Caray, Caray!

Gracias, Hellashelle. This was a difficult episode.

Monster Mama has really gone over the top this time. She is still playing Ivana and I think I know what her plans would be from there: Kill Ivana so that the baby inherits the remainder of her fortune (which wouldn't be easy) and force Baby Monster to marry another vulnerable woman with money, etc. But Danny-Boy is a weaker link than before.

Can't wait to see what revenge Arango is planning.

Makes me wonder whether the talk about the possibility of the baby being Max's is the set up for that reveal, but I've stopped trying to predict this one. I personally would love for that to be the case because MD never caught much of a break in this tale and neither Danny-Boy or his Mama Bear should have any legal excuse to get anywhere near her or the baby. Not to mention that after this experience of pregnancy and birth most women would be scared as hell to go through it again.

More later.
 

Thank you Hellashelle. Just the right amount of levity so I could get this down again.

"Even after everything he’s done, she’s been wearing her wedding rings, but now she rips them off and flings them at his worthless, Play-Doh face"

"(NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Clara!!!!! They got to you too! Don’t drink the Kool-Aid, amiga!)"

"Dan, the accused RAPIST has not been to trial for the RAPE and is instead at the hospital, waiting to steal his VICTIM’S child? And everyone’s okay with this?"

Not sure about the rest of you guys but rage just flat takes it out of me. I'm exhausted. At least I was spared Dan being the first to visit MD bedside.

My hope Max is the girls father is on wobbly legs. My selective memory had extended the time between MD sleeping with Max and the rape, allowing the birth near term and Max's child, it was premature.

Luz María Jerez knocked it outta the park

Oh god, I saw crazy Ivana still roaming the halls.

Espy should be satisfied and I saw her trademark smirk, Clara was a tough one but now broken. Go ahead Espy do a little jackboot jig.

I want to smack Max. Ursula is not the reason Claudio is a dick

Wait just a minute, I thought Orlando was dating Doris and now I see him with arm candy?

Wow MD, really. Ursula and Dan want to take away your child? Max already knows, they're standing right outside in the hall. Concerning Max you are always a day late and a dollar short.

 

Thanks Hellashelle! This was a fantastic telling of another teeth clenching episode.

Welcome to the world, baby girl! It's going to be a bumpy start for you.

That guard in the room was listening closely and inching towards the bed, so I don't think MD felt safe enough to tell him about the warden and Abuela's abuses. I was just glad she confirmed the info about Clod to Max, and warned him about the baby stealing plot (that she now believes Clod is a part of).

Poor Clara looks so broken. I don't like the idea of this dancing, but I certainly don't believe Espy would allow her to drop out of school. MD and Espy have had this talk with her before, when she wanted to drop out to help with expenses.
 

Yeah, the dancing thing, the way it is being presented, seems a set up for trouble. Clara is a casualty. All the hiding and avoiding has been for nothing because the truth has a bad habit of coming out. Espy is an ostrich with her head in the sand.
 

Clara will probably tell Espy she's going to school; meanwhile she'll be twerking for tips.

Will Nayeli somehow get that note that Abuela wrote to Max?

Clara has probably heard a steady stream of "You should've kept quiet" from Esperanza every time Clara cried about Leo. And I too saw that smirk on Esperanza's face when Clara told Corina not to tell Nayeli.

Why is Orlando walking arm & arm with Corina or anyone else? The problem isn't Isela or Corina, the problem is Orlando. He is running off to Isela's aid & walking arm in arm with Doris b/c they are not expecting a sexual relationship. Sometimes I think that's why Julian was so fixated on Maria Dolores. He loved her but knew he'd never have a sexual relationship with her, something that he might have to deal with if he decided to get with Jenny or some other woman.

What Claudio told Alma, Max & Leo was that what a rapist/murderer wants and how the public sees him is more important than Alma's dying wish, Max's happiness & the health of Maria Dolores & her baby. He might as well call up his friends right in front of Alma/Max/Leo and urge them to snatch away permanent custody of Maria Dolores' baby and give it to Dan, because that will be the next step ... Ursula will call Clod & press him to legally snatch the baby.

Might as well do it, Clod. You've lost Alma, Max & Leo anyway.

 

Hellashell, thank you for this recap, you never disappoint!

Someone help me out, how can someone take a baby away from its mother without her giving up her parental rights? And how can they just hand over the baby to Ivana? And why oh why is no one saying anything about the abusive situation at the jail? I had such a hard time watching how they were treating poor MD!

My hope is that the baby stays in the hospital until she's a bit stronger and that Max then kidnaps her until the DNA tests show that he is the father.
 

Hey Eli, don't know why but you popped in my head this morning and wondered how you were.

Dan has brought suit to take the child away and expects to have her declared unfit since she is in prison for murder. That assumes Dan is the father and MD is indeed found guilty of murdering Julian. It also assumes Dan is successful in defending himself against MD's rape accusations, however, there are cases in which a rapist has been granted visitation rights in the US. There is a recent federal statute that attempts to close that loophole. Otherwise, Ursula and Dan will just snatch the child or claim it has died. Ivana is showing crazy eyes again over a child and what Ursula is banking on.

If someone knew of MD's abuse on the outside they may but so far MD out of fear has not told Max.

 

Hi Tofie!

I'm dealing with so much at work/home that I had to stop recapping, I hope to start again sometime next year, once I get a new laptop and internet at home, trying to recap with no internet at home is impossible!

Thank you for that information, I've only caught a few episodes of this here and there so I was unsure about how Dan and Ursula planned to get the bebe away from MD. I think Dan really might have some feelings towards the baby so hopefully he wont hurt her and I hope Ivana keeps her grubby hands off of her, and that Gerry dumps her- he could do so much better!
 

The look Doris gave Orlando and Corina ("are you freakin' kidding me with this?") was priceless. I didn't think there was anything up with the two of them. Orlando is just clueless that this might be an issue. And Corina doesn't seem the type to ruin this good thing she might have going with new barrio friends.

Do they not have attorney-client privilege in Mexico? Seems like that guard eavesdropping should be violating some regulations or another. If Nayeli can hang on to the note long enough, she should be able to get it to Max the Lawyer.

Kelly
 

Hellashelle--Thank you for this magnificent stream of consciousness from you. One sentence flowed right to the next. I have nothing significant to add to this perfect little jewel.

I'm still holding out hope this baby is Max's. Nevermind Dan's internal swooning over having a baby girl. Mama rules and that bebe, if she can get her hands on it, is not going to be reared in the Santibanez household.

The writers may still be playing with stating that the baby was underweight and having breathing problems (still that bebe's head was pretty big). I didn't catch how much she weighed, BUT, none of the doctors nor the staff ever used the word premature. Given that MD never had any prenatal care at all and they really don't know how far along she was, they still didn't say.

If MD thinks the baby dated from the rape, then it would be premature. If Max's, there's doubt. It could be a small, first-time bebe. Did she have relations with Max AND was raped by Dan during the same fertility period, or was there a month or two between incidents. Only a DNA test will show.

There have been other shows with bebe kidnappings, one right out of the hospital nursery fairly recently. I hope Ursula didn't watch those shows. If it's Max getting the baby out, I'm fine with that--but he and Alma will still have to figure out how to hide the baby and nurture her while MD is sent back to prison. Ay de mi. Have to keep watching to see how it all gets sorted out.

The first thing I thought when I saw Clara questioning the two dancing girls is that Clara just looked so plain beside them. She's lovely, but has not had much practice in the voluptuous come-hither school of curly hair, curvaceous bodies and tons of make-up. I don't expect this foray into this world to last very long.

Ivana's conversation with Isela gave me a smidgin of hope that she was ready for having this unconventional family with Gerry. The engagement party was a dose of reality. He was talking sense, trying to steer her away from the Isela hook-up, trying to get her back on track for their family. How unfortunate it was to get that phone call just then. All that reality just came unraveled.
 

The only way I can give Clod any points this late in the game is for him to intervene on the baby's behalf--and Maria Dolores'.

And, we're left with Ivana wanting to or not wanting to give her statement as eyewitness to Julian's shooting. OK, Ivana, we're waiting for you to make up your mind.
 

Helleshelle, thanks for a great recap.

Has the name of Julian's disease ever been mentioned? I never came across it.

Thanks.

Ann-NYC




 

Anita- I chuckled when the dancing girls looked at Clara and the only dancer/promotion girl quality they could pick out is that she's tall. She is a lovely, natural looking, non-curvy girl. Not usually what that kind of job, or tns, look for.
 

I believe Julian had muscular dystrophy.
 

Thanks Urban. I was so curious.

Ann-NYC