Tuesday, March 08, 2016
Antes muerta que Lichita #115 3/7/16 "El gran final" Part 2
My tape starts after the credits. Two lawyers come to take Mateo away from the Guttierez home - Alicia's custody had been temporary and now it has elapsed. They've come to take him back to an orphanage (? a "governor's house). Sadness and tears. Yet again Mateo is told, "I'll come for you and we'll never be separated." If that kid doesn't spend years in therapy my name is not Sigmund Freud.
Fatima tells Augusto, through the bars of his cell: "You were never grabbed out of your mother's arms, she gave you up voluntarily, she practically sold you. I never cried again as much as I did then." "No, I remember she was embracing me and I was torn away." "Maybe your dad didn't want to hurt you so he encouraged your false memory. I'm telling you this now, not to hurt you, but so you can change your attitude toward your father, who saved you from somebody who never loved you. Forget your arrogance, forget the hate you feel for your father. Forget a woman who never sought you out, even in her old age. He did right by you even though he wasn't sure you carried his blood." "Never again suggest there's doubt I'm a Toledo y Mondragon!" He furiously slams down the receiver.
MONTHS LATER...
We see Roberto limping, heavily walking on a cane, into a columbarium where he meets Carmona in front of a niche that says "Roberto Duarte, 1982-2016" (he looks way older than that to me). Carmona says "you had to 'die' for your own good." If Augusto's shot had been any nearer the spine he would have broken it. Roberto says "during all this time the criminals have disappeared." Carmona says, look for your son, find your love. Augusto isn't behaving well in prison, every day they pile on more years. Roberto says, "he is cruel, perverse, and has delusions of grandeur." He thanks Carmona.
Augusto hisses to his lawyer but due to intense cutting it doesn't make much sense so moving on...
I guess Ximena and Magos are visiting from Guadalajara (or just leaving to go back) and Nacho, who speaks more clearly than almost anybody in the cast but never has anything worth saying, tells Elsa they have an empty nest but can make a life to their own taste now.
Roberto comes to their door, they're astonished, they tell him they don't know where Alicia is, she went off "to find herself," he thanks them for making him feel like family and for keeping Mateo when he was gone.
Chuchette and her Papa Tun Tun, some handsome younger guy who she has mostly just been chatting with on her phone, meet in person, she says she's missed him, he asks about her book, she says forget about that but I've written a PR manual and it's called 'Antes muerta que Lichita.' Really? They kiss.
Roberto visits Gumi, Luci, and the baby. It's a very happy warm little family and a nice reunion. Roberto holds a plastic doll baby and asks where Alicia is. They say they don't know and that they hadn't had enough time to adopt Mateo.
He goes back to Carmona and yells about his son. Carmona says: "You've proved you have a detective's nose, so I have one job for you to do and then I'll tell you all about your son. Go to this [far away] address on the first flight tomorrow and my contact will meet you."
So at this [far away resort near the ocean] he hobbles up heavily on his cane and there's Alicia all beautiful in the swimming pool. They hug and embrace, he says he loves her, she says, "But I've given myself to another, I love him with all my heart." Before Beto has a chance to fall on his sword, there's Mateo on the other side of the swimming pool. Beto drops his cane and, miraculously cured, runs around the swimming pool, grabs Mateo and swings him in the air and then they all embrace and bla bla bla.
Beto: "NOBODY told me about this." "When I was so desperate with sadness after they took Mateo I went to Carmona and he told me everything." I don't think anybody explained how Alicia got Beto back. She says she's quit publicity and now writes a blog and articles for newspapers.
At jail, Augusto escapes through a hole he dug in the floor! Yes, that is truly what happened.
We find out by cell phone, surely the cheapest way ever, that Brisa and Braulio are now married, and Gumi and Luci too. And then all the cast good guys arrive at Elsa's table for approximately 3 seconds and that scene is over.
Alicia's last speech is worthless. "Love and family are good. Tolerance is good. Bullying is bad. People's sexual preferences are their own business. Don't let yourself be disrespected."
FIN. Shame, Univision!!!
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But thank you for the excellent recap and all of your hard work!!
Yes, Roberto looked older to me, too.
Funny how quickly Roberto lost the cane after finding Alicia in the pool.
I wonder what the original ending was for Augusto since it appears they decided to just piggy back on "El Chapo Guzmán's" escape. That was my favorite part of the episode. It was totally unexpected and anvil-less much to my surprise. I guess Augusto gets to live in his own "motherless" hell inside his head.
I missed having at least one wedding and a slower paced ending episode.
All in all, I enjoyed the novela, not so much the overly stuffed gran final.
More later.
I'm not going to lie. I laughed, hard, when Augusto disappeared like El Chapo Guzman, and I'm sure the Mexican audience got an even bigger kick. But I can't believe the writers just let him go and let him off the hook like that. I would have preferred it had his henchmen on the other side forgotten to remove the manhole cover, and he died in the sewers like a giant rat.
If Alicia can afford to live in a palatial beach house, while just living off her writing, blogs, and socially conscious work, more power to her! That's fabulous. She and Rob can be happy frolicking on the beach with Mateo (when he's not in therapy).
Again to all the peeps on the patio, what a fun time this has been. Hope to see all of you again.
My take---I have read many angry comments on the endings of other novelas and have always analyzed them for what they were worth and then moved on. I don't know, maybe I'm just easy to please or maybe my expectations are not as high as others but I never seem to get as angry as some, and so was the case this time. Yes I agree that a lot was cut that shouldn't have been and a several loose ends should have been tied that weren't but it is what it is or was what it was.
I thought that the Agusto/Fatima scene was a little long---I would have wanted to see the API guys when they learned the truth about Roberto and Agusto. I didn't understand Magos leaving the family home. Was it permanent? What happened to Iconika? Did it go out of business? And what was the construction in the back half of Iconika? Agusto a sewer rat would have been nice but the writers let him slip away--DAMN!!! Oh well, we did get a beautiful look at Maite/Alicia in the pool besides her beautiful new home. last, it appeared that Roberto was completely healed after seeing Mateo. So we are led to believe that Alicia y Roberto -- Luciana y Gummi and the rest of the crew will be happy ever after. I'm ok with that. I'm also ok with Alicia's career change. She had her dream of marketing, lived it and made her way to the top and now she is off living a new dream. I say, you go girl!
A couple of final questions---What was Luciana's apology to Alicia and did Alicia ever become part owner in Iconika? Did Bea give her a percentage of company shares?
All in all the gringo is relatively happy. Could have been better but as I said, I'm easy to please.
No more must see tv, it's over and it's been fun.
the gringo
I'll miss you patio peeps. I think I need a break so I'll keep up with PyP but may pass on Sueno tonight.
You and Ezra never failed to make me smile.
Congratulations and since thanks to you Jane, Ezra, Jarifa, CeCe and Marta who comprised a great and glorious recapping team.
I timidly say that all in all, I really liked the finale. Yes, there was too little of it and of course, I am upset it was chopped to bits.
But, everyone had a relatively happy ending and in the end, isn't that really what we all wished for them?
emeraldrose, I also wondered if Fatima could possibly be Augusto's mother (?) I suppose it is fortunate, that for her sake, he is not.
And while I'm disconcerted like you Carvivlie for the safety of Alicia, Roberto et al, after some thought, think the finale was fitting. "I guess Augusto gets to live in his own "motherless" hell inside his head". Agree Jarifa, that seems a fate (almost) as bad as prison.
That said, I could have lived with your idea Vivi of Augusto dying like the sewer rat that he is!
Everyone, it's been a pleasure....
Diana
"and Nacho, who speaks more clearly than almost anybody in the cast but never has anything worth saying"
As endings go it wasn't too bad and no problem Augusto escaped through the hole. Clever.
Not once during this show did I turn it off or swear to myself I'll stop watching and it's a plus it made me laugh where I believe the writers wanted me to. Unlike PyP, which is hilarious it's so stupid, but I don't think it's intended.
I loved the budding romance between Alicia and Roberto early but became so repulsed by his behavior (and slut shaming) he never won me back and that's a shame. Alicia lost me a bit when she became the vamp.
When Roberto died, I thought, they didn't have to do that he wasn't that bad, but quickly became excited appreciating the twist. What a tease.
See all ya'll around I'm sure
Hope to see some of you on the "Sueño de amor" patio!
Thanks for the recap Jane, even though you didn't have a whole lot to work with. Thank you anyway. Wow!!!
Wow ... this "gran" final was sooo disappointing! But most of them are, que no?
Does anyone remember any tns with truly awesome endings?
Goodby everyone and thanks
Kirbo
This was the most rushed/chopped finale I've seen. A slo-mo of Roberto and Mateo running to each other would've been great. But a shot of Augusto stuck in the sewer like a rat [thanks, Viva!] would've been fantastic.
I wished they'd let us in on what Gumaro does for a living. I'm glad how most things were resolved, but it was just too cutup.
Maite hasn't been my favorite, but I thought she did excellent work here. Also enjoyed Bea and her eventual willingness to change. Dafne was another interesting character. Ingrid M. was the best ever, just hiliarious as Luci. Gumi was also consistently entertaining, both with Beto and with Luci. Glad to see their happy ending.
Alicia and Beto did have a happy conclusion with Mateo, but no wedding? Nacho was cheated out of walking his daughter down the aisle. Oh well, I guess we were supposed to be happy with the messed-up double wedding earlier.
Augusto's escape? I wasn't even sure what happened there. I prefer Vivi's trapped sewer rat image. Don't like to think of him wandering around or having a sequel. I do give Eduardo Santamarina credit for excellent acting and character portrayal. BUT, we never saw what he carried in that blue leather clutch he held so tightly, DID WE??
Maybe the Iconica crew calls on Alicia for help in special situations, as she works from home.
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