Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Sueño de Amor (SdA) #59. Monday May 30, 2016. Love Means Never Having To Say The Truth
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| In case you're wondering, this is Osorio's attempt to provide us with wholesome family-friendly softcore porn. |
At a glance
-- Esperanza continues to crush Ricardo’s heart, while allowing Ernesto to get close to her and to her family.
-- Estrella receives an indecent proposal from Sansón, the loan shark dandy.
-- Anastasia finds the sextape she intended to blackmail Saint Luca with.
A closer look
Ricardo vandalizes his own apartment after the police and his ex-wife take away his children.
At the oncologist’s office, Esperanza fills out the paperwork needed to request an appointment for her gastrectomy. Dr. Cutie Pie says the hospital admin shall get back to them in 3 days. He prescribes some medicines to alleviate Esperanza’s pain as well as vitamins to stimulate her appetite. Pedro enquires about alternative medicine treatments against cancer. Dr. Medrano says they are permitted as long as they are taken in moderation and in conjunction with chemo. The Guerrero trio is very jovial, considering the circumstances. Dr. Medrano thinks they make a lovely family.
At Casa Manzanares, Margarita plans to sell her motorcycle because she needs money. However, she doesn't think she will get much for it since it is old and rattled (traqueteada), just like her. Félix gives her the compliment she was fishing for: Old and rattled? Of course not! She is nothing of the sort. Margarita jokes: “Does this mean I could pass for half new?” Don’t push your luck, Márgara! She asks Félix about his previous love affairs but realizes right away that she touched a sore spot (poner el dedo en la llaga). Changing the subject, they decide to go for a motorcycle ride around the city.
At the constructora, Mario and Viviana are having coffee. They laugh at Margarita’s suggestions for Mario’s Macho Macho Man makeover. Viviana does however agree that Mario’s wardrobe could need a little updating. Mario says he doesn’t have the money to be buying new clothes right now. He asks how Adrián is doing. Getting better. She asks how Salma is doing. Having ups and downs (con altas y bajas). Viviana thinks it must be hard for Salma to go to school while being pregnant. Viviana says she was barely 20 when she got pregnant with Luca, and hers was an undesired pregnancy as well. She had boinked Ernesto’s friend then lied about Luca’s paternity, making Ernesto believe that the kid was his. Still, when Luca found out the truth about his origin, he forgave his mother, because he is “the most noble person in the world”. True. We are waiting to hear back about his canonization any day now.
Luca is asking Begoña to make copies. Anastasia ambushes him and announces, in front the secretaries, that she has a USB key which contains raunchy footage, starring the two of them. Luca tells her to get lost. He suggests she does something productive with her life instead of being a parasite and a nuisance.
Kracy brings Selena and Rodrigo to Ernesto’s penthouse. Understandably, the kids are more excited to see the housekeepers than to be around their mother. Kracy warns Greta, the housekeeper, that the next time she lets the kids “escape” to be with their father, not only will she get fired but she will also face prosecution. Kracy orders Greta to entertain the snot-nosed brats (mocosos) and prevent them from coming downstairs. Mother of the Year is ready to start boozing when Anastasia calls. “Hello ally!”, she answers with faked enthusiasm. Anastasia tells her that she can’t view the USB key in the company computer. Is there a computer in Ernesto’s place? Seriously, who writes this dumb dialogue? Anastasia prances out, but not before making a snooty remark to the secretaries and giving them a disdainful look. “¡Ay, qué hígado!” (What a pain in the neck! Literally: “What a liver!”), says Arleth. “¡Encebollado (with onions) y oxigenado (bleached)!”, adds Begoña.
During Margarita’s slow ride around the city, Félix gets nauseous. At a stoplight, he tells her he loves her. He never thought he would fall in love again, until now. “Ooooh!”, coos Margarita.
Ernesto visits Dr. Medrano’s office and offers him mucho money to give Esperanza the best medical care.
At Casa Guerrero, Esperanza tells her kids that she doesn’t want them to put their lives on hold for her. However, Pato and Pedro don’t feel like going out. They prefer to spend some quality time with their mother.
Ricardo is sitting in his destroyed living room and looking gloomy when the doorbell rings. It's Iker.
Agustín, aka Sexy Panda, from “Pasión y Poder”, is Óscar, Cristina’s abusive husband. In a flashback scene, Cristina remembers the time he came back from a night of partying. She asks him why he didn’t notify her that he wasn’t going to sleep at home that night. He calls her an idiot and shoves her on the couch: She’s nobody to be telling him what he needs to do. Besides, didn’t he order her to cut her hair short to stop rousing men? Cristina assures him that she is not a flirt. She is his wife and it’s not the first time he spends the night partying (pasar la noche de juerga) while she stays up all night worrying. What happened to him? Why did he change so much? Óscar says he’s sick of her hysterics, her victim act and her constant reproaches. She is a bore and she doesn’t excite him anymore. He adds that a piece of furniture turns him on more than she does. To add insult to injury, Óscar accuses his wife of cheating on him. Cristina wants to know why he changed so much after the birth of their daughter, Abril. As it turns out, Óscar made a business mistake a while back, lost all his money and this failure made him bitter. Moreover, he can’t stand the fact that Cristina is the main breadwinner in their household. Cristina says that Óscar turns his nose up at every job opportunity, thinking it is beneath him. His violent attitude isn’t helping in his job search, either. Óscar has subjected Cristina to verbal and physical abuse for so long that she doesn’t see the point of them staying together. She suggests they separate. Óscar grabs her head violently and pushes it against the table. He holds a vase over her face, ready to strike: “If you mention the word ‘divorce’ again or intend to leave me, I will kill you AND kill Abril, our daughter!” Another nut joins the SdA loony contingent! Welcome! Cristina’s cellphone rings and brings her out of her glum reverie. It’s Bárbara Santillana again. Cristina ignores the call. She walks up to the full-length mirror to let the viewers admire her figure from multiple angles. Óscar’s threat to kill their daughter resounds in her ears. She cries in an esthetically pleasing fashion.
At Casa Alegría, Iker cleans the mess Ricardo did in the living room while listening to his ex-boss rant about his messy life. Luckily for Iker, he has a mission in San Luis Potosí, leaving that evening, so he won't be around to listen to Ricardo's love woes and baby mama drama. Ricardo is convinced that Ernesto pressured Esperanza to stand him up at the altar and break up with him. Ricardo is determined to discover the truth.
At Casa Guerrero, Esperanza reminisces about her happy Rico Suave moments. She tells her kids that she has an idea that would hurt Ricardo to the core (doler hasta el tuétano) and make him stay away from her for good. Ah, isn’t love grand?
At Casa Alegría, poor Iker is still cleaning and Ricardo is still whinging. He even throws the engagement ring he gave Esperanza in the trash. Iker thinks Ricardo ought to let go and start over. This isn’t the Ricardo he knows, the supremely incompetent Interpol agent who let a cartoonish thief slip through his fingers time and time again captured La Sombra and survived prison as well as war. There is nothing left of that Ricardo, says Ricardo; primarily because that Ricardo is a figment of Iker’s imagination. How can he pick up the pieces of his broken heart? His life has been ruined practically overnight! How can he resign himself to losing the woman he abandoned waited for during two decades? How could Esperanza cancel their wedding then, immediately after that, allow despicable Ernesto back in her life? “I don’t know, Ricardo, I just popped in to say hello and I’m now stuck cleaning your pigsty! Maybe it’s true that she doesn’t love you”, says Iker. He also reminds Ricardo that his priority now should be his kids. Ricardo can’t afford to lose them or let them down. Ricardo picks up his kids’ photos and looks at them while pondering Iker’s wise words. He agrees that he must get his priorities straight and heads towards the door. On his way out, Ricardo thanks Iker for being his only friend (I wonder why) and instructs him to lock up after he’s done cleaning. Is Iker now his lackey or what? Iker contemplates the ring he picked up from the pile of broken glass where Ricardo threw it. If I were Iker, I’d keep the ring as payment for the cleaning and counseling services. Oh, and I'd change my address and phone number before getting back from San Luis Potosí.
At the hospital, Dr. Medrano tells Ernesto that there is no need for him to throw money around. The Doc will do his job to the best of his ability anyway, because medicine is his vocation. Ernesto explains to Dr. Medrano that he loves Esperanza and wants her to survive so that the two of them can have a shot at getting back together. The Doc says that he too is interested in his patient’s recovery. Ernesto thinks Dr. Medrano is mocking him. The Doc is merely pointing out the fact that he and Ernesto are on the same team. The illogical argument goes from raised voices to threats to a handshake. Who writes this drivel? Osorio continues to insult the viewers’ intelligence with flapdoodle dialogue, faux-drama filler scenes and foolish pseudo plotlines.
At Casa Galla, Kiko wants his siblings to reconcile. They agree. Erasmo promises Estrella that he’ll fix things. She warns him not to get into another problem in order to get out of the first one he put himself into. She is right; Erasmo has gotten so dumb, he is perfectly capable of borrowing 15k from another loan shark in order to repay the first one. After Erasmo leaves for work, Kiko begs Estrella to take him to see Salma. He has high hopes he can land her as girlfriend. Estrella reminds him that he is a 13-year old boy drooling over a 14-year old girl who is pregnant with the baby of the guy that Kiko’s sister likes. “Yeah but you said that what matters most is what’s in people’s hearts”, protests Kiko. “I’m sure that deep down, if you look really deep, potato-in-mouth girl is nice” (Estrella calls Salma “La papa en la boca” because of the way Salma speaks; she has that pretentious fresa accent that chews out half the words). Still, Estrella believes Kiko ought to take it slow: Is he ready at his age to be a father to a baby who isn’t even his?
At Casa Manzanares, Salma tells Kristel that she doesn’t see herself taking care of a baby. Neither does Kristel, to be honest. Salma discovers that Astrid has made a post on FaceLook regarding a great party in Benja’s house. Salma is dying to attend that party. She complains that she now has a muffin top (lonja) and worries how people will look at her. Kristel advises her little sister to ignore what other people think or else she’ll never be happy. Salma says she wants to reconcile with Astrid because she is her only friend (I wonder why). Kristel says trust is key in a friendship and Astrid broke it, but whatever. If Salma wants to forgive the girl who published the news of her pregnancy all over social media, that's up to her. Salma also admits that she still has a thing for Adrián. “What about Kiko?”, asks Kristel. Oh, he’s just a friend, says the pregnant teenage rapist.
Ernesto visits his son in rehab and brings him a Kindle-like device called Lectopress. This entire scene is just an excuse for product placement. Father and son gush over the women they love but lost due to their own dumba$$ery.
At Casa Guerrero, Esperanza wakes up from her nap and has a pillow fight with her kids, booing sound effects and all. The scene ends in tears. Esperanza doesn't want this to end. She doesn’t want to die and miss out on all the booing-worthy fun.
Ricardo goes looking for the judge in charge of his children's custody case, a certain Judge Hermida. The uppity secretary tells him the judge is not there and she won’t return that day but if Ricardo wants to wait, then knock yourself out, Sr. Alergia/Mr. Allergy. Ricardo explains his circumstances and she softens a bit. So many fathers are being denied the right to see their kids because of their evil ex-wives. The secretary informs Ricardo that the judge will be back at 8 am tomorrow. He promises he’ll be waiting for her before 8.
At Ernesto’s pad, the Alegría kids meet Anastasia and make fun of her name. Anastasia and Kracy check the USB key when the kids leave. They find the sex video filmed in LA. Anastasia hid the camera in the room and Luca was none the wiser.
At the constructora, Luca enters Mario’s office and finds his mom there. Mario starts to wimpishly apologize and Viviana tells him to remember his Macho Macho Man demeanor. As a result, Mario instantly regains confidence and assures Luca that he means no disrespect. He was merely confabulating with Luca's señora madre.
Estrella and Kiko are ready to leave their house to go to Salma’s. Sansón, the loan shark dandy, is at their door step. He greets them with a creepy “Oooh la la!” His goons hold Kiko in one corner of the room while Sansón makes Estrella an indecent proposal: A life of luxury and an exoneration of Erasmo’s debt if she agrees to be amenable. Sansón promises to turn her into a true Estrella/star. She tells him to get lost. He warns her against telling her brothers about his offer, then he gathers his goons and leaves.
At Ernesto’s pad, Anastasia finds the video she was looking for and plays it for Kracy. Sweet blessed Virgen de la Paz! It’s the overgrown teenager and the peroxide tart doing the nasty in the most vanilla of ways. This is Osorio’s attempt to present his viewers with clean family-friendly softcore porn. Kracy fans herself with a pillow. She must have a pretty lame sex life if she was turned on by that “Kinky Sex for Dummies” instructional video. Anastasia recalls the wonderful times and trips she shared with Luca. Kracy calls her bipolar for getting involved with Ernesto when she says she loves Luca. Or is this some form of Daddy complex? Does Anastasia see the father who rejected her in Ernesto? “Tell me more about your father”, asks Dr. Philacy. “My dad doesn’t even know I exist”, whines Anastasia. Does this mean Anastasia's father is still alive? Oh no! Not another lame character to later be added to this boiling cauldron of hot mess.
At Casa Manzanares, Estrella evades Kiko’s questions about the loan shark dandy but it does seem she was seriously considering the indecent proposal. Margarita and Félix arrive. They learn that Kiko’s operation was a success and that he can now feel his legs! Yay! Inside, Salma wonders what to wear for Benja’s party. Kristel doesn't think she should go. Besides, she must ask their dad for permission first. Salma refuses to be kept a prisoner for the next 7 months because of the stupid baby.
Ricardo intercepts Esperanza outside her building. He still can’t believe that she broke up with him and that she is treating him so abruptly. She insists that she doesn't love him. He insists that he doesn't believe her. He gets too close to her and brings up Acapulco. She says that she didn’t like Acapulco and that she faked it. Ouch! She’s bringing up the heavy artillery in the “Let’s Blow Ric’s Heart to Smithereens” game. He’d better not insist too much or she’ll start belittling his manhood. Sorry, boo, but we’re just not compatible, maintains Esperanza. Ernesto’s luxury sedan drives by with the window rolled down. Ricardo is indignant and wounded: “Here comes Ernesto to visit you! I don’t understand how you can allow a man you disdain so much back in your life! But as you said yourself, we don’t know each other like we thought we do.” Esperanza doesn’t bat an eyelash as Ricardo continues to vent his pain and frustration: “You are no longer the woman that I thought I knew perfectly. If you said you faked, then you did it very well! You’re such a hypocrite! What a disappointment!” Ricardo turns his back on her and tells Ernesto that he feels like killing him. Ernesto replies with a smirk: “You know where to find me!” Ricardo leaves. Esperanza’s phlegmatic mask melts. She tears up and wishes out loud: “Ricardo, be very happy! You deserve it!” Ah, isn’t love grand?
A quote from the capítulo
“¿Tú no entiendes que me destrozaron el alma? ¿Que el corazón lo tengo hecho pedazos? ¿Que no sé cómo volver a unir todos esos pedazos rotos?”*
*Part of Ricardo’s woe-is-me speech to his only friend, the long-suffering Iker: “Don’t you understand that they destroyed my soul? That my heart is shattered? That I don’t know how to reunite all those broken pieces?”
Your viewing vocabulario
(these definitions are context-specific, unless otherwise indicated)
traqueteado(a) = clattered, rattled. In other contexts, this word can mean hectic or busy.
poner el dedo en la llaga = Literally translates as “to put the finger in the sore/open wound”, i.e. to touch a sore spot, to hit a raw nerve.
con altas y bajas = with ups and down.
mocoso(a) = snot-nosed brat.
hígado = Literally, “liver”. In Mexican Spanish, it also means a pain in the neck.
encebollado(a) = with onions.
oxigenado(a) = bleached with peroxide.
pasar la noche de juerga = to spend the whole night partying/painting the town red.
doler hasta el tuétano = to hurt to the core. “Tuétano” is bone marrow.
lonjas = sometimes called “llantas”. It means midriff bulge, muffin top, love handles, spare tire, belt overhang, all those pesky fat deposits, big or small, that our bodies hang onto for dear life and never allow us to lose.
estar hecho(a) pedazos = to be in pieces, to be shattered, to be broken.
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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Hello Patio Pals! Many thanks for stopping by over the weekend and leaving such fun comments. Enjoy the recap and discussion! Catch ya later! :)
Nandicta, thank you for another excellent recap!
Looks like we hit a new low in the last episode with your local creepy loanshark now wanting to pimp Estrella out. Lovely!
Looks like we hit a new low in the last episode with your local creepy loanshark now wanting to pimp Estrella out. Lovely!
Thanks! Wonderful companion piece during lunchtime...
I am glad I laughed when I didn't have any drink in my mouth!
I wonder why Cristina Velez Valderrama, the supermana of education, has flashbacks iN FULL COLOR!!
Trivia. The positive encouraging message in Esperanza's bedroom reads:
"Dream of me and I will live forever"
I am glad I laughed when I didn't have any drink in my mouth!
I wonder why Cristina Velez Valderrama, the supermana of education, has flashbacks iN FULL COLOR!!
Trivia. The positive encouraging message in Esperanza's bedroom reads:
"Dream of me and I will live forever"
Permalink posted by 
: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 1:17:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 1:17:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the recap, Nandicta!
Nice to see this trainwreck is getting worse by the minute! LOL
Nice to see this trainwreck is getting worse by the minute! LOL
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 1:33:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 1:33:00 PM EDT
That is just grrrrrreat! Not very uplifting. Yikes!
Btw, thinking of trivia, there was a panting of Archangel Michael behind Ricardo when he was moaning in his apt to Iker. Michael is considered the patron saint of police. I do not think anybody mentioned this before?!
Btw, thinking of trivia, there was a panting of Archangel Michael behind Ricardo when he was moaning in his apt to Iker. Michael is considered the patron saint of police. I do not think anybody mentioned this before?!
Nandicta, thank you for the great recap! So much fun.
"We are waiting to hear back about his canonization any day now", "She walks up to the full-length mirror to let the viewers admire her figure from multiple angles" and "She cries in an esthetically pleasing fashion" were among my favorites.
I really felt for Ricardo. Esperanza's words were like a machine gun - rapid fire and painful. He really didn't deserve this.
Marco is brining the crazy! He does it so very well. The man is hawt. When he is bad, he is horrid. But oh my, so handsome.
Jarifa, I didn't know that Michael was the patron saint of police. Thanks for sharing.
Poor Estrella. The lead thug is pathetic but his two cronies are scary.
Nandicta, the vocabulary was delightful.
Diana
"We are waiting to hear back about his canonization any day now", "She walks up to the full-length mirror to let the viewers admire her figure from multiple angles" and "She cries in an esthetically pleasing fashion" were among my favorites.
I really felt for Ricardo. Esperanza's words were like a machine gun - rapid fire and painful. He really didn't deserve this.
Marco is brining the crazy! He does it so very well. The man is hawt. When he is bad, he is horrid. But oh my, so handsome.
Jarifa, I didn't know that Michael was the patron saint of police. Thanks for sharing.
Poor Estrella. The lead thug is pathetic but his two cronies are scary.
Nandicta, the vocabulary was delightful.
Diana
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 1:54:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at 1:54:00 PM EDT
Diana, I know I read it somewhere as I was researching the painting.
So, Cristina's abuser is Marco Méndez. Does he usually play these kind of roles?
So, Cristina's abuser is Marco Méndez. Does he usually play these kind of roles?
What a fun read. I love all your self-censored commentary. And the picture is a hoot. Saint Luca looks like he's making mental notes on what to exclude in his future contracts, or maybe just simplify that and never work for Osorio again. Such a cheesy not hot scene, and yet still completely inappropriate for the family hour! It's lose-lose, exactly what we aim for every day in our little "Swain?! Yo?!" de Amoral.
Are we sure that tumor isn't in Espe's head? Her behavior is nonsense. "I don't want Ricky to suffer the natural results of the vicissitudes of life and death, for which no one is to blame...no, instead I will hurt him myself, deliberately and cruelly. So much better!"
Maybe Anastasia and Loan Sharkie should get together. I think they're perfect for each other.
Poor Iker. How did he become Ricardo's slave? He should find out where Triana went and follow her there, and make sure Ricardo doesn't know where they've gone. Then maybe they should adopt Ricardo's kids and keep them away from both their bioparents.
Are we sure that tumor isn't in Espe's head? Her behavior is nonsense. "I don't want Ricky to suffer the natural results of the vicissitudes of life and death, for which no one is to blame...no, instead I will hurt him myself, deliberately and cruelly. So much better!"
Maybe Anastasia and Loan Sharkie should get together. I think they're perfect for each other.
Poor Iker. How did he become Ricardo's slave? He should find out where Triana went and follow her there, and make sure Ricardo doesn't know where they've gone. Then maybe they should adopt Ricardo's kids and keep them away from both their bioparents.
Good Lord! I don't watch this but yeah, that definitely qualifies as family inappropriate soft core porn. When you think about it, all these novelas seem to have that. Back in the sixties, you only saw stuff like that in the videos smuggled into fraternities. What an innocent time!
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