Caray, Caray!

Thanks, Ria, for the great recap. "Run, Llora, run!!" was perfect! It sure was creepy with her and crazy Valentín the snoop making music together.

So according to Remedios, Chapultepec Park is for the normal people.

I wonder how Santiago is going to get out of his predicament with Evaristo.


 

Seems an age since I was able to watch the show at home in my comfy arm chair, and I promptly kept drifting off. Last night was not exactly exciting. Thank Ria for a great recap that honestly was more fascinating then some of the scenes I was seeing.

They need to ramp up the action in this. Even the big OMG moment with Ev pulling the gun on Santi started to be "whatever" as they drove on and on and on.

But as much as our Tin man is probably more a stranger danger, that scene with Llora...SHE SMILED! She laughed. Good lord, keep this dude around since he's the only one that keeps her from weeping incessantly.

So tired of Soledad. Orlando, someone get these girls together and then we can take it from there. I honestly am thinking this would be far more interesting if everyone found each other and then let the chaos and relationships ensue. What we have now is same old same old.

Daisynjay
 

I am glad I was not the only one who found the episode a bit of a snooze.

Sounds like we need to go to Chapultepec, Jarifa - free of obnoxious people and a 'club' for regular people!

Daysynjay, so true! As creepy as Tin is, at least that's the first episode Llora did not cry. Keep him around indeed!

I am, too, hoping for a bit of an action soon. It would be interesting to see how Marcelo reacts to the whole Santi personality/Ana Lu once he gets the memory back. Solelad is getting tiring. One bit I missed in the recap that I wanted to mention - before Ramiro produced pictures of triplets in conversation with Orlando, he ventured a guess that Sole might have found a girl (Ana Lu), took care of her until she died and to give her a burial, gave her a name of Sofia. This would have been a nice story for Sole to spin if she thought of it when Ramiro came to town. Now it's just waiting game until she is discovered...unfortunately for us maybe dozens of episodes long :)
 

Gracias, Ria.

Next installment of The Cliche Scorecard of First Instances:

Episode 8 (Mex 13)
Controlling parent evicts “errant” adult child*
Galan's name and rep blackened by enemy*
Letter gets intercepted*
Meeting between villain and heroine where he grossly deceives her*
Servant knows better than employer*
Villains always win

Episode 9 (Mex 14)
A villain orders a death*

Episode 10 (Mex 15)
A fool refuses to tell the truth*

Marcelo probably investigated the attempted fraud and that's how he ended up threatening Valentin. Wasn't Marcelo the one who tipped off Ramiro that Gina was bad news?

After LQLVMR it's good to see Zepeda and Rulli as best friends.

Now, if Orlando knew that Ana Lucia is an heiress would he tell Ramiro the truth? Would he hope for a reward or be afraid that Ana Lucia would turn her back on him and head for the mansion? A pretty young woman with a fortune could have her pick of men.

As for Soledad I must have said it before, but I'm sure that rather than insisting she be arrested I'm sure Ernestina would reward her for taking care of Ana Lucia all these years. The question I'm not sure of is how long Soledad knew that Ana Lucia had family elsewhere.

Now I'm sure that if Televisa ever thought to remake The Godfather that Don Eric del Castillo would make an excellent Vito.

 

Thanks, Ria. Your recap moved along much faster than the episode. It was interesting, though, to watch Orlando's face. I could see him trying to calculate whether it would be better to let on that he knew AnaLu, or keep it under his hat for a while. Ramiro doesn't seem to have taken into consideration that a lot of people might not want to give ALu up.

And Llora with Valentin. Could he have been any cornier? Oh well, it worked on Llora.
 

Thanks so much, Ria! This was excellent.

Indeed, Valentin the stalker brings a smile to Llora's face, and that's what makes him a desirable character. I'm interested in learning the timing of all of this backstory between him, Gina, Mariano and Marcelo. When Mariano interrupted Marcelo and Jennifer's conversation, he looked really upset and told Marcelo he needed his help with something in Mexico City. I assume it had to do with Valentin.

There's lots of interesting background story, and I don't mind learning about these things in flashback, but the pacing of this is sluggish. The writers/director could pick up the pace, without sacrificing the mystery and intrigue of some of these story lines-- especially as they drag out the Ana Lucia reveal, other plot movement would be helpful.
 

Can anyone think of a reason why Jenny's flashback was in color rather than black and white like all the others?

And when is Mariano going to let Ana Leticia know that her intentions toward him are creepy?
 

Urban- Do you mean when is Mariano going to realize that Ana Leticia's intentions toward him are creepy? Because I really don't see that he knows his niece is hot for him.
 

I hope Santi doesn't believe any of the lies Ev told him about being a dangerous criminal in his past life. He already blew Ev's lie that Santi was the one who killed Alfredo by pointing out that it was Alfredo himself who told Remedios that Santi was in danger and she had to care for him. That same thing would blow up Ev's story that Alfredo knew that Santi was a dangerous criminal. And hey, if Ev knows SO much about him, shouldn't he also be able to tell him his real name? Hope Santi is smart enough to ask that-- of course giving priority to staying alive!
 

Thank you Ria

"Santiago doesn’t exist, wisely says Sole"

It's a crime these guys cannot spin triplets into something more interesting and believable. Moonshiners is more entertaining.

Favorite character by a mile is Valentin. Most interesting story is Valentin. Most interesting tentative romance is between Valentin and Laura. Valentin is a magician.

Who cares about Marcelo/Santiago what a blah guy and he gets two shots to impress me. Shoot him Evaristo.

Didn't know how to like a guy less but Inaki has done it. I did get a belly laugh out of a crew bringing in a mattress, a box for the livingroom and a new big screen TV. IKEA, Inaki.

 

Urban - interesting observation. Maybe Jenny isn't an important enough character to have b&w flashbacks? Or her flashbacks aren't important? Or maybe because her flashback didn't have any dead/presumed dead/amnesiac people in it? (I didn't see the scene, so I'm just guessing)?
 

thank you, RIa.

I am surprised that Carlos is not watching this show because he likes the actress playing Jenny.

So far, looking at Rulli is the only thing keeping me watching.
 

Susanlynn...yeah you and me both. The character really is a nowhere type person right now, but I still enjoy dear Sebastian on my screen.

Honestly, last night, I was looking at Orlando and thinking...ok, he's not that bad looking when the hair is clean and in closeup. Then the camera went to Ramiro and I thought, yeah, I think I prefer Orlando. I know I'm in the minority, but Zepeda just never does it for me as a romantic or positive lead. Which makes me zone out in his scenes often.


 

I was watching Orlando last night and wishing I could wash his hair with Prell and make it fluffy with a towel. And he has pretty (amber?) eyes.

I really don't mind Zepeda in this. Looking at him doesn't do anything for me, but I like Ramiro the character. I appreciate his tenacity.

And Rulli. I really don't care what he's up to, as long as he's around. Sigh.
 

I'm not impressed with Rulli. Maybe if the guy could act. He just seems to me the good looking guy that got the lead in the highschool play because he's the good looking guy that's dating the girl lead.


 

Thank you Ria, witty as usual. I enjoyed it very much.

Did Jennifer's house used to be Marecelo's, is that why A Let spoke of bad memories?

Valentin reminds me of the Pied Piper, hope A Llora doesn't follow him blindly because he is trying his darnest and yes its nice to see her smile and her bashful expressions.
Leticia
 

Rulli was very good in Teresa, tofie. The drunk scene where he threw Teresa all around a tiny apartment was incredibly well choreographed, frightening, riveting and very well acted. Evidently when he did not get the best actor award that year (it went to Colunga in a rather blah role) the audience at the awards ceremony booed. But I agree here his role is boring and zzzzzz-worthy.

Ria Recapper! Love the Hotel (or Hostel) of Lost Memory. Reminds me of the great Hotel de los Secretos that just ended. Sounds like it was an "endless train" of memories indeed...

Santi is STILL driving, as the writers attempts to find out how many filler scenes they can fit in one episode. Current number is 1037 and counting…

And then there's the above, plus the every growing pile of cliches. I will look forward to a whine-free episode with Ana Laura when I watch this. Yep, as long as Valentin doesn't morph into an ax-murderer, I'm inclined to like him a lot.
 

Thanks, Ria. Terrific recap.

This TN is sluggish, but it doesn't make me think much and I can analyze everybody's clothes and hair.

I liked Ana Lucia's bohemian getup with the short-shorts and long tunic. Santi will look good no matter the hair or outfit. Ramiro must find barbers along his trails because his hair is freshly trimmed everyday.

Mariano has seemed annoyed with Ana Leticia helicoptering him all the time. I don't think he's into her "that" way.

Orlando seems to be figuring out the best angle for himself. If he tells Ramiro the truth, will he have even more competition for Ana Lucia?
 

I don't think Ramiro's hair grows. I think it just sits there and behaves. It's very odd.

I am kinda picky about Rulli's hair. I like the way he has it as Santi. I don't like his Marcelo hair.

Considering that AnaLu left without saying goodbye, Orlando really shouldn't consider himself to be in the running at all. But even if he's willing to settle for mere friendship (which is not such a bad thing) it's still not clear to him whether he should to trust this Ramiro guy or not. If I were Orlando, I'd want to talk it over with AnaLu first. But he can't, because he doesn't know where she is, right?
 

Thank you Ria, loved it.
Valentino reminds me of Pied Piper with flute and affable aura, even if we viewers know there is some darkness in him. A Lau looks she going for it, nice to see her smile and give him fluttering bashful eyes. Hope he doesnt get too dark. I think he gonna fall for her too. My earlier comment fell off. Hope this one doesnt.
Oh, btw, the house that Jennifer remodeled, was it once Marcello's, because A Let said it had too many sad memories.

Leticia
 

daisynjay...yeah..David ZZzzzzz just does not do it for me. MEh. I would like RUlli to be a little more unruly. I liked him best in Pasion as the hot blacksmith ....see what I did there? William LEvy was also in that one . I think that it was his first telenovela . I noticed that AMores V. Is on in the afternoons. However, I have been focusing on my current television beau Sam Heughan...hubbahubba.