Friday, October 23, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #44 Fri 10/23/15 (Mex 61) Eh! Your Granny Wears Army Boots!
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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Let's have some different takes on tonight's "action" peeps. You know what? I'm starting to like Diana!
"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
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.
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.
"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
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!!!!
BTW, this is how Halloisa would have looked at Aitana's age.
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
Daisynjay
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!?
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.
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
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!
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?)
BTW, Jose Ron is 34 and a Leo which accounts for the lion wallpaper on Pedro's office computer.
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!
"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
This isn't a comedy! It's a horror story!!
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
J in Oregon
(So easy to manipulate...)
J in O
They'd have to kill off someone.
I don't see the lure of Benito even as a friend. All he's got is his employers car.
Diana
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.
DORIS--"but who would be the heart donor? Most of the characters don't even have one." Yep, good point!
J in O
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!
In other words, Are Gianna + Gael even a possibility?
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
>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!
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!
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.
Aitana and Vitto! Now there's a thought! You're right though. That IS what she wants.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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....
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.
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
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
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.
Mario probably gave Vittorio money to leave for Mexico, but it could be something more as well.
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
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.
Did I say he's an asshole?
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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