dark also. I felt much worse for Fernando last night than for Ana; she had the choice of whether or not to be honest, difficult as it would have been. Everyone around them is now going to feel the fallout.
J in Oregon
 

Poor Fernando! I agree I don't want to see him made out to be the bad guy. As much as I like and empathize with Ana, Fer really was dealt a low blow.
 

Wow, Urban, you and the deities recapped a drama-filled episode! Well done!

If the Olympians selected the Beatles' song to prepare us for future events, I get a sense of foreboding about Fernanduh and Ana. That is, we all know how the Beatles ended up: no reconciliation. Ruh Roh.

Anon. 3:43 - I agree with you. Xi is taller than Nando (who is vertically challenged), and she's always been popular and beautiful. Pairing with an intellectual inferior probably satisfies him now, but he will likely get tired of her eventually. At least I would expect that dissatisfaction to evolve in the real world.

And I'm with you all about the acid-in-the-face karma; it's a little too horrifying to consider. Yikes!
 

Nando's choice may also be because Xi was his first love. Or maybe a bit of guilt (perhaps subconciously) because a big reason she decided to get help was because of Nando.
 

EB and Carlos: I'm with you re: the acid in the face punishment. Or any disfiguring punishment, for that matter.
 

Urban

Here I go again,

I agree with you so much about Ana lacking true parental nuturing.

My father was dumped at an orphanage by his widowed mother when he was about 3 years old. It was a terrible one with bars on the windows and where they beat the kids and didn't feed them or clothe them properly)


He was messed up later in life, didn't have a healthy view of women (I wonder why); and, although a very successful business man, he never stopped remembering when he was 18 years old and given 1 pair of shoes; 1 suit, plus the causal clothes on his back; and $10 (all in a cardboard box); and told it was time for him to go make it on his own. Later in life, nothing he did ever gave him a sense of security or accomplishment.

His mother actually came back to the orphanage to "reclaim" (due only to pressure from her 2nd husband); and my dad refused to go with her probably due his warped sense of mother/parenthood. He was a wonderful father but not all that great of a husband.

There are so many children out there with the need for parental or at least adult guidance, and no one to provide it.

So yes, I believe that Ana, with all her faults, couldn't see things clearly when looking at herself when her emotions were involved.

With all the baggage that such a lonely childhood brings, it's all fine and dandy when you step back and give others sage advice, as with León, Nando, Fanny, Jennifer, etc., but reflecting on your own faults and short comings is almost always going to be lacking.

No wonder she didn't feel the security of Fernando's love and support. Whoever supported her in the past? Certainly not asshole Johnny.

I just have a problem with the length of time she hid Chicago from Fernando and involving Fanny; Diego and Nicole were adults and could form their own decisions.
 

Late to the party, but I just wanted to thank you UA. What an emotional outpouring for our main characters. This is why I wanted to watch this TN. Because of Jorge Salinas and Sylvia Navaro. But the actress playing Fanny has hooked me. I can't wait to see her in future shows.
 

Such masterful work again, UA! thanks! i have been out with my mom on a health emergency of hers and got home just around 6pm.
But thanks for another mahvelous recap on such a grinding emotional episode!
I agree with you that Ana did not give Fernando enough credit on his change and still expected him to behave completely like Don Hielo when he could have listened and not been totally happy about the story but not as mad as he was finding out the way he did.
Also agree with you that Ana said one lie and had to keep on hiding it with smaller lies but she did not do it intentionally or to harm or mock him. But Fernando is the type of person who holds on to grudges so once he gets lied to once by someone, it is hard for him to trust that person again. Honesty and trust are critical for him, both expecting it from his kids and definitely he expected it from Ana. Thus his reaction.
As far as calling her a slut, he did not go that far but in the middle of his angry release he did tell her that it would not have surprised him of she did strip for the men on other nights...
and Ana did appologize for lying to him, several times, during that angry exchange... but he did not want to listen to any explanation...

Victoria, ITA with you about Ana's background causing great insecurities about herself, even if she is such a great advisor for the kids and friends... analyzing and making rational decisions on her own life and her own feelings is something she is weak at because of her background.
And you and I agree on exactly the problem, the length of time it took Ana to decide to tell Fernando.
All in all, ITA that it was MASTERFUL acting on Jorge, Silvia and the actress playing Fanny and THe actor playing Nando.

All we can hope for is that the physical separation won't be long (we can only hope the kids will take care of bringing Ana back home) and that Fernando putting all the pieces together and breaking through the shell of Don Hielo will be soon as well, putting an end to the EMOTIONAL separation.