Thursday, September 10, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #12 Wed 9/9/15 (Mex14-15) Federica is a pretty awful person

Here we go!

We get a little refrito from last nights episode, Eloisa says her goodbyes to Fifi and Pedro reminds our dear Fifi of the rules: she's to stay in the employee area, and she can't continue to have mishaps or make mistakes because he does not think she'll be lucky enough to retain her job if she keeps screwing up, for now her job is secure. He tells her that he will ask that Joaquina be the one to issue her her work orders, then he leaves.

In the living room the family is in awe that someone was able to make Eloisa laugh, it had been years since anyone heard her laugh the way she did with Fifi. Fifi tries to find her way out of the big house and everyone sees her, once she makes her exit Anibal says that Fifi really is very pretty- Julieta walks in then and everyone fills her in on what's happened- but Julieta still does not like Fifi, especially because her husband was a wandering eye. Roxy takes a few jabs at Sonia, telling her she lacks the intelligence and wit to ever make anyone laugh, Osvaldo comes to his wife defense but Sonia tells him not to worry, everyone knows that Roxy has "issues"- an eating disorder is mentioned. Man, these people suck.


In their rooms both Fifi and Pedro are thinking about each other. He muses that Fifi moves him in a special way and then tells him self that he needs to concentrate and focus on his work, Fifi for her part thinks about Pedro and says she hopes it's not love.

The rest of the family talk about Fifi, Roxy says she needs to get revenge against Gigi for soaking her. In another room Sonia and Osvaldo plot, he wants to get rid of Fifi ASAP, they can't risk having her win over Eloisa. Sonia is game to do whatever it takes and suggests that maybe Pedro will fall in love with Fi, but Osvaldo rejects the idea- Pedro would never fall for a maid! Sonia tells him women often get the man they want and then they make out. I'm so tired of Sonia's red nail polish with the pink outfits!

Dante continues to be a jerk to Fifi, when she tells him that Pedro said she was to take her orders from Joaquina he barks that HE gives orders to Joaquina- Gigi arranges a little accident for Dante and bumps into him while holding a cup of tea, like Roxy before him he gets soaked. He warns Gigi that he has her in his sights.

Osvaldo is kinda dumb, he breaks into Fifi's room at night and threatens her, he tells her to go away or ELSE then he tells her to keep quiet about the threat. Ha! Idiot. He tells Sonia what he did and she tells him that was a stupid move, Fifi will spill the beans and then Pedro will go on a witch hunt, Osvaldo thinks that's not going to happen cause Fifi will be so scared that she'll just go away. WRONG! So very, very wrong!

In the morning Fifi- who thinks Pedro was behind the threat confronts him. she tells him that if he wanted her gone he could have told her to her face instead of threatening her and stabbing her in the back, he has no idea what she's talking about but promises he does not want her gone and that he had nothing to do with the late night attack. Fifi believes him and then tells him that he also promised to find Gigi a doctor, she's running out of medication and because the meds are controlled she needs to see a doctor in order to get a prescription, Pedro promises to take care of it- and he does, he gives the maid, whose name I'm forgetting the name and address for a doctor and asks her to take Fifi and Gigi to the appointment and to look after them.

Sonia tells the rest of the snakes what Osvaldo did so that no one is taken by surprise when/if Pedro starts to asks questions, Pedro comes into the kitchen and demands to know who the person behind the threats was, they all claim innocence but Pedro does not buy it and warns them against doing anything against Fifi and Gigi, this last part applies to Roxy- she is not to seek revenge for the soaking of 2015.

In the office everyone gets jobs, Roxy in the PR department, she gets to do basic tasks, Gael is the assistant to the assistant of a chemist (?) and Sonia is Osvaldo's personal assistant.

Pedro calls Granny for help, Sonia, Roxy and Gael are disasters, they all want private offices, and Roxy has managed to pick a fight with nearly everyone. She tells him to figure it out, he's smart and there's a reason he's in charge, she needs those people out of the house for at least 8 hours, and now he has stolen five valuable minutes from her, so she hangs up on him.

Osvaldo is in the office with him and Pedro tells him that the three new employees are worthless, Osvaldo is all like "watch yourself, my wife is one of them"- Pedro finds a solution to his problem by making Osvaldo directly responsible for the new workers, he names him Director of new Staff, Osvaldo says that position does not exist and Pedro's tells him "I know, I just made it up" and just like that he washes his hands of the new intruders.

Sonia walks in and tells Osvaldo that one of his clients got tired of waiting and left, he wants to know why she did not tell him he had someone waiting and Sonia says she thought he knew what his responsibilities were for that day, Osvaldo gets up and calls her useless and worthless. Later, Sonia comes back to Pedro's office in tears, Osvaldo is so mean! Pedro tries to comfort her and gives her a speech about believing in herself- this leads to Sonia kissing Pedro and Fifi sees it all because Pedro was having a Skype section with Fidel. Pedro stops Sonia and says he was just being nice and there was no reason for her to come on to him. Sonia apologizes and leaves.

Fifi is having a bad day, Dante has giving her a lot of work but she's up to the task, while she's working Gigi goes horseback riding, but Federica is up to no good, she removes Gigi's medication from her purse (in an attempt to frame Roxy) and then when Fifi finishes cleaning the bathroom Federica goes in and makes a mess of it, which leads to Fifi spending the rest of the day redoing her work.

Not only is she stuck working a lot more but Anibal pays her a visit, he tells her she's too pretty to be down on the ground getting dirty, Fifi shuts him down and closes the door on him. Meanwhile Gigi gets off the horse and the alarm on her watch goes off, this scares the horse and leaves her stranded, she starts to freak out when she realizes that she her medication is not in her purse, she gets disoriented and faints by the side of the river.

Fifi never realizes that Gigi never came home until much later when the maid asks her where Gigi is and they both realize she never came home, they freak out when the horse she was on is found.

In other news, Benito asks for some time off to visit family and Vitto approves it. Vitto for his part is following a few leads to find Fifi, he had his PI find out where one could purchase the medication Gigi needs and they found only 20 pharmacies that sell it, he seems to think the girls traveled to Tijuana and is on his way there when Benito's mom calls him and tells him she knows where the girls are.

Back at the rancho a distraught Fifi goes searching for Pedro, she tells him Gigi is missing and that she needs help, Pedro runs off to help her and Osvaldo and Sonia are left behind with WTF looks on their faces.

Eloisa learns of what's happened and tries to comfort Fifi by telling her that Pedro will find Gigi, he knows every corner of the ranch. Fifi cries, first her mom died, then her dad, Gigi is all she has left in the world. Eloisa asks to be called when there's more news.

Pedro finds Gigi passes out and carries her back on his horse, meanwhile Dante tells Fifi that the river probably swept Gigi away and that because she's sickly she's probably dead by now...and just then Pedro rides up with Gigi!

The End

I'm going to start a website and call it HumansagainstDante.com

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Comments:
Woot! Just in time for my planning period! Thank you!

*runs off to read*
 

Welcome, here to help!
 

Awesome Eli! Thanks

"HumansagainstDante.com"

Lordy, Gigi is an accident waiting to happen. Are we sure it is a heart problem and not a cogitative disability?

Pedro's non reaction to the kiss by Sonia more representative of a man accustom to them.
 

Lol! HumansagainstDante! I bet he's mean to animals, too!

Another great recap, Eli! I love "WTF looks on their faces" and "the soaking of 2015" and "these people suck."

I wish I had your wit.
 

And BOOM tofie is back - "cognitive disability" lol.
 

Tofie, yay you're back! Gigi looks so sweet and innocent that you never would think she's making these accidents happen on purpose, but she is and good for her!

Sara *sniff, sniff* you're too nice to me!
 

Gracias, Principessa!

Wow, just when I start to think they're showing a tiny spark of humanity..."Man, these people suck." WORD!

"Gigi arranges a little accident for Dante and bumps into him while holding a cup of tea" OK, I liked it, but yikes! Dante!

"she needs those people out of the house for at least 8 hours, and now he has stolen five valuable minutes from her" This cracked me up. Well, he did insist on them living there, so I guess fair's fair!

"She thought he knew what his responsibilities were for that day, Osvaldo gets up and calls her useless and worthless." OK, #1--when one is an admin, it is not a good idea to assume one's boss knows what they're supposed to be doing (I say that in a totally biased way, based on my own experience, which may very likely be skewed), and #2 he just finished telling Pedro not to call his wife incompetent, so, uh, I guess that rule doesn't apply to him? What a jerk.

Federica taking the pills--ok, solid plan. Good potential for framing Roxy...the "Gigi could die" angle totally sucks, but hey, she's got hats, what does she care.

Federica wrecking the laundry room--oh, come on! Pain splashed all over the room? And not a drop on her, I suppose? Who would look at that and not think "clearly, this was sabotage." If she wanted to make Fiorella look incompetent she should have splashed bleach on some stuff and only just slightly messed up the folded towels. I give it a D-

"Vitto for his part is following a few leads to find Fifi, he had his PI find out where one could purchase the medication Gigi needs and they found only 20 pharmacies" Now, that's a smart plan!

Thank you for getting that whole last scene...my DVR cut off, so last I saw Gianna was just out there by the river, passed out.

"HumansagainstDante.com" If you need some assistance with this, I'm in! I mean, my skills are at about the "knows just enough to get into trouble" level, but I'm sure we can work it out!
 

Just tellin' the truth, Princess!
 

Eli, you rock!! I need something to make me smile on the crazy day. Thank you thank you!!

And yes, sign me up for membership on that website. Lord that man is just nasty. Why is he there? I always wonder why these estate owners keep these nasty people on...don't give me because their work is good. Bull hockey. You can find a lot of people who would do good work and not be one step away from the gates of Dante's Inferno. Maybe that little crap remark about Gigi drowning will foretell his own fate. Jerkwad.

Sonia took a few steps back for me last night. Was actually feeling bad for her the other day, now, not so much. Ok, you have a crummy husband, but you sure are trying to keep him roped in and conspiring against a couple innocent women. yeah, heading to the dart board soon.

Make Roxy go away...any way, I don't care. She and Dante are on my need to disappear soon list.

If Fifi isn't appreciated in that place, I'm ready to hire her to help clean my place. Lordie she's good. My house is clean, but she's amazing...that laundry room, before the ruination was sublime. Stupid people, she can do that and if you befriend her, she'll be nice and maybe put in a good word to the boss lady. Think about it.

Daisynjay
 

It was hinted pretty heavily that Dante and Eloisa have mutual dirt on each other. Or at least, Dante knows some of her secrets and it's in his best interest to have Eloisa in charge because none of the other family members would keep him on. Federica's the only one who gets along with him.
 

Princess juju, liking your recap.

Dante is a big O grumpy jackass!!!!! I think
Gigi will melt his heart, we'll see.
I don't like freddy, she's sneaky, in a bad way!!! Gigi could die. But no. I still don't like
Freddy.
I knew pedro would have his hands full with
This crew.
Osy and sonia, their out for themselves, what else is new, O yeah, they're anoying. Most of
These people are. The only interesting ones
In the family is granny, pedro, gael, roxy, (roxys moma the maid), thats what I believe.
Simoneta the maid (shes funny), and maybe
Pedro's dad, I forget his name. All these other people are shallow jerks. I hope gigi
Survives.

 

Princess Ju-- Wow, just wow. Great recap! thank you so much! Always throws me off when the Spanish captions are not synchronized with the spoken dialogue, arrrrgh! So I miss alot when that happens.

If Gianna keeps passing out at the end of each episode [DRINK!], I'm going to have to start buying industrial-size wine at Costco! Gee that girl gets into more trouble. Sort of on schedule.

Running back to work, but really enjoyed reading your recap girl!

J in Oregon


 

Grazie tanto, principessa! And before I get to what's missing from this episode I will post my initial thoughts on the series (it will take a few posts):

The Angeles clan are described as vultures but they're really more like sandtiger sharks.

Federica seems to be the most deadly of them. She will make any of the others look bad while she is the most useless of the lot. Why isn't Eloisa making her work, too? Why has she never been married? And I hope we've seen the last of those stupid hats (I'm truly surprised that Eloisa didn't get on her case about this in earlier episodes).

Sonia: I have no sympathy for her. She went digging for gold and is paying the price for it. She came on to Sergio and has been after Pedro all along. Octavio is cute but not very bright and he's getting what he deserved. Was she really pregnant once upon a time or did she fake it? If she really was producing the first great-grandchild for Eloisa wouldn't necessarily have scored her any points (Remember Maite in Barrera de Amor?). She's just as selfish as the rest of them.

Octavio: Cute, but that doesn't compensate for stupid, entitled, and pushy. Adele gave him a good telling-off; it's too bad nobody was doing this when he was growing up.

Roxana: Who raised this Bratzilla? Since Eloisa's husband died only shortly before the curtain went up on this tale we know why she wasn't shipped off to a strict convent school. Federica appears to hate her more than the others do, since she does most of the stealth work to get her in trouble. Finally, the little stunt Roxana pulled at the party should have gotten her confined to her room for a month. Then tossed out on her tuchas.

Gael: Insufficient data yet, but young enough to be redeemable.

Julieta: Whether she is a relative or related to some old friend (I forgot which), she's just as nasty and snobbish as the rest of them. There is obviously a secret we're waiting for as to why she is illogically nasty to Fiorella.

Anibal: Insufficient data beyond being the clichéed cheating husband.

Pedro: Everything said about him plus the fact that he feels more than he shows.

Eloisa: Controlling matriarch, but not without humanity.


Other characters:

Dante: He and Fidel have something on each other and it may be a while before we know what that is. Otherwise Dante is a sadist who abuses the privilege of his position.

Adele: Probably a good mother, but may have babied Benito a bit too long.

Reynaldo: Comic relief... or discomfort.

Joaquina: Definitely must be Roxana's birth mother. Long-suffering because of it.

Vittorio: Delusional at best, dangerous at worst.

Benito: Can't quite figure out his game, but he's clearly disgusted with the idea of Vittorio marrying a girl he could have fathered twice over.
 

Hola Princess JuJu...I like a princess who can flat out say that people suck. They sure do sometimes. And I heartily approve of your website for Dante. I imagine so many people would sign up, it would crash the first hour. What a tool. But I hate Federicka more. Sneaky, furtive evil makes me madder than in-your-face hostility.

Loved the face to face, oh so close pleading of Fiorella with Pietro on the jogging track. Yum. Chemistry is building. He's definitely showing little hints of prince rescuing scullery maid/princess in disguise now. Loving it. Goofy goofy goofy but sweet.

Now. Sheer Speculation. Julieta had a baby out of wedlock before she met her scummy husband. Somehow that baby ended up in Italy and is Fiorella. So ultimately, mother and daughter will be reunited, in addition to love blooming like a rose between her and dour-faced Pedro (of the luminous blue eyes).

Anybody buying that story? Just sayin'
 

I'm totally buying it, JudyB!
 

Clichés In Place:

Women's Hair: Hanging braids for working-class women, long hair on sexually attractive females of all classes.

Clothes: Aprons at all times on all working-class women, even those that aren't maids. Adele wore one when entering La Dolce Vita. Dark suits on all adult males except for Sergio, who never grew up.

Medical: Heart condition in a young female and her collapsing in every episode. Also someone messing with her meds. Enough already.

Masters and Their Trusted Servants: Vittorio and Benito, Pedro and Fidel (the only one of the three whom I think is completely trustworthy), Octavio and Ramiro. I'm hoping that soon we can add Eloisa and Fiorella to that list.

Young Female Bratzilla: When she finds out she is a bastard she will freak. Good! She deserves to feel out of place.

The Long-Distance Mail-Order Bride Thing: Not to mention that it's done by deception.

Cheating Husbands: So what else is new?


I love:

-- That Eloisa is tech-savvy and that she likes Fiorella.
-- La Dolce Vita. Great choice of name for the restaurant and it reminds me of a traditional Italian restaurant I want to go back to.
-- The music because it includes traditional Italian songs.
-- Livia Brito nailing the Italian accent. Maybe we can start learning some Italian from this.
-- The cast. Isela Vega (Eloisa) is 76 years old and was one of the first Mujeres Asesinas.

I hope:

-- We will soon find out what happened to Eloisa's other children. Since they haven't been spoken of I'm guessing they were disowned for one reason or another. We've had multiple reminders about how “conservative” and scandal-phobic this family is.
-- We get some more opera in the soundtrack. They used “La Donna e Mobile” in the background a few episodes ago and I think Enrique Rocha is a fan (A past role of his was and he spoke so knowledgeably about it).
-- That Gianna gets to a doctor ASAP.
-- That when Pedro finds out all about Vittorio he pays him all the money he sent to Fiorella to free her from having to marry him.

I hate:

-- The whining and complaining of these spoiled characters
-- Pedro's haircut. He should grow it out and keep the beard (it shows off his alpha-male jawline).
-- Dante's presumption in his treatment of Fiorella and Gianna. Pedro should stomp on that ASAP.


The big head-scratcher:

If Vittorio is an “old friend” of Mario's, how did Fiorella miss the fact that he would be about the same age as her dad (who had to have been at least 50 when she was born)?
 

Buying it Judy..BIG TIME!! would explain those call of the blood looks they threw in when Julietta met Fifi. And they look alike to boot.

Daisynjay
 

JudyB, I agree. Both actresses are tall and voluptuous with long dark hair and have the right age difference (for a change). It could work. Another cliche then about an adult never knowing she was adopted.

I have to say right now that I don't like Maribel Guardia. She looks too fake: Her cheekbones are too prominent, the nose job too obvious, and the hair is definitely extensions. It's also far too straight to be natural. But I digress; on to the important stuff.

Does the episode run over with limited commercial breaks? This episode was both #14 and 15 from the original. Missing info to come.
 

1. There was a longer conversation between the sisters and Simona before Dante entered the kitchen. It was mostly about Eloisa and Pedro.

2. Prior to Pedro's distress signal to Eloisa Dante came brown-nosing after her in the corridor when she was en route to the sauna in her robe. This sleazebag has no boundaries. She kept trying to put him off and Pedro's call stopped this going further. He was trying to trash Fiorella and Eloisa dismissed it.

3. I don't remember what they were talking about but there was some of Pedro & Fidel's Skype session before Sonia tried playing femme fatale.

4. Benito told his parents he was going to PR to find work and to look for Fiorella. They asked him what he was going to do about his apartment and he said he was subletting it to a friend.

5. Benito arrived in PR and asked a local guy if he had seen two beautiful Italian girls. He said "No, and if there were two like that I'd know about it." Benito then asked about where he could look for a job and the guy told him to pick up the paper and check the classifieds. So he does.

6. Later, when Eloisa was watching a movie (and eating popcorn) there was a conversation between her and Dante about her hiring a new chauffeur (Ramiro apparently became ill; I wonder why). He hands her a folder with his two picks' resumes, telling her that one candidate is much younger than the other. She tells him to set up appointments for both of them for the next day and dismisses him so she can finish watching her movie.

7. After Gianna went missing Federica talked to Dante about it; he knew nothing. She then asked him to do her a favor: If Gianna was really sick and dying not to help her. He agreed and she kissed him on the cheek.

Now why couldn't Eloisa have surveillance cameras that could have caught that?

 

thanks, Juju, for another spunky recap. And no hard feelings about our feud over Julio on the 9pm novela .Truce...but do not let your guard down. I warned you that I am wiry, ruthless, and a little crazy...and I should add tenacious and cagey. Julio is a stud muffin worth arm wrestling a friend.

I ,too, am a fan of Pedro's alpha make beard..grrrr...'Sup, boy??

These people are such a huge waste of oxygen. Talk about pots calling out kettles. Turns out Dante is Satan , Feddy is a hat wearing hater, and fragile Sonio is a hoorrrr. What a group of losers...verra bad people. Haters gonna hate.

Finally getting a steady rain here after verra dry weather.
 

Mille grazie, Principessa! Just divine, girl, divino! We need something bigger than a dart board for Dante! Fifi needs to tell on his ass. She and Pedro are really going to bond tonight after he saves Gigi's life and her word will carry more and more weight. He needs to do something to protect those girls. And I hope someone discovers Freddie sniffing and pissing around the servant's quarters soon. I told ya'll she wasn't at the top of her bitch-o-meter!

More later. Grazie di nuovo, Principessa!
 

Lila- we could open up a firing range out behind the patio. That could work for Dante.
 

Thank you PJ for the recap!
”I'm going to start a website and call it HumansagainstDante.com”
I agree!!!


Sonia seemed like a decent person ... until last night! Kissing Pedro? Eeew, no! She is now on my baddie list.

Well, it is confirmed that Federica is BSC after stealing Gi’s Rx and that vandalism stunt.

Question for the Patio Peeps --- What is Julieta’s or Anibal’s connection to this family? One of them is related by blood but I missed which one, somewhere along the line. OR ... have we been informed of the relationship yet?

JudyB - I like your Julieta/Fifi theory~!!!

Urban - I love your astute observations and your list!!! Julieta’s hair looks like a second hand wig formerly worn by Elvira, mistress of the dark.

Adela’s hair is driving me batty. There is just no excuse for that hair. WHAT is Telerisa thinking???
 

Susanlynn - the bottom just fell out here. I'm hoping it keeps the parents from coming to open house.
 

Sara - I'll second your motion to open a firing range behind the Patio with Dante in the bullseye!
 

Perhaps two? One for those who would like to use real bullets and one for those who would prefer paint pellets?
 

Sara - works for me! Arrows might be nice. And horse dookey, cow pies, whatever we can sling at Dante.
 

sara...yeah, who wants to go out at night in a downpour ? As I remember from when I taught in a senior high school, the parents who usually show up for open housee are not the parents who should be showing up.
 

Mucho appreciated Princess Juju , especially since I forgot to turn it on until the last 5 min.

I am really enjoying this TN & warming up a little to Jose Ron. Love Fiorella & Eloisa.
 

According to the Wikipedia page for this series (no spoilers on it yet) Anibal's last name is Valencia and Julieta isn't given a last name at all, so unless Valencia is a name from Eloisa's family, we won't know.

There was a photo shown of Claudio Baez that was identified as Maximo, Eloisa's husband, so maybe there will be flashbacks with him.
 

I third the motion for a firing range, one lethal, one not but approve of the painful, annoying and disgusting projectiles for the non lethal ones!
 

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