Caray, Caray!

Oh boy, those life lessons! Thank you Vivi

“you better check yourself, before you wreck yourself”

I was more impressed with Violetta's contribution to the triage than either Isabel or Matilde

I savored every second of Diana Bracho's work last night. Dog tired and trying to kick off her shoes.

And golly Ilse Salas is good. From a low class prissy climber to a beaten disheveled waddle on order to feed her own child.

I assume Teresa is not surprised Andres is heir and banked on Angela's silence. What did she have on Angela for her to acquiesce? Angela now knows Belen knows and it's unlikely Belen will ever fulfill her plan to marry Andres but will remain silent since she wants to protect the twins. Was that it for Angela? Teresa threatened to steal/kill Andres as a child?

Wow, a high premium on Isabel's virginity and Diego takes it personally.

 

WOW Vivi. Truly some turning moments in the chaos of last night. Your Life Lessons format was brilliant.

First, good lord those babies were angels. You could tell the crying was a recording. Sorry, a crying baby sets my heart strings in motions and I was ready to reach through the TV myself to make that poor angel near Sophia stop. May they both live and prosper. As for the adults around them, that's another matter. I'm done with all of them.

Teresa is such a piece of work, I can't even begin with her. Sure she did it all for her daughter...more like her bank account. But at some point, Sophia the Weak could have fessed to her husband and both left like he wanted. There was something last night in Sophia that made me see perhaps a woman who is more spoiled and concerned of the money and standing then I think I got before because you felt bad for having THAT mother. I was seeing visions of how she use to berate the staffs and she KNEW about the letter contents, which means she wanted to make sure Andres got nothing too. Maybe we shouldn't feel THAT sorry for her either...but I do actually feel for Freddie. His joy over having his son was hard to see. He'll be broken when he discovers the deception.

So now what are you going to do Angela? What about that life lesson? You just do what your told and stay quiet? Hmmmmmm?

It was interesting to see Isa's first moments at the mine. That sense of being overwhelmed, the reality of what she was expected to do. For a minute, I wondered if she would panic, but she didn't and she seemed to get busy, though I will say Mati seems more knowledgeable. Being she didn't finish her studies, maybe Isa was a little out of her depth a bit, but she did ok.

In her personal life, Isa is in deep doodoo. We saw the violent temper of Die Diego already (I always feel bad that someone has to clean up the tantrum messes), so now what will happen when he gets Isa alone. Yes, Mr. "Ick there are dirty people and blood" is going to blow. I just wanted someone to splurt blood all over him too.

Violeta...a nurse in the making? There's the doctor's way to get her out of her current life. And I liked seeing Felipe in the background helping and working at the hospital. That smile at the baths after his "vision". Hope that keeps him on the path of getting his act together.

Julio the hero. So thinking concussion, but if there was a blast could also have a more severe case, loss of hearing, etc. It made me think back to my grandfather's and dad's stories...my grandfather worked in the coal mines in the Ohio/West Virginia border area for many years when my dad was young. What they depicted last night were like what they described. The whole town shuts down and everyone heads to the mine when there is an accident or collapse in a section. Food, help, everyone pulls together. I thought it was well down in the show last night to show that and hit home the dangers of the work, how the staff we've seen had family and lives outside that hotel and poor conditions of the mines often by the owners.

Daisynjay



 

Morning, Tofie and Daisynjay!

I like the suggestion that Doc Vic could train Violeta to be a nurse. She certainly took to it, and had no problem jumping right in.

Daisynjay- Thanks for the story of your own family's history of mine work. No matter what part of the world, this is dirty, dangerous work, and the families of miners must always worry about this kind of thing happening.

What will Angela do now, now that she knows Belen has been doing backroom deals with Teresa and banking of Andres being Romulo's kid?

I'm just glad both those little guys are now being fed, but how long does Belen think she can hide Baby #2 in her room? Good thing she didn't have a roommate.
 

Great work, Vivi.

Diego's reaction to the deception that didn't yet happen didn't surprise me but it still burns my tail. This is something that has angered me ever since I first knew about it that any man thinks he's entitled to own a woman's past as well as impose on her future. Yes, I said "impose" because Diego is going to be a serious control freak. There is likely to be an ugly confrontation tonight.

That, of course, is the corollary to Elise thinking that the birth of Sofia's baby is bad news. How in a million years can she even suspect that the baby isn't Alfredo's or even Sofia's? Even if it were normal for a suegra to be present at a birth she couldn't expect to be invited when she treats her nuera like garbage.

Which, in view of how Teresa treats her, guarantees that Sofia is a candidate for the giggle jacket.

When the hell will Andres wake up? Are we ever going to find out what really happened to Mercedes?

Maybe more later.
 

Thanks for the recap Vivi!!

I really don't understand why Angela would not want Andres to know that he's the heir. Especially after her "being poor really sucks and these people are awful to us" speech to Belen, why wouldn't she want Andres to have a better life than she's had?
 

I don't think she wants to put a target between his eyes. Teresa would probably have him killed if Diego wasn't so eager to.
 

Good morning, Vivi. I've been watching this tn and occasionally reading the recaps. Always love yours, of course. You always stun us with your excellent work.

The mine disaster could be a plot device for shaking out different social strata, and showing how all people share certain things.

I am surprised at the fact that these tns tend to bleep out various (probably mild) words, yet this one seems to be exploring every possible reason for vaginal bleeding.

Violeta would make an excellent nurse. I really like her character, and hope there is a way out of her present situation.

My daughter has 5 yo twins, and she nursed them just like Belen is doing. I don't know where this is leading, but I am glad that Belen is getting to interact with baby #1. Neither of the two babies are starting life very well: Baby #1 has a drug addicted mentally disturbed surrogate mother, and baby #2 keeps getting stuffed in all kinds of inappropriate hiding places.

So, if Julio went where no one else would go, how did he get rescued?

Thanks again, Vivi. Love your work.

David
 

Urban- Well, Diego’s reaction is no surprise. He is the perfect example of the worst of his kind of his time. I fear for Isa when he finally gets her alone in the bedroom. Elisa seems to have convinced herself that Sofia and Alfredo can’t produce children/male heirs, because it means the cutting of apron strings between her and Fredito. She does have some genuine suspicions to go on, based on earlier events in Sofia’s pregnancy. But really, she’s just refusing to accept the reality that Alfredo should now be in control of the Vergara wealth and his own life, and she’ll do what she can, even sowing seeds of doubt about the baby’s paternity, to keep things the same.

J- We haven’t even scratched the surface of the history between Teresa and Angela. Since day one, we’ve known there is a lot more going on between these two women than what they say out loud. I would not be surprised if long ago when Andres was born, Teresa made a real threat to his life if the truth came out. There are plenty of reasons I could see for Angela not wanting Andres to become part of the Alarcon family mess.

David- I love that you stopped by! Please do so more often. Certainly, this is not the show for anyone squeamish about blood of ANY sort. Poor Jacinto has seen much of it, and gets queasy each time. It was quickly stated that Julio and the remaining miners were on their way out of the mine when the last explosion happened. So they are all now out and accounted for.

I feel bad for poor Michaela who lost her husband. Hope Natalia’s brother made it.

 

Thank you, Vivi! I was tired last night, but the hour went by so fast I didn't get a chance to doze off. I did notice that the "life lessons" were flying fast and thick, though.

I never in a million years thought that Teresa would order Belen to nurse Baby #1. That was absolutely the very last thing I thought she would do. In the pueblo there are probably a half-dozen nursing mothers, at least one of whom might jump at the chance to live at the hotel with her child for a while to nurse an extra kid.

Elisa is quite the piece of work. I understand why she thinks of Alfredo's son as "bad news," but cannot understand how she can have the nerve to say that to Alfredo's face. I liked how the other guys in the jail all cheered for him when he made that excited announcement. You know there's something wrong in your life when your fellow convicts are more supportive than your mother.

What was in that small bottle that Diego took a big slug of in his office? Any chance he's got some kind of subtle symptom of a deadly disease that will kill him slowly and painfully? (Or suddenly and painfully? I'm not picky.) Also, I hope the cut on his hand gets infected and he has to have his hand amputated and for some reason there's a shortage of hooks, so they have to give him a feather-hand prosthetic instead. It doesn't seem likely, but I'm open to the possibilities.

It's still too early in the day (storytime-day) to anticipate how Isabel will get out of wifely duties tonight, but I am wondering if Diego is going to confront her over about the fake virgin blood. Or if he'll be silent, and just let it not be there in the cabinet when she looks for it. Or if he'll put it back and not let on that he knows anything.

I won't be surprised if she tells him she's not a virgin even before he has a chance to confront her. She can lie and say it was some guy in the city while she was at school.

Regarding the full moon killings, I have a suggestion for these people: stop having big events during the full moon. The lights party, Isa's engagement party, and Andres wedding were all during the full moon. People used to believe that it was good luck to celebrate things when the moon was waxing (on its way to getting full); coincidentally it also seems to be a good way to avoid trouble with werewolves and serial killers.
 

Vivi, Julie, Elise creeped me out when she was told that Sofia was pregnant and then tried to feel her abdomen. This is intrusive and monumentally rude, as though Sofia were just some breeding animal. Elise has no sense of respect.

I hope at the end Alfredo has her locked up in a manicomio.
 

Pretty much every interaction Elise has had with Sofia has creeped me out. Her interactions with Alfredo have not been any picnics, either. That woman has a major problem understanding boundaries.
 

Hey, Julie! I guess since all the women of the pueblo are currently busy at the mine and hospital, and that baby needed to be fed NOW, Teresa went with enlisting Belen. Plus, she thinks she has all the cards now, and Belen is beaten and must do what's ordered of her.

Diego looked like he was swigging down milk of magnesia to me-- hence why I called it Pepto. He was not having the night he dreamed about.
 

Perhaps he has a bleeding ulcer. How sad that would be for him.
 

Julie, everything about your Diego rant was, as they say across the pond, bloody brilliant. The image of him with a feather hand...especially the one he always holds across his front, that will make me smile all day.

So Mr. Napoleon complex still seems to me like a fuse slowly but surely ready to explode. I still fear from Isa. If he gets abusive, and he holds that letter, what would Teresa do. Tell her daughter to suck it up? of course, Julio, if he gets out of his I'm hurt but still looking damn fine mode, will be the one she may run too along with the doctor. Would Julio take him down, or would Isa make it known she'll blow his reputation out of the water if he lays a hand on her again? Teresa is in a hard place, to shut Isa up, she faces having to admit what the letter holds...and we know what side of that argument Isa would fall on.

I agree Angela kept quiet with Andres as a means to hold her job and have support. At one point, she had a husband who Teresa may have threatened to tell, even if Angela married him after. I still think Andres is a twin. First born MALE, not first born period. So I still vote but it could be Sophia...that moment Angela had with her outside shows an affection for her she doesn't show anyone else.

Daisynjay
 

Thanks. Vivi, I really needed this because I missed it last night. I loved the "life lessons". Great approach!
 

Daisynjay, that would make so much sense under the History Repeats Itself cliche in the same way it's working in PyP.
 

Jarifa- You're welcome. Glad I could help.
 

We don't know how long Angela has been a widow. Andres certainly has fond memories of the man he knew as his father, Mr. Salinas, and sees him as an example. Perhaps a good husband/father for Andres, and a good steady job were plenty for Angela. She didn't want or need all the other drama in her life by fighting for Andres' rights as an Alarcon.
 

Thanks, Vivi!

Too bad Diego didn't try to play the hero and go down in that mine...oh, but turns out all the miners got out...but Diego's still down there, and there's another explosion...now he's trapped, but still alive, with gangrene in all his appendage...oh DARN, how unfortunate. I mean, that would have been satisfying.

So Isabel is saved for one night, maybe a few if she can drag out the need to be at the hospital caring for the injured. Then what? Will Diego pretend to care about her feelings and wait "until she's ready"? I suspect not. Maybe if he thought he had to play nice to placate Teresa, but he knows he has the power there, plus she's basically advised him before to take what he wants with Isabel however he wants.

Ugh. Why don't they start drugging up Die&Goawayalready with laudanum and morphine?
 

Oh, Julia! That might be a good idea for Isabel to use. Start drugging Diego's wine, just before bedtime each night. :)
 

Great Vivi

I haven't forgiven Belen yet, mainly due to her taking advantage of Andres especially in DF, but I am feeling some compassion for her. She does have a motherly instinct, surprisingly.

Angela & the Doc are my favorites at the moment.

I think Diego will rape Isa & probably knock her around, no problem for him to beat up a woman about to give birth. !Maldita sea! no wood chippers in 1908.
I can't see this TN following the usual cliche of not having sex with other than your true love. Remember FELS, Yañez, the 50 year old virgin!!! por favor!!!


 

Thanks, Variopinta. I'm more mad at Belen for what she did so callously to Violeta, but yeah, I was feeling some compassion for her too. And I'm so glad she's discovered her maternal instincts, because those babies need it! What a mess they've been born into!
 

So do you think Angela was shocked that Belen sold the baby or that she knew about Andres? She's good people and could probably find some compassion for Belen given her position. She was a poor single maid whose fiance may not survive, so how would she be able to care for a baby? Giving it to Sofia would probably be a good option compared to dropping the baby off at an orphanage. Well, it was a good option until we saw how Sofia treats the baby and how Teresa treats Belen.

But I hope Angela gets clued in on the baby#2 situation and helps out. Belen can't do that alone.

Are we sure Isabel went to med school? She would have been near worthless if Matilde hadn't kicked her butt into gear, and if the doc hadn't given her the get-with-it speech. Maybe she should just give up and be Diego's wife. Let Violeta help out at the hospital. Bet Violeta is better at hiding stuff, too.

Kelly
 

Terrific recap Vivi. Like everyone else I thought your Life Lessons approach was a treat. And I rather enjoyed Teresa's rant about motherhood too...you'll never sleep again,never have a moment to yourself, you'll worry all the time, don't fall, don't trip-- all so they can grow up and spit in your face. All moms have had moments like that one. And frankly, Sophia is getting on my nerves. Don't like a woman who can turn her back on an innocent baby...no matter who fathered it.

Thanks too for writing out the Spanish for the "nieto" proverb. Fredito's mom is dreadful, but the actress is doing a marvelous job in the part. Remembering her as the "abnegada madre" in Teresa, and now seeing her in this is just delightful.

Rather surprising that Belen is such a tender, caring mother, especially as tired as she must be after nearly bleeding to death. Nursing twins is very difficult. One gets finished and if the other wakes up before you've had time to "re-load" it's slim pickins. And then nobody gets any sleep.

More twists and turns in this one to keep us guessing. So glad you all lured me into watching this one.

Thanks again Ms. Vivi.
 

Hey, Kelly! I think all of it was shocking for Angela. She gasped a few times. She might be able to understand why Belen sold her baby, but she will not be so forgiving about Belen using Andres simply to get her hands on a potential inheritance.
 

Judy- Amiga, I enjoyed that rant by Teresa too, and I'm not even a mother! Thanks for providing more of the rant. I had just recapped two hours of Fatmagul for Telemundo, so I was tired and skimping on the details in most of these conversations, though I loved every delicious word.

I too am so glad you joined us over here in the Hotel. :)
 

Good Lord Vivi..TWO HOURS of Fatmagul. That plus your full-time job. Lady, you're making Belen look like a wuss by comparison. Get yourself over to that mine disaster, they need you there too.

Yes, I'm sure a lot of folks, mothered or not, could enjoy Teresa's rant. The one thing she failed to mention were those darned stretch marks! But then, I guess Sofia does not have any of those.
 

Judy- Just two more weeks of Fatmagul to go, recapping 8 hours of it a week. It's a crazy labor of love. But in two weeks, it will be over. I'll be on vacation in Asia, and then I will be down to one telenovela- Hotel. Yay! I will enjoy having more time in the evenings, and at night for sleep. :)
 

Late to the party, but at least I made it. Thank you Vivi, wonderful detail, I love your recaps.

If Andres is the oldest, perhaps Angela had a fling with Romulo before he and Teresa were married.

It will be interesting to see how Angela reacts to what she heard there at the end. Will she help Belen hide the baby and keep it hidden?


 

Never too late Cathyx! Yes, can't wait to see how Angela reacts.