Friday, February 26, 2016

Antes Muerta que Lichita #109 Alicia, or should we say not so little red ridinghood, starts to put the puzzle together ... but might be putting herself in the wolf's mouth


SOrry this is long, but it was a key fast moving episode... here we go...
Luciana can’t believe Roberto asking her to flee… (I agree, Ingrid Martz is great in this type of character)…  Luciana goes home and tells Valeria all about Roberto’s request and that Roberto’s son IS real.  And that is why Roberto is doing everything Augie wants, he has him locked in the penthouse.  Valeria asks if we leave, what about Gumaro, the baby daddy?
At hospital/clinic, Nestor thanks Alicia for coming to visit him… no one else has come to visit him (not his baby mama, even if he has been supporting them financially all this time and he spent half his life with them only for her to cheat on him with his best friend). HE admits he has not been the best man, but he is not that filth that most people believe.  Alicia tells us that even her have come to build a soft spot for Nestor.  She wonders what is Roberto’s back story.
Sandra later meets with Alicia, they are talking about the campaign for some toy manufacturer. Augie comes in and is surprised that Sandra and Alicia are working together on anything. Fatima prevents any sparks and takes Sandra away.
Gumaro is outside the office faking being the carbon copy of that other guy, on phone with Roberto.  Roberto recommends to Gumaro to keep trying with Luciana so she will forgive him.  Roberto reminds GUmaro that they are still bros and comrades. Now that he and Luciana are gone then he will be free to move around as he needs.
Alicia tells Augie that he feels free to come in whenever through a door that no one ever used before… HE tells her that the accident has made him think about some things… he says after all he and her are very similar… they both would go to any measure to get what they want.  HE had not told her that when very young, he was taken away from his mother’s arms.
Fatima asks Sandra what is bothering her so much.   Sandra is jealous that Augie even uses the ‘secret door’ to be with Alicia whenever he wants.  Fatima says she knows Alicia enough to assure Sandra that Alicia would not submit to that kind of relationship with Augie.  Sandra says after 10 years of dedicating to him, all she got was a dark apartment. She did not deserve that.
Augie tells Alicia that the TOledos dragged him into that house and away from his mother against his will.  Alicia says now she understands why he never lifted a finger against Roberto when she gave him Roberto’s files. Maybe because they both started from the bottom.  Augie says he has not forgotten anything about that file, He is only waiting for the right moment to make a move. HE asks her in return, is she planning her own revenge against Roberto?  She assures him she is looking for justice, not revenge.  Augie gets a call and sends Alicia away.

At API, the older guys tell Roberto that they have noticed he has been putting very few hours in the job lately even if he had started the Presidency very enthusiastically.  Roberto also gets a call, this time it is Mr Clemente sending a message that he wants his money back ASAP.
Fatima  tells Alicia that she looks distracted and wants to know what is it.  In comes lUciana and Alicia alerts her that Augie is busy on a call … However Luciana wants to go in NOW… it is not until Valeria comes and tells Luciana that Alicia is right… Luciana repeats to Alicia that she hates her, despises her, Alicia makes her… (Luciana runs out since she was about to say ‘vomit’). 
The caller gives Roberto only a couple weeks to gather the money.  Roberto agrees… but has a scared face which is noted by the API guys. They joke that Maybe it was a ghost or maybe his mom in law who called him.
Valeria also warns Alicia to be careful with Augie which is a bit confusing to Alicia.  Valeria tells her that even Roberto is in a lot of trouble cause of Augie.  Alicia does not want to hear about Roberto.   But Valeria tells her that it is blackmailing the card that Augie is playing against Roberto. Imagine that you are threatened with harming what you love most… I would do the same for my daughter/nena… She tells Alicia that Roberto would do the same. Val leaves. (Alicia finally remembers ‘Mateo?’)
Elias and Shushette in hospital.  Elias wants SHushette to admit that she was or is lover of AUgies.  And that it was her who sent the photos around.  Why did you do it? You don’t need to resort to that to be who you are.  SHushette tells him a secret, that she was a table dancer at a bar to survive.  Elias is not about to judge her, people end up forced to do whatever to survive.  He leaves it up to her conscience to come out open with the truth to the others.
Valeria is packing, wants Luciana to help her pack. In comes Bea and asks why they are packing.  She keeps insisting that they both stay here at the mansion so they can be well cared for. 
Alicia is looking up on the internet and runs into articles describing the arrest of SHeyla… she sighs loudly about Mateo… then remembers when he told her he has a son when she was about to marry Alex.  And the time he tried to explain to her about his son and she would not let him.  She tells us ‘That’s when I figured it out! If we have two sides of us, or two versious of our story. Roberto has tried a thousand times to tell me his… and I was about to investigate about it, even if in exchange I would have to separate from him for good.
Luciana apologizes to Bea… for all the times she mocked her religious habits… Bea says the one you should apologize is my daughter Daphone.
Roberto is meeting with Augie at the office, tells him about the call. Roberto is using a tone that demands action about this guy’s threat on phone. Augie is irritated and tells him he does not want to talk about that business here in the office!.
Alicia is trying to hear outside the door but can’t. Fatima comes in, reminds her about a meeting with Alfonso Sabanes in a while.  Alicia asks Fatima (since she is the one that knows him better) about Augie.  Want to know more about him. Did he have relationships with other women like he did with Sandra? Does he frequently cheat on his wife?  Fatima says she handles his agenda but knows very little of his personal life.  Alicia tries to cover up with simple curiosity.  Fatima leaves.
Roberto and Nacho are walking the cart around the office.  Nacho tells him about his new career choice joking about mechanical terms of automotive (since he now rolls the drinks cart).  He again mentions the offer from Roberto to help him try to get his insurance money back.  Roberto is a bit busy but he will try.
Nacho gossips with the receptionists that Alicia made Sandra cry, and that she can make anyone cry. Nacho heard this and looks very hurt to hear it.
Luciana is apologizing (in her own yeah but not really way) to Daphne.  She was worse than a pro turtle handler… Daphne says its good you accept me, it would be horrible that your baby would suffer the same treatment.  Luciana has had enough ‘ay ya!! Perdoname ya!!’  LOL But this all makes Daphne laugh instead of irritated.
Nacho brings coffee to Alicia… she is happy he took the time, he says he is glad SHE took the time off her work to spend a little while with him.  Alicia is glad to spend time with her family.  HE mentions that some people around the office believe she has turned an ogre.  She asks him how he knows that.  HE says they are gossiping around the halls.  And people seem to shiver when they see you.  Seriously. Some people out here are afraid of you. And careful, cause it is not the same as respect.  She says she noticed that some people would not respect unless she turned cold and tough.  He says don’t go overboard. There is no need for that.
In his office, Augie gives Alicia a different viewpoint, the reverential fear of your subordinates is essential.  HE says he admires that of her too, her passion and guts she has to get what she wants. ( Alicia tells us that Augie also had a side that no one knew, and there was only one way to find out about the real Augie… ) She then lets him hold her hand and he asks if she fears him, she says no, she on the contrary wants to tell him he can count on her for anything.  She would also want to know what is it of hers that is so special for him to dedicate to her.  She tells him they can accomplish many things together.  HE agrees, and wants to celebrate so he invites her to celebrate at a special place…  (she tells us that the only way to find out about her ‘boss’ was to get close to him). 
Roberto is on phone with Gumaro, saying what he thinks is that Augie wants to throw as much mudd on him as possible so he can get him caught in the whole dirty deals.  Gumaro tells him that he is not sure of the hours of this new ‘chamba’  so they can meet later on.  Roberto tells him to be very careful in the new job and to insist with Luciana so they can both flee and be safe. 
Augie calls the nanny and tells her that he needs for Mateo to go to sleep early.  Better make sure Mateo won’t come close to them tonight, and also make sure the Pent house is spotless tonight.  HE hangs up… tells us ‘Alicia Gutierrez and Augie De Toledo y MOndr’ together… he tells Draco that his experience mixed with her youth… she could really give him children worthy of his surname… but in this as in all aspects of his life, … before buying you must test drive (try).
Fatima comes to try to get Sandra to go home… but Sandra has just found something that makes her send Fatima home… she sighs and puts big deer in headlights eyes… oooh!
At the house, Luciana admits she has forgotten everything about the bonsai trees she learned from Bea and GUmaro.  Gumaro comes in… she plays around with him asking him to keep his distance. HE tells her about his new job (does not tell her its to be Draco’s sidekick)..  She basically pushes him out the door and slams it.  HE keeps trying to get her to forgive him…   and to leave with him.  HE keeps swearing his love to her and asking her to whip him with indifference. She opens the door and falls on him and admits her love for him.  He has to kick the door closed before anyone else could see them. They kiss.
Bea keeps looking at the papers about ghost brand campaigns…  (so Sandra found more irregularities at the company). Sandra says what we have against us is that ‘this’ happened many years ago and we don’t know if it is still going on now.  Sandra asks why Bea wants to catch Augie.  Bea tells her she wants to recover her half ownership of the agency. And even if she has to dig under water for the evidence, she will recover her children’s patrimony.
Luciana and Gumaro are dressed on her bed… he thanks her for forgiving him, she thanks him for so much love…  Now that she is useless to her ‘papito’, we could go after the money for the sale of Rafael’s house.  Gumaro tells her that Roberto and him suspect that Augie is behind the mess about Rafa’s house.  He looked for any evidence against Augie at the house but couldn’t find any.  HE mentions to her a tiny box he found.  HE hid it somewhere else.  She wants to see it…  it turns out to be her dad’s pill box, and she remembers when she had found it by her dead ‘dad’ Rafael.   She cries and Gumaro gets a bit scared. She tells him ‘it is my dad’s pill box!’ in between tears.  Luciana figures out Augie was the one that killed her daddy.  Gumaro says the box is no proof… she says yes, they have to tell the police.  Gumaro tells her the police won’t believe her, even if he does.  Luciana says her dad could not survive without his pills, Augie let him die.  Gumaro insists they have to go away… she says she has no head to think anymore.
Alicia tells Augie she was surprised the special place he was talking about was his pent house.  A man who could have /has everything he could wish.  Augie wants her to ‘tutear’ him.  She gets close to him, talks about the trip to Los Angeles.  She asks if he lives alone or has employees here. HE mentions it is a maid with a young son (light goes on in Alicia’s brain).  But they must be sleeping already so we are basically alone.  Alicia wants to know if he was already interested romantically in her by the trip to L.A.  He says he was but that then and now he is a gentleman, so neither then nor now he would do anything that she did not want.  (Roberto has sneaked into Mateo’s room.)   Alicia keeps taunting Augie, saying he is the best gentleman she knows, yada yada… to Roberto’s dismay. Rob is hurt/devastated to hear Alicia flirting with Augie. 

Previews: Alicia tells us that (VO adds that it is for Roberto’s sake) she is risking going far with Augie but has to make sure she will still be able to turn around in time to save her own life… Alicia accepts to have a formal relationship with Augie and he won’t waste time to announce it to everyone at the office.

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Comments:
Marta, as usual I do not know how you do it: a wonderfully detailed recap in such a short time. Thank you!

Favorites of the episode:
Luciana apologizing to Dafne.
Nacho warning Alicia about not going overboard with the employees so that they end up having more fear of than respect for her.
Finding out that once Auguato was taken from his mother to his father's house, he never saw his mother again.

Yikes! Alicia's office wear: the black bustier under her red form fitting pant suit was very reminiscent of how another Alicia (Fereira) dressed in LFMB.
 

Thank You Marta. A very important episode, and it was great to have your recap make sense of it all. Rob tried to warn Loosey Legs about her Bio Dad but she didn't want to hear it. The crucial part of the show for me was Loosey recognizing the pill box and it dawning on her that Aug had in effect murdered her real life 'Dad' Rafael.

Alicia is treading on thin ice, getting close to Augusto to try bring him down. WTF? Maybe she has to take one for the team. If she beds him willingly, she is an adult, it is not like the end of the world, hell Chuchette would do it for a pair of sneakers from Payless. Take him down Alicia. Set up your laptop in record mode like in Lo Imperdonable.
 

Marta, this was rich, fragrant and full bodied - delicious elixir.

What a complete, well written recap. You captured all the events perfectly.

So many revelations and changes.

I suspect the coldest heart thawed a bit as Luci recognized the pill box. There is a heart (albeit a rather tiny one) under the dismissive exterior. A terrible dawning of what actually occurred. I am glad she and her Gumaro have made up - she will need him now.

Jarifa, I also loved Dafne making peace with Luci. Perhaps they may become true soul sisters.

Of course we all wish Alicia had stopped to listen to Roberto way before this but now that she has the knowledge, how is she going to use it? No one has yet seemed able to find any chink in Augusto's armor. Let's hope she finds his Achilles heel, and quickly. Wolf is right Marta - he is also like a huge,angry grizzly.

Loved seeing the "old" Alicia comforting Nestor so sweetly (not that he really deserves it I still cold heartedly say).

Nacho has made many mistakes but I was also happy he talked some sense into Alicia about her recent behavior.

I'm sorry this is coming to an end. I will so miss these crazy characters!

Thanks again Marta!

Diana
 

Carvivlie, just read your great comment from yesterday "Loved when Gum and Rob sat down together and put in each other's napkins! That is the real love story of this show".

Yes, how true!

Diana
 

Thanks, Marta. Terrific recap.

Still taken aback by the great chemistry between Luciana and Gumaro. She couldn't help but make up with him, the feelings between these two are just too electric. That makeup scene and him in the too big suit -- too cute.

Daphne and Luciana making up but still testy was a good scene too.

So Alicia's eyes are open and she's going to try to trap Augusto. Hopefully she and Roberto somehow join forces on this. Alicia has become like a painted mannequin to me. I needed to see her strategizing and plotting like the old days.
 

Amazing recap Marta!

I love how everyone is slowly coming around to the truth. It is feeling organic and not rushed.

Poor Luci but glad she realizes truth that Augie let Rafa die. Only worry is that she won't be able to stop herself from revealing the truth to him too soon.

Dafne and Luci apology scene was great. I think a big reason why Dafne was able to easily forgive is bec she has more confidence and feels secure in the love of her family. She was much more vulnerable before.

Nacho gave some great advice to Alicia. Made me wish he gave himself better advice.



 

Wow Marta, thank you so much. Great detail. I totally missed the part that Nestors wife cheated on him with his best friend.

"Roberto has tried a thousand times to tell me his" No he hasn't. He took advantage of her, married another woman and kept kicking the truth down the road and when she couldn't take the pain and tried to move on he slut shamed her. Alicia will twist, in order to justify, his horrible treatment, lies, betrayal and criminality. Amazing to me that Roberto and his buddy Gumaro do not think their thievery and scams criminal and lies fine.

An 11 hour apology for horrible treatment doesn't cut it with me.

I'm floored the board members of API realized Roberto doesn't work and called him on it. He has never done an honest day of work his whole life. Even Chuchette knows you exchange something of value for money.

Fatima, Ximena, Alex, Dafne and Elas are the only people in this show than haven't willingly screwed over family or friend.

While I love, love, love the job Ingrid did with Luciana and the show benefited greatly from the character and her depiction, Luciana doesn't deserve a happy ending.

It's hard to watch an idiot like Nacho and find myself surprised he can speak in complete sentences.

 

Tofie, i sorta agree with you that both Roberto and Luciana have a long way to deserve forgiveness... even if Roberto has done all the wrong he did for the sake of his son.

Carvivlie and DIana, I have totally enjoyed the interaction between Roberto and Gumaro throughout the show... everytime they sit down to have tacos or have them out in the street at a stand, each of them fixes the toppings on the other's tacos... too funny but so telling of their relationship.

Gumaro and Luciana... I too see tons and tons of chemistry there... and they are so good for each other... GUmaro is a bit out there but he is not too judgmental of whatever she would come up with... he would rather help get her out of trouble... and definitely looks after her.

I agree that the appology from Luciana came too late to really give her a get out of jail free card... and what ever happened to the giant blue ring she stole from her Argentinian Duke? Didn't GUmaro keep that too?

I agree that it is refreshing that things are coming in the open now more than a week before the finale... hopefully they will make some sense out of the 'see the light' that some characters have to go through...

I like the fact that Bea considers Sandra and her point of view... and how civilized she is now with Alex and Kenny's marriage.


 

Thank you Marta. Great recap and very detailed.

What an episode.

Glad Luciana apologized to Dafne (in her own way, of course!)

Also, liked to learn about Nestor's side of the story. Although, it doesn't justify his nasty behavior.

Glad that Luciana and Gumaro made up.

Also, glad that Luciana has realized that Augusto let Rafael die.

Glad that Alicia is only pretending to fall for Augusto to investigate.

Wow, was surprised when they showed Roberto in Mateo's room, listening in to Alicia while she flirts with Augusto.
 

A big thank you Marta---A muy bueno Saturday read.

What I am wondering is if Alicia can hold off or control the Big Bad Wolf?

I am also wondering if Sandra will be able to work under the direction of Alicia?
Alicia is her boss right?

Luciana now suspects that Augusto killed her father. Will she be able to bring him down? I can't wait.

must see tv
the gringo
 

It would be awesome if they all teamed up to bring Augusto down.
 

Marta- Sorry to be so late to thank you for your wonderful recap. Gracias! I only just saw the episode.

I'm so glad people are finally starting to figure out how evil Augie is, and trying to take him down. Now, if only they would all unite forces, then they might have a chance taking the devil down.
 

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