Thursday, February 25, 2016

Pasion y Poder #92: I Love Him, I Love Him Not, I Love Him? Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016

Lo Nuevo

Fanny is visiting Nina. They talk about how Eladio is willing to help Nina once she gets her hands on half of Art's money. Nina does not totally trust Eladio, but will think about it. She's thinking of becoming a great businesswoman. She wants to shove it in Art's face that Eladio helped her.

Eladio tells Franco not to try and take advantage. Franco reminds Eladio what he did with Caridad when she was pregnant and tells him that he is exactly like him (Eladio). Eladio doesn't think so.

At the Montenegro mansion Nina, Dani and Erick are having dinner. Nina tells Dani she needs to see Eladio the next day. Erick thinks she should quit and work for the family company. Dani reminds Erick of her contract. Art walks in and is ignored when he wishes everyone a good evening. Dani insults him. NIna wants to know what happened in New York. Art tells her to ask her lawyer instead of getting into another fight.

Eladio talk to David over the phone about the Monterrey project. Eladio urges David to talk with his mother. David can't promise anything. Eladio tells him to think about it. David wants to know if his dad has talked to Franco about putting a limit on him. Eladio says he is taking care of it and Franco and Gaby are no longer living in the house.

Dani is out clubbing with Assmore. She wants to stop drinking but Assmore tells her that he has something he can give her that will take care of her hangover, so she keeps on drinking and dancing.

The next day Petra comes to wake up Dani and finds her with a nose bleed. Dani says she blew her nose too hard.

Art tells Nina that he has made a list of all his businesses and properties. She assumes she will get half. She tells him that Erick's Baptism will be the last official event they will assist as husband and wife. Art thinks it will be a great weight off his shoulders when the divorce is final.

In Monterrey Regina and David run through the project with the manager from the hotels. She is happy with the results.

Caridad is STILL working at GLA and brings Eladio some coffee. Caridad is actually anticipating the day that Eladio finally recognizes Franco as his son and Marintia's baby his grandson. Eladio sarcastically says, of course, the perfect famly, right?

Regina and David are saying goodbye. David asks if she has thought about his proposal. She needs to think about it. He gifts her a kiss and she kisses him back. He wants to move away with her, but she can't because she needs to go to Erick's baptism. David says he will go with her.

Art goes to see Miguel. He needs to put more shares and properties in his name. Miguel tells Art about Connie's bodyguards. Art is upset, but wants to know how Miguel found out. Miguel tells him that he spoke with Connie over the phone. Art is upset that Miguel is still having contact with Connie.

Eladio tells Dani that she went overboard with Julia. Eladio prohibits Dani having problems with Julia. Dani says she can't control how she feels when she sees Julia. It's like asking David to get along with Art. It's impossible.

Regina and David are checking in at the airport. Jorge cuts in front of David and they argue. Regina tells David that Jorge is going back to D.F. with her. David is impactado.

Eladio doesn't justify Dani's actions, but he will give her another chance. Next time she is gone. Dani promises to be good. Eladio tells her to take care of herself and her work. He actually sounds like a concerned parent. Dani thinks so too and tells Eladio she wishes her father were more like him.

David wants to know why Regina is going with Jorge. Regina tells David that she doesn't like his tone. If he's going to act this way then she has nothing to think about concerning their earlier conversation and hands him back "the ring". David takes the ring and tells Regina that he can't believe she is throwing everything away because she is scared. He can't believe she is using Jorge to move him (David) away. David leaves. Regina tells Jorge that David is normally calm, but it's the first time she sees him act this way. Jorge accepts that he can see the love that David has for Regina.

Julia arrives home to find that Hummy has left the house without telling anyone where he was going.

Regina and Miguel talk over the phone. MIguel tells her about the bodyguards.

Hummy meets with Art in the park. Julia shows up and wants to know what's going on. Art covers for the old man and tells Julia that he contacted Hummy to tell him he was back from NYC. Julia tells Art that even if he gets a divorce doesn't mean she will get with him. Art disn't think she would stay with Eladio after what he did to her. Even of she got divorced she wouldn't get back with Art because of Regina and David. Art says they will have to understand. Julia is talking about all of his kids. For starters, Dani disrespected her at the hair salon.

David and Regina "run" into each other at the airport. He apologizes for acting like an a**. He wants to run away with her but she says no. He says he is going to be the unhappiest man on the face of the earth. Regina tells him that Miguel and Connie are going through something similar, but that Miguel stays away because of Baby Erick. Regina is afraid if her and David have kids, they won't have an explanation when the kids ask for the rest of the family.

Hummy is upset about Dani. Art is going to talk to her and make her apologize. Julia does not want an apology. She wants Art to explain to Dani that there is nothing between them. Art insists about "Their Love". Julia wants Art to understand that she has nothing to do with him, and he is causing her a lot of problems. Hummy tells Art that Julia is a decent woman, and for him not to look for her until he is divorced. Art says it's just a matter of time. They weren't mistaken when they told each other that they loved each other. Julia just stares back at him. Why doesn't she just leave? She can take Hummy with her, but just leave!

David says that Regina always puts everyone before her happiness. But he also realizes that she is right. No matter how much distance they put between them and their families, it won't change things. They can't be together if their parents want to be together.

Miguel visits Erick at GM. Chimp Boy (CB) tells Miguel that if he doesn't stay away from Connie he will kill him with his bare hands. Miguel doesn't doubt him because he thinks CB killed TheRat.

David is so desperate he would trade places with Franco, to have a different mother, so he could be with Regina. Jorge interrupts that the flight is delayed. David offers to get her back to the city on a private plane. She asks if Jorge can come.

CB tells Miguel to leave. CB looks worried about what Miguel said. Nina comes in. She asks him to help with the baptism preparations. He'd rather not. He tries to convince her to put any shares she gets in his name and his sisters names, that way he can manage them. Nina is not too sure, besides she may have help from another source. CB tells her to stick with family.

David says "Hell No" to taking Jorge. Regina thinks he is acting like Eladio. A control freak. David disagrees. Jorge walks up and says he got them seats on another flight. Regina says goodbye to David and kisses him on the cheek.

Julia and Gaby are at the foundation. Gaby is hurt that Julia doesn't even ask about her new house or Franco. Julia says she needs time.

Eladio is at a therapy session. He talks about David and Franco getting along. He is upset with Franco. He doesn't want him to commit the same mistakes. Eladio is confused with the birth of his grandchild. On one hand he is happy, but on the other he is doesn't want to know about him. He wishes it could have happened in a normal way, but what can he do, it already happened.

Art's secretary (I can't remember her name) tells Art that all the info on Erick's baptism was leaked and now all the press want s access to the event. He tells her to let the press know that that they will make pictures of the event available to them. CB comes into the office. Art tells CB that if his mother asks him to manage her shares of the company, for him to tell his mother that it's best to let Art keep managing them.

Caridad and Franco talk about David and Eladio. Franco makes believe to get close to Caridad. He insists on Eladio "recognizing" him as his son. He says how is he supposed to recognize his own son, or what, doesn't he (Franco's baby) also deserve to be a Gomez Luna?

Julia is in therapy. She still loves Eladio and wants to run to him and kiss him, but she can not forgive him. She feels worse than when Art cheated on her. Even as novios, Art was always very honest with her, Eladio was very shut off. Even now, Art told her father that he was getting divorced to be with Julia, and she was very impressed by that. (Oh, no!) When they were novios she liked that about Art. She liked that he was secure in himself and was honest. The therapist asks if she still feels something for Art.

Eladio visits Hummy and gives him his birthday gift. Hummy warns that he is conservative, and divorce doesn't go with him. Eladio assures him that there will be no divorce between him and Julia. Hummy says to watch out because Julia is starting to doubt that she forgot about Art.

The therapist tells Julia not to answer the question. It is for her to contemplate. She says she would never go back to Art, no matter how much he insisted, because of her son. She is confused. When she ended her relationship with Art, it took her years to forget him and she is afraid that will happen with Eladio. The therapist asks if she is afraid of not forgetting Eladio, or of recognizing that she never forgot Art. (Oh, no!)

Gaby tells Franco that she told Julia that she wants to leave the foundation. Franco talks about how Julia left all the foundation work for Gaby, while she went out and got a job that pays. He doesn't want Julia abusing Gaby's good will. Franco says he supports her.

CB tells Nina about the conversation he had with his father about taking control over Nina's shares. CB tells her that he will always be on her side.

Miguel picks up Regina at the airport.

Nina and her lawyer go over the properties and shares lists that were sent to them. Nina says that that there are properties and shares missing. The lawyer thinks that Art put some properties and shares in someone else's name. They can only go off the list that was provided. Nina realizes that Art has done alot of planning and that the divorce is for REAL.

Julia gets home and finds Eladio there. He wanted to let her know that David is back in town, plus he wanted to see her, if only for a second.

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A big thank you AuntyAnn and know it had to be hard recounting drama when the characters stupidly create their own.

"(Oh, no!)"

How can anyone take Julia serious much less consider her a coveted commodity worthy of bid? Those doll eyes are rolling around in her head again.

It makes me mad when Regina starts something, yanks the rug out and treats David condescendingly like a child. YoYo

I like David but don't like the whipped puppy in him. Give up on that bone boy.

As the only female in this tale that has a brain I was disappointed Nina hadn't anticipated Art would play a shell game.

 

AuntyAnn...Thank you for that excellent retelling

Yikes... Dani awakes with a bloody nose. Assman is leading Dani down a slippery slope . ...overdise or a near miss ?

I think that Eladio was too lenient with her. How can he tolerate her badgering and disrespecting his one true love?

That scene of the whole family ignoring Art at the breakfast table..ha. Yeah..!et's not talk to the guy who has provided us with this food, table, house, etc...that will show him ! What a pit of vipers. They all deserve each other.


 

Special Thank You to Aunty Ann :)

Susanlynn: You're so right about Daniela heading towards a Janis Joplin spiral: drug overdose with deadly results!

I'm still shocked Arturo still has no clue about his spoiled daughter doing drugs, etc.,

Second, Miguel is going to cost Connie custody of Jr.,

I do like how he stood up to OJ Simpson 2.0 (Erick)! Besides, Miguel should consider moving to the US & never look back!

Tofie: Do you think that Jorge is being paid by someone to manipulate Regina (who's now incompetent) ?

She's going to need an anvil to teach her a lesson!

Old Goat Humberto is still on borrowed time before he gets whacked!
 

Gracias, AuntyAnn.

I don't think there is anything illegal in Arturo signing over properties to his children even in this situation. Based on what we have all seen with him and Eladio they both have money to burn. Whatever Nina gets should satisfy her.

However, if she thinks she can use sex to run a business she is gravely mistaken.

Arturo's faithless secretary's name is Angeles.

Assmore is definitely leading Daniela down a dangerous path. I wonder what his motive is for this. Is he trying to get some stupid revenge against Arturo? Does he even know what he's doing? Is he having a mid-life crisis? I'm sure the nosebleed was due to cocaine.

Julia has very poor boundaries, which is part of what her confusion is all about. It's because she has never been allowed her own space or to be herself on her own terms. She needs that, which means that she should not be with either of the men who want her.

Humberto is a true hypocrite playing both sides of the fence. BTW, did he look older to any of you? Maybe I thought so because of the dark clothing. I don't think he has too much longer.

Nothing about Franco's baby is going to affect Julia now but Gaby will want to walk out on Franco.

Ape Child's threat is just as disgusting as what he is doing to Consuelo.

Daniela putting her hand on Eladio's showed him that she is Nina's Mini-Me.
 

The first thing a high net worth individual does with a divorce looming is hide their assets and is exactly what Art is attempting to do. How foolish of him to think of that now and it will leave a trail uncovered during discovery. First thing requested will be a disclosure of assets for an equitable distribution. Art's funnybusiness, while expected from an arrogant machoman, won't be so funny to a judge. I've seen just the threat of disclosure of income (not even assets) bring one of these pompous thugs to their knees. I've said it before, Art is a feast begging to happen.
 

Thank You a million times over Auntyann. A lifesaver given the gibberish CC lately.
thanks.

Note to David: She gave you back your EMT Locknut, to an engineer you two are through. Two can play her stupid game. You should be wearing Dani's pants around your neck before nightfall. Regi is a flake and what she is pulling with her 'Orbiter' is shameful. Grow a pair and show her that you actually are NOT a doormat. I'd betcha old Dani would take a break from Asswipe to help you teach Sis a lesson.
 

Thank you AuntyAnn for the great recap.

I really enjoy the Daniela and Eladio moments because they tend to show that Eladio's heart softens a little around her. He seems to have a certain affection for her in spite of himself, and while I know she tries to butter him up, I do think she does wish Arturo cared more about her.
I only wish Dani would truly redeem herself. I even secretly root for her and David because I find they have great chemistry and Regina annoys me so much.

-Annie

 

Tks Aunty Ann

Even FC can't save this piece of mierda, so disappointing. Same crap night after night.
However, loved, Art can't get no respect.
 

Thanks for this snappy recap, AuntyAnn.

UA,

"Whatever Nina gets should satisfy her."

Wow, how generous of you. Fortunately you're not the judge presiding over this divorce proceeding.

Carlos
 

Anon: Daniela will NEVER be redeemed anytime soon!

Heck, she's probably going to be dead by the time this TN is over!
 

Good morning Auntyann. Thank you for this detailed recap.

These people seem to be confused about just about everything. Julia seems to be riding a train half off the track and half on the track she's not sure which way she wants to do it.
She loves eladio, but can"t forgive him which
Is very understandable, and then theres artty
Who in my opinion is an arrogant hypocrite,
but she seems to be doing an awful lot of thinking about him. For some reason I really want her to go back to eladio. I don't know why. I Know hes a crook, a compulsive liar and a manipulator, all out jerk. but he seems to be discovering things about himself that he doesn't like. I like that he's going to therapy because before therapy he had the crazy face and the crazy ticks which really sometimes he still displays them, but they're not as intense As in the beginning. Well thats my take on him. I hope he meant it when he said he didn't want Franco to be like him with his child, but he did raise him so it's too late to bend the tree now it's all grown up.

Artty is still walkin around being a first class arogant Hypocrite. He gets angry with miguel because Miguel still sees Connie, and he still sneaking around trying to see Julia pushing himself on her and she's not fighting hard enough to keep him from doing that if you ask me, ( and I know didn't Im just sayin).

And now nina is just gettin a clue that artty is
Serious about the D-vorce?!?! This'll be a nasty One.
 

"Art is a feast begging to happen" his
Arogance wont let him see that. Hes really supposed to be the good guy in this he is turning out to be a king sized jackass.

David should stop begging and go talk to his
Mom, and stop listening to secondhand imfo
About her. Then when he gets the truth about
What happened with that onesided kiss with his mom and artty, he can stop begging this silly little girl to take him back. she's the one that broke it off because of false information and misunderstanding and seeing the wrong thing the wrong way. If if if....he would talk to mom and turn the anger down, no..............
But hes a hot head like eladio.huh... ain't that a hoot?
 

I don't know, Daniela has her moments. She's not completely irredeemable. Of course, we all know David and Regina are endgame anyway.
One thing about this novela is that there actually aren't too many full-on villains. You have Erick, Franco, and Marintia, and I guess maybe Assmore, but most all the others fall into a classification of characters who do bad things at some point or another.

With David, the issue for him isn't simply the kiss and whether Arturo kissed Julia without her consent, it's that Julia lied to him about seeing him and having the intention of reliving their previous romance. Arturo wouldn't pursue Julia if she hadn't given him reason to, and frankly, she seems incapable of making up her mind about him.

And while I've mostly been understanding towards Julia, I'm now pretty annoyed with her. It doesn't seem to occur to her that if she can't forgive Eladio, fine, but this doesn't mean she has to go straight to Arturo. There are other men in the world!

-Annie
 

AuntyAnn, excellent. Thank you so very much.

"Art is upset that Miguel is still having contact with Connie". Hmmm. I suppose it’s difficult/impossible for a parent to see their children’s imperfections, but Erick’s are hardly hidden. I would hope that Art would see Miguel (his older but lesser loved) is a far better choice for Connie and his grandchild. I might suspect Art has far bigger problems including a wife whom he can’t shed (who wants it all), an ex love who wants nothing to do with him but worst of all, his children (Miguel excluded) who can’t abide the sight of him.

“David is so desperate he would trade places with Franco, to have a different mother, so he could be with Regina”. Let’s hope this was a momentary lapse for David and he did not mean that for a second. I’m disappointed he still won’t talk with Julia. He forgave Eladio for a lifetime of abuse but not the person who has been there for him. Always.

“Even now, Art told her father that he was getting divorced to be with Julia, and she was very impressed by that. (Oh, no!) When they were novios she liked that about Art. She liked that he was secure in himself and was honest”. AuntyAnn, I fear you are right. Ruh roh…I mean, is the thought really seeping into her brain??

It's pretty bad when the only character who sheds a tiny bit of lightness is Petra. I love her facial expressions! It was clear she was concerned for Dani though and wore an appropriate look of concern at the bloody (likely drug induced) nosebleed.

Hummy weasels out of things. Again.

Diana
 

Oh, No! What a great recap, AuntyAnn. Thank you.

"Hummy says to [Eladio] watch out because Julia is starting to doubt that she forgot about Art." I'm glad you heard that fateful lines, because I couldn't make it stick together. Poor Eladio, Hummy is playing him like a tight bow on a bad violin.

Dani and her nose bleed. Is this something normal after dancing, drinking and drugs? Dani did look temporarily frightened. Surely we will hear more about this.

David is acting like a prick. Regina is acting like a prick. Hmmm, two pricks in a pod. Regina seems to know she has David on a string and can string him along. Otherwise, why is she returning his kisses if she is so determined to separate herself forevva from him. Damn--I still say Jorge is too cute for his own sake.

Before I say anymore, I must read the comments.
 

Random notes--Has anyone noticed lately that Assmore no longer speaks with a Yanqui accent? I guess a few months with Dani will do that for you.

Urban--asked and answered, about the cocaine causing the nosebleed (never having to have studied its effects).

Erick--you should be putting tails on Miguel and Regina as well as Connie. What's another several thousand to you anyway? Do you have any idea what your daddy paid to shut that witness up? It was in U.S. dollars, too.

Erick is too dumb to realize he's been rebuffed by both his mother and his father to be intelligent enough to manage their shares/portion of the business. BTW, I meant to point out yesterday that what Eladio offered Nina was 10% MORE than what she could sell her shares for on the open market, if she sold them to E. That would make her a wealthy woman (according to E.). She deflected the offer and went for a "partnership" instead. We all know Eladio is dying to get his hands on enough Montenegro shares to become a powerful voice in the empresario. Maybe that's why he's being nice to Dani. He probably assumes she has a few shares sitting around.

Erick not wanting to participate in the arrangements for the christening is both normal and abnormal. This truly is the type of event a mother or grandmother would be more interested in arranging (putting her stamp on it, so to speak), so we shouldn't really put too much significance to it. But, to me, it also shows how little interest Erick has in his son. He complains that Connie won't let the baby be brought to his house, or that Clara is not qualified to care for him. He could have asked Connie, NICELY, to send him photos regularly of Erick, Jr., and set up regular visitation hours. Instead the idea of the photos came from Miguel.

 

Kirby--for once I see we are in full agreement on David and Regi. Orbiter--I like that term. Though, I don't see David going for Dani unless it's to hurt Regi and I don't see that in him. Flowers, more locknuts, love poems, a mariachi serenade, "showing up" at cafes, lunches, dinners out, yes.
 

Steve--Is there anyone you DON'T want dead at the end?
 

Last thought--Erick is using baby Erick as a pawn in his Get Connie All or Nothing game. We know Nina (and Fanny) is on his side. Artie has shown signs of wanting to support Connie, but he waffles like a Belgian--and he's losing his credibility with everyone, including Agustin. Aggie didn't look very happy as they left Nueva York, Nueva York.
 

I think that Asshat is a middle-aged player who thinks he is hot stuff showing off to his young girlfriend that he has access to all kinds of candy that he can provide her with. I wonder how he would feel about some guy his age doing that to his daughter. ? I'd like to see karma give him a good one.

Eladio may have started out as the bad guy , but at least he has self Awareness and is trying tobwork out his problems with the therapist. I would take him over delusional, sneaky Art and smarmy Assman.
 

Thank you AuntyAnn---I smiled every time that I saw one of your Oh No's!
Well here is my Oh No!---It looks to me like Julia is starting to weaken. She says that she doesn't want to go back to Art but it's because of David, not her. You asked why doesn't Julia just leave? It's because she is as I said, starting to weaken. The day before yesterday she could have sent the roses back--she didn't. She could have yelled at art to get out of the house. She could have thrown something at him--she didn't. It is all starting to add up.

We were treated to a snake dinner last night. Three snakes or was it four? No, only three, Arturo didn't eat.

It looks like Arturo is totally on Rat Bastard Erick's side. It seems that all the love and adoration that he once had for Consuelo has vanished. It's Rat Bastard Chimp Boy all the way now.

Erick thinks that Dani should quit and work for the family company. I ask if it's the same company that he sold out for 50 pesos?

Regina asks if Jorge can come? She sure seems overly concerned about him.

Eladio talked to Daniela about her confrontation with his wife. He should have gone to the beauty salon and asked the stores manager what had taken place.

Steve---She's probably going to be dead by the time this TN over. Yes if she doesn't clean up her act.

Kirbo---Teach sis a lesson? I wonder what Regina would do if she saw David with Dani

The Zippo lighter and fire? Will Eladio die in a big fire and Julia reunites with Arturo?

Must see tv
the gringo
 

I think that Asshat is a middle-aged player who thinks he is hot stuff showing off to his young girlfriend that he has access to all kinds of candy that he can provide her with. I wonder how he would feel about some guy his age doing that to his daughter. ? I'd like to see karma give him a good one.

I agree with this.

I just read a site about Ecstasy (MDMA) and one of its potential long-term effects is brain damage. Nosebleeds can happen with it, too. Daniela is a steady user. It's likely that she knows how or when she needs to avoid her parents so they don't find out.

Considering that Assmore (of the mid-life crisis) is likely to be older than Arturo he's putting himself at risk of a heart attack or stroke using that stuff. We can wonder whether Daniela can boink him without being on that stuff.
 

UA,

"Daniela is a steady user."

Is this something that you know as an actual fact?

I'm actually holding out hope that Eladio may intervene in a fatherly way and help steer Dani in a positive direction. He seems to genuinely like her and to have concern for her well-being.

The character that I like least of all is Ashmore.

After last night I can easily see Julia getting back with Arturo... Gack!

Carlos
 

First, Mauricio, thanks for stepping in to help Cyn. The kindness of our recappers in helping others is wonderful. If our PyP characters were as thoughtful, they wouldn't be in the messes they create, and then, we wouldn't have a show! Thanks Mauricio. Cyn, we are thinking about you and your mom every day. Hope everything is better...

UA, loved your recap with the dirty pool table, so appropriate. I'm glad you shared your theatre education with us, you gave characters a back story. This explains our differences of opinion, those from the sciences only look at the data in front of us, we never fictionalize the histories of, in my case, our patients. Thanks UA, I'm a big fan your work.

Auntie Ann...clear, concise and enlightening. I needed you for much of last night's dialogue, things seemed more jumbled than usual!! Thanks!
 

Loved every one of your "oh no's" Aunty Ann. Finding this telenovela unendurable at the moment (almost as bad as the nightly news) but can't resist staying current on the doings...or non-doings... by reading the recaps of this great P y P Team. Thanks so much for viewing this so I don't have to.

I will say it sounds like David has fallen for a woman disturbingly similar to his own mother. Annoying. Waffling like a Belgian (thanks Anita) and unable to love and take the risk of being hurt, but unable to let go either. As I said...ANNOYING.
 

We know that Daniela is no stranger to drugs, it's not far fetched to believe she is a steady user. It's been implied that she was using Molly when she woke up in the hotel room with that guy (she was super sweaty).

I see Daniela's fate to overdose and end up either brain damaged or locked up in a long term care facility.

Erick's too dumb and arrogant to see that his mother, father and sister don't want him anywhere near their checkbooks.

Assmore is screwing Dani because Arturo screwed him.

Both Regina and Julia are flaky. David should dump Regina and take up with another girl for a while. Not just to make Regina jealous but to see if he can be with someone else other than Regina. The begging of Regina to come back to him should stop. Don't call Regina anymore, don't text her, don't beg her. Leave her alone and make her come back to him. And when that happens, don't rush back into it.

David absolutely should not get down with Daniela because she's flaky too.

Either Caridad is an idiot or thinks Gaby is an idiot or both if she thinks Gaby will sit around beaming at Franco's child with Marintia.
 

One of the things that is necessary when assessing the backstories of our characters is not only listening to what they say (and how they say it) but listening for what they don't talk about. For example, since none of the Montenegro children speak of their grandparents and Arturo hasn't spoken of his mother I came to the conclusions in yesterday's discussion.

Nina never speaks of her family of origin and we know from a scene with her and Arturo from a few weeks ago that there is something she is ashamed of and won't talk about. The writers better not leave any loose ends about that.
 

Erick's too dumb and arrogant to see that his mother, father and sister don't want him anywhere near their checkbooks.

Either that's progress for Nina since the outset or she's been playing him all along.

Both Regina and Julia are flaky.

I disagree with this. Both of them have serious self-esteem issues. Each had parents made up of one narcissist and one enabler. Julia's is compounded by 25 years of marital abuse. Regina also has two toxic, narcissistic siblings. It's not a stretch for her to worry about the consequences of any decision she makes about David.

On the subject of David, does anyone remember whether he knows that he was conceived as the result of a rape?
 

Thanks, AuntyAnn. Great title and recap. Love how you dish it out so smoothly.

It’s lonely here at the Arturo table. He is a jackass and should stop chasing Julia and focus on his kids instead, but he did telephone Regina, kept Erick out of jail (where he surely would've gotten killed), and would be helping Dani if he knew she was on drugs and boinking Ashmore. In real life, Regina, Nina, and Augie keeping silent about Dani is abject negligence, but I know, this is a TN. Maybe Petra will speak up about the nosebleed.

Kudos to Miguel. Last night was his best performance ever. He hit Erick where it hurts, “yeah, I don’t doubt that you’d kill me, just like you did Montseratt.” Miguel, now that was sexy.

Franco and Gaby have great chemistry. Such a shame he’s a bad seed. Both Caridad and Eladio are despicable for enabling him.

David knows without a doubt that Regina loves him, so I’m giving him a break on putting up with her estupideces. I'm not giving Wardrobe a break though for putting David in Mister Rogers sweaters. He’s not a suit and tie guy, fine. Just put him in a nice dress shirt or leather jacket.
 

It doesnt matter why Julia or Regina are flaky, just that they are at this moment in time. David, Arturo & Eladio really don't have time to sit around and wait for Regina & Julia to become unflaky. While Julia/Eladio/Arturo is an abuse situation, David & Regina are not and he shouldn't have to sit around waiting for Regina to get herself together. Get your self esteem right, then get into a relationship.

Sadly, David will keep hanging around begging Regina because that's all he knows.

I believe it was said that Eladio raped Julia on their wedding night and hadn't touched her since so David probably was conceived as a result of a rape.


 

Oh Niecie..."Mister Rogers sweaters"! Now you've got me laughing. Thanks!
 

Petra does need to speak up about the nosebleed. She has to know that something bad is up with that.

Either Caridad is an idiot or thinks Gaby is an idiot or both if she thinks Gaby will sit around beaming at Franco's child with Marintia.

I don't honestly think she's thought that part through. I'm also surprised that Eladio hasn't reminded her what this will do to Franco and Gabriela's marriage. Whether or not he cares about that, neither he nor Caridad will be able to do anything about this.
 

I agree with everyone who I agree with :-) about Dsvid and Regi. OK, maybe I was hasty about using Daniela. But what I don't like,
1.)and neither do 99 percent of women, is a sniveling begging man.
2.)It is not fair to David or Orbiter what Regi is doing, telling Orbiter there is no way, then leading him on to distance herself from David.

I can't take credit for Orbiter, it was Judy or Anne I think, who should be credited with that clever moniker
 

I think it was actually our clever tofie who coined the phrase, Kirbo. At any rate, I'd love to take credit but cannot.
 

So little Erick's christening is about to take place. Question??? Does Consuelo have
any say so in the matter. It seems as she wasn't consulted in any part of this. Will she be forced to go back into the den of vipers to take part in something that she has no control over or will Erick just go to Consuelo's apartment and take little Erick against her will? How do these things work in Mexico?

Urban---Does David know he was conceived from a rape---I don't know if he knows.

the gringo
 

Annie, I like Dani too just not for David now. When they hooked up and if they could have kept it lite it would be lots of fun watching but David needs to get away from all of them.

I hope David goes no contact with Regina. Change his number, move with no forwarding address. Regina enjoys punishing him, forcing him to beg, will offer him a little hope and crush him again and again and again. She loves Regina way more than she does David and hope he gets a clue.

Julia has not made any progress at all. I don't believe for a minute she can stand on her own feet and why she feels out of sorts. A few more forceful declarations of ownership from Art and she moves from the house that Eladio built to one Art will build.

 

Gringo, Nina shat all over her about this and Erick made it worse. In the normal way of things Consuelo would have chosen the name and Erick would have had to get over himself (Since he was in a coma during the birth).
 

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Thank you Aunty Ann. Great recap. I loved the title- so true!

 

Tofie, I definitely don't truly root for them because it's just a bad idea all around and Dani needs to change a lot for them to have a chance, it's just more of an inability to not completely hate it in part because I think Irina Baeva and JPM have really good chemistry, and partly because at the very least David does seem to have fun with her (back when they weren't serious he was plenty smiley with her). I'm kind of sick of seeing him tortured over Regina.
The other thing is that Jorge is actually very likable and he and Regina could make a pretty good couple.

-Annie
 

I think the actor paying Jorge is in an "audition" role against a future novela. I can easily see him in future playing a junior protagonist with Pablo Montero playing his father (He's almost old enough for that).

For anyone who didn't see MIVAC, Irina Baeva played exactly the same character as Daniela there, but wasn't in many episodes.
 

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