Friday, October 23, 2015

Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #44 Fri 10/23/15 (Mex 61) Eh! Your Granny Wears Army Boots!

Mille Grazie once again to Sneaky 2 Shoes for Thursday's recap!  YAAAAAY!

Oh, beloved, and long-suffering Muchacha Patio Peeps, tonight will be no exception so come, let us hunker down, grit our teeth, scare the cats, whatever we have to do and get through this!

Diana vows to her Mom that Vitto will be hers!  She's not going to let that Italian heffa dash the plans and dreams she has for her life with Mr. Got Rocks!  Fifi must have a secret and she's going to find it!

Fiorella runs from Assvaldo and initially puts up a defiant front, threatening to tell Sonia what she saw but Ass boy catches her alone and effectively silences her by threatening to throw her sick sister out in the street!

Benny continues pressing Gianna for what her Dr. told her.

The Private Investigator or Policeman on the phone with Julieta tells her that Sergio's identification was found amidst the ruins of her burnt apartment.  Sergio enters the room as she concludes the call and she begins to question him as to the logic, or lack thereof, of Anibal burning down her house.  This scene is cringe worthy because Sergio had some yummy cake that Julieta took from him to ask these asinine questions!  Sergio gets a phone call from the lawyer handling the Angeles estate, he excuses himself to take the call. 

Down the hall, Gael is in session with Alina but he might as well be talking to a blow-up doll:  that's how attentive Alina is.  Alina apologizes and says she's tired.  The tables turn as Gael asks if she is physically or emotionally tired.  Gael sits next to Alina and gently offers that listening to so many troubled people can certainly be exhausting.  He acknowledges that he realizes she has a personal life, a social life, a love life.  Is that what is troubling her?   Alina openly cries.



Outside, Pedro is sitting in the garden when, of course, Aitana interrupts his solitude.  Now.  I thought Granny had already forced them back together so I'm not sure why Aitana is - AGAIN - asking him to give her a chance to enter his heart.  Wait.  What's this?  Aitana finds the big, white invitation to the wedding of Fiorella and Vittorio and does a happy dance on her bum.  Weeeee!  They can go together and be, like, the hottest couple there!  Pedro interrupts her kiss.

Julieta talks to Anibal on the phone.  She allows him to plant doubts about Sergio in her mind as he waves his phallic cigar.  He asks if she's still seeing Sergio.  "None of your beeswax!" is her reply.

Back to Aitana begging Pedro for them to make the Bianchi/Dragone wedding their first social event as a couple.  Pedro's face IS like a stone, Sneaky, as Aitana babbles on and on about some other wedding they went to back in the day.  Fiorella happens by and Aitana has a nice-nasty congratulations and thank you for the invitation interaction with her.  Aitana will make sure that when SHE marries Pedro, she invites Fiorella and Vittorio.  Fifi excuses herself and leaves while Aitana makes cracks about Fiorella being unsmiling and pale, not like a woman SHOULD look when she's marrying the love of her life!  Pedro continues in stony silence as Aitana humps his leg.

Gael continues his session with Alina and urges her to talk.  The problem is that she is involved with someone that she shouldn't be.  Gael continues to insist she talk and Alina bolts for the door, nearly creaming a poor chair on the way out!

It's so hard to just objectively tell what happens, Peeps, especially with this darned Benito!  He thinks he's God's Gift to All Women with broad shoulders and a big loving heart for everybody!  He wants to start his on harem right here at Rancho Angeles!  He tells Gianna he wants to help her and if she won't tell him what the Dr. says, he'll go to the source and find out himself and off he marches!

Now then.  Vittorio arrives at El Rancho looking for Fiorella and Simoneta fawns and flirts and swoons openly in his presence.  My goodness, girl, tone it down!  Oooooh, she loves to hear the sound of his voice caressing her name.  She finally leaves to get Fiorella.  Pedro enters the room with Aitana suctioned to his arm.  Aitana thanks Vitto for the wedding invitation and the old crow is overcome with joy:  if Fiorella gave out the invitation, that means she has accepted him to be her husband!  Pedro is surprised!  Vitto sees Fifi hanging back and invites her to enter the room.  She has made him the happiest man in the world!

Assvaldo catches Alina trying to leave and lays some more of the lame rap on her that made her throw all her professional ethics out the window.  Girl must not get much male attention.  He assures her he has shut Fiorella up about seeing them kissing.  Belinda, Sonia's mom, comes up and sees him stroking her lips and face.  Belinda is no fool.  She knows exactly what's up.  Belinda and Assvaldo do a little light sparring as Alina escapes.

Freddie is at the house of a former Corporativo employee.  Dante tries to get her to leave but she stays, rings the bell and is greeted by the former employee's daughter who is hesitant to let Freddie in.  Freddie lies that she wants to interview him for the upcoming awarding of a commemorative plaque to honor past employees who have made a valuable contribution to the company.

Diana finds a number online and thinks she may have hit literal pay dirt in getting the goods on Fifi!  She makes a call to Italy and is able to make out from the person who answers the phone (probably her former landlord) that Fiorella owes him 500 Euros.  Diana is very pleased!

Gael has a brief conversation with Roxi, reclining on one of lawn chairs overlooking the beautiful countryside El Rancho is nestled in.  She is actually not only civil but caring as she scolds him not to cause such a scare again and to take care of himself.  They seal the pact with a playful fist bump.

Julieta is talking again to the Private Investigator or Police Dude, Alfredo Negrete, who thinks the case against Sergio is solid enough that the Judge may issue a warrant for his arrest!  Sergio enters the room as this conversation ends and she asks him if he had anything to do with the burning of her house.  Sergio guffaws heartily but the smile slowly fades as he notices Julieta is NOT laughing with him.  He realizes with horror she is serious and goes into a flashback of the day of the beat down.  I may have said that the thugs got his credit card but it wasn't, it was his license!  Sergio tells her about what happened and runs out of the room leaving a gasping and confused Julieta calling after him.

Now Eloisa is in the sitting room with Vitto and Fiorella grinning with her scary Halloween teeth and thanking Vitto for making Fiorella so happy.  Pedro comes in and Granny orders Simoneta to bring in the champagne and orchestrates a toast, making Petey participate.  She toasts for the beautiful couple who are about to be joined forever in holy matrimony.  Vitto thanks Petey and Granny for taking care of his most precious treasure.  Pedro gives an overly enthusiastic congrats to Fiorella through clenched teeth and a forced smile.  Vitto declares that Fiorella is the love of his life and dives in for a kiss.  Fiorella backs away, as unsmiling as Pedro.

Aasvaldo watches tv and swigs liquor.  Sonia enters and we are spared by a bulletin announcing the landfall of Hurricane Patricia on the coast of Jalisco, a category five with winds of 165 miles per hour!

When we return Simoneta has brought in another tray of drinks which she leaves and departs.  Granny tells Fiorella she shouldn't be shy about her presence and encourages her to go ahead and kiss her beau!  Vitto intervenes.  He understands.  They don't have to display their love for the whole world!

RPC as Ass boy insults Gael who was just trying to have a little friendly conversation with his big brother.  Gael did manage to ask about Alina and express concern about how pale and shaken she seemed.

Benny has the nerve to go and see Gianna's Dr. to try to get information out of him even employing a stupid fake hypothetical heart attack scenario.  Although the Dr. righteously protests that this would violate his professional ethics, I think he says too much when he tells Benny that, if he is her friend, to care for her and enjoy her and make her time the happiest he can for the time she has.  Nice going, Doc.

Fiorella doesn't get much help or support from Quina and Simoneta as she and Gigi sit with them in the kitchen.  Simoneta hasn't cooled down yet from the hot flash she gets from Vitto and Quina thinks Vitto will show her affection and warmth:  Fifi just has to learn to look at Vittorio with different eyes to learn to love him.  Gianna speaks the only sense at the table.  She agrees with Fifi that Vitto may be a gentleman and truly care for her. . . .but HE'S A GEEZER.  The bright side of that is that he'll die soon!  How can Gianna say such a thing!  Gianna thinks of her own plight:  "we all die a little, or a lot, every single day!" and becomes deflated and leaves the table.  Fifi's electronic leash alarms.  You know who it is.  Simoneta jumps up all giddy to listen in as Vitto invites Fifi to a French restaurant and gesticulates wildly in Fifi's face to accept.  Of course, she does.

Belinda brings the false DNA results to Sonia:  a set for Osvaldo and a set for Pedro.  Gosh, I remember when I got my first set of false DNA results from MY mom ---  NOT!  THIS IS MADDENING!!!   Okay, okay, Lila, just say what happens.  Sonia is to give Pedro results showing he is the father but only show Osvaldo the results showing HE is the father if the REAL tests show that he is not.  They will try to keep Assvaldo away from going to the Dr's. office when the REAL REAL results come in.  Capisci?  Jeezo Pete!  No hurt feelings if somebody wants to explain this better!  Anyway, Belinda thinks Pedro is as good as in the bag!

Well.  The young lady has let Freddie into her humble home.  They sit at the kitchen table where the young lady, Rosario, talks about how her Father was so devoted to and enjoyed working with Srs. Maximo and Gabriel, until the accident.   Freddie shares that Gabriel was her Father.  Rosario met Gabriel when she was a little girl.  Gabriel Angeles was always so fair, just and decent with all the employees.  In what might be an honest and unguarded moment Freddie agrees, her father was kind and generous and genuinely concerned about the well being of everyone, especially the employees of El Corporativo and above all a wonderful Father.  Freddie asks if she can talk to Rosario's Father.  Of course she can talk to him all she wants, but he won't respond.  Rosario leads her to a room where a moribund older gentleman lies hooked to monitors and an oxygen mask or ventilator.  He's been in a coma since the accident!

Sergio confronts Anibal and accuses him of having framed him.  Anibal claims ignorance with a smirk that says the opposite.  Sergio punches Anibal in the gut and two goons appear and grab Sergio's arms.  Anibal growls with a grin that Sergio will pay for the fire AND for taking his wife!

Aitana whines to Granny about Pedro not wanting to take time off to go away with her.  Pedro enters the room and Granny demands that he delegate his work to Assvaldo.  Pedro reminds Granny of some of the epic porquerias Assvaldo has committed in the business.  Guess Granny got cash to burn because she insists that going away with Aitana is the most important thing he can do right now.  Pedro says he'll think about it and let them know!

And now, all my fellow Patio Peeps who watch these for the smoochees:  here's tonight's offerings:

Benny confesses to Gigi that he couldn't get anything out of her Dr. and accepts to respect her privacy but wants her to know that whatever she needs, he will be there for her.  He will not leave her alone for a moment!  Whatever it is, they will confront it together.  He will ALWAYS be with her.  Yah.  Same kind of thing he told her sister.  Anyway, all Gianna wants now is to cry.  Well then, she should cry!  Benny is sitting close to Gianna, looking into her dewy eyes, framed by long lashes spiked into star-like points by tears.  Gianna is overcome by the force of Benny's devotion and clamps her lips over his in a kiss which he happily deepens.

RPC.  Vitto and Fifi arrive at the French restaurant and he lays his lilting baritone rap on her.  Yes, I'm sparing you because he brings up the honeymoon and how happy he's going to make her.  He asks her for the kiss she denied him earlier.  Fifi goes into a black and white flashback to Quina's advice earlier in the day:  "learn to love Vitto by looking at him through different eyes."  She and we are "treated" to a deceptive love scene in which Vitto turns into Pedro telling her that he will make her the happiest woman in the world as she makes him every time he looks at her.  Pedro! and Fifi! kiss and then come up for air.  Pedro! tells Fifi! he loves her, he loves her and they kiss more deeply.  As the camera goes wide we see the back of Vitto apparently in labial congress with Fiorella.

Yah.  That's it.

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Anybody else want to scream during tonight's episode? So we gotta have fake love scenes between Pedro and Fifi and they're trying to give Gigi to Benny! NOOOOOOO!!!! That flake, he loves EVERYBODY! And I could just kick Granny's cane out from under her and spray Aitana's hair with liquid crazy glue! Belinda and Sonia just need to go away and I wish Assvaldo would just explode with rage and splatter all over the garden patio! Uuuuuf!

Let's have some different takes on tonight's "action" peeps. You know what? I'm starting to like Diana!
 

Lila, you have outdone yourself. Smart, sleek, sassy or sublime? All of the above.

"She allows him to plant doubts about Sergio in her mind as he waves his phallic cigar" and "Aitana has a nice-nasty congratulations" were fantastic. However, "Benny is sitting close to Gianna, looking into her dewey eyes, framed by long lashes spiked into star-like points by tears" was lovely. I laughed out loud of the thought of poor Fio and Vitto engrossed in "labial congress".

"Simoneta fawns and flirts and swoons openly in his presence" and "Simoneta hasn't cooled down yet from the hot flash she gets from Vitto" made me smile. Simoneta provided some sorely needed relief from all the misunderstandings and wide array of poor decisions made this night.

If you are in therapy and your counselor is not only paying no attention to you but in fact starts shaking and crying, I might suggest you seek another therapist. When you switch roles and you become the counselor, you know things are truly taking a turn for the worse. Ack.

A few random thoughts: what was with Gael's dangling suspenders. Is that a new fashion trend? If so, please lose it.

Fiorella visibly recoiling from Vitto's kiss. Does not portend well, does it?

The most chilling moment for me was Eloisa's cruel and purposeful insistence that Pedro stay and congratulate the heartbroken Fiorella. They both looked as though they wished to disappear into the ground. Eloisa appeared to grit her teeth but I thought she was effectively actually baring her fangs, injecting her venom. What a despicable woman.

Freddie seemed positively human when she saw Rosario’s father. This might have been the first time we’ve seen her without her perpetual smirk.

Loved this Lila. thank you!

Diana
 

Gracias, Lila! Was this some kind of Halloween special episode early? I think I was screaming the entire time! Thank you for bringing some laughs to the recap that were sorely lacking in the episode.

Alina's boundaries are in absolute tatterns. And over frickin' Osvaldo of all dudes. That ain't right.

What is it with Aitana, "does a happy dance on her bum" is this, like, a thing with her? I do have to say, I love it when she wears jeans. Suddenly the long, loose hair makes sense.

"He wants to start his on harem right here at Rancho Angeles!" You said it!

"She makes a call to Italy and is able to make out from the person who answers the phone (probably her former landlord) that Fiorella owes him 500 Euros." I'm impressed. Somehow she found Fi's landlord when Fi is a total nobody, yet Fi couldn't find anything about Vitto on the Internet. I don't know what she expects to get from this, but...go Diana!

"Gosh, I remember when I got my first set of false DNA results from MY mom --- NOT!" Hahahahahaha! Ah, such fond memories :D

Are we supposed to know/recognize Rosario's father? That seems like an awfully long way to go for him to just be some guy in a coma. I actually expected it to turn out to be Gabriel until Rosario said she remembered Gabriel.

"Guess Granny got cash to burn because she insists that going away with Aitana is the most important thing he can do right now." Right?! QTH was that! Is it Aitana's dad giving them THAT much money?

"As the camera goes wide we see the back of Vitto apparently in labial congress with Fiorella." Oh HELL NO! These are not the smoochies I was looking for!
 


Thank you lila. This was an awesome recap that made me laugh too much while reading it. I didn t watch the whole episode, the tv signal was bad but oh well at least i saved myself from watching that kiss of fiorella and vittorio. How could she confused prince pietro with that old man and how can simona think that vittorio is a galan?

oh I felt bad for Alina when she was crying with Gael, she was like a little scared girl. Assvaldo is destroying her and she is paying a high price with that relationship. He takes her to heaven and to hell at the same time.
 

Grazie tanto, Lila. This was Mexican episode #62, completo.

Fiorella was doing what men are said to do all the time: Pretending that Vittorio was Pedro. If I were recapping this series I'd probably do what I did with MCET:

Aphrodite: Fiorella, what are you thinking? You can't fool yourself for the rest of your life. If you have to pretend he's someone else, don't marry him!
Eros: Mother, what if I just go down there with my bow and arrows? You know I never miss.
Aphrodite: Never. The idea of this fresh young girl marrying a man old enough to be her grandfather is obscene. We can't allow it.
Hermes: I could give the old lady an attack of laryngitis.
Aphrodite: I like that. And while you're at it make sure that this fake mermaid gets it, too. She is pathetic.


Hellosia is certainly determined to believe her own delusions.

I have previously stated that one possibility I could live with would be for the wedding to take place and Vittorio gets a fatal heart attack on the wedding night. He has no relatives so Fiorella gets all his assets. She keeps Diana on at the restaurant, then goes to college, and gets an MBA.
 

Ooh, LILA, ggrrrr, frustration abounded in the episode but what a doozy of a recap! Loved it!
"Gael is in session with Alina but he might as well be talking to a blow-up doll"...Indeed. And speaking of awful fantasies, you could see that moment when it dawned on Fifi that the wedding with Vitto would be followed by a honeymoon: dun duhhn DUHHHNNNN!

HAIR:
Aitana--anyone besides me think there's something living in that stuff?
Fifi--Pigtails please please lose them.
Eloisa--must be a new stylist on set, I love her new, more flattering 'do with pretty curl detail at the back.

Thanks again LILA!

J in Oregon

 

Buongiorno querida Diana! Mille, mille grazie! I am so glad to have you as a part of this Patio because these people are driving me BONKERS! Please, don't any of you leave! We've got a long way to go!

Simoneta provided some sorely needed relief from all the misunderstandings and wide array of poor decisions made this night.

You are so right, Diana! She did! The misunderstandings and "decisions" by default, omission and plain spinelessness are driving me crazy!

Alina is a mess, isn't she Diana! Poor Gael does not deserve this!

And I'm anxious to hear other's take on our observation about Freddie: Freddie seemed positively human when she saw Rosario’s father. This might have been the first time we’ve seen her without her perpetual smirk.

As I said a few recaps back, I wonder if the writers will try to do what I saw in a great Brazilian novela where they effectively reversed the roles of a good guy and a bad guy by revealing that the bad guy, well, both characters were female. . .the bad character was actually a victim of the so-called good character.

Ok. That was totally rambling. Anyway, an effective redemption by flipping the script and revealing things we have not seen that makes us feel Freddie's revenge obsession is justified. Now. I do not condone her threats to kill Fidel or Fifi. Just wondering if the writers will try to do this.



Buongiorno Capitana Carita, Diva! Grazie, grazie sorellina mia!

Alina's boundaries are in absolute tatterns. And over frickin' Osvaldo of all dudes. That ain't right.

Cryin' shame, ain't it?

Are we supposed to know/recognize Rosario's father? That seems like an awfully long way to go for him to just be some guy in a coma

Uh. How long ago was this accident? Poor guy should just be an emaciated pile of skin and bones! Yikes! Lots of questions here! Wouldn't it be weird if it IS Gabriel? No. That's too stupid, even these writers couldn't pull that off!

Oh HELL NO! These are not the smoochies I was looking for!

We're being robbed, robbed I tell ya!


Marla! Grazie tanto! How could she confused prince pietro with that old man and how can simona think that vittorio is a galan?

These are two maddening mysteries that, unfortunately, will fuel this thing for over a hundred more episodes!

Bless your heart feeling sorry for Alina. Maybe she'll think twice the next time a slimy, low-down, cheating pig clamps his mouth over hers in the middle of the day in her professional office with clients, the receptionist and the general public on the other side of a two-inch door so they can bump uglies in the heat of misplaced passion.


Urbanita! Mille grazie! The dialogue you quote is perfect for the situation. Episode 68? Heaven help us, we're going to have to go along with Fifi faking for this old goat for a loooooong time!


J in O! Buongiorno e grazie, amica!

you could see that moment when it dawned on Fifi that the wedding with Vitto would be followed by a honeymoon: dun duhhn DUHHHNNNN!

Of course it will! What a BIG DUMMY she is! No amount of imagining firm, tight flesh of a man in his early 30s is going to cover the reality of. . .oh, I don't even want to try to describe it! GAH!!!!
 

In addition to getting significant investment flow into the company I think Helloisa is trying to punish Pedro for Maximo's sins. Why else would she force him to marry Aitana when it is more than obvious that he doesn't love her? Are Pedro and Aitana the new Maximo and Helloisa?

BTW, this is how Halloisa would have looked at Aitana's age.
 

So it was a rough work week and my, thankfully now legal aged son, suggested we meet after work at a favorite local place few blocks away which has great drinks and truly gourmet, authentic Mexican tamales and what we call tacos. 16 spice chicken for him, garlic sautéed shrimp with Mexican crema for me. And nice tall pomegranate margaritas. A much better Mexican fix at 7:00 pm.

For that reason, I missed last night and started watching the episode this morning. I could hug him for giving me a reason to miss the show. Lila may I say, ALL THIS:

"Anybody else want to scream during tonight's episode?"

Your recap was just exceptional. I could quote the whole piece. So Gracias!!! I couldn't even finish the episode this morning, and thank goodness because reading your recap, I may have truly scared the cat curled up on the desk next to me with the whole Vitto/Fi attempting to kiss scene. Halloween horrors?

What a delusional old brain-dead geezer. What in any of that poor woman's attitude declares undying love? He's just pathetic and right now, Diana is too good for him. If we have to watch Fifi stupidly marry this idiot, all the while picturing Petey, no writers. Just no.

And I admitted I like the actor, and I suppose we are supposed to think he really is good hearted, but sorry, Benny is on my last nerve. He has the hero complex, wants to swoop in and save all the damsels in distress, whichever one happens to be in his path at the moment. Yeah, not a knight in shining armor. True knights in fables loved one woman and stuck with her, even if it meant dying to save her.
Sorry, Petey, guess that rules you out too with your waffling. Interesting new appendage you have grown there with all that hair.

The whole Sergio/Anibal plot can go away. And WTH is with what they are doing with Gael? Get the two broken souls back together!

Eloisa needs to have her broomstick hit by lightening while she's taking her nightly ride.

Is it socially acceptable to have a margarita for breakfast? Need one after watching any of this lately.

Daisynjay


 

Woo, UA, just saw your link. Well, no wonder she's all in with that piece of overly treated hair. She sees herself? (Admittedly a much better knock out back in the day). And great point on her attitude. Met parents like that...it was good enough for me, I survived, you can do the same. Yeah, fire, broomstick. Where's Dorothy and her little dog with that torch?

Daisynjay
 

Are Pedro and Aitana the new Maximo and Helloisa?

Urban, that thought HAS occured to me. I think she's absolutely trying to form them in her and Max's image.

Wiat. You are NOT saying that is Helloisa in her younger days!?
 

Yes, that is Isela Vega. BTW, she will be 76 years old on Nov 5, the day after Cesar Evora turns 56.

On that note, Fernando Colunga will be 50 next year.

Anyway, we know that Helloisa was humiliated at Maximo's adultery, but what we don't know is how does she parlay that to the ruination of the family business? Was that about Gabriel being incompetent and Maximo would have abandoned it for the woman he had the affair with? Or did she think it was Victorian times and the scandal would have hurt the business forever in a sophisticated city in the 1990s? Were she and Maximo acting out their parents' situations?

We have more than 100 episodes left to find out.
 

Kat, "was this some kind of Halloween special episode early? I think I was screaming the entire time!" - think you nailed it. Positively frightening.

daisy, I am glad you had a great outing with your son after a difficult week. Now, I'm craving Mexican food! I hope next week is a better one for you.

Urban, thank you for the link - Isela was stunning and still bears a regal countenance when she gives a genuine smile (granted, a rare occurrence).

Marla, loved your take on Assvaldo and Alina "He takes her to heaven and to hell at the same time".

I rather like the merry go round triangle of Gi, Gael and Benito. I think it's a credit to all 3 actors that Gi sparks chemistry with both. I know he has his faults but I have to admit I really like Benito in spite of his flaws and would be happy if Gi ends up with either. I do think she (perhaps unknowingly) is more smitten with Benito.

J in Oregon, "Aitana--anyone besides me think there's something living in that stuff?" made me laugh (you could be onto something there!) Also, yes, Eloisa's hair has definitely made a turn for the better!

As to Fi's dilemmas with Pedro and Vitto, Lila you summed it up perfectly "These are two maddening mysteries that, unfortunately, will fuel this thing for over a hundred more episodes!" Yup, that's it.

Diana
 

Ooooh! Daisy! Gosh! I just ate breakfast and your description of you and your son's meal has made me hungry all over again!

Grazie, amica mia!

What a delusional old brain-dead geezer. What in any of that poor woman's attitude declares undying love?

Yes, Daisy! This is part of what's crazy! How can they do this to us? How long can this farce go on? Surely they won't marry and have a scene where she's in bed with Vitto and he turns into Pietro??? Aaaaaaagh! I'm scaring myself!!

Yes ma'am, I've HAD it with Benny as well!!! Who the hell does he think he is??

Eloisa needs to have her broomstick hit by lightening while she's taking her nightly ride.

HA! Daisynjay, just don't leave us!!! Mille grazie!


Urban @9:32. Oh. My. Word! Time sure does work a number on us, doesn't it? Wow! You pose great questions, Urban. Let's remember them so we don't get driven to distraction by Pedro and Fifi's flip flops and Fifi's phantom lover phantasy and Benny's hero complex!

Re what Max intended to do I thought was chuck the whole empire and run off with Joaquina and maybe she thinks Maximo was the brains of the operation, thus the whole business who go to pot AND the horrendous scandal would finish them off? I have no idea about the workings of Empire or the sensibilities of rich folk. My way of staying away from family scandal is selectively answering my cell phone and not having a facebook account!

 

*maybe Eloisa thought the whole business would go to pot. . . .
 

Lila - this recap is gold. And so needed as I wanted to FF through everything I was seeing. Did I want to scream? You betcha!

Eloisa, Vittorio and Aitana are so irritatingly clingy, that I don't know how Pedro and Fiorella can even breathe! I feel asphyxiated just watching the untags physically hold the pro tags back and verbally smother them. When Pedro said he was going for a walk, Eloisa actually reached out her claw and clamped it on him to hold him in place and then forced the champagne on him. It's like he and Fi are both weird personal slaves, chained to these old crones for their personal enjoyment. Creepy.

Assvaldo is on the same track. I'm shocked he's not Eloisa's fave since they're so similar. Honestly, she has more in common with everyone else than with Pedro or Gael. Ah, duh. No wonder she hates them - they're just like her!

Anibal is a jerk and Julieta's kind of dumb for not thinking about the mugging to begin with, though maybe Sergio didn't mention they got his ID? I don't know, whatever.

Alina is a crappy therapist. And her "giving in" to Osvaldo at the merest touch makes me sick. That whole sl comes off as really sexist to me, and that's saying something when it feels like 90% of TN pregnancies involve the mom-to-be faking paternity to hold on to a man('s money). I dislike her and I can't stand him (does the man even have a dial? Or is his button just permanently set to a 10 on Anger?)


 

They spared us the sight of Vittorio boinking Diana so I'm sure they are building up to the hypothetical wedding night scene with Fiorella... if that takes place. I'm not betting on anything. When this was airing in Mexico I'm sure the viewers were as grossed out by that possibility as we are despite the popularity of the actor playing Vittorio (who is now 75 years old).

BTW, Jose Ron is 34 and a Leo which accounts for the lion wallpaper on Pedro's office computer.

 

Hellashelle Sorellina preciosa! Grazie! I feel so validated! Not only are there reasons to scream from the frustration of thwarting our two lovers so thouroghly but you bring in a graphically horrific element that I must have been perceiving subconsciously:

It's like he and Fi are both weird personal slaves, chained to these old crones for their personal enjoyment. Creepy.

Julieta disappoints me, too, Hella. I thought he did tell her about them taking something from him. Even if he didn't, where is the logic in Sergio burning down her house! I don't know if there'll be a body count but Sergio's in the hands of a ruthless man!

ITA on Alina and Assvaldo. I wish they'd run away together!
 

This is doggone good Lila you improved on a cartoon and that's hard to do.

"Down the hall, Gael is in session with Alina but he might as well be talking to a blow-up doll"

I'm with you Lila and Diana on Freddie, she did come off human and do get where she's coming from, just not her method nor the nutcase she's become. Silly as this show is most everybody in the family is rotten and selfish to the core so creating a facade the only way to survive.

Fio - I can do this, lights off, missionary, procreation only

Benito - Got Game

Gianna - don't worry an old dude ain't on my bucket list

Gael - this a new Psychological Technique?

Julieta - always happens when all the blood rushes to my boobs and ass

Sergio - never flicked a bic

Roxi - I'm hurt but you don't see me running into the arms of another man

Belinda - and on this one William Levy is the father

 

Yaay, for Leos!! Urban. This is just cruel and unusual punishment. Hella makes a good point above. Pedro and Fiorella's expressions are ones of horror as if they also recognize that they are enslaved by Vitto and Helloisa, as if they're in a weird three dimensional, hellish acid trip that they can't get out of.

This isn't a comedy! It's a horror story!!
 

Unfortunately in skipping ahead, I skipped over Rosario's dad, which is an interesting plot point. I didn't realize Gabriel's accident had witnesses and I'm betting he's got to wake up with the crucial evidence that will blow Eloisa's world apart.

iI don't think the Sergio as Arsonist thing was stupid exactly, just that she was there when he got jumped, so she knows Anibal's after him and should know that the goons took his ID, so connecting the dots shouldn't be this challenging. That being said, it's not a bad theory to go down for a second: you're new boyfriend, sensing vulnerability, wants to break down your hesitation by making your ex look even more dangerous, taking away another asset, and appearing to be a hero. So he burns down tour house so that you'll take (more) refuge in him. I must admit, it is the stuff TN villains are made of.
 

Was the actor playing Vittorio a big villain back in the 90s?
 

Enrique Rocha has been the king of Televisa's villains for years. I first saw him in the 1991 classic Yo Compro Esa Mujer where he played the very toxic father of the young Leticia Calderon. Too bad we can't find those episodes.

Helloisa is a sadist for what she has been doing to both Fiorella and Pedro in the last fewe episodes. There will be payback for that eventually.
 

Don't worry, Lila. So far I'm sticking with this. I actually find the crazy and aggravating plot like my own personal psychological session after a stressful day at work with all the projects I'm juggling. I get to throw my hands around like Fi, and yell at the TV and swig from my wine glass and work goes POOF. Now, when Fernando and Jose start gracing our screens when that TN starts, if I can't balance two TN's, well...

Just wish the really ridiculous aspects of this would end. This is NOT Beauty and the Beast and Mr. Where's my Viagra is not going to suddenly turn into, well, William Levy! (thanks for the thought tofie). Instead, he reminds me of the evil Ogre trying to devour the poor princess. Sad for us, Petey is no Knight in Shining Armor riding in to save the day. He's more like The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

This TN makes me yearn for the brilliant, old Fractured Fairy Tales on Rocky and Bullwinkle. If you're going to mash them up, do it right writers.

Daisynjay






 

LILA: the whole patio has been roped into "a weird three dimensional, hellish acid trip that they can't get out of"...hee-hee!

When this thing first started it did not make clear that Granny was "evil". They kept her fairly neutral except for some normal old-lady foibles. Now she is leannnning to the dark side. But I still don't read her as a dark or evil character. Which way will she jump?

J in Oregon



 

Lila - Thank you for the snark-filled recrap!!!

Vaya! I'm having terrible visions of Vitto trying to consummate a wedding night with Fi WHILE WEARING THOSE DARNED SUNGLASSES. Eeeeew!

Fi = Close your eyes and think of England .... or .... Italy ... or ... Mexico.

Julieta is not the brightest bulb on the string. Really. Her wig is on too tight. Patio, WHO gets involved with another guy before before their divorce is final? Hel-lo!?! Dumb, dumb, dumb.

"Eloisa" was quite the beauty in her youth. Thanks for the pic, UrbanA.

Poor Benito. He is driven by testosterone overload and decent looks. Bless his heart.
 

J in O you've surprised me. I agree she started as neutral, even long-suffering and "give as good as she gets" but now I'm totally reading her as evil. The way I see it she plotted to kill her brother-in-law, she's the least nurturing maternal figure ever and she's going out of her way to hurt Fi (and Pedro) "for their own good."

I'm really curious as to what redeeming factors you're seeing in her because even when she started revealing her mean side, I still thought maybe she was ok. When she first hired Fi she seemed pretty cool, so maybe I'm judging her to harshly.
 

Oh, I think we saw an Eloisa who had everything going the way she preferred at the start. She sat at the head of that dinner table like the regal patriarch and everyone deferred to her and well, was afraid of her in a way. All trying to juggle and do handstands to get her attention. But she had Pedro worshipping at the altar that is Abuelo the First and she seemed satisfied and we looked at things through her eyes thinking everyone else were money grubbers and leeches. We didn't have the back stories. Heck, Gael seemed like a total loser and dolt, cute, but a loser.

She was fine as long as she had everyone under her thumb, everyone on that string leading to the cash flow and the servants knew "their place". But Fifi, though charming at first and Eloisa liked her, dared to not realize what was HER place, and Pedro started to stray from lighting his candles at Grammies altar at night. Voila, the fangs came out and we saw who she really was.

I don't see anything in her that speaks to me of being misunderstood or maybe having things go wrong for HER back in the day. I'm looking at her as some sort of grand puppet master who has been maneuvering events and people for a lot of years.

Daisynjay
 

Mille gracie, dear Doris!

I'm having terrible visions of Vitto trying to consummate a wedding night with Fi WHILE WEARING THOSE DARNED SUNGLASSES. Eeeeew!


Now that IS scary!!

Helloisa is racheting up in the evil and, yes, sadistic aspects of her character. She did start slowly and it seemed the "vultures" were a bunch of lazy meanies waiting for the old matriarch to die. Notice we haven't called them that for a while. Of course, that was a collective characterization and we've gotten to know them all individually. I don't think Helloisa is done and I concluded a few weeks ago she knew more about Maximo's dirty dealings than I imagined. She's a bad 'un!

Good, Daisy, glad our little shop of horrors is providing some stress relief! Back in a sec, y'all!
 

Tofita linda! Grazie, amica mia! Girl, I love every item on the list! You've got to help see us through this, Tofie! Thanks!

 

For me this January/Deadmember relationship between Vitto and Fio nasty and never took it seriously. Even Hugh Hefner gives everyone a wink/wink now when you see him with a young booby on his arm. Maybe with a hit of blotter acid she could conjure Petey outta that old man, but I don't know.
 

Daisy at 1:51. That's a damned fine, clear and well-though out analysis of Helloisa's character and how I viewed her in the beginning. That's why I wonder if we may be led to see a transformation in Freddie as well. And Hella, why would they bring coma guy in if he's NOT going to wake up and reveal some damning evidence against Eloisa! Does Eloisa know about this guy?

Ok. Can't get my hopes up. I remember thinking Adriano, a crook in Sombra, would wake up long enough to tell some damning truths against Sev and it never happened.


 

Tofie, they just had better not go there. That fantasy Vitto as Petey kiss was damned cheap. Let Diana step up her game. She has got to TAKE Vitto or he has to die because Fiorella doesn't know the meaning of the word "no." She and Petey are puppets for sure!
 

HellaShelle; I see your point, and I didn't realize Granny had plotted to kill her brother in law. I saw all those innuendos and hints about "dark secrets" as red herrings. But since I liked her tough-cranky-granny character in the beginning, I'm probably cutting her a break where she doesn't deserve it. Darn! Guess I will have to bail off the Granny-wagon. :o(

J in Oregon
(So easy to manipulate...)
 

I bet Eloisa knows exactly who this guy is and the accident wasn't an accident. Make no mistake, Eloisa has always been a fire breathing dragon and petty tyrant. The whole household is for her amusement and use. Everything is fine unless you bump the furniture. Thing is these clowns are trained using a stick and a treat but you don't see anyone trying to run away cause they think they can wait it out and she'll die.
 

Ooh--Weekender Peeps: Who thinks Gigi is headed for a heart transplant? Who wants to bet the donor is one of our current cast of characters?

J in O
 

Hmm. I don't see them doing that. Seems too serious. Can a murder victim donate a heart? What do YOU think, J in O?
 

J in O - but who would be the heart donor? Most of the characters don't even have one.

They'd have to kill off someone.
 

The real reason I even started paying attention to Gianna was because she and Gael started to have a little thing and thought it sweet for both of them. She manufactured a reason to be butthurt then a little more over seeing a kiss between Gael and Roxi but within a day she's macking with a dude she knows kissed her sister and playing with Roxi. I'll pay attention again if she reconciles with Gael.

I don't see the lure of Benito even as a friend. All he's got is his employers car.
 

It's a step up from being a guy who can borrow his mom's station wagon? I mean, it's a nice SUV. Just saying.
 

tofie, still chuckling at "Fio - I can do this, lights off, missionary, procreation only". Too funny!

Diana

 

That's funny. When I started going out with Mr tofie in university he only had a motorcycle but he would borrow one of his friends 4 door pontiac bonneville. Landshark, ah, the memories.
 

Lila thank you for this fun filled recap girl you bring the fun. you make it fun to read some of these parts that would otherwise be boring

Now, gigi, bless her sweet little sick heart. We can always count on the honesty of the youngsters. "she agrees with Fifi vitto may be a gentleman and truly care for her but he's a geezer and the bright side of that is that he'll die soon". that was so funny I had to laugh out loud. she is so sweet I hope they can find a cure for her. her sister doesn't have the hard honest truthfulness that she has. I love that kissing scene between her and Vito and Pedro. I like the Pedro part of that a whole lot better though, poor thing when he brought up the honeymoon and making her the happiest person in the world she cringed. Poor thing he probably got a suitcase full of Viagra and Cialis. her & pedro neef to muster up some guts and tell that old lady where to get off cuz If not she'll be stuck with that old geezer and he'll be stuck with that Hairy thing. the best part of this TN is Pedro & Fiorella. the other stuff is pretty good for side scenes but Pedro and Fiorella, they got the fire going on even when they're arguing you can see the fire between them.
But I will enjoy seeing those that got anvils coming get theirs, like that old geezeretta Elo
Assvaldo and nasty Roxy,sonia,aitana, and
That goldigger, diana. And anybody else I may have missed.
 

LILA--reason for my heart transplant (or even heart surgery) prediction is the doctors' increasingly dire warnings. The different meds are not working; continued swooning is not a good sign. However, maybe they will discover a miracle pill.

DORIS--"but who would be the heart donor? Most of the characters don't even have one." Yep, good point!

J in O


 

Hey, Nina! Grazie, girl! Yah, Pedro and Fifi need to be free of each of their old timers who are making their lives miserable. And THEY are helping their tormentors by being so spineless. Guess they have to suffer more before they're able to break free. I'm ok with Diana being a gold digger. Let her take Vitto off the market, pronto!

I hear ya, J and O. Things are NOT looking good for Gianna. Maybe this is their way of pushing her to Benito. Gael has the sense to let her go while he struggles and the first answer to strife for him is whatever dope that is he takes. I see no signs of him leaving Hell House so the strife/dope combo seems like a never ending story. Maybe SHE will take Benito off the market! So maybe it's not a literal heart transplant but Benny finally giving his heart to ONE woman!
 

Do telenovela rules allow the poor female protag's sister to end up with wealthy male protag's family?
In other words, Are Gianna + Gael even a possibility?
 

Oh and Lila, I forgot to say that the title of this recap cracks me up. We must be about the same age. LOL
 

Lila wonderful recap thank you

yeah, Pietro's face does get that stony look when people back him in to a corner.
(yep I'm team Pietro)
(also on team Sergio)
(and team Gael)

" Belinda and Assvaldo do a little light sparring as Alina escapes." perfect and so descriptive. Most of these characters are fun to boo like a villain in an old cartoon but Alina is too soft for these people, she needs to get away now.
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wow that cake convo w/Sergio and Julietta was so sad, he was basically incriminating himself in her eyes and didn't even know it because he was in the dark about what she had been told.

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ahh Aitana, she was too happy when she found that invite, I'd call it gleeful -tsk not nice to gloat dear

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I actually enjoyed Beni's fake heart attack scenario, he was too funny, but I'm glad the doc didn't tell him anything Gigi didn't want him to know
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Frederica - Maybe the convo she had w/that guy's daughter will catalyze a change in her and she'll become an important part of the business and be the one who goes to bat for the employees like her father did. Hey its an idea.

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I don't think imagining somebody else's face over Vitto's was what Joaquina had in mind when she said see him with different eyes, but hey whatever works
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Diana - you're totally right Gael needs a new therapist but now! Hopefully somebody who won't sleep w/his bro
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tofie - "Belinda - and on this one William Levy is the father" awesome!
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doris - "Poor Benito. He is driven by testosterone overload and decent looks. Bless his heart." That is the best description of Benito I've seen, spot on


 

Doris! Thanks, girl! I was wondering when someone would notice. Yah, I'm sure we're in the same generation! The funnest one!


>Sneaky!!! Amica! Grazie! Your Pietro has always had a table on the Patio, we just bemoan his lack of cojones. I think he may still be in shock at how sweet little old Granny has turned into The Wicked Witch of the whole compass!

So you can see Federica maybe trying to mirror the late Gabriel's character. Maybe she's such a bitch because Granny had her locked up in the house. It will be interesting to see!
 

The gold diggin part of Diana comes out when she starts trying to dig up dirt on Fiorella that's the gold digging part I can't stand other than that I am all for her and gettin vitto out of Fiorella's life.
 

Maybe if Fiorella knew Diana wanted Vitto to provide a life for herself and little Beto, she would be able to tell Vitto a firm "no". Of course Diana has shot herself in the foot by denying her own son. Only her mother knows the real story.

I'll be so glad when somebody breaks the TN mold of keeping the main couple apart for 95% of the show. Dumbest thing ever!


 

That would be nice, if Fi and Diana could work together. I guess that's kind of mean on my part, though...I get on the guys for doing the "handoff" conversations. But yeah, if they at least discussed the fact that neither of them WANTS Fi and Vitto to get married and they're not really in competition, maybe something could come out of that.

It occurs to me that Vitto is the kind of suitor Aitana wanted Pedro to be...the kind who always comes chasing after you every time you say "It's over!" and throw a tantrum and leave.
 

Yeah, Diva. I have always imagined Fifi and Diana working together. Too bad they've never had a civil conversation, Their very first meeting was catty!

Aitana and Vitto! Now there's a thought! You're right though. That IS what she wants.
 

I'm amazed that Diana actually thinks Fi *does* want to marry Vitto. Everybody else can tell Fi's not into him at all. Diana and Vitto are the only two who haven't caught on!
 

I wonder whether those dark glasses are meant to symbolize Vittorio's willful blindness about how wrong it would be to marry Fiorella. That is, unless Enrique Rocha had to have eye surgery shortly before the series and they just decided to add those glasses permanently for Vittorio.
 

Aitana andVittorio? Now that would be funny! It would be hilarious if Pedro and Fiorella sent 95% of the show professing, hiding and generally torturing themselves "for their love" and then Aitana and Vittorio had two drinks, hooked up and then told P&F "eh. you're not so great." and rode off into the sunset.
 

Bottom line with Fio and Vitto. Sillier than his lust for a girl almost young enough to be his great grand daughter is her confusion over what to do about the old man. Honor bound by promise to a man that catfished her with Petey begging is no contest. Cringing from his touch yet never contemplating conjugal sexual relations or resolve dissolving because the invitations were printed already is proof of an idiot. Vitto better remove all sharp objects and child proof the house. Vitto isn't forcing her to do anything she couldn't put a stop to with a final nope.
 

Tofie, that's why I see an out for her in learning of Diana's desire for Vitto, material motives or not, Diana wants him to secure a future for herself and little Beto whom Vitto fell in love with immediately. This is NOT a bad deal for Vitto and if they DO meet I would hope Fifi would not be self righteous enough to judge Diana's motives. I want the two to meet and they don't even have to become friends just somehow maybe Fifi learning of Diana's desire will allow her to release herself from this crazy promise.

Hey! Maybe I said this before but we need Maximo! and Mario! to come back and talk to these crazy, enslaved kids!

FREE Fifi and Pietro!
 

Why does Vitto get a young woman. I don't recall him speaking of a wife or children earlier in life and if he's been a playa his whole life and pickin's lean in his twilight years, just too bad. If he wants some female companionship I'll take him to the Yacht Club and introduce him to a bunch of rich widows with time on their hands and starved for affection. I mean the ratio is 10 widows to 1 dude that can stand upright, they'd maul him.
 

You said it, he's an oooold playa, that's why he's wearin' the shades: that was almost religion back in his day. I want to hear more about the favor Mario called in when he asked him to "look after" his daughters. Mario needs to come back and haunt his ass, that's what needs to happen! Diana is a damned good deal and she apparently has already hauled his ashes for him. That's the problem. He got the big head because Diana broke him off a little sumpin' sumpin'.
 

Vittorio has never been married. As for why someone younger, he wants to have children. The whole point of the episode where Diana's mother showed up with the baby was to demonstrate that as well as to remind Diana that she told him a whopper of a lie. Then who shows up but Fiorella who not only wants to get married but likes babies. That's made Vittorio more determined than ever.

He might not be thinking about this consciously but I'm sure it's somewhere in his mind that someone as young as Fiorella would be easy to control. He's the right age for Helloisa, but two control freaks together would be hell on earth (although their constant fighting would use up time spent controlling others). While Tofie is dead-on right that he'd be swamped by widows over 65, that's not the pond he's fishing in.

I've said it before but I wish Mario would haunt him although considering how many episodes are still left it will take much more than that for him to take off the blinders.

I once said that Diana's mother should go after him, but she's also too young for him. If Diana herself can stand to haul his ashes and maybe have another baby, more power to her. She's become a young widow with lots of dinero and can start looking at younger guys.
 

I forgot to mention Aitana in that post. We don't know whether her stomach is as strong as Diana's. Vittorio is rich, but doesn't have as much as the entire Angeles family.

One more thing: She's not a virgin, but Fiorella is. This is of disproportionate -- and creepy-- importance to him (Add a cliche to the list).

Sadly, Vittorio's perception of Fiorella fits what is apparently his favorite operatic aria:

Italian Text

La donna è mobile
Qual piuma al vento,
Muta d'accento — e di pensiero.
Sempre un amabile,
Leggiadro viso,
In pianto o in riso, — è menzognero.
È sempre misero
Chi a lei s'affida,
Chi le confida — mal cauto il cuore!
Pur mai non sentesi
Felice appieno
Chi su quel seno — non liba amore!

English Translation of "La donna e mobile"

Woman is flighty
Like a feather in the wind,
She changes her voice — and her mind.
Always sweet,
Pretty face,
In tears or in laughter, — she is always lying.
Always miserable
Is he who trusts her,
He who confides in her — his unwary heart!
Yet one never feels
Fully happy
Who on that bosom — does not drink love!

BTW, when I played it before posting the car commercial that appeared had a very funny incident involving a little blue pill.
 

Ha! I love that commercial, Urban! The object of desire in the commercial is a woman of equal age and ITA, that AIN'T what the old playa is after!

I just feel sorry for the Patio and sincerely hope that the audience that wants to see lovers matched in age, passion and mutual love and desire don't lose out to the audience that wants to see December vanquish and conquer May, deflowering her with his icy blast!

Where is that latter audience? In the mind of the writers? How many times have we found ourselves subject to the same sadism inflicted on the characters?

As painful as that prospect is, I will stay to see how Fifi and Pietro are freed from their geriatric jail keepers!
 

...deflowering her with his icy blast. Now that's a chilling thought!

One more thing: Someone read Benito's cards early on and told him he would marry a widow. Could Diana be that widow after marrying Vittorio? She would get all his assets including that fabulous home and La Dolce Vita. And while she's a little hard-looking she's attractive and not too much older.
 

Maybe we're looking at it all wrong and this really is un telenovela de terror! They don't think we want to see Fi with Vitto any more than we'd want to see a serial killer hack people to bits...we're supposed to be loving the nail-biting adrenaline rush of wondering how they'll all survive or something.

tofie I'm cracking up about the Yacht Club! You're such a humanitarian :D Are there matchmaker services that cater to dudes like Vitto, I wonder....
 

Yes, there are. There are the ones who look for foreign women who are perceived to be more submissive and there are ones that blatantly look for Sugar Babies who are more local.
 

I wouldn't mind a good May-December story, but Vittorio and Fi are pushing that limit. Then again, rich olderman with PYT? It's not even uncommon. Look at V. Stiviano and Donald Stirling or Ana Nicole and J. Howard Marshall. (Not that I want to see either of those "romances" retold in any media)

Silvia Navarro co-starred with both Juan Soler and Fernando Colunga, both 12 years older than her, without issue. But 12 years is nothing compared to 46, I know.

I know that the whole point of the huge age difference is to make their relationship seem absurd, but the bigger issues should be that while they got along great online, she's not attracted to him and she's in love with someone else. (Although someone should note that she and Vitto are fine as friends. They got on great over email for several weeks, whereas she and Pedro have had maybe 4? 6? solid hours of quality relationship interaction where they weren't fighting.

Anyway, the only May December relationship I've ever seen that I found cool was Gabriel Soto and Daniela Romo in Sortilegio. I think it would be fascinating to see a romance really written for this issue.
 

Yes, hellashelle, that's true. They actually talked and got along great online. Suddenly they're face to face and it's all out the window.
 

Heeeheee, Mr tofie and I inherited an older gentleman near 80 when his wife, my friend who was 25 years younger, passed away 6 years ago. Brilliant economist and he become like a surrogate father to Mr tofie so we invite him to all our dinner parties and the first thing he asks is will there be women there. He's not joking. He doesn't want anyone under 60 and they must have their own money. He told us he's tried online dating, which was hit or miss, he'll have Opera night at his house and have 3 or more women over to watch one of his old recordings as the wine flows but he cruises all the private country clubs and the yacht club. We had dinner with him on his birthday at the yacht club, the music started and the women started hovering around the table wanting him to dance, he grinned, stood up, took one ladies hand and went to it.
 

I was trying to see if we can figure out for sure the issue with the sunglasses, and I think it's pretty safe to say it is a personal eye issue that requires him to wear. Any recent pictures, he is either wearing glasses or a lightly tinted pair. In some pictures I saw of doing a few recent interviews in a studio, he was wearing a much darker tinted pair. That said, fits his lothario image in the TN anyway.

Lord, UA, I didn't remember anything about Benny's cards being read. Well, we know it can't be Fifi since she's destined for Petey. Better not be Gianna - I don't like what that might imply for our Gianna. We could have sworn he was going for Roxy...but I guess Diana is a possibility, a rather crappy head-scratching one though. I'd rather he pick up the pieces of Sonia, who is bound to be dumped by Os and Fabio, and make a life. That would satisfy his need to rescue a damsel in distress. And Adela can play grandma.

Daisynjay


 

Well if Fio marries Vitto and he dies on the wedding night maybe Benny marries her.


 

Oh, I remembered the "widow" thing as something Fi told him when he was invading her personal space while she was sweeping his parents' place. Sweeping dirt over his feet meant he was going to marry a widow. Given that she was mostly trying to get him to quit hitting on her, I never really believed it :D
 

Based on a very superficial Internet search, Fi's just making stuff up--though there is an Italian superstition that if someone's sweeping and the broom touches your feet, you'll never get married. That's way more fitting for Benito!
 

Hi, my name is Ann and I've been hiding behind that fat palm tree on your patio listening to you for weeks now. Lila just mentioned one thing that I've been wondering about since I started watching: what exactly was the favor that Mario did for Vittorio? And didn't Mario tell Fiorella that she would learn something about herself or find out a secret, something like that? Mario must have expected that Vittorio would be the one revealing the secret, right? So why hasn't he?
I should have started this post with many thanks to Lila, for today, and to all who have recapped and commented here. You are so talented and funny and generous with your insights. (" Pedro continues in stony silence as Aitana humps his leg." was my favorite today.)
I have been catching up for the last three weeks, watching episodes 1 through 44 on Hulu. There were a few times when the plot got so ridiculous I thought I'd quit, but the more ridiculous the plot, the more fun it is to find out what the recappers and commenters on the patio will have to say about it. So again, many thanks, and keep up the good work!
Ann C
 

Hi, Ann C! The "favor" that Mario did for Vitto was helping him go to Mexico and (I think) set up the restaurant...but I don't know what the nature of that "help" was.

We're all guessing that the big secret is that Fiorella is the biological daughter of Julieta and Santiago (Italian guy with a nice shower). I don't know if Vitto knows anything about that. And I don't know why why Mario thought she would ever find out, but he was dying, so I'll cut him some slack!
 


Welcome Ann to the Caray Caray patio. I am Marla and I hope you can join us and feel free to comment in the novela and give your opinions about the characters. Indeed this novela is a bit strange and ridiculous plus Univision is editing it so much and that makes it a little bit confusing. So by now they have passed til episode 61 or 62.
 

The Italian guy's name is Santino, like Sonny Corleone. I have the feeling we'll see him again.

Mario probably gave Vittorio money to leave for Mexico, but it could be something more as well.
 

Benvenuto, Ann C! Mille Grazie! Have been out of town today so just seeing your comment. Welcome, welcome! We love it when Peeps see the light and come out of the shadows to join us on this crazy ride!
 

Good morning. I am no longer watching this hot mess, but I enjoy reading the recaps and comments.

The storyline of Vitto in hot (doddering?) Pursuit of sweet, young Fi is hard to watch. We do not get to see many telenovelas in which the guy is younger than the woman. However, in my current favorite novel, the leading lady is about 27 or 28 and had been married, while the hunky 24 year old hero is a virgin. He explained his expert kissing skilz by telling her "I said I was a virgin, not a monk. If I need guidance, I'll ask." The results have been verra interesting. It would be refreshing to see another pairing like the Daniela Roma\ Gabriel Soto I have a friend who is married to a guy who is five years younger and another who was married to someone ten years younger..that marriage only lasted for a few years.

Susanlynn,... waiting for Colunga
 

Hey, Susanlynn! Please put in a word to the TN gods to not let this hot/doddering pursuit last too long! Just the prospect of marriage and an actual attempt at consummation has given the Patio the heebee geebees! See you around, girl!
 

Silly as Petey is I think he should re-access what kind of wife Fio will be. What kind of commitment is she capable of cause she can be guilted into anything or does she just confuse easily.
 

I think Fiorella would be perfectlly OK if Vittorio and Helloisa would just leave her alone.

A while back I was questioning how she could have missed the logical fact that Vittorio is the same age as her father. However, I have concluded that she had to take on adult responsibilities at a relatively young age so with a Cinderella job and ailing primary relatives she had more to contend with than usual.

Then she loses her job and her father. She has debts and an ailing younger sister. She's 23 and has never been to college so her chances of getting a better job aren't good. Her back is against the wall.

However, Gianna is no idiot, so how did she miss this while they were still in Italy?

Fiorella is too honest for her own good in the sense that she still felt obliged to marry Vittorio despite that her original agreement was based on false information. Nobody should let her marry him. She can't elope with Pedro because she can't trust the people she'd be leaving Gianna with. So unless she can pay back whatever dinero Vittorio sent her with interest she's screwed.

Both Vittorio and Helloisa are determined to force her into this disgraceful marriage. Her only current option is to trust Benito and Gael to take care of Gianna and run away.
 

Ok, 1st great reap but am I the only one who saw Assvaldo trying to flirt (un poquito!) with Fi a little when he was threatning her about not telling his secret. Honestly, I don't think Assvaldo liked it when Alina said to lay off her because her career matters( and not their scandalous "relationship"), he might try to ruin her reputation or mess up her job. Who knows?
 

No way. He threatened to "disappear" her. That means RTK to me although I'm not sure he would. He failed to kill Pedro but the fact that he shot him on purpose points to him being a major sociopath.
 

Hey, S. Nunez Benvenuto! I agree there was a not subtle undertone of sexual aggression that I 'perceived which I think was there because Assvaldo is an arrogant asshole who thinks any woman he's attracted to should be a target for his lame come-ons. No doubt he sees how beautiful Fiorella is and probably welcomed this opportunity to get in her personal space in this provocative and threatening manner. I'm sure he got his rocks off to a certain extent with the whole encounter, her alarm and eventually fear being a part of the whole dynamic.

Did I say he's an asshole?
 

I think Assvaldo could be a serial rapist in the making. He raped Sonia not long ago, he is compromising Alina personally and professionally, and he is now threatening Fiorella. He gets off on stealing what isn't his in the first place and he's getting off on the fear he's creating.
 


Good afternoon folks, glad to read your comments.

S. Nunez- Yeah indeed Assvaldo was flirting a little bit with Fiorella after threatening her. I think that he even could be a serial killer, he gives me chills when he screams to Sonia and squeezes her arm. He throws fire with his eyes. I wonder if he really loves Alina or he is just manipulating her to keep Gael from progressing in his therapy. I hope that Alina sees the light and sends Assvaldo to hell.
 

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