Wednesday, April 06, 2016
El Hotel de los Secretos #50, 4/6/16: The Party is Over
This is your substitute reporter for Hotel this evening. Ay Caray, so much happened yesterday, I hope tonight is a little quieter. I mean, gunshots, problems with the electric lights. My nerves just can't take it (Anita fans self). I didn't even think the canapes and the hors d'oeuvres were that good at the party. It was too hot and too many overdressed people. No wonder Cece and Diego went out for some fresh air. And to top it off, the guest of honor never showed up, nor any of the Alarcon progeny. It was very insulting.
BREAKING NEWS: The party was a bust. The Lady in Red appeared at the last moment. The missing Anastasio Tagle has been found, dead in a church pew. Investigation is just beginning. Matilde loses a special patient, the One-Armed Pablo succumbs to his bleeding mid-section. Ayala comforts her with a philosophical discourse on the cycle of life and death. Sofia disappears in the middle of the night. Diego keeps losing track of his wife. These and other stories will be in tomorrow's edition.
Part 1
Diego has been searching everywhere for his missing wife. He finds her in Romulo's study with a tall skinny camarero, alone, together, sort of. He quizzes Isabel about this inappropriate situation. Isabel thinks before she speaks. She tells him she was looking for a necklace and thought she might have left it here. She often comes here for solace after her father died. She holds up the necklace (the "Angela" necklace). Diego's original question has not been answered. What is the camarero doing here? Julio has been thinking before he speaks. He tells Diego the senora was locked in and called for help. The room is usually locked during big events (security, dude) and one of the servants may have locked it not knowing the senora was inside.
Diego and Isa leave as soon as she hears Tagle never showed up. Julio checks the packet of letters inside his jacket.
One-Armed Pablo is bleeding out. Violeta panics and screams for the doctora. The doctora is screaming into the telephone for the doctor. (I think he's busy elsewhere.) Ayala comes running to help Violeta. Matilde replaces Vi, but they can't stop Pablo from dying. Mattie is distraught. She takes his death personally. Ayala is about to put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her, but instead begins a soliloquy--"the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle on your snout." He expounds on his dust-to-dust theory to a transfixed Matilde. She breathes a thank you when he finishes.
Diego returns to the left-overs at the party (the human ones) with Isabel on his arm. Teresa and Angela are walking through the hall and Angela sees her necklace around Isabel's neck.
Julio returns to the room he shares with Andres and finds him asleep with his baby. Julio hides the packet of letters just in time as Angela knocks and enters. She takes the baby away.
Diego and Isabel are in bed. Neither are asleep, though Diego thinks Isa is. He gets up to pee. Isa hears a motor running outside and goes to the window. She sees Teresa, Elisa and Angela leading Sofia out to the car. Isa grabs her cape and rushes out. Diego comes back into the room and hears and sees the same scene with Isa flying down the steps. He watches as Dr. Vicario and Angela bundle Sofia into the car. It drives away before Isa can speak to her. Teresa tells Isa she's being taken to a nearby religious retreat house run by a priest who is a relative of the Vergaras. Isabel protests. Sofia needs medical attention. Teresa tells Isa she doesn't understand anything. Her sister will never get better. It would be better for Isabel to pray and hope Sofia survives this crisis, and the next and the next. Nothing more can be done for Sofia. Teresa knows her daughter. Isabel, on the other hand, is a sniveling, thoughtless ignoramus who hasn't lived, loved or lost. After she loses everything, only then can she be deemed worthy to give advice on how things should be done. Isa accepts the rebuke and asks forgiveness. She offers to help in any way. Teresa says she needs no help, just keep this conversation to herself. Teresa will tell everyone Sofia went on a trip.
The next morning, the local priest finds a man sitting in a front row pew, too early for first Mass. When he shakes him, he tips over. He seems pretty dead. The priest runs out for help.
Mattie goes to see Isabel. They go back to Mattie's room. Isa says she misses her company. Mattie tells her she couldn't save Pablo. She sees Isabel react. Mattie rings for coffee so Isa can then tell her everything that happened the night before.
Andres is on light duty in the dining room for breakfast. Julio is standing nearby at the ready. Matilde and Isabel sweep in to be seated. Both men rush toward them. Isa asks Julio to cover, she needs to speak to Andres. Once they leave, Matilde tells Julio what is up. Isa has to get permission for Andres to go to the cemetery. They both head out of doors, Julio carrying her coffee cup.
Dagoberto and Ayala have arrived at the church to examine the deceased. The priest heard nothing. Dag is anxious--two dead in a week. He doesn't like the odd of keeping his job. He wants Ayala to tell him what happened, but he doesn't, then he does. Ayala wants to know, does he or doesn't he want to know. He does. Ayala begins--the fingertips are blue, so are the lips. He died of respiratory failure. He stopped breathing, no hits, no wounds, not an assault nor a robbery, nor a victim of the Gold Knife Killer. Ayala identifies him from a picture in the newspaper as Anastasio Tagle, an important government official. Ayala says he ingested enough opium to kill him. Ayala could smell it. The source of the opium is the Gran Hotel (with a napkin to prove it). He asks the assistant to put the body on ice (literally) until he's claimed.
Diego is escorting some guests toward the front of the Gran Hotel when he sees Isabel and Andres talking together in a rather intimate manner, unusual for a director's wife and a servant.
Julio comes to Angela's office to ask permission to accompany Andres.
Isabel and Matilde run into Diego outside while they wait for the car (he seems to be everywhere no one wants him to be). They are flustered. He notices. They are on their way to the hospital. He'll accompany them. Isa tells him it won't be necessary, they have to deal with a dead patient of Matilde's. Ah, if she's going with Matilde, he excuses himself and helps them into the car.
Dr. Vicario and a very subdued Sofia arrive at the retreat house and is welcomed by the self-important priest-director. He sermonizes on the benefits of their work here--his and the nuns. Dr. Vic asks about medical personnel. The priest replies that science does not resolve doubt. In other words, no. The women here suffer from uncertainties and for uncertainty there is no better remedy than faith. He gently places his arm on Sofia's. The doc separates himself from Sofia and she goes with the priest. He assures the doc that Sofia will find what she needs here. (Why don't I feel good about this?)
Andres watches the simple burial of his father's body under shovelfuls of dirt. He cries. He doesn't know why he feels this way, he hardly knew the man. Natalia comforts him with soothing words and a warm hug.
Part 2
Teresa catches Felipe trying to leave the hotel premises on a bicycle.
Isabel and Julio have gone to the police station and are sitting, talking to Ayala. He has the letter in front of him and says, with great gravity, it is impossible to know a person thoroughly. There are many things that can't be communicated. Isa says the revelations have been a nightmare for her. Ayala thinks they will be a blessing. Isa can't say that just yet. Julio speaks. The letter caused the death of his sister. Isa says, and the attack on Andres. Ayala thinks it's reason enough to exhume her father's body. Isa wonders if he was killed. Ayala says the people who had access and knowledge of the contents of the letter could have killed him. He says there is one person who used all disposable power to prevent the truth from coming to light.
They are interrupted by hearing Matilde's voice talking to Jacinto outside the area where they are. Julio gets up and hides. When Jacinto enters the area, Ayala pretends to be talking business. He's missing some official stamps for the document and leaves. He picks up a package (it looks like Pablo's payoff). He finds Julio and tells him to give it to Angela. He asks Julio to pay attention to Angela's reaction.
Isa is furious when Jacinto tells her she is to return to the Hotel, Diego's orders. She calls Diego. It's an inconvenient time for him, but she tells him off anyway. She'll return when she feels like it and to call off his dog.
Dagoberto has been giving Diego, Teresa and Felipe all the details of Tagle's death, down to the blue fingertips. He also demonstrates what happens when one stops breathing. Felipe doesn't understand why he's there. Dag has determined, based on interviews with staff, that Felipe was hanging around M. Tagle and likely the last person to be with him. Dag wants access to search the hotel--especially when Felipe says he had no part in his death. Felipe thinks it would be better to wait or the guests will assume the hotel had some culpability. Felipe believes Tagle caused his own death.
Teresa insists they will cooperate with the police right away, starting with Felipe's suite. She says suite several times (remember Felipe was relegated to the servants' quarters while his suite was being used for paying guests). Diego will accompany Dag, but first they have to stop by reception and get a key. Dag is overflowing with gratitude toward Teresa. Teresa then calls Mateo to help move Felipe's stuff. Felipe wonders how Teresa knew he might be involved. Teresa tells him, unlovingly, that whenever something in the hotel breaks, he's the one that broke it. He used to break plates. Now he breaks people. Felipe insists on his innocence. She doesn't care and it's been a long time since she did.
Andres and Natalia are walking back to the hotel after the burial. He thanks her for being with him at this time of need. Nat feels she needs to explain the earlier kiss. It was just in friendship. Andres is happy she's his friend.
Felipe returns to his room in the servant's quarters and gets the envelope that held the opium, stuck to the underside of a lamp bottom. He sticks it in his vest pocket.
Dagoberto leaves Diego's office to interview some additional employees. Teresa returns. She says it was fortunate that Felipe's suite was cleaned thoroughly after the last guests departed yesterday. If there's nothing more, she has to see to this dinner meeting about the fund-raising concert. Diego detains her and tells her about seeing Isabel and Andres talking together and Andres was crying. Isa told him later it was about Belen, but he didn't completely believe her. Whatever it was, it's good to be forewarned, states Diego. And, asks Teresa ironically, does he know where Isabel is? Not exactly, no, is the answer. That doesn't sound like being forearmed to Teresa. She certainly hopes Isa will be at this dinner. She's been missing a lot of functions lately.
Felipe, intending to get rid of the remaining opium, is nearly caught by Dag and Benji near the kitchen. Felipe ducks in and in his panic, pours the powder (and the envelope, it seems) into a pot of squash soup Lupe is preparing. Felipe doesn't want to taste it, but Dag does (we don't see if he actually tries it).
Julio brings the package Ayala gave him to Angela. He puts it on her desk and tells her it was found in the place Pablo was staying. He offers to take it to Andres, but Angela puts her hands on it and sends him off to work (remember it was Lupe's cash).
Isabel and Matilde arrive for dinner and have to sit with Teresa, Dona Limantour and Felipe. There is general chit chat until the soup is served. Felipe jumps up and creates a commotion when he upsets his bowl of soup and some other guest's. He announces that the soup is terrible, not up to the standards of the hotel and they must be maintained at any cost. He tried the soup and forbids the guests to try it. It's for their own good. Teresa calms down the guests and says the hotel will assume the costs of the lunch for all. Julio comes to clean up the mess Felipe made. He and Isa exchange charged looks.
Jacinto comes to report to Diego on Isa's movements. He only saw her with Matilde and they were at the police station the whole time. This is going to go nowhere, so it was fortunate a call interrupted. It's Judge Barrera. Diego immediately goes to the dining room and whispers something in Teresa's ear. She grabs Isabel and takes her out of everyone's hearing. She's disturbed and angry. She's just learned Isa has requested the exhumation of her father's body. She wants to know why. Isa can only stare at her.
BREAKING NEWS: The party was a bust. The Lady in Red appeared at the last moment. The missing Anastasio Tagle has been found, dead in a church pew. Investigation is just beginning. Matilde loses a special patient, the One-Armed Pablo succumbs to his bleeding mid-section. Ayala comforts her with a philosophical discourse on the cycle of life and death. Sofia disappears in the middle of the night. Diego keeps losing track of his wife. These and other stories will be in tomorrow's edition.
Part 1
Diego has been searching everywhere for his missing wife. He finds her in Romulo's study with a tall skinny camarero, alone, together, sort of. He quizzes Isabel about this inappropriate situation. Isabel thinks before she speaks. She tells him she was looking for a necklace and thought she might have left it here. She often comes here for solace after her father died. She holds up the necklace (the "Angela" necklace). Diego's original question has not been answered. What is the camarero doing here? Julio has been thinking before he speaks. He tells Diego the senora was locked in and called for help. The room is usually locked during big events (security, dude) and one of the servants may have locked it not knowing the senora was inside.
Diego and Isa leave as soon as she hears Tagle never showed up. Julio checks the packet of letters inside his jacket.
One-Armed Pablo is bleeding out. Violeta panics and screams for the doctora. The doctora is screaming into the telephone for the doctor. (I think he's busy elsewhere.) Ayala comes running to help Violeta. Matilde replaces Vi, but they can't stop Pablo from dying. Mattie is distraught. She takes his death personally. Ayala is about to put his hand on her shoulder to comfort her, but instead begins a soliloquy--"the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle on your snout." He expounds on his dust-to-dust theory to a transfixed Matilde. She breathes a thank you when he finishes.
Diego returns to the left-overs at the party (the human ones) with Isabel on his arm. Teresa and Angela are walking through the hall and Angela sees her necklace around Isabel's neck.
Julio returns to the room he shares with Andres and finds him asleep with his baby. Julio hides the packet of letters just in time as Angela knocks and enters. She takes the baby away.
Diego and Isabel are in bed. Neither are asleep, though Diego thinks Isa is. He gets up to pee. Isa hears a motor running outside and goes to the window. She sees Teresa, Elisa and Angela leading Sofia out to the car. Isa grabs her cape and rushes out. Diego comes back into the room and hears and sees the same scene with Isa flying down the steps. He watches as Dr. Vicario and Angela bundle Sofia into the car. It drives away before Isa can speak to her. Teresa tells Isa she's being taken to a nearby religious retreat house run by a priest who is a relative of the Vergaras. Isabel protests. Sofia needs medical attention. Teresa tells Isa she doesn't understand anything. Her sister will never get better. It would be better for Isabel to pray and hope Sofia survives this crisis, and the next and the next. Nothing more can be done for Sofia. Teresa knows her daughter. Isabel, on the other hand, is a sniveling, thoughtless ignoramus who hasn't lived, loved or lost. After she loses everything, only then can she be deemed worthy to give advice on how things should be done. Isa accepts the rebuke and asks forgiveness. She offers to help in any way. Teresa says she needs no help, just keep this conversation to herself. Teresa will tell everyone Sofia went on a trip.
The next morning, the local priest finds a man sitting in a front row pew, too early for first Mass. When he shakes him, he tips over. He seems pretty dead. The priest runs out for help.
Mattie goes to see Isabel. They go back to Mattie's room. Isa says she misses her company. Mattie tells her she couldn't save Pablo. She sees Isabel react. Mattie rings for coffee so Isa can then tell her everything that happened the night before.
Andres is on light duty in the dining room for breakfast. Julio is standing nearby at the ready. Matilde and Isabel sweep in to be seated. Both men rush toward them. Isa asks Julio to cover, she needs to speak to Andres. Once they leave, Matilde tells Julio what is up. Isa has to get permission for Andres to go to the cemetery. They both head out of doors, Julio carrying her coffee cup.
Dagoberto and Ayala have arrived at the church to examine the deceased. The priest heard nothing. Dag is anxious--two dead in a week. He doesn't like the odd of keeping his job. He wants Ayala to tell him what happened, but he doesn't, then he does. Ayala wants to know, does he or doesn't he want to know. He does. Ayala begins--the fingertips are blue, so are the lips. He died of respiratory failure. He stopped breathing, no hits, no wounds, not an assault nor a robbery, nor a victim of the Gold Knife Killer. Ayala identifies him from a picture in the newspaper as Anastasio Tagle, an important government official. Ayala says he ingested enough opium to kill him. Ayala could smell it. The source of the opium is the Gran Hotel (with a napkin to prove it). He asks the assistant to put the body on ice (literally) until he's claimed.
Diego is escorting some guests toward the front of the Gran Hotel when he sees Isabel and Andres talking together in a rather intimate manner, unusual for a director's wife and a servant.
Julio comes to Angela's office to ask permission to accompany Andres.
Isabel and Matilde run into Diego outside while they wait for the car (he seems to be everywhere no one wants him to be). They are flustered. He notices. They are on their way to the hospital. He'll accompany them. Isa tells him it won't be necessary, they have to deal with a dead patient of Matilde's. Ah, if she's going with Matilde, he excuses himself and helps them into the car.
Dr. Vicario and a very subdued Sofia arrive at the retreat house and is welcomed by the self-important priest-director. He sermonizes on the benefits of their work here--his and the nuns. Dr. Vic asks about medical personnel. The priest replies that science does not resolve doubt. In other words, no. The women here suffer from uncertainties and for uncertainty there is no better remedy than faith. He gently places his arm on Sofia's. The doc separates himself from Sofia and she goes with the priest. He assures the doc that Sofia will find what she needs here. (Why don't I feel good about this?)
Andres watches the simple burial of his father's body under shovelfuls of dirt. He cries. He doesn't know why he feels this way, he hardly knew the man. Natalia comforts him with soothing words and a warm hug.
Part 2
Teresa catches Felipe trying to leave the hotel premises on a bicycle.
Isabel and Julio have gone to the police station and are sitting, talking to Ayala. He has the letter in front of him and says, with great gravity, it is impossible to know a person thoroughly. There are many things that can't be communicated. Isa says the revelations have been a nightmare for her. Ayala thinks they will be a blessing. Isa can't say that just yet. Julio speaks. The letter caused the death of his sister. Isa says, and the attack on Andres. Ayala thinks it's reason enough to exhume her father's body. Isa wonders if he was killed. Ayala says the people who had access and knowledge of the contents of the letter could have killed him. He says there is one person who used all disposable power to prevent the truth from coming to light.
They are interrupted by hearing Matilde's voice talking to Jacinto outside the area where they are. Julio gets up and hides. When Jacinto enters the area, Ayala pretends to be talking business. He's missing some official stamps for the document and leaves. He picks up a package (it looks like Pablo's payoff). He finds Julio and tells him to give it to Angela. He asks Julio to pay attention to Angela's reaction.
Isa is furious when Jacinto tells her she is to return to the Hotel, Diego's orders. She calls Diego. It's an inconvenient time for him, but she tells him off anyway. She'll return when she feels like it and to call off his dog.
Dagoberto has been giving Diego, Teresa and Felipe all the details of Tagle's death, down to the blue fingertips. He also demonstrates what happens when one stops breathing. Felipe doesn't understand why he's there. Dag has determined, based on interviews with staff, that Felipe was hanging around M. Tagle and likely the last person to be with him. Dag wants access to search the hotel--especially when Felipe says he had no part in his death. Felipe thinks it would be better to wait or the guests will assume the hotel had some culpability. Felipe believes Tagle caused his own death.
Teresa insists they will cooperate with the police right away, starting with Felipe's suite. She says suite several times (remember Felipe was relegated to the servants' quarters while his suite was being used for paying guests). Diego will accompany Dag, but first they have to stop by reception and get a key. Dag is overflowing with gratitude toward Teresa. Teresa then calls Mateo to help move Felipe's stuff. Felipe wonders how Teresa knew he might be involved. Teresa tells him, unlovingly, that whenever something in the hotel breaks, he's the one that broke it. He used to break plates. Now he breaks people. Felipe insists on his innocence. She doesn't care and it's been a long time since she did.
Andres and Natalia are walking back to the hotel after the burial. He thanks her for being with him at this time of need. Nat feels she needs to explain the earlier kiss. It was just in friendship. Andres is happy she's his friend.
Felipe returns to his room in the servant's quarters and gets the envelope that held the opium, stuck to the underside of a lamp bottom. He sticks it in his vest pocket.
Dagoberto leaves Diego's office to interview some additional employees. Teresa returns. She says it was fortunate that Felipe's suite was cleaned thoroughly after the last guests departed yesterday. If there's nothing more, she has to see to this dinner meeting about the fund-raising concert. Diego detains her and tells her about seeing Isabel and Andres talking together and Andres was crying. Isa told him later it was about Belen, but he didn't completely believe her. Whatever it was, it's good to be forewarned, states Diego. And, asks Teresa ironically, does he know where Isabel is? Not exactly, no, is the answer. That doesn't sound like being forearmed to Teresa. She certainly hopes Isa will be at this dinner. She's been missing a lot of functions lately.
Felipe, intending to get rid of the remaining opium, is nearly caught by Dag and Benji near the kitchen. Felipe ducks in and in his panic, pours the powder (and the envelope, it seems) into a pot of squash soup Lupe is preparing. Felipe doesn't want to taste it, but Dag does (we don't see if he actually tries it).
Julio brings the package Ayala gave him to Angela. He puts it on her desk and tells her it was found in the place Pablo was staying. He offers to take it to Andres, but Angela puts her hands on it and sends him off to work (remember it was Lupe's cash).
Isabel and Matilde arrive for dinner and have to sit with Teresa, Dona Limantour and Felipe. There is general chit chat until the soup is served. Felipe jumps up and creates a commotion when he upsets his bowl of soup and some other guest's. He announces that the soup is terrible, not up to the standards of the hotel and they must be maintained at any cost. He tried the soup and forbids the guests to try it. It's for their own good. Teresa calms down the guests and says the hotel will assume the costs of the lunch for all. Julio comes to clean up the mess Felipe made. He and Isa exchange charged looks.
Jacinto comes to report to Diego on Isa's movements. He only saw her with Matilde and they were at the police station the whole time. This is going to go nowhere, so it was fortunate a call interrupted. It's Judge Barrera. Diego immediately goes to the dining room and whispers something in Teresa's ear. She grabs Isabel and takes her out of everyone's hearing. She's disturbed and angry. She's just learned Isa has requested the exhumation of her father's body. She wants to know why. Isa can only stare at her.
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Great so far Anita. Can't wait for Part 2!!
Diego is like a bad penny that keeps popping up whenever no one wants him there. Thought he had his cohorts watching Isa's every move? What happened to Gerry and Jac??
Ah, poor suffering Teresa. Thought her rebuke to Isa was a little much. Sure the girl hasn't had intense suffering in her life, but she has a right to ask where her sister is going and what happened to lead to this decision. But like with everything, Teresa uses guilt to twist things so no one questions her. I also feel very uncomfortable about where poor Sophia has wound up.
Are we getting Mati and Ayala a little closer? Thought that scene was well-done. He too deals with death every day, and though analytical about it, it still affects someone in his line of work. And I think we have the inspector back on the job!! Hurrah.
Check in later for more.
Daisynjay
Diego is like a bad penny that keeps popping up whenever no one wants him there. Thought he had his cohorts watching Isa's every move? What happened to Gerry and Jac??
Ah, poor suffering Teresa. Thought her rebuke to Isa was a little much. Sure the girl hasn't had intense suffering in her life, but she has a right to ask where her sister is going and what happened to lead to this decision. But like with everything, Teresa uses guilt to twist things so no one questions her. I also feel very uncomfortable about where poor Sophia has wound up.
Are we getting Mati and Ayala a little closer? Thought that scene was well-done. He too deals with death every day, and though analytical about it, it still affects someone in his line of work. And I think we have the inspector back on the job!! Hurrah.
Check in later for more.
Daisynjay
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: Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 10:43:00 AM EDT
: Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 10:43:00 AM EDT
Thanks, Daisy. Even though in the end not much happened, it was a tough slog to get through. Ah, the old adage pops into mind regarding Diego's underlings. If you want a job done right, you have to do it yourself. Diego needs to clone himself in order to head up the hotel, keep Teresa in check, attend to his own enrichment, keep secrets secret and keep tabs on his wife. Tough job for an incompetent nincompoop.
Much as I wish Ayala a little happiness, I don't think he and Mattie will ever have anything more than a mutual regard for each other's professionalism. They may possibly have more introspective, philosophical talks, discussions on new techniques and equipment in the medical and criminology fields, maybe over wine, but no roll in the bed.
My apologies for not continuing to comment on Hotel, although I watch and read the recaps religiously. I've been rather busy recapping Camino by myself every night. Kendra did it yesterday and it's a hoot. We need to groom her for a recapper position soon.
Much as I wish Ayala a little happiness, I don't think he and Mattie will ever have anything more than a mutual regard for each other's professionalism. They may possibly have more introspective, philosophical talks, discussions on new techniques and equipment in the medical and criminology fields, maybe over wine, but no roll in the bed.
My apologies for not continuing to comment on Hotel, although I watch and read the recaps religiously. I've been rather busy recapping Camino by myself every night. Kendra did it yesterday and it's a hoot. We need to groom her for a recapper position soon.
Part 2- and equally wonderful gem.
I must say, one thing I got out of the discussions with Ayala is that I'm holding on, and even more confirmed in my belief, that Rom may have been offed somehow. The Pneumonia may have been enough of a "symptom" in later stages that cause of death was put down to that. Never quite trusted that doctor at the start.
Teresa really is never going to be a mother of the year candidate. Apparently, she wasn't much into having children. Think she was one of those who felt children were to be seen ( if behaving) and not heard. If they weren't perfect, she wanted nothing to do with them.
Think the fact she went for Angela when Sophia was being sent off...was Angela the primary care giver of all the children? That would explain why Isa and Andres grew up somewhat close. But it doesn't seem that Felippe is that close to Angela, so who knows. When Teresa came to get Angela, it was almost as if admitting she was acquiescing to the person Sophia felt more comfort with. Or something. Thought that was an interesting moment.
Daisynjay
I must say, one thing I got out of the discussions with Ayala is that I'm holding on, and even more confirmed in my belief, that Rom may have been offed somehow. The Pneumonia may have been enough of a "symptom" in later stages that cause of death was put down to that. Never quite trusted that doctor at the start.
Teresa really is never going to be a mother of the year candidate. Apparently, she wasn't much into having children. Think she was one of those who felt children were to be seen ( if behaving) and not heard. If they weren't perfect, she wanted nothing to do with them.
Think the fact she went for Angela when Sophia was being sent off...was Angela the primary care giver of all the children? That would explain why Isa and Andres grew up somewhat close. But it doesn't seem that Felippe is that close to Angela, so who knows. When Teresa came to get Angela, it was almost as if admitting she was acquiescing to the person Sophia felt more comfort with. Or something. Thought that was an interesting moment.
Daisynjay
Permalink posted by : Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 12:41:00 PM EDT
: Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 12:41:00 PM EDT
Anita, I love your remark, "tough job for an incompetent nincompoop".
I was a little miffed at Teresa's scolding Isabel, calling her "mocosa" (child with runny nose who needs the nose wiped, at least I understand that word, LOL) and telling her she is so inexperienced at life she doesn't know anything. Well Isabel has led a much more ethical life than Teresa has, for sure! Teresa should be glad she has at least one good kid who seems to have been able to escape the drug addiction and alcoholism and mental illnesses that her sibling suffer from because of "Teresa mommy dearest".
Loved the part where Isabel was in Ayala's office on the phone with Diego telling him off that she doesn't need a "nana" or a guardian to watch over her. "And we have nothing else to discuss!!!" One thing about Isabel is that she sure has some SPUNK!
By the way, I have Time Warner Cable and I noticed that on my cable line-up where I watch Univision, "El Hotel" comes on at 10:00 p.m., which is pretty late. But I also noticed that on my cable line up there is a "Univision East" which is the same shows but THREE (3) HOURS EARLIER! Therefore I can go to Univision East and watch "El Hotel" at 7:00 p.m. instead of waiting till 10:00 when I'm fighting going to sleep.
I was a little miffed at Teresa's scolding Isabel, calling her "mocosa" (child with runny nose who needs the nose wiped, at least I understand that word, LOL) and telling her she is so inexperienced at life she doesn't know anything. Well Isabel has led a much more ethical life than Teresa has, for sure! Teresa should be glad she has at least one good kid who seems to have been able to escape the drug addiction and alcoholism and mental illnesses that her sibling suffer from because of "Teresa mommy dearest".
Loved the part where Isabel was in Ayala's office on the phone with Diego telling him off that she doesn't need a "nana" or a guardian to watch over her. "And we have nothing else to discuss!!!" One thing about Isabel is that she sure has some SPUNK!
By the way, I have Time Warner Cable and I noticed that on my cable line-up where I watch Univision, "El Hotel" comes on at 10:00 p.m., which is pretty late. But I also noticed that on my cable line up there is a "Univision East" which is the same shows but THREE (3) HOURS EARLIER! Therefore I can go to Univision East and watch "El Hotel" at 7:00 p.m. instead of waiting till 10:00 when I'm fighting going to sleep.
Anita: thanks for the great recap. About Ayala and Mati. Flaco told me that a lot of times they hook that actor up with younger women romantically. So we may actually see an Ayala/Mati romance.
Cynthia: lucky you!! I'd love to be able to catch this one earlier.
Loved how Teresa pulled the full name mommy thing on Felipe. "Felipe Alarcon!". And it worked.
I wasn't sure, at first, what room Isa and Matilde were having there discussion since Isa walked straight to the bed and lounged on it. But she's done that before.
Nanette
Cynthia: lucky you!! I'd love to be able to catch this one earlier.
Loved how Teresa pulled the full name mommy thing on Felipe. "Felipe Alarcon!". And it worked.
I wasn't sure, at first, what room Isa and Matilde were having there discussion since Isa walked straight to the bed and lounged on it. But she's done that before.
Nanette
Another awesome outing Anita and thank you.
"whenever something in the hotel breaks, he's the one that broke it"
Come on I need to know who is "they"? Is it Teresa and/or Diego but Diego couldn't be "they" when Andres was young. Does Teresa have that much power and influence and if she married into the Grand Hotel who gave her that power?
I thought it high time someone told Isabela how good she's got it.
No closer to any body telling Andres he owns the place.
I noticed Angela recognized the pendant around Isabela's neck.
"whenever something in the hotel breaks, he's the one that broke it"
Come on I need to know who is "they"? Is it Teresa and/or Diego but Diego couldn't be "they" when Andres was young. Does Teresa have that much power and influence and if she married into the Grand Hotel who gave her that power?
I thought it high time someone told Isabela how good she's got it.
No closer to any body telling Andres he owns the place.
I noticed Angela recognized the pendant around Isabela's neck.
Daisynjay--Yes, we're pretty sure Angela was the children's nana when they were small. She may have been elevated to ama de llaves when they were old enough not to need constant supervision. The bond, though, was established. Felipe has always seemed to be a rebellious kid--as Teresa alluded to last night, so he may not be as close to Angela as the two girls. It seems he and Andres never formed a close friendship (as did George Wickham and Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice when they were little).
We tend to forget that in that day and age, at least in the upper class (a la Downton Abbey), children spent more time with their nannies than with their mothers. That would also explain Teresa's inability to feel close to her children. She doesn't really know them--although she thinks she does.
Cynthia--You popped up while I was concentrating on Camino. Fresh faces and fresh points of view are so welcome. I translated mocosa the way I did, although I knew it meant a snotty child. I just couldn't do it to Isabel. The words I used are also definitions that can be used for mocosa (I pulled literary license here).
Teresa will never admit her role in producing defective characters in her children. That's why she's so convinced Sofia will never recover--it was her destiny. She tried to set Felipe on the straight and narrow path, but it was far too late and he liked his crooked path. He's the middle school prankster who never grew up. But now his pranks have gotten dangerous. Teresa said, now he breaks people. We've discussed Isabel over and over. She has no outward deficiencies, other than being submissive to a powerful mother figure. Her one strike toward independence (other than medical school) was to agree to run away with Julio and give up all the luxuries she had known for a difficult life with someone she loved and had given herself to physically already. Our only guess is that she was very close to Angela and her father. She turned out much like Andres, who had the same pair influencing him--albeit on a different level.
Nanette--I would like to see Ayala with someone and Matilde might return his affection, but I don't think Matilde is an end game. She strikes me as a budding feminist who isn't going to be anybody's "little woman," or "better half." She will prefer total and complete independence to pursue her career. Isabel seems to be the exception. She has certainly let her into her life and is emotionally invested in their friendship. It would be interesting, though, if Flaco is right. P.S. I'm getting ready to read your Hi-Lo list from last week right now.
We tend to forget that in that day and age, at least in the upper class (a la Downton Abbey), children spent more time with their nannies than with their mothers. That would also explain Teresa's inability to feel close to her children. She doesn't really know them--although she thinks she does.
Cynthia--You popped up while I was concentrating on Camino. Fresh faces and fresh points of view are so welcome. I translated mocosa the way I did, although I knew it meant a snotty child. I just couldn't do it to Isabel. The words I used are also definitions that can be used for mocosa (I pulled literary license here).
Teresa will never admit her role in producing defective characters in her children. That's why she's so convinced Sofia will never recover--it was her destiny. She tried to set Felipe on the straight and narrow path, but it was far too late and he liked his crooked path. He's the middle school prankster who never grew up. But now his pranks have gotten dangerous. Teresa said, now he breaks people. We've discussed Isabel over and over. She has no outward deficiencies, other than being submissive to a powerful mother figure. Her one strike toward independence (other than medical school) was to agree to run away with Julio and give up all the luxuries she had known for a difficult life with someone she loved and had given herself to physically already. Our only guess is that she was very close to Angela and her father. She turned out much like Andres, who had the same pair influencing him--albeit on a different level.
Nanette--I would like to see Ayala with someone and Matilde might return his affection, but I don't think Matilde is an end game. She strikes me as a budding feminist who isn't going to be anybody's "little woman," or "better half." She will prefer total and complete independence to pursue her career. Isabel seems to be the exception. She has certainly let her into her life and is emotionally invested in their friendship. It would be interesting, though, if Flaco is right. P.S. I'm getting ready to read your Hi-Lo list from last week right now.
Anita: you may be right. However, I don't see Ayala expecting Matilde to be "the little woman". I see them working side by side as equals. But I'm a big time romantic and want to see everybody paired.
Enjoy the list. I think there were more highs than lows last week.
Enjoy the list. I think there were more highs than lows last week.
Oooh, thank you Anita, what a treat! "The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out, the worms play pinochle on your snout" I like your version better than Ayala's. I was afraid he'd start singing "The Circle of Life."
Did Ayala insinuate that Angela is a murder suspect? Angela can make some very cutting remarks, but she'd never kill anyone!
I'm back to wondering if Isabel is really Teresa's daughter. Does anyone else wonder if Baby #1 was not Teresa's first baby-theft?
Regarding "mocosa," I once translated it as "snot-nosed brat" or something like that, and I think it bothered a few people. I'd probably go with "wet-nosed" now. I don't know if that's any better, but at least it leaves the boogers to the imagination.
Daisynjay: "What happened to Gerry and Jac?" If by "Gerry" you mean Garrido, he's dead! Remember? Diego shot him and put him in the grave along with Baby #1. Apparently, nobody misses Garrido.
Nanette: In Matilde's room, "Isa walked straight to the bed and lounged on it. But she's done that before." Yeah. In fact, that's the bed she and Julio had sex on, right? The night Cristina died, Mati gave them her room for the night so no one would bother them. Now that's a real friend!
Regarding the Ayala actor: He played a character who dated MUCH younger women (college age) in PESE, and that became a subplot. I don't remember if he ended up with anyone, though. (If he did, it wasn't one of his little chippies.) But I'm with Nanette on this one. I can see Ayala ending up with Matilde. We haven't seen anyone else turn her head yet, so she's not going to be enticed by some young hunk.
Ayala actually has something to offer her. And when he set up that lab for her, it was very different than when Diego gave Isabel the hospital. Sure Ayala wanted to impress Matilde too, but I think he genuinely wanted to put her skills to good use. He sincerely admires her - not just her face, but her mind and spirit as well. I think Mati will appreciate a man who finds those qualities exciting rather than intimidating or annoying, and doesn't mind being challenged.
Did Ayala insinuate that Angela is a murder suspect? Angela can make some very cutting remarks, but she'd never kill anyone!
I'm back to wondering if Isabel is really Teresa's daughter. Does anyone else wonder if Baby #1 was not Teresa's first baby-theft?
Regarding "mocosa," I once translated it as "snot-nosed brat" or something like that, and I think it bothered a few people. I'd probably go with "wet-nosed" now. I don't know if that's any better, but at least it leaves the boogers to the imagination.
Daisynjay: "What happened to Gerry and Jac?" If by "Gerry" you mean Garrido, he's dead! Remember? Diego shot him and put him in the grave along with Baby #1. Apparently, nobody misses Garrido.
Nanette: In Matilde's room, "Isa walked straight to the bed and lounged on it. But she's done that before." Yeah. In fact, that's the bed she and Julio had sex on, right? The night Cristina died, Mati gave them her room for the night so no one would bother them. Now that's a real friend!
Regarding the Ayala actor: He played a character who dated MUCH younger women (college age) in PESE, and that became a subplot. I don't remember if he ended up with anyone, though. (If he did, it wasn't one of his little chippies.) But I'm with Nanette on this one. I can see Ayala ending up with Matilde. We haven't seen anyone else turn her head yet, so she's not going to be enticed by some young hunk.
Ayala actually has something to offer her. And when he set up that lab for her, it was very different than when Diego gave Isabel the hospital. Sure Ayala wanted to impress Matilde too, but I think he genuinely wanted to put her skills to good use. He sincerely admires her - not just her face, but her mind and spirit as well. I think Mati will appreciate a man who finds those qualities exciting rather than intimidating or annoying, and doesn't mind being challenged.
Gracias, Anita.
I don't think Teresa is capable of being close to anyone. She is frigid in every meaning of that word. Her insult to Isabel is reflective of what she needs to believe about her to justify the insult. I sometimes think she'd sell her children to the devil if it meant keeping her position and image.
I don't think Teresa is capable of being close to anyone. She is frigid in every meaning of that word. Her insult to Isabel is reflective of what she needs to believe about her to justify the insult. I sometimes think she'd sell her children to the devil if it meant keeping her position and image.
I hope tonight is a little quieter. I mean, gunshots, problems with the electric lights. My nerves just can't take it (Anita fans self).
Enjoyed your intro, Anita, and all the rest of the recap as well. A few more of my favorite quips:
the leftovers at the party (the human ones) and
[Diego] he seems to be everywhere no one wants him to be
Lord yes! I cringe every time I see him. I would think Isabel would too, but if so, she hides it rather well. The actress playing Isabel is so subdued in this role, she seems to be half-stoned all the time.
Let me join those rooting for a Matilde/Ayala romance. I find the actor rather dashing in a portly sort of way. And he's clearly dazzled by Matilde's scientific approach to life. Works for me!
Thanks Anita. Not watching your other show, but certain that you're doing a fabulous job there as well.
Enjoyed your intro, Anita, and all the rest of the recap as well. A few more of my favorite quips:
the leftovers at the party (the human ones) and
[Diego] he seems to be everywhere no one wants him to be
Lord yes! I cringe every time I see him. I would think Isabel would too, but if so, she hides it rather well. The actress playing Isabel is so subdued in this role, she seems to be half-stoned all the time.
Let me join those rooting for a Matilde/Ayala romance. I find the actor rather dashing in a portly sort of way. And he's clearly dazzled by Matilde's scientific approach to life. Works for me!
Thanks Anita. Not watching your other show, but certain that you're doing a fabulous job there as well.
Urban, I don't think Teresa would sell her children to the devil.
She'd make more money renting them out.
She'd make more money renting them out.
UA--To continue in this vein with Teresa. Did you notice how she was repelled by Dr. Vicario's touch? I don't think this was just about him, although I wonder if we will get any insight from the writers. I think it was about all men who want to get close enough to her "do the nasty." Frigid is a perfect word for her. It has sort of gone out of my parlance of late. Nice to have it back and be able to use it on someone.
Thank you JudyB. That was so kind of you to say. Am re-watching CME and recalling the good times we had on that Patio.
Julie--I think he was insinuating that the powerful person is none other than Teresa, but he didn't name names since Isabel is her daughter. I think your whole last paragraph on Ayala and Matilde is worth re-reading:
--"Ayala actually has something to offer her. And when he set up that lab for her, it was very different than when Diego gave Isabel the hospital. Sure Ayala wanted to impress Matilde too, but I think he genuinely wanted to put her skills to good use. He sincerely admires her - not just her face, but her mind and spirit as well. I think Mati will appreciate a man who finds those qualities exciting rather than intimidating or annoying, and doesn't mind being challenged." Exactly!
Nanette--I loved your take on Ayala and Matilde having a relationship between equals. I'm not saying they won't end up together. It my mind it's just as likely not to have a pairing at El Fin.
Thank you JudyB. That was so kind of you to say. Am re-watching CME and recalling the good times we had on that Patio.
Julie--I think he was insinuating that the powerful person is none other than Teresa, but he didn't name names since Isabel is her daughter. I think your whole last paragraph on Ayala and Matilde is worth re-reading:
--"Ayala actually has something to offer her. And when he set up that lab for her, it was very different than when Diego gave Isabel the hospital. Sure Ayala wanted to impress Matilde too, but I think he genuinely wanted to put her skills to good use. He sincerely admires her - not just her face, but her mind and spirit as well. I think Mati will appreciate a man who finds those qualities exciting rather than intimidating or annoying, and doesn't mind being challenged." Exactly!
Nanette--I loved your take on Ayala and Matilde having a relationship between equals. I'm not saying they won't end up together. It my mind it's just as likely not to have a pairing at El Fin.
Yes, I did notice that. Makes me wonder whether she only did the deed 3 times with Romulo, if you get my drift. I honestly don't know whether to feel contempt or pity for her.
Gees, thanks Julie, I had forgot our Garrido was pushing daisies. So many twist and turns to remember!!
And I agree about Ayala and Matilde in that if they did "get together" it would be in the more modern sense, a woman still being able to pursue her career, which was quite something anyway at that time, and a man equally engaged in his work who share a love of science and progress. He had met Mati before, but it seemed when she was praying poetic for the love of science that she got his attention. They may be the one couple that makes the most sense in this whole story :)
Teresa's frigid response to touch, even a hug from her own daughter, has always left me intrigued and more than once thought "are any of these kids really hers?" But she especially has always seemed to be terribly aloof with Isa, and I don't think it is because she was daddy's little girl. She has almost an cold attitude to her as someone who is merely there to be manipiulated as she sees fit. The fact seeing Sophia a mess ( which Teresa still won't admit she aided and abetted) she would learn to be more understanding of her other kids...but that would be a big no. Maybe her sorrow over Sophia is too deeply rooted in a daughter that is now an embarrassment and she won't be able to have the outcome on what she planned with her to come to fruition. Sophia was the one she could most manipulate.
Daisynjay
And I agree about Ayala and Matilde in that if they did "get together" it would be in the more modern sense, a woman still being able to pursue her career, which was quite something anyway at that time, and a man equally engaged in his work who share a love of science and progress. He had met Mati before, but it seemed when she was praying poetic for the love of science that she got his attention. They may be the one couple that makes the most sense in this whole story :)
Teresa's frigid response to touch, even a hug from her own daughter, has always left me intrigued and more than once thought "are any of these kids really hers?" But she especially has always seemed to be terribly aloof with Isa, and I don't think it is because she was daddy's little girl. She has almost an cold attitude to her as someone who is merely there to be manipiulated as she sees fit. The fact seeing Sophia a mess ( which Teresa still won't admit she aided and abetted) she would learn to be more understanding of her other kids...but that would be a big no. Maybe her sorrow over Sophia is too deeply rooted in a daughter that is now an embarrassment and she won't be able to have the outcome on what she planned with her to come to fruition. Sophia was the one she could most manipulate.
Daisynjay
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Yes, Teresa makes a big deal out of it any time the doctor touches her. She also reacts awkwardly when her own children hug her. She's got Issues. If she's always been this way, then even three times with Romulo would have been an ordeal - for both of them. And if she hasn't always been this way, there must be quite a backstory to go along with it.
Thanks, Anita, I missed it all except for the last 5 minutes and of course Uni has not posted it yet on OnDemand. Your recap was excellent. Sorry I missed Ayala's musings but loved your "worm" rendition. I cannot wait for all of the reactions and power positioning in the face of the exhumation request.
Tks Anita
Just remembered sth, the Doc recognized Diego from somewhere. That was when the Doc first came to Gran Hotel. We have to get to that sooner or later.
Love this novela, gracias Univision, keep more coming. (I doubt it though) They outdid themselves with this one.
Just remembered sth, the Doc recognized Diego from somewhere. That was when the Doc first came to Gran Hotel. We have to get to that sooner or later.
Love this novela, gracias Univision, keep more coming. (I doubt it though) They outdid themselves with this one.
Yes. And doctor (or some guy, whose face we didn't see, who was wearing a cloak just like the doctor's) paid the telegram guy for showing him the telegrams that Diego was sending. Then he paid the telegram a bonus for telling him that Teresa was with Diego. So it would appear that the doctor (or other becloaked man) was specifically following Diego, and found it valuable to know the identity of the woman who was with Diego.
We don't know anything about Diego's past. Dr V could be his father, or working for his father. Or more likely the father of a girl who was mistreated by Diego.
And yeah - I'd like to see more joint ventures between Univision and Televisa. This is so much better than watching an all-Televisa show that's been sliced up by Univision.
We don't know anything about Diego's past. Dr V could be his father, or working for his father. Or more likely the father of a girl who was mistreated by Diego.
And yeah - I'd like to see more joint ventures between Univision and Televisa. This is so much better than watching an all-Televisa show that's been sliced up by Univision.
Princess JuJu is usually on Thursday nights. I just checked the "Recap Creation" page and she's working on a draft as of an hour ago. Let's sit tight for a little longer. We can discuss both episodes tomorrow, I guess.
Anybody have any idea what Angela had hidden in the grotto? Why would she even go out in daylight to check it. Does ANYONE think it's a bag of gold knives? Please answer in unison---NO!
Anybody have any idea what Angela had hidden in the grotto? Why would she even go out in daylight to check it. Does ANYONE think it's a bag of gold knives? Please answer in unison---NO!
Julie--We've forgotten already how Dr. Vic got to the Gran Hotel. It was not accidental or coming for some R&R. He had a purpose to ingratiate himself with Dona Teresa. We have yet to figure it out. Diego is a good start. But we've seen very few interactions between him and the doc. The doc has mainly been seen with Teresa, Sofia and Isabel.
As Gringo says,
Must See TV.
As Gringo says,
Must See TV.
Anita, I am dying to know what's in that bag.
I used to have a bag like that when I was a kid. I kept marbles in it. So my vote is for marbles. And yeah, kind of nutty to go check it out in daylight, but maybe she needed something from the bag right away. (Did she take anything out of the bag, or just look and put it back?)
Funny how she kept looking around to see if anyone was watching her... but after she left, she didn't look back to see if anyone else was fooling with it!
I used to have a bag like that when I was a kid. I kept marbles in it. So my vote is for marbles. And yeah, kind of nutty to go check it out in daylight, but maybe she needed something from the bag right away. (Did she take anything out of the bag, or just look and put it back?)
Funny how she kept looking around to see if anyone was watching her... but after she left, she didn't look back to see if anyone else was fooling with it!
Julie--Whatever it was, it meant something to Julio (or for Andres' sake) because he took the bag. That corner of his mattress is sure getting lumpy with all the things under it.
I really worried about Sofia when she heard the screaming and saw what was happening. I certainly hope the lady who led her away will be a pretty normal friend.
I really worried about Sofia when she heard the screaming and saw what was happening. I certainly hope the lady who led her away will be a pretty normal friend.
Havent commented much but I finally caught up! Thanks Anita for the recap. I have to admit that i feel a bit bored from El Hotel. Julio no longer interests me , Felipe is a goner, Isabel became bland. The only few reasons I am watching is to see Ayala& Matilde hookup , the Killer, Angela's story and the antics that Diego & Teresa pull. After Christina's death , the show sort of turned away from being a spy thriller and transformed instead into the sitcom "Crash and Burn of the Alarcons" . It is worth sticking around because of the mighty cast and the promise that it could improve but I dont't feel that the story is doing itself any favors to be the Number Uno show. But enough ranting for now.
I too got very bad vibes from that church(I hope there aren't any old pedophiles there ). The pastor is Elise's friend and Elise always brought troubles. I wonder what will happen when Tere finds out that Elise is just piss and broken bones? . Elise is just using her for the money now, if she was still rich she would have already packed her bags. I hope Tere smothers her with a pillow one day. Or she becomes a target of the Gold Knife Killer.
Why was Queta Levat casted in the story? She seemingly plays a filler character no one cares about but no one in this story is actually filler except Felipper. I want more slot for Doc V! Speaking of Doc V , I hope that they resolve to what his actual intentions are with the Alarcons. Will he end up falling for Tere?
I too got very bad vibes from that church(I hope there aren't any old pedophiles there ). The pastor is Elise's friend and Elise always brought troubles. I wonder what will happen when Tere finds out that Elise is just piss and broken bones? . Elise is just using her for the money now, if she was still rich she would have already packed her bags. I hope Tere smothers her with a pillow one day. Or she becomes a target of the Gold Knife Killer.
Why was Queta Levat casted in the story? She seemingly plays a filler character no one cares about but no one in this story is actually filler except Felipper. I want more slot for Doc V! Speaking of Doc V , I hope that they resolve to what his actual intentions are with the Alarcons. Will he end up falling for Tere?
Regardless of the boring main romance, I think this show is worth watching for the quality of the Spanish. In every episode, there is usually some rich, complex sentences that I wish I were able to master and speak fluently myself. The phrases Nandicta picked were excellent, and in Anita's episode, while some found Ayala's musing on decomposition a bit maudlin, I found it fascinating as a treatise on the insignificance of our individual bodies in the cosmos as a whole.
The dialogue is simply far and above the usual "qué haces aqui?" "voy a tomar cartas en el asunto" of the typical telenovela.
The dialogue is simply far and above the usual "qué haces aqui?" "voy a tomar cartas en el asunto" of the typical telenovela.
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