Saturday, June 25, 2016
Sueño de Amor (SdA) #73. Friday June 24, 2016. When Putting The Kibosh On Someone, Stick To The Tried-And-Tested Classics!
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| ¡Ándale, Poison Froggy! I'll give you a million meaty flies if you get him between the eyes! |
At a glance
-- Kracy's death-by-froggy murder plan failed. Ricardo lives. ¡Maldita sea! Bloomin' heck!
-- Pouty Pato and Loopy Luca call off their wedding. ¡Enhorabuena! Congratulations!
-- The new opening credits indicate it's very likely that the insipid twosome, Cristina and Ricardo, end up together. ¡Da igual! Makes no difference!
A closer look
It’s breakfast time at Casa Guerrero. Anastasia shows up with the wee tot in her arms. She wants him to meet his Auntie Pato, soon-to-be ex-fiancée of his father. Anastasia introduces the baby as Luca, named after his daddy, obviously. She also adds that the unlucky father has already met his Mini-Me. Pato is so shocked and saddened, she starts sobbing. Esperanza accuses Anastasia of renting the baby, as her latest ploy to separate
the PatoLuca pair.
At Casa Manzanares, Félix drew happy faces with fruit on everyone’s plates, to brighten up their morning, but they are all pulling long faces and refusing to eat, with the exception of Margarita. Silvana sets her head on fire trying to prepare omelets. As previously seen 172 times already, she acts all nicey-nicey while thought-bubbling horrible things about her “treacherous” family. Kristel continues to play the love martyr and asks to be excused. She is wearing a dejected look on her face, which is a slight improvement from her distorted snivelly expression that drives me up the wall. She hasn’t eaten a thing in two days and Margarita worries she might faint. Good! Maybe she’ll hit her head when she zonks out and she'll accidentally have some sense knocked into her! Salma is also feeling depressed (apachurrada) because she lost her chance with the only kid who’s ever loved her. Juaréver.
At Casa Manzanares, Félix drew happy faces with fruit on everyone’s plates, to brighten up their morning, but they are all pulling long faces and refusing to eat, with the exception of Margarita. Silvana sets her head on fire trying to prepare omelets. As previously seen 172 times already, she acts all nicey-nicey while thought-bubbling horrible things about her “treacherous” family. Kristel continues to play the love martyr and asks to be excused. She is wearing a dejected look on her face, which is a slight improvement from her distorted snivelly expression that drives me up the wall. She hasn’t eaten a thing in two days and Margarita worries she might faint. Good! Maybe she’ll hit her head when she zonks out and she'll accidentally have some sense knocked into her! Salma is also feeling depressed (apachurrada) because she lost her chance with the only kid who’s ever loved her. Juaréver.
Murillo lurks outside Casa Alegría. Inside, Ricardo invites his kids to the breakfast table but Selena asks to have her hair pigtailed first. She asks her dad whether La Bruja/The Witch will be at school today. Ricardo corrects his little girl: The woman in question is not called The Witch. Her name is Cristina Somethingez Somethingama, Firewoman of Education, Pioneer of Progressive Pedagogy, Creator of Creative Curricula and Advocate for Abused Women, as well as Jocund Jiggly Jogger and Insulter of Insolent Ricardos in her spare time. Phew! Actually, this is a mouthful! Let’s just call her The Witch!
Cristina asks the photo of her lost kid to bring her good luck on her first day at the Palacios.
Mario tries to persuade Kristel to eat. She refuses. He barks that he will prepare her a smoothie and force her to drink it. She refuses. He tells her to get over herself already and quit being an annoying little sh*te, nobody has ever died of love. She twists her face into another one of her grotesque snivelling grimaces and says that maybe she will be the first person to die of love. Only the Scots language can deliver the multi-layered insulting comment worthy of such a pathetic character: Awa' an bile yer heid an make daft soup, ya numpty! Translation: (Go) away and boil your head and make stupid soup, you idiot! This is an invitation to shut up, stop talking utter rubbish and get lost, all rolled into one handy phrase.
At Casa Guerrero, Pato is losing her rag because she feels that Luca keeps lying to her, even though she begged him “a thousand times, millions of times” not to do it. Looks like Pato and I share abysmal math skills and a propensity for exaggeration. Pato says she is really fed up (estar hasta el copete) with her fiancé’s impassivity towards Anastasia’s constant provocations, then she stomps out of the living room in a huff. Pedro asks Esperanza whether she went for her blood test. She says she did and she is hopeful that her iron levels are better, because she has eaten so much spinach lately, it is practically coming out her ears.
Kracy baby-talks Froggy. Juaréver.
Cristina struts her stuff down the halls of Instituto Palacios, in a painted-on nude-colored dress. The brisk clitter-clatter of her Sex-Me-Up heels strikes terror into the hearts of the pupils, who murmur (cuchichear): “Here comes The Witch!”, as they scramble to get out of her way. When she arrives to Bárbara’s office, she finds Esperanza waiting outside and greets her warmly. Ricardo interrupts their friendly chitchat with a “good morning” that Cristina deems anything but good. Using meteorological references, they spar over whose presence is more annoying, while Esperanza looks on. Ricardo nearly calls Cristina cretina/cretin to her face. She is onto him and they begin arguing again. Cristina asks Esperanza to confirm whether or not she heard Ricardo call her cretina. Esperanza wants to stay out of it. Cristina wonders whether Ricardo did something bad to her too. Ricardo interjects that Esperanza is the one who did something bad to him when she cancelled their wedding out of the blue. Cristina understands Esperanza perfectly because she can’t imagine herself being married to such a patán/lout. Ricardo thinks that being married to Cristina must be akin to living in the South Pole during winter and with nothing on but a swimsuit. This whole hate-turns-into-love plotline Osorio is going for is so fake, forced, tedious and charmless, it is boring me to distraction! It's plain to see that the dialogues and situations between Cris and Ric were pondered for and written in 5 minutes tops. Bring back the Stooges! They’re a lesser insult to my senses compared to this hooey!
Pato tells Aranza about Luca’s alleged baby and asks her to guess what his name is. Anastasio? Aranza fancies herself a stooge. Juaréver.
Back at the Palacios, Bárbara gives Cristina carte blanche (manga ancha) as regards the amends needed to rescue the school. She also asks her to sub for Esperanza, who will be going on a two-week leave in a couple of days.
Ricardo is teaching his class about the Water Cycle. Pamela calls Cristina The Witch. Ricardo defends Cristina. Juaréver.
Bárbara picked up on the animosity between Cristina and Ricardo. She wants to know what’s up. Cristina recounts what happened at the self-defense class. Bárbara affirms that Ricardo is a gentleman. Cristina calls him the biggest patán/lout and the most detestable (odioso) man in the universe. A split-screen shows Cristina and Ricardo sporting a dumb deadpan expression on their faces, as their new theme song blares: “No, no, no! You can’t go!”. This means that these two are either falling in love or experiencing stubborn constipation.
In Kracy’s hotel hideout, Kracy is so eager to implement her death-by-froggy assassination plan that she forgot to wear pants this morning. Ernesto informs her that Ricardo took the kids to see a therapist and will be out of the house for a good 3 hours. Grab the lethal (mortífera) frog and let’s boogie! He enquires whether she is worried one of her children might touch the poisonous amphibian. She replies that she doesn’t give a frog’s patootie if her kids die along with their dad. Ernesto is appalled at Kracy’s cruelty.
Dr. Mireya receives the Alegría kids with her usual Santa-on-Prozac cheerfulness and her omnipresent side-ponytail. I fantasize about inviting her and Pedro to the movies, then, as soon as the lights go out, snip snap! I take out the hated man-bun and the pesky side-pony in one fell swoop of my scissors! Aaaah!
At Casa Manzanares, Félix prepares chocolate Jell-O. Margarita tells him how much she worries about Kristel, who has been on hunger strike for the past two days. On his way out of the kitchen, Félix bumps into Silvana and they both fall to the floor. Silvana apologizes for her clumsiness and thought-bubbles insults. Margarita tells her how much she worries about Kristel, who has been on hunger strike for the past two days. Silvana thought-bubbles more insults. Félix’s cellphone pings. Silvana reads the text messages received to Margarita: “I miss you, my love. It’s been a while since you last visited me. I have the bed ready”. Margarita reckons it’s Félix’s ex-girlfriend.
At Casa Alegría, Kracy slips the venomous frog into Ricardo’s bed while Ernesto and Murillo are on the lookout.
At Instituto Palacios, Cristina is putting personal touches to Bárbara’s office, now her own. She and Bárbara talk about the situation with her lost daughter as well as the tasks she’ll have to undertake now that she has finally deigned to work at the Palacios.
Silvana is trying to convince her mom that Félix is cheating on her. Félix arrives with a tray of treats and is eager for the jelly to settle (cuajar). Margarita snarls that the thing not settling well is their relationship and she storms off. Silvana asks Félix to reconsider his stay at Casa Manzanares.
Dr. Mireya concludes that the kids are traumatized by their mother’s kracyness and they need therapy twice a week. Ricardo assures the doc that Kracy is definitely out of the picture, especially now that she is a fugitive (prófuga de la justicia), accused of making a false statement (falso testimonio), possession of a firearm (posesión de arma de fuego) and attempted murder (homicidio en grado de tentativa). Dr. Mireya feeds Ricardo’s inflated ego by telling him that he is a sensational father. Juaréver.
At Casa Manzanares, Margarita is in her bedroom, taking her anger out on a cushion. Félix asks her what is wrong with her. Nothing, she replies. Félix wonders why women always reply that nothing is wrong with them at moments when it is obvious that everything is wrong. Margarita tells him the jig is up (¡Ya salió el peine!) and confronts him about the text messages. “You are cheating on me, inFélix!” (infeliz means miserable or sometimes, as in this context, son of a gun). It turns out that Félix’s ex-girlfriend is deceased and the messages are actually from his mom. The lovebirds reconcile and have an innocent session of make-up pillow fighting that Silvana, who was spying at their bedroom door the whole time, takes for something a lot raunchier.
At Casa Guerrero, Esperanza and Pedro get ready to go to the oncologist’s appointment. Ernesto was supposed to accompany them but he called to say that he has a prior engagement and he can’t make it. Pato heads out to confront Luca about baby Luca.
At Casa Alegría, Selena tells Ricardo that he is the best father in the world and asks permission to go watch TV in his bedroom. Ricardo removes the covers off the bed and finds the tiny golden frog. He prevents his daughter from touching it and takes a picture of the frog to look it up on Foogle.
Dr. Medrano informs Esperanza that her test results are fine. Her gastrectomy is scheduled after tomorrow and will take five hours to complete. After the surgery, Esperanza will be kept in observation for two days.
At the constructora, Pato chews Luca out over the baby situation and over his inability to put a stop to Anastasia’s harassment. She realizes that her mom was right: The two of them don’t know each other and they can’t get married under these circumstances. Pouty Pato gives Loopy Luca back his engagement ring and fidelity band. It’s over! Erasmo, here I come, papasito! Get the birdbath ready, mi rey!
Salma thinks about Kiko and wants to see him. Kiko thinks about Salma and wants to see her. Juaréver.
In Kracy’s hotel hideout, Ernesto monitors the progress of Ricardo’s assassination attempt over the phone, while Kracy paces nervously. He mocks Kracy for her dumb plan: Her murder weapon is unreliable and the authorities will know right away that she is the culprit since she is the only biologist that Ricardo knows. Besides, she is already a fugitive for trying to murder her ex-husband a few days ago. Murillo informs them than a special scientific unit has arrived and retrieved Filomena, the lethal frog, from Ricardo's house. Kracy goes bananas. Ernesto orders her to calm down if she doesn’t want the hotel reception to alert the authorities.
Luca calls his dad to cry over his break-up with Pato. Pato cries to her mom and brother over her break-up with Luca. Juaréver.
Cristina spots Óscar, her violent ex-hubster, on the stairless escalator of a shopping mall. The woman must have Cirque du Soleil acrobatic skills because she somehow manages to run after him in that impossibly tight nude dress.
A quote from the capítulo
“Tienes manga ancha para lo que consideres necesario.”*
*Bárbara butters Cristina up some more: “You have carte blanche for whatever you consider necessary”.
Your viewing vocabulario
(these definitions are context-specific, unless otherwise indicated)
apachurrado(a) = blue, depressed. From the verb “apachurrar”, i.e. to crush, to squash.
estar hasta el copete con algo/alguien = Lit. “to be up to the quiff/pompadour”, i.e. to be really fed up with something/someone.
cuchichear = to whisper, to murmur.
manga ancha = carte blanche, free reign.
odioso(a) = loathsome, detestable.
mortífero(a) = lethal, deadly.
cuajar = to thicken (for a soup), to curdle (for milk), to coagulate (for blood), to settle (for jelly), to crystallize (for an idea), to catch on (for a trend/fashion).
prófugo(a) de la justicia = a fugitive.
falso testimonio = (making) a false statement.
posesión de arma de fuego = (unlawful) possession of a firearm.
homicidio en grado de tentativa = attempted murder.
¡Ya salió el peine! = Lit. “The comb has already come out!”, i.e. a hidden truth has been revealed, a crucial piece of information has come to light and/or a culprit has been discovered, so there is no need to keep covering things up. When using this expression, please ensure that you pronounce “peine” as “pEYné”, properly emphasizing the “ey” sound, or else it would sound like you are saying that the penis has come out and you don’t want that kind of misunderstanding!
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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Morning Amigowz! Enjoy the recap and have a fun start to your weekend!
I look forward to reading your impressions of this episode and the new opening credits. Later! :)
I look forward to reading your impressions of this episode and the new opening credits. Later! :)
Nandicta, great title! Thanks for the laughs this a.m. Last night's episode just made me want to shake my head.
I actually thought Ernesto had a "light bulb moment" when he heard Tracy say it didn't matter if her children died via frog poison and he was going to prevent the murder plot and become a hero. If he only would have acted on that info. Unfortunately, he did not and so he is now dead to me and also deserves to be in jail for his active participation. So, another male character bites the dust. It is sad when Félix seems to be the best of the bunch. Hey, he loves his mum!
Cristina had a statue of La Virgen de la Paz in her office. I wonder if she brought it in or if it was there already. Too funny.
Ricardo finally did a couple of smart things in a timely manner: (what a shock!) he recognized that a frog on his bed was not a normal occurrence. He called the police when he found out it was poisonous. My big question: why didn't he get the locks changed when he knew Tracy was on the run? Guess just a little too logical of a thought for our reactive inhabitants of Sueñolandia. Thinking ahead or any kind of anticipation is just not part of their script unless they are villains, of course.
The whole Pato/Luca/Anastasia/baby/Erasmo/Kristel/Pedro entanglement is just tooooo stupid for words.
I wonder,if the writers have any creative control or if they are fed plot points and told to produce a script. I am betting on the latter.
New opening credits? Missed those. Will have to give a looksee next time.
I actually thought Ernesto had a "light bulb moment" when he heard Tracy say it didn't matter if her children died via frog poison and he was going to prevent the murder plot and become a hero. If he only would have acted on that info. Unfortunately, he did not and so he is now dead to me and also deserves to be in jail for his active participation. So, another male character bites the dust. It is sad when Félix seems to be the best of the bunch. Hey, he loves his mum!
Cristina had a statue of La Virgen de la Paz in her office. I wonder if she brought it in or if it was there already. Too funny.
Ricardo finally did a couple of smart things in a timely manner: (what a shock!) he recognized that a frog on his bed was not a normal occurrence. He called the police when he found out it was poisonous. My big question: why didn't he get the locks changed when he knew Tracy was on the run? Guess just a little too logical of a thought for our reactive inhabitants of Sueñolandia. Thinking ahead or any kind of anticipation is just not part of their script unless they are villains, of course.
The whole Pato/Luca/Anastasia/baby/Erasmo/Kristel/Pedro entanglement is just tooooo stupid for words.
I wonder,if the writers have any creative control or if they are fed plot points and told to produce a script. I am betting on the latter.
New opening credits? Missed those. Will have to give a looksee next time.
Thanks! As I can see, this was the Juaréver recap and it was really funny!
I was watching the news and while the screen was showing all the bad news we can expect, I was delighted reading the recap. The line that made me laugh really loud (soltar una carcajada) was that with Kracy forgetting her pants. True! Nice legs, but that was only the shirt and a belt.
I also noticed the VdlP behind CVV, and I think she brought it. I am not sure, I would have to review the spot the virgin sub game. Or maybe it is the same that shows up wherever she is needed?
OK. Nude body painted dress was great, but when CVV sat down to drink coffee I could see how she became a caterpillar, so I called it yesterday, while watching, the reverse butterfly, since it only looks good when you are standing up. Here, I have to quote Claire from Steel Magnolias: Seen from behind, look like two pigs fighting under a blanket. And since we are on the subject, let aside the dress, how can CVV run the escalator that fast with those shoes??
Now to my notes:
Is customary in the Manzanares household to have bundt cake for breakfast.
Everybody is at the Palacios and Félix is still making jell-o? Why not be working in this time of crisis?
And what is Margarita doing there too? Isn't she the principal at the Vasconcelos?
Silvana: Whaat? Pedro broke up wit Kristel? I will add him up to my list of soon to be dead people. Or pranked. Maybe she made that bundt cake with all that powdered sugar for him!!
I still don't get used to the Hanna-Barbera sound effects, boink!
There's been ages since I heard ''Manga ancha'', ''Carta Blanca'' is more popular.
Pégame, mátame pero no me dejes! Was very popular in Ms Salinas ancient times. Even as a joke, it doesn't look remotely funny in her fight with Félix.
Now that the wedding is temporarily off, Patolucas love theme is played by violins, snif!
And Filomena missed the golden opportunity of doing the alien face grabber stunt on Kracy's face, pity!
One thing Margarita will never advertise: Lanacane anti-chafing gel! LOL!
I was watching the news and while the screen was showing all the bad news we can expect, I was delighted reading the recap. The line that made me laugh really loud (soltar una carcajada) was that with Kracy forgetting her pants. True! Nice legs, but that was only the shirt and a belt.
I also noticed the VdlP behind CVV, and I think she brought it. I am not sure, I would have to review the spot the virgin sub game. Or maybe it is the same that shows up wherever she is needed?
OK. Nude body painted dress was great, but when CVV sat down to drink coffee I could see how she became a caterpillar, so I called it yesterday, while watching, the reverse butterfly, since it only looks good when you are standing up. Here, I have to quote Claire from Steel Magnolias: Seen from behind, look like two pigs fighting under a blanket. And since we are on the subject, let aside the dress, how can CVV run the escalator that fast with those shoes??
Now to my notes:
Is customary in the Manzanares household to have bundt cake for breakfast.
Everybody is at the Palacios and Félix is still making jell-o? Why not be working in this time of crisis?
And what is Margarita doing there too? Isn't she the principal at the Vasconcelos?
Silvana: Whaat? Pedro broke up wit Kristel? I will add him up to my list of soon to be dead people. Or pranked. Maybe she made that bundt cake with all that powdered sugar for him!!
I still don't get used to the Hanna-Barbera sound effects, boink!
There's been ages since I heard ''Manga ancha'', ''Carta Blanca'' is more popular.
Pégame, mátame pero no me dejes! Was very popular in Ms Salinas ancient times. Even as a joke, it doesn't look remotely funny in her fight with Félix.
Now that the wedding is temporarily off, Patolucas love theme is played by violins, snif!
And Filomena missed the golden opportunity of doing the alien face grabber stunt on Kracy's face, pity!
One thing Margarita will never advertise: Lanacane anti-chafing gel! LOL!
Permalink posted by 
: Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 9:34:00 AM EDT
: Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 9:34:00 AM EDT
Nandicta, the summary was absolutely hysterical. Things have really gone off the rails and you took full advantage with great wit.
"Looks like Pato and I share abysmal math skills and a propensity for exaggeration" was one of my favorites.
"Her name is Cristina Somethingez Somethingama, Firewoman of Education, Pioneer of Progressive Pedagogy, Creator of Creative Curricula and Advocate for Abused Women, as well as Jocund Jiggly Jogger and Insulter of Insolent Ricardos" had me smiling away.
"He enquires whether she is worried one of her children might touch the poisonous amphibian. She replies that she doesn’t give a frog’s patootie if her kids die along with their dad. Ernesto is appalled at Kracy’s cruelty". I had not understood this crucial bit of dialog. I had been pinning my hopes on Ernesto and that he was going to win Esperanza's heart and that they would be together after she is cured. Well, this just blew that to smithereens. Jarifa, I sadly must agree that he realized that might occur yet did nothing. I can no longer support him.
Nandicta, I didn't see the new opening credits either but if Ric and Cris end up together and Esperanza ends up dying or alone, I will be very upset. This forced, antagonistic relationship between Ric and Cris does seem forced and unnatural. In order for it to work, it has to be real, along with smoldering chemistry. I don't see that here. I did see it with Espe and Ric early on but.
"Kristel continues to play the love martyr and asks to be excused. She is wearing a dejected look on her face, which is a slight improvement from her distorted snivelly expression that drives me up the wall". Yes. I cannot stand watching her or Pato a minute more. I care a tad bit about who Erasmo ends up with (those eyelashes), but the prospect of either Kristel or Pato just brings on the boredom.
Now that Ernesto has stepped onto the rim of Hades, one of my last hopes for this show has evaporated.
Nandicta, the vocabulary was wonderful. What a wonderful read.
Diana
"Looks like Pato and I share abysmal math skills and a propensity for exaggeration" was one of my favorites.
"Her name is Cristina Somethingez Somethingama, Firewoman of Education, Pioneer of Progressive Pedagogy, Creator of Creative Curricula and Advocate for Abused Women, as well as Jocund Jiggly Jogger and Insulter of Insolent Ricardos" had me smiling away.
"He enquires whether she is worried one of her children might touch the poisonous amphibian. She replies that she doesn’t give a frog’s patootie if her kids die along with their dad. Ernesto is appalled at Kracy’s cruelty". I had not understood this crucial bit of dialog. I had been pinning my hopes on Ernesto and that he was going to win Esperanza's heart and that they would be together after she is cured. Well, this just blew that to smithereens. Jarifa, I sadly must agree that he realized that might occur yet did nothing. I can no longer support him.
Nandicta, I didn't see the new opening credits either but if Ric and Cris end up together and Esperanza ends up dying or alone, I will be very upset. This forced, antagonistic relationship between Ric and Cris does seem forced and unnatural. In order for it to work, it has to be real, along with smoldering chemistry. I don't see that here. I did see it with Espe and Ric early on but.
"Kristel continues to play the love martyr and asks to be excused. She is wearing a dejected look on her face, which is a slight improvement from her distorted snivelly expression that drives me up the wall". Yes. I cannot stand watching her or Pato a minute more. I care a tad bit about who Erasmo ends up with (those eyelashes), but the prospect of either Kristel or Pato just brings on the boredom.
Now that Ernesto has stepped onto the rim of Hades, one of my last hopes for this show has evaporated.
Nandicta, the vocabulary was wonderful. What a wonderful read.
Diana
Permalink posted by : Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 3:46:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 3:46:00 PM EDT
All I can say is that I am having fun with this one only because of my fellow recappers and the ever faithful Diana. All of you guys make it worth it.
Totally agree Jarifa...
I may have lost hope for a happy ending (for characters I care(d) about - Espe and Ernesto) but I never lost enjoyment for all the fun we are having here...
The company (unlike the writing) is sterling.
And, I must admit, I still want to see Kiko walk and Adrian sober. I still care about these characters...
Diana
I may have lost hope for a happy ending (for characters I care(d) about - Espe and Ernesto) but I never lost enjoyment for all the fun we are having here...
The company (unlike the writing) is sterling.
And, I must admit, I still want to see Kiko walk and Adrian sober. I still care about these characters...
Diana
Permalink posted by : Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 5:45:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 5:45:00 PM EDT
Thank you, Nandicta, you made me chuckle more than a few times. All the descriptions you guys make about Cristina are spot on.
And since she and Ric are destined to become a couple, maybe he should be offered a similar title... Hmmm, I'll think about something worthy of his excellence.
I know that in the past we've had galans that were a total turn off and we ended up liking the bad guy, but has the original galan ever been such a favorite? Such a pity...
And since she and Ric are destined to become a couple, maybe he should be offered a similar title... Hmmm, I'll think about something worthy of his excellence.
I know that in the past we've had galans that were a total turn off and we ended up liking the bad guy, but has the original galan ever been such a favorite? Such a pity...
Hello Patio Pals! Thank you for stopping by! Hope you're enjoying your Sunday. Here are the new opening credits for those of you who missed it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94cpd8Lw2w4
I had written a well-thought out comment but stupid Blogger erased it without posting it (I got an error message and when I went back to the previous page it was gone). Oh well!
Jarifa, you are this week's winner of "Spot the Virgin"! ¡Felicidades! A small miracle and a statuette of La Virgen de la Paz shall be delivered to your door any day now.
Your comment about the rare instant of lucidity and common sense that Ricardo experienced when he encountered the frog made me laugh and so did this: "The whole Pato/Luca/Anastasia/baby/Erasmo/Kristel/Pedro entanglement is just tooooo stupid for words." Aranza should have been in there somewhere, but it appears she is at odds with Osorio 'cause he kicked her out of the love octagon, for now.
I had written a well-thought out comment but stupid Blogger erased it without posting it (I got an error message and when I went back to the previous page it was gone). Oh well!
Jarifa, you are this week's winner of "Spot the Virgin"! ¡Felicidades! A small miracle and a statuette of La Virgen de la Paz shall be delivered to your door any day now.
Your comment about the rare instant of lucidity and common sense that Ricardo experienced when he encountered the frog made me laugh and so did this: "The whole Pato/Luca/Anastasia/baby/Erasmo/Kristel/Pedro entanglement is just tooooo stupid for words." Aranza should have been in there somewhere, but it appears she is at odds with Osorio 'cause he kicked her out of the love octagon, for now.
Pablo, your attention to detail continues to astonish me but I think that hanging out with you on the Patio is making me notice more things. In fact, I did spot the sugar-drenched bundt cake on the Manzanares breakfast table, the sad violin version of the PatoLuca and the boink! sound effects when Margarita was beating up that cushion. The other stuff you mentioned went right over my head but I'm getting better. Thank you maestro!
whew doesn't appear to be getting better but thank you Nandicta.
Why didn't they have the Shadow kill Ricky and bring in a new love interest for Esperanza?
Why didn't they have the Shadow kill Ricky and bring in a new love interest for Esperanza?
Diana, you're right about the romantic entanglements being uninspired, forced, and boooring. Osorio is playing the pairing musical chairs game just to stretch the TN further and it's getting really annoying, if you ask me. I think that regardless of how this clunker ends and whomever ends up shacking up with whom, the end result for viewers will be the same: disappointment and irritation. My personal guess is that everything will go back to square one, save some minor modifications:
-- Esperanza alone with her dream of love school and her kids.
-- Ricardo shacks up with the first blonde that crosses his path after "he is separated" from his "one-and-true love" (insert major eye roll!).
-- Kracy is cleaning poop in a women's jail (Osorio has a major fascination with fecal matter and feels that the utmost punishment for a villana is having her up to her eyeballs in doo-doo). Anastasia loses her peroxide mane, gets fat and poor, perhaps even accompanies Kracy in jail and the two of them get daily beatings by La Tuerta.
-- Ernesto dies.
-- Silvana repents.
-- Pato/Luca/Baby Luca, Estrella/Adrián, Salma/Kiko and Aranza/Pedro. Erasmo will meet a new gal. Kristel will end up alone for playing with two love interests, just like el perro de las dos tortas (the dog of the two sandwiches) and just like Nando in MCET.
-- Esperanza alone with her dream of love school and her kids.
-- Ricardo shacks up with the first blonde that crosses his path after "he is separated" from his "one-and-true love" (insert major eye roll!).
-- Kracy is cleaning poop in a women's jail (Osorio has a major fascination with fecal matter and feels that the utmost punishment for a villana is having her up to her eyeballs in doo-doo). Anastasia loses her peroxide mane, gets fat and poor, perhaps even accompanies Kracy in jail and the two of them get daily beatings by La Tuerta.
-- Ernesto dies.
-- Silvana repents.
-- Pato/Luca/Baby Luca, Estrella/Adrián, Salma/Kiko and Aranza/Pedro. Erasmo will meet a new gal. Kristel will end up alone for playing with two love interests, just like el perro de las dos tortas (the dog of the two sandwiches) and just like Nando in MCET.
Adriana, I look forward to the title of nobility you will invent for Ricardo. Here is my attempt at capturing his Ungreatness: Maestro Ricardo Alegría, Abandoner of One-True Loves, Marrier of Kracies, The Disgrace of Interpol Agents and The Ultimate "Waste of a Good Package" (Julia was the one who first called him "a waste of a good package", way back when). :D
Tofie, good to see you back! SdA is getting loopier, dimmer, dumber and more cringe-worthy than ever but boy are we having fun dissecting it in the Patio and in the recaps! We're getting a lot of laughs out of this "comedy", it's just that we're not laughing where Osorio intended for us to.
"Why didn't they have the Shadow kill Ricky and bring in a new love interest for Esperanza?" I ask myself this almost everytime I tune in to watch. This trainwreck has ruined Cris de la Fuente for me.
Tofie, good to see you back! SdA is getting loopier, dimmer, dumber and more cringe-worthy than ever but boy are we having fun dissecting it in the Patio and in the recaps! We're getting a lot of laughs out of this "comedy", it's just that we're not laughing where Osorio intended for us to.
"Why didn't they have the Shadow kill Ricky and bring in a new love interest for Esperanza?" I ask myself this almost everytime I tune in to watch. This trainwreck has ruined Cris de la Fuente for me.
I don't mean to hijack the thread, but there is one last thing I feel I must address. Jarifa and Diana both raised very valid points regarding Ernesto's character having crossed the line into unredeemable territory. I understand your disappointment, amigas. However, I've given this some thought and I've decided to disregard Ernesto's involvement in Kracy's harebrained death-by-froggy scheme because it is so out of character, mainly for the following reasons:
1) Ernesto is the big boss. He doesn't get his hands dirty, he sends his minions to do the messy work. Therefore, it made zero sense for him to be involved in Kracy's murder attempt, y mucho menos to be in Ricardo's house, being the lookout with Murillo. Puh-leeze!
2) Ernesto has no reason to harm Ricardo. As he said it himself, as long as Ric stays away from his girl, he has no interest in him or what he does.
3) No way, no how Ernesto would cancel on Esperanza to go play B&E and attempted murder with Kracy. Ernesto has been very attentive to Esperanza ever since he learnt of his illness and very worried (excessively so) about every little detail of her medical treatment. It is inconceivable that he would decline to accompany her to the doctor's to find out whether or not she is able to be operated soon. The same thing goes for Pato. Her preferring to confront Luca instead of accompanying her mother to her medical appointment make no sense whatsoever.
4) Kracy is in no position to threaten Ernesto because the authorities know she is certifiably Batsh*t Kracy (giving herself a beating then kidnapping and threatening to kill her own kids). All Ernesto has to do is tip the police off about her whereabouts. Anything she claims about Ernesto playing hero at Pato's bday would be dismissed as another one of her hallucinations. Besides, the one who has proof is Anastasia and Ernesto has her under his thumb. Therefore, Ernesto had no reason to get involved in the attempted murder of Ricardo thus giving Kracy yet more ammo to blackmail him.
Basically, if Osorio and his writers thought even 2 minutes about Ernesto's personality and motivations, they would not have included him in any of Kracy's scenes in this episode, y mucho menos in her dumb murder plot. This is why I decided that Ernesto was not involved in any of this nonsense. He would've never done something to harme the kids who once lived at his house, and to whom he was much kinder than their own mom.
1) Ernesto is the big boss. He doesn't get his hands dirty, he sends his minions to do the messy work. Therefore, it made zero sense for him to be involved in Kracy's murder attempt, y mucho menos to be in Ricardo's house, being the lookout with Murillo. Puh-leeze!
2) Ernesto has no reason to harm Ricardo. As he said it himself, as long as Ric stays away from his girl, he has no interest in him or what he does.
3) No way, no how Ernesto would cancel on Esperanza to go play B&E and attempted murder with Kracy. Ernesto has been very attentive to Esperanza ever since he learnt of his illness and very worried (excessively so) about every little detail of her medical treatment. It is inconceivable that he would decline to accompany her to the doctor's to find out whether or not she is able to be operated soon. The same thing goes for Pato. Her preferring to confront Luca instead of accompanying her mother to her medical appointment make no sense whatsoever.
4) Kracy is in no position to threaten Ernesto because the authorities know she is certifiably Batsh*t Kracy (giving herself a beating then kidnapping and threatening to kill her own kids). All Ernesto has to do is tip the police off about her whereabouts. Anything she claims about Ernesto playing hero at Pato's bday would be dismissed as another one of her hallucinations. Besides, the one who has proof is Anastasia and Ernesto has her under his thumb. Therefore, Ernesto had no reason to get involved in the attempted murder of Ricardo thus giving Kracy yet more ammo to blackmail him.
Basically, if Osorio and his writers thought even 2 minutes about Ernesto's personality and motivations, they would not have included him in any of Kracy's scenes in this episode, y mucho menos in her dumb murder plot. This is why I decided that Ernesto was not involved in any of this nonsense. He would've never done something to harme the kids who once lived at his house, and to whom he was much kinder than their own mom.
*ever since he learnt of her illness.
Sorry about the other typos as well. Catch ya later, amigowz! :)
Sorry about the other typos as well. Catch ya later, amigowz! :)
Nandicta, your points about Ernesto are well taken and you gave me food for thought.
While I would love nothing more than to say I'm back in Ernesto's camp I can't quite get there for one reason. When Tracy said that she didn't care if her children were bitten, he did nothing. His silence was to me, the most treacherous act to date. God forgive me as I might even be able to get past it if he ordered Tracy whacked (as she is wacked). But I can't forgive his inaction when innocent children's lives were in danger. He conspired not by aiding Tracy, but doing nothing to intervene. He wasn't proactive but inactive. That is his sin.
Diana
While I would love nothing more than to say I'm back in Ernesto's camp I can't quite get there for one reason. When Tracy said that she didn't care if her children were bitten, he did nothing. His silence was to me, the most treacherous act to date. God forgive me as I might even be able to get past it if he ordered Tracy whacked (as she is wacked). But I can't forgive his inaction when innocent children's lives were in danger. He conspired not by aiding Tracy, but doing nothing to intervene. He wasn't proactive but inactive. That is his sin.
Diana
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 2:27:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 2:27:00 PM EDT
Thanks for the undeserved praise. I don't know how does it feel to recap something that is actually good, because with PEAM and now this I am having a great time. Talking strictly about the recaps.
I am from the Chespirito school, where things are not as they actually are but the way I would like them to be. So, I take whatever happens and add a little bit to make it more enjoyable. I know, I know, please forgive me for making fun of mentally impaired people's scripts, but they put themselves in the center of the target.
Now regarding Ernesto.
This is DREAM OF LOVE, they all have it and all fight for it as best as they can. Ernesto is no angel but I am sure he always knew that, how do you call it? Hare brained plot of killing somebody with a lobotomized frog that stays where you put it was in any way prone to succeed, so when she said that she didn't care if her kids died along with their dad, he knew that all of them were going to survive. All this pranks remind me a lot of the 60s series of Batman, where all the villains never really wanted to kill Batman, and the traps and other methods they used like the rope being slowly burned, the hourglass sand and all that, were done in the hope that he could survive, otherwise, a shot in the back of the head would had been enough, and after that, the ''tiro de gracia'' just to make sure.
People who claim they are very evil like Silvana, who wanted to kill her entire family has done nothing in the like. Ernesto gets his stuff done whatever means necessary, and if you are in the way you will be killed. The crime is not killing, or stealing, in Silvana's case, but the fact that you get caught. When you do something right, you can get away with it, but for that, you have to be smart and all these people are not.
My question is, how are they going to resolve the issue with lying, when Esperanza is so enemy of lies (when is other people who lies) and she finds out that at the same time that she has been lying through her teeth, everybody else around her is doing the same toher? A taste of her own medicine?
Instead of DREAM OF LOVE, this should be A WEB OF LIES (everybody gets tangled in it)
I am from the Chespirito school, where things are not as they actually are but the way I would like them to be. So, I take whatever happens and add a little bit to make it more enjoyable. I know, I know, please forgive me for making fun of mentally impaired people's scripts, but they put themselves in the center of the target.
Now regarding Ernesto.
This is DREAM OF LOVE, they all have it and all fight for it as best as they can. Ernesto is no angel but I am sure he always knew that, how do you call it? Hare brained plot of killing somebody with a lobotomized frog that stays where you put it was in any way prone to succeed, so when she said that she didn't care if her kids died along with their dad, he knew that all of them were going to survive. All this pranks remind me a lot of the 60s series of Batman, where all the villains never really wanted to kill Batman, and the traps and other methods they used like the rope being slowly burned, the hourglass sand and all that, were done in the hope that he could survive, otherwise, a shot in the back of the head would had been enough, and after that, the ''tiro de gracia'' just to make sure.
People who claim they are very evil like Silvana, who wanted to kill her entire family has done nothing in the like. Ernesto gets his stuff done whatever means necessary, and if you are in the way you will be killed. The crime is not killing, or stealing, in Silvana's case, but the fact that you get caught. When you do something right, you can get away with it, but for that, you have to be smart and all these people are not.
My question is, how are they going to resolve the issue with lying, when Esperanza is so enemy of lies (when is other people who lies) and she finds out that at the same time that she has been lying through her teeth, everybody else around her is doing the same toher? A taste of her own medicine?
Instead of DREAM OF LOVE, this should be A WEB OF LIES (everybody gets tangled in it)
Permalink posted by : Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 4:48:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, June 26, 2016 at 4:48:00 PM EDT
Don't watch this but always try to catch your recaps, Nandicta, for the vocabulary. Thanks so much. Great job. I always learn something.
Diana, I am still right there with you. Ernesto's failure to protect the children was it for me. There are no explanations for that other than moral depravity.
Yes. You're right.
During the whole time La sombra was on the loose, his house didn't have any security or guards and he was globetrotting trying to find him. Sombra was also all over the world, but he had people who could have done some serious damage if he actually and really wanted to.
This is probably just to show us that Tracy is worse than the most dangerous criminal, LOL!
During the whole time La sombra was on the loose, his house didn't have any security or guards and he was globetrotting trying to find him. Sombra was also all over the world, but he had people who could have done some serious damage if he actually and really wanted to.
This is probably just to show us that Tracy is worse than the most dangerous criminal, LOL!
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 27, 2016 at 9:56:00 AM EDT
: Monday, June 27, 2016 at 9:56:00 AM EDT
Ricardo sure did put his kids in danger because of stupidity but not because of intent or as in Ernesto's case willful negligence. ITA that Tracy is probably the worst criminal in this whole thing because nobody believes or wants to believe she is capable of what she is: killing anybody including her own kids .
We all know that any of all this characters make sense, but I heard Kracy said that she only had the kids to trap Ricardo but even so she didn't succeed. So, her kids are a byproduct that didn't gave the results she expected.
I understand that, but
My question is:
Why spend so much time in Africa with the gorillas if she wanted to keep Ricardo so badly by her side? Was it because he was also never home and she didn't stand the kids? She knew Ricardo was in love with somebody else and she wanted him for herself, so much that she got pregnant twice.
I am sure that even without the kids, it was very convenient for Ricardo to marry her in order to get his green card, so the trick was keeping him after he got what he wanted, right?
I understand that, but
My question is:
Why spend so much time in Africa with the gorillas if she wanted to keep Ricardo so badly by her side? Was it because he was also never home and she didn't stand the kids? She knew Ricardo was in love with somebody else and she wanted him for herself, so much that she got pregnant twice.
I am sure that even without the kids, it was very convenient for Ricardo to marry her in order to get his green card, so the trick was keeping him after he got what he wanted, right?
Permalink posted by : Monday, June 27, 2016 at 2:05:00 PM EDT
: Monday, June 27, 2016 at 2:05:00 PM EDT
Pablo, all of your questions are valid but have no logical answer. PEAM and MCET were much more logical and coherent. I just don't know with this one.
I had high hopes for Silvana to up her game to the level of Tracy but was sorely disappointed when she had to pay La Tuerta to tell her to let the air out of Viviana's tires. Old news but just so stupid.
In Ricardo we have a galán without a brain. Maybe he needs a trip to OZ: the Emerald City not the prison show.
Watch on! (Like Jeremy Wade "Fish on!") in River Monsters!
I had high hopes for Silvana to up her game to the level of Tracy but was sorely disappointed when she had to pay La Tuerta to tell her to let the air out of Viviana's tires. Old news but just so stupid.
In Ricardo we have a galán without a brain. Maybe he needs a trip to OZ: the Emerald City not the prison show.
Watch on! (Like Jeremy Wade "Fish on!") in River Monsters!
Wow! You guys have gotten chatty! Loved reading your takes on Ernesto and other characters. Food for thought, indeed! I'll need to compile a list of all the incoherences in the writing of these characters, their motivations and backgrounds, that were pointed out here and in previous posts. We're gonna have a field day with them come the Gran Final! :)
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