Saturday, May 28, 2016
Sueño de Amor (SdA) #58. Friday May 27, 2016. This Episode Is Brought To You By Hallmark’s Mexican Cousin. ¡Feliz Día De Las Madres!
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| If I hear “Happy Mother’s Day” one more time, so help me, I will unleash the Cyclops on you! |
At a glance
-- In case you didn’t notice, it’s Mother’s Day in Sueñolandia.
A closer look
Ernesto informs an inebriated Kracy that Ricardo is in jail for assaulting him. This incident would be helpful in the custody battle.
At Casa Manzanares, Félix is meditating to connect with his inner self. Margarita thinks he should connect with her inner self instead. She crashes on top of him like a pile of rubble. Nookie time!
The next morning, the Guerrero kids surprise their Mamá with gifts in bed and wish her a Happy Mother’s Day. “Las Mañanitas” is playing. In addition to a beautiful bouquet of red roses, Pato and Pedro give Esperanza a framed photo of the three of them, taken ten years ago on Mother’s Day. They reminisce about all the fun they had that day. Esperanza tells them that they may have been mischievous (traviesos) at times but they are wonderful children and the greatest blessing that life bestowed upon her. Pato says that she and her brother are very proud of their Esperanza/hope, of their Guerrero/warrior mom. Pedro has every faith that they will spend many many Mother’s Days together in the future. ¡Abrazo Guerrero!
At Casa Manzanares, Margarita discovers a generously adorned breakfast table and a big basket of daisies, the flowers she was named after. Her granddaughters jump from behind the table and nearly give her a heart attack: “Surpriiiiise!” They thank their grandma for being the funnest, most loving, most supportive and most entertaining abuela. She gives them la bendición and prays that the Holy Cross protect them from all dangers, including a sudden and violent death. Yep, it was a slightly awkward bendición. The girls give their abuela a miniature replica of her motorcycle. She loves it!
At the Ministerio Público/Public Prosecutor’s Office, Detective Rentería informs Ricardo that the assault charges against him have been dropped, because Ernesto claims he and Ricardo are friends. However, Ricardo must answer charges for resisting arrest and for disrespecting the authorities.
At Ernesto’s pad, Kracy has a mighty hangover. Ernesto gives her the file containing all the info she needs regarding the assault he suffered at the hands of her ex-husband. Kracy is grateful for Ernesto’s help and doesn’t know how to repay him. “With your loyalty and your silence”, he replies. He sarcastically wishes her a Happy Mother’s Day.
At the Ministerio Público, Ricardo is free to go but he is still giving Detective Rentería attitude. He phones Iker: How are the kids? Still asleep. Instead of a thank you, Iker receives further instructions from his ex-boss: The kids’ school uniforms are still in my house, look for them, get Selena and Rodrigo dressed, I’ll pick them up later. Iker must be thinking to himself: What am I, your governess? Ricardo needs to go to work at Instituto Palacios. The last thing he needs now is to lose his job.
Ernesto calls Esperanza to let her know that he dropped the charges (otorgar el perdón) against Ricardo as promised. He also wishes her a Happy Mother’s Day. She informs him that she’ll be working in the morning and going to her doctor’s appointment in the afternoon. He offers to accompany her but she declines. He offers to send her a driver but she declines. After hanging up, she tells her kids that her priority now is to secure their future financially.
Kiko is released from the hospital. The road to recovery is long so the doctor instructs him to take it easy. On their way home, the Gallos bump into Sansón, the dandy loan shark, who reminds Erasmo that he has 3 weeks to repay him the borrowed money + interests. Erasmo tells him he’ll get it all as agreed, just stop scaring his little siblings. I would really like to know how the construction worker who can’t afford milk and tomatoes is going to come up with 15,000 bucks in 3 weeks. He must’ve encountered an alchemy recipe for turning cement into gold. Sansón thinks Erasmo’s little sister is a hottie (está hecha un bombón) and he’s prepared to cancel the debt if he gets to tap that. Erasmo is offended and tries to play macho but all he achieves is getting himself punched in the kidneys. I don’t feel sorry for him one bit. What an absolute and utter numpty! He puts himself and the siblings who depend on him in danger, just to ease his conscience about Kiko’s accident, which he believes he provoked. Erasmo deserves to be slapped around daily. Para que se le quite lo menso. To help him lose his dumba$$ery.
At Instituto Palacios, Gonzalo Santillana, the Pimp-in-Chief struts around the halls with a ceremonial cane in hand and with two gorillas shadowing him. He confiscates Félix’s hoverboard, greets Esperanza and heads to the principal’s office to see his wife. He asks why she hasn’t located Cristina. Bárbara swears she tried everything but she can’t get ahold of Cristina. She even waited outside her house for a whole hour but Cristina wouldn’t open. Qué the hell? Is Cristina Whatchmacallit the founding mother of pedagogy? Did she conceptualize the modern theories of education?
Cristina is in her house looking at pictures of her kid and looking sad. For fudge sake, we’ve seen this 32 times already! Cristina looks at a note saying: “Your daughter is dead” and a newspaper clipping saying that a 5-year-old girl, called Abril Sousa Vélez, has drowned. Cristina says out loud: “You can’t be dead, my darling!” or something to this effect. I’m bored with this nonsense already. Osorio hired the bootylicious blonde, with a fresh tabloid scandal, in order to raise the ratings, but he doesn’t know what to do with her yet. How about giving her a few lines every now and then?
At Viviana’s penthouse, Luca brings his mother flowers and wishes her a Happy Mother’s Day. There is also another bouquet on the table. It’s from Mario. He too wishes her a Happy Mother’s Day. His note also says that he admires her and can’t stop thinking about her. He asks her out for a cup of coffee. Luca tells his mom she deserves to be happy.
At the constructora, Mario tries his butch voice and macho turkey walk on the secretaries. Begoña and Arleth are quite puzzled but ultimately unimpressed.
At Instituto Palacios, Esperanza greets her students as they enter the classroom. Salma wants to know what happened on Saturday: Why did she stand up her groom? Esperanza doesn't answer. Ricardo arrives. He is so depressed he grew three-day stubble practically overnight. He asks whether what Ernesto told him was true. Esperanza evades his question and gives him back his engagement ring. He doesn't want to take it because it’s hers. She puts the ring in his hand and tells him she has a class to teach. He demands to know the truth. She wants him to stay away from her. She closes the classroom door practically in his face. He looks at the ring and puts his droopy sadface on. She sheds one single tear in slow motion. Her meddlesome pupils, Salma and Virgilio, take turns asking questions about the cancelled wedding. She tells them to sit their nosy a$$es down and stop being a nuisance.
In the hallway, outside Esperanza’s classroom, Félix makes one of his smart-alecky remarks: “Didn't you hear the bell (timbre), Maestro Alegría?” Ricardo tells him to stuff it. He’s not in the mood for his baloney today.
Sweet blessed Virgen de la Paz! The Santillanas are still talking about locating the only person with a PhD in Pedagogy in the whole western hemisphere! Have you tried hiring mercenaries to kidnap her? Honestly, can we just move past this crapola already? The dialogue is so lame, the comedy is so cringeworthy, Osorio should’ve invested the money spent on all these additional actors on a new set of writers who are not barely literate 11 year olds. Just saying.
At Casa Gallo, Estrella is reproaching Erasmo for his stoopidity. Why didn’t he just ask Luca for help? Because he already owes him money; besides, Luca doesn’t walk around with brutal goons in tow and Erasmo is itching for a regular beating. The Gallos decide to sell their smartphones and the recently-operated wheelchair-bound teenage boy volunteers for child labor. This is their solution. This and praying to their dead mother and a picture of the Virgin. More Mother’s Day talk and a 5-minute praying scene ensue. I can’t even! My brain cells are shriveling up from the sheer inaneness of it all!
More Mother’s Day gabbing between Viviana and Adrián. He says this imperfect son loves you. She say this imperfect mother loves you. I say this imperfect viewer has had it with all the bulldung filler scenes. After Adrián hangs up, Dr. Mireya suggests they do a dramatization of his problems because she knows he likes acting and because talking things out is for suckers. Osorio feels the old school therapy methods are not exciting enough. That’s why he’s giving us yet another useless over-the-top scene of yelling, grimacing and crying in slo-mo to dramatic music, in order to fill the rest of this eventless episode.
Ernesto and Luca talk about Esperanza’s condition. Ernesto wants the best medical care for the woman of his life. He wants to take her to the one place where all TN medical emergencies and hopeless health crises head, in search of miraculous recoveries: Houston, Texas. Ernesto wants to enlist the services of the best oncologist in the world, who must be in Houston, Texas, too, obviously. Luca tells him not to insist too much. It’s lucky enough that Esperanza lets Ernesto back in her life.
At Instituto Palacios, in Ricardo’s classroom, Pamela noticed that her favorite singing/joking teacher is sad. She gives him a lollipop to brighten his day and tells him to cheer up. Do not to lose your Alegría/joy. Selena says Pamela is right. On his way out of the classroom, Ricardo bumps into Gonzalo Santillana and introduces himself. Gonzalo says Ricardo’s last name doesn't match up to his aspect (semblante). Oh bite me, Pimpy!
Esperanza tells Bárbara she can no longer direct the musical they are organizing in conjunction with the Musturd School. I personally think they should just cancel it. The male lead is in rehab, the female lead is pregnant, the villana caught the eye of a violent thug and the director has stage 4 cancer. Maybe the Gods of Amateur Musical Theater are trying to tell them something.
In jail, Silvana is celebrating Mother’s Day by swearing revenge on her own kids. After an entire episode of Mother’s Day schmaltz stuffed down my throat, I’m as cheerful as Principal Crazy-Eyes! Yeah, screw Mother’s Day! Make this episode end already!
At the constructora, Anastasia wishes Kracy a Happy Mother’s Day. Kracy fills her in on what went down at the courthouse. The judge decided that, given the documented instance of violence, Ricardo is too dangerous to be allowed around his children. The authorities will intervene to retrieve Selena and Rodrigo from their father’s place of residence.
At Instituto Palacios, Ricardo intercepts Pato in the hallway. He wants to know what’s going on. No way would Esperanza stop loving him overnight. Pato gives him the official party line. He doesn’t buy it. He knows something's up. Pedro comes to the rescue and tells Ricardo to give up the chase (resignarse), already. It’s over. Esperanza doesn’t love him.
At the hospital, the oncologist tells Esperanza, Pato and Pedro that they need to fill out a request form (solicitud) for the operation and submit it to the hospital’s administration. The admin will notify them when there is an appointment available for Esperanza's procedure to be performed.
Mario and Viviana meet at the constructora. He tries his Macho Macho Man routine on her. She laughs in his face.
Kracy brings the po-po to Ricardo’s home to retrieve the minors because their father is deemed too violent to be left alone with them. Ricardo goes berserk and turns physically menacing in front of the process server and the police. That’s his way of disproving Kracy’s accusations. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, I tell ya.
While the oncologist goes out to get the forms, the Guerrero kids tell their mother what happened with Ricardo at school. They feel bad about lying to him because they like him. Esperanza explains the reasons for ditching Ricardo and making him think she’s planning to shack up with Ernesto. If Ricardo were to find out about her illness, he wouldn’t want to leave her side (despegarse). Esperanza can't allow that. Besides, Ricardo has enough problems as it is.
Goodbye scene at the Alegría house. The kids are sobbing. Ricardo is devastated. Kracy is a b*tch. After everyone leaves, Ricardo takes it out on some innocent furniture. He breaks ornaments, flips a couple of tables, destroys a bookcase and kicks a cardboard box. Slo-mo sadness and dramatic music. It’s been a rough day for the beefcake.
A quote from the capítulo
“Le he aguantado muchas, ¡muchísimas! ¡Hoy, no estoy de humor!”*
*Pi$$ed off Ricky tells Félix to pi$$ off: “I’ve put up with too much, way too much [of your BS]. Today, I’m not in the mood!”
Your viewing vocabulario
(these definitions are context-specific, unless otherwise indicated)
travieso(a) = mischievous, naughty.
otorgar el perdón = to grant the pardon/forgiveness, to drop the charges.
estar hecho(a) un bombón = to look hot, to look good enough to eat.
timbre = a bell.
semblante = aspect, demeanor.
resignarse = to give up.
solicitud = application, request form.
despegarse = to leave, to be separated from.
Thank you for the pleasure of your company. Please join us again for the next capítulo. We’ll be saving you a seat!
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Hey Patio Pals! Sorry about the delay. Internet problems plus the Champions' League Final is on. I shall correct the typos later!
Many thanks to Jarifa and Pablo for their wonderful recaps for Wednesday's and Thursday's episodes, respectfully. They were a joy to read!
Enjoy the recap and discussion! I'll catch ya tomorrow because, depending on the outcome of the final, I'll either be celebrating or I'll be pouting in a corner. So far so good though! ¡Hala Madrid! :)
Many thanks to Jarifa and Pablo for their wonderful recaps for Wednesday's and Thursday's episodes, respectfully. They were a joy to read!
Enjoy the recap and discussion! I'll catch ya tomorrow because, depending on the outcome of the final, I'll either be celebrating or I'll be pouting in a corner. So far so good though! ¡Hala Madrid! :)
Terrific recap Nandicta.
"Félix is meditating to connect with his inner self. Margarita thinks he should connect with her inner self instead", "he must’ve encountered an alchemy recipe for turning cement into gold" and Is Cristina Whatchmacallit the founding mother of pedagogy?" were among my favorites. The vocabulary was great.
Ricardo knows Esperanza loved him. Loves him. He should have gone to her house and refused to leave until she told him the truth. I don't like that Esperanza enlisted her children as part of the fortress she locked herself away in and that they had to aid and abet her in her lies. If she was determined to go ahead with this harebrained scheme, she should have told him herself as coldly and unemotionally as she was when she returned his ring.
Ernesto is a bad ass but at least he has some serious medical connections and is going to get her the best possible treatment. I can't shake the feeling Ricardo would still be sitting wringing his hands if she had told him the truth.
Thank heavens for Margarita. And Felix. And the nice gift Salma and Kritel gave her.
And that was about it for the levity.
So Sil is seeking vengeance on her own children? Even that plot is a bit farfetched for this, isn't it?
Erasmo, you are simply too hawt to be acting like an idiot. Go to Luca, borrow the money and pay your debt before you lose a limb, Estrella gets attacked and poor Kiko ends up permanently paralyzed.
Diana
"Félix is meditating to connect with his inner self. Margarita thinks he should connect with her inner self instead", "he must’ve encountered an alchemy recipe for turning cement into gold" and Is Cristina Whatchmacallit the founding mother of pedagogy?" were among my favorites. The vocabulary was great.
Ricardo knows Esperanza loved him. Loves him. He should have gone to her house and refused to leave until she told him the truth. I don't like that Esperanza enlisted her children as part of the fortress she locked herself away in and that they had to aid and abet her in her lies. If she was determined to go ahead with this harebrained scheme, she should have told him herself as coldly and unemotionally as she was when she returned his ring.
Ernesto is a bad ass but at least he has some serious medical connections and is going to get her the best possible treatment. I can't shake the feeling Ricardo would still be sitting wringing his hands if she had told him the truth.
Thank heavens for Margarita. And Felix. And the nice gift Salma and Kritel gave her.
And that was about it for the levity.
So Sil is seeking vengeance on her own children? Even that plot is a bit farfetched for this, isn't it?
Erasmo, you are simply too hawt to be acting like an idiot. Go to Luca, borrow the money and pay your debt before you lose a limb, Estrella gets attacked and poor Kiko ends up permanently paralyzed.
Diana
Permalink posted by 
: Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 5:41:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 5:41:00 PM EDT
And the scene where Ricardo's children were taken away was awful.
Couldn't Tracy let things go? She doesn't care about her children and can't take care of them properly.
I'm not totally convinced Ricardo is at rock bottom. Yet.
Diana
Couldn't Tracy let things go? She doesn't care about her children and can't take care of them properly.
I'm not totally convinced Ricardo is at rock bottom. Yet.
Diana
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 5:43:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 5:43:00 PM EDT
Excellent recap, thanks!
I am also thinking that if these people own the school and they wanna make money out of it, they should have had a plan B for emergencies. It is not possible that they lose the little bit of reputation (and profit) if Cristina the firewoman of education never shows up, or Virgen forbid, die suddenly in her sleep.
I am also thinking that if these people own the school and they wanna make money out of it, they should have had a plan B for emergencies. It is not possible that they lose the little bit of reputation (and profit) if Cristina the firewoman of education never shows up, or Virgen forbid, die suddenly in her sleep.
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 5:46:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 5:46:00 PM EDT
Well, I just made a pot of coffee and sat down with a nice fresh donut ready to enjoy your marvy recap and I did. . "Dumbassery" indeed! There is an epidemic of dumbassery with several terminal cases.
The only plot line I am enjoying is the continuing adventure of Margarita and Félix. Corny but funny.
So, now we know Cristina's daughter was taken by the child's father and she "supposedly" died. ITA it is time to see Cristina already . It makes me wonder if they think that by actually extending the buildup to her appearance they are going to have to fill in less episodes on the back side after her initial integration into the plot. We just seem to be treading water right now.
I was happy that Estrella at least knows that the neighborhood lunatic loan shark could be taking payment for the loan in the form of raping her. Hey, we have he two rapes already. Would they go for three? Now that Erasmo got a "taste" of the deal he made, will he ask Erasmo for help or put his siblings also at risk for his stupidity? Maybe Kiko could lose his ability to walk a second time. Too stupid of a plot line to give more time to.
Is Houston in Esperanza's future? She wouldn't want to go but she gives in on everything anyway except on telling Ricardo the truth.
One good thing was that at least Tracy was also so very obnoxious when the police came by to enforce the custody order. I am hoping the kids get to go into foster care.
Thank you, Nandicta, for the laughs! I hope your team does well!
The only plot line I am enjoying is the continuing adventure of Margarita and Félix. Corny but funny.
So, now we know Cristina's daughter was taken by the child's father and she "supposedly" died. ITA it is time to see Cristina already . It makes me wonder if they think that by actually extending the buildup to her appearance they are going to have to fill in less episodes on the back side after her initial integration into the plot. We just seem to be treading water right now.
I was happy that Estrella at least knows that the neighborhood lunatic loan shark could be taking payment for the loan in the form of raping her. Hey, we have he two rapes already. Would they go for three? Now that Erasmo got a "taste" of the deal he made, will he ask Erasmo for help or put his siblings also at risk for his stupidity? Maybe Kiko could lose his ability to walk a second time. Too stupid of a plot line to give more time to.
Is Houston in Esperanza's future? She wouldn't want to go but she gives in on everything anyway except on telling Ricardo the truth.
One good thing was that at least Tracy was also so very obnoxious when the police came by to enforce the custody order. I am hoping the kids get to go into foster care.
Thank you, Nandicta, for the laughs! I hope your team does well!
Diana, you are so right in comparing Ernesto and Ricardo. I also agree Ricardo has a ways down to go yet.
Pablo, so funny. Guess if Cristina does not come they better dig a hole, jump in and pull the school in behind them. : )
Pablo, so funny. Guess if Cristina does not come they better dig a hole, jump in and pull the school in behind them. : )
Well... MD Anderson is ready to take her juenéver she is ready!!
If someone has the chance to check the wedding invitation, please do. I am sure I saw the date of the wedding as september 1st and now is mother's day???? Did I miss the time lapse and Esperanza did not died in the three easy instalments of 3, 6 (or 9 months if she uses Opdiva) that she supposed to live? I know, I know, I am nickpicking when there are other issues WAY MORE ABSURD than keeping a straight timeline (without wormholes)!! Jajaja!
If we're playing Bingo and rape already showed up, but we have more than two, can we use them all to win faster?
If someone has the chance to check the wedding invitation, please do. I am sure I saw the date of the wedding as september 1st and now is mother's day???? Did I miss the time lapse and Esperanza did not died in the three easy instalments of 3, 6 (or 9 months if she uses Opdiva) that she supposed to live? I know, I know, I am nickpicking when there are other issues WAY MORE ABSURD than keeping a straight timeline (without wormholes)!! Jajaja!
If we're playing Bingo and rape already showed up, but we have more than two, can we use them all to win faster?
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 6:16:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 6:16:00 PM EDT
Jarifa, thank you for noting "One good thing was that at least Tracy was also so very obnoxious when the police came by to enforce the custody order. I am hoping the kids get to go into foster care". Absolutely.
I know Tracy was crying during the scene but I kept thinking (heaven help me) she was crying because she would have to take care of her children and not because they were beside themselves as they wanted to stay with their father. In any event, the matron (or whatever her title) was eyeing Tracy suspiciously and not kindly.
Diana
I know Tracy was crying during the scene but I kept thinking (heaven help me) she was crying because she would have to take care of her children and not because they were beside themselves as they wanted to stay with their father. In any event, the matron (or whatever her title) was eyeing Tracy suspiciously and not kindly.
Diana
Permalink posted by : Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 6:50:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 6:50:00 PM EDT
Nandicta, your recap was very intertaining, even your frustration with the mindless dribble. Its good that granny prayed for her grandaughters to be protected from danger cuz their mom Is a crazy a$$ bitch who blames them for the disaster that is her mess of a life (what a wonderful mother she is)!!
That guy that went to the loanshark, that wasn't very smart, but I do feel abit sorry,for his sis & bro because of the dumbness and the stupidity of going to a loan shark. Hes got a rich friend that may have helped him out, stupid is what stupid does. And He done it. The stupid!
Kracy cares nothing for her children. If she did their cries would have touched her heart. Butcha gotta have one. She don't. The social worker was lookin at kracy smiling at the pain on ricky's face instead of being more concerned about the trama she was inflincting on her babies. the woman is dead inside, she shouldn't be nobody's mother. She should have been barren. The woman that was jogging that slapped Ricardo, her child was stolen away from her, and her heart Is broken, crazy don't give a damn about hers. She just want hers to use to hurt their dad. See the irony here. some people should not be parents. just an observation people.
For my part they don't even need to let silvy out of jail. Thats another waste of air space. But out she comes to make trouble for the already troubled.
I don't even want to say anything about espy. she has enough problems she just brought more trouble on herself with the lies and bringing her kids In on the lies and then turning back to that jerk that got her knocked up all those years ago. Lets hope this week gets better. If this episode was dedicated to mothers day they really should have left
It on the cutting room floor.
That guy that went to the loanshark, that wasn't very smart, but I do feel abit sorry,for his sis & bro because of the dumbness and the stupidity of going to a loan shark. Hes got a rich friend that may have helped him out, stupid is what stupid does. And He done it. The stupid!
Kracy cares nothing for her children. If she did their cries would have touched her heart. Butcha gotta have one. She don't. The social worker was lookin at kracy smiling at the pain on ricky's face instead of being more concerned about the trama she was inflincting on her babies. the woman is dead inside, she shouldn't be nobody's mother. She should have been barren. The woman that was jogging that slapped Ricardo, her child was stolen away from her, and her heart Is broken, crazy don't give a damn about hers. She just want hers to use to hurt their dad. See the irony here. some people should not be parents. just an observation people.
For my part they don't even need to let silvy out of jail. Thats another waste of air space. But out she comes to make trouble for the already troubled.
I don't even want to say anything about espy. she has enough problems she just brought more trouble on herself with the lies and bringing her kids In on the lies and then turning back to that jerk that got her knocked up all those years ago. Lets hope this week gets better. If this episode was dedicated to mothers day they really should have left
It on the cutting room floor.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 1:26:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, May 29, 2016 at 1:26:00 PM EDT
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