Caray, Caray!

Gracias, Ria.

Something is going to go wrong in Costa Paraiso and whatever it is will provoke the inevitable cliche separation of Santiago and Ana Lucia. The most likely outcome of this in my book is that she will be embarazada and end up unwillingly marrying Creesidro to save her rep. She will lose her career (perhaps only temporarily) and end up a prisoner in Creesidro's lair. Unlike Ana Leticia, she won't have the stomach for this. Ana Leticia would just make sure she is his sole heiress and we will have instant Black Widow.

No Ana Llorona today. I wonder whether all viewers feel like most of the peeps on this forum.

More later.
 

Ria, thank you for the wonderful recap! You sure got all of the details down and there were so many if those!

Maybe uncle Mariano is aware of the twisty love his niece Ana Leticia has for him when he felt he had to explain the two kinds of love he had: one for the woman he was going to marry Jenny and another for her his favorite niece. Creepy but entertaining.

I totally agree with your assessment that we are "not expecting very nice things" for Jenny with a jealous Ana Leticia on the loose.

"Ana Lu though really needs a reality check to snap her out of denial land" hit it right on the head and it seems she got it with Santiago's plan for a sudden departure.

Soledad was really stupid for going to visit Orlando and listen to his rantings and even worse to implicate herself in his beating. For me,I am so glad that obnoxious Orlando got the message and will be going back home. Too bad so sad that he will be going alone with Maribel more interested in the show than him at this point. Smart cookie!

Yes, Evaristo was very well dressed again in this one. I am sure he has planned a very interesting time for Santiago in Costa Paraíso which could become Costa Infernal very quickly. Ha! Ha!
 

Wow, Ria, this recap was amazing. Thank you.

I had a lousy sinus headache all day yesterday and by the time this came on kept thinking of my comfy pillow and zoning out. But have to admit, we are getting more action and progress than we've had in weeks last few episodes.

So AnaLe officially needs to be put on the Anvil list for planning and hiring the hit on Santi. No points for changing her mind.

What is fascinating is that she has these moments of regret or self-realization on her destructive behavior, and then her mind switches right back to her narcissistic thinking with planning whatever justifying it as her right. No lessons ever learned, so I fully expect her to go full throttle on getting Jenny out of the picture. And I wouldn't be surprised if she thinks Dear Uncle doesn't love her enough, he'll get a target on his back too.

So Orlando, he of the gorgeous eyes but little brain, goes off on Soledad. I'm sitting at the Soledad Drives Me Nuts table on the patio, and from here, many thanks. Took the words right out of our mouths.

Anyone else think this 60 episode portion will end with the Santi/AnaLu eyes meet across the room moment? We sure are headed that way. Yawn.

Daisynjay
 

Sorry, meant the AnaLe moment. Where's that coffee?

Daisynjay
 

Thanks, Ria. Yeah, Mariano and Viviana are definitely hot for one another. Once they stop fighting, I think they'll skip the sittin'-in-tree phase entirely and go straight to the nookie.

I must say, Mariano is a comic genius. Previously I hadn't suspected he even had a sense of humor, but his joke on Viviana was a good one. A great one, in fact. If she complains to other people about it, she'll sound like a lunatic. ("Do you know what that SOB did to me? He BOUGHT MY LUNCH!")

I wish we had some clue as to why Inaki is in the story. I mean, I assume he'll become important at some point, but right now he's just occupying space and drawing more attention to the fact that there is too much filler in this TN.
 

Thank you, Ria. I am now often a day behind on this tn, but the last two episodes have actually prompted me to want to watch my recordings. Looking forward to seeing this episode. Plot movement and actual things for other characters to do!

Urban- I don't see why Ana Lucia would ever marry that old fart. She was raised by a single mother, and if she for some odd reason felt like she HAD to marry someone to cover a surprise pregnancy, it would be Orlando over Cresencio.

Jenny is definitely a goner at this point. The writers already lined up a new woman for Mariano.

I hope Santi is able to avoid whatever trap Ev has planned for him when he arrives in Costa Paraiso.

Funny that Ana Lucia and Rem think he's leaving too soon, when I've been wandering why he's been dawdling and hasn't gone already!
 

I've also been impatient for Santi to leave. Not only so as to move the plot along, but even from AnaLu's point of view you'd think she'd just want him to get it over with.
 

Thanks for the great recap! I'll be watching this tonight and look forward to seeing Mariano's joke.

One thing that bugged me from the previous episode was that instead of Ram asking Isidro if he knew Ana Lucia, he asked if he knew Soledad. If AnaLu was a child I could understand it a bit more but AnaLu is an adult. The more info he gets specifically about her the better off he would be.
 

One last thing, since Marcelo was only semiconscious when Ev told him that AnaLet was the contract killer, I fear he won't remember that bit once he recovers his memory. I'm sure AnaLet will play the loving wife and he will go along. Or more frustrating is that he will recover his memory slowly and by episode 139 he has a revelation.
 

This was a fun episode, Ria, as was your recap. Always enjoy reading your summations.

Favorite moments: When Mariano barked "There are no weekends in real estate". Reminds of that great line "There's no crying in baseball." Memorable.

My other favorite moment was when Chana said solemnly to Ramiro "I KNEW you would be coming to see me today."
-"Why?"
-"Last night my dead grandmother appeared to me in a vision and told me so."
-"Really?"
-"Naaah. I saw you on the beach earlier. But that's what people expect me to say."

Loved it.

Yes, I fear our dear Jennifer's days are numbered. And as for Inaki, I'm thinking he still believes himself capable of winning Ana Leticia's meager affection. As a chronically broke gambler, he's sure capable of self-delusion.

En fin, mil gracias Ria. Eres un encanto. (Just thought I'd throw that in. As a telenovela watcher, my Spanish only consists of flowery phrases.)
 

Thanks, RIa, for this excellent recap.

Yeah...I can relate to VIvian's outrage. I get really p*ssed when someone buys me a meal QUe?

Mariano , the groom, hoping that the marriage would work out made me reminisce about my younger daughter's wedding when the groom's mother sat next to me, linked her arm in mine, and whispered in my ear " ALl my other seven kids are divorced...but this one is going to last forever. ......guess what...it didn't.

As for the purpose Nonecki fulfills in this saga...no idea.
 

I think it would be hilarious if Inaki, who does seem to have AnaLet's number, was the one to bring her down. That is if he can do it before he brings himself down.
 

Thanks, all.

Urban - very interesting theory on Ana Lu and Creesidro. Also until you mentioned I didn't even realize that it's been a couple episodes since we saw Llora. No wonder these episodes seemed more lively!

Jarifa - yes, thank you for reminding of the Mariano/Ana Le scene, where Mariano does distinguish that he loves Jenny as a woman and Ana Le is not pleased. Very entertaining indeed!

Daisynjay - totally agree with you on Ana Le. She has these odd moments of almost regret, but even those are narcissistic in nature. She is not sorry it's done, just regretting that she had to do it. But it passes quickly and she is back to scheming! I, too, think that killing off anyone is fair game from where she is standing.
Oh - AND - yes, if they stretch out the Ana Le/Santi meeting to the end of the first season, as it surely looks like they are planning to do, ending on the two gazing at each other across the room would round up the list of cliches quite nicely.

Julie - agreed on Mariano and Viviana, and that joke was fantastic. Perhaps Inaki is going to be scheming with Ana Le before too long, but as with many plot development items here, we are still waiting...

Vivi - yes, it's sad we already know Jenny is on the way out, what with Viviana's presence here. And like you and Julie - I am looking forward to Santi getting on with it.

Carvivlie - I thought the same thing! Why would Ram bring up Soledad when he is interested in what happened to Ana Lu. And he dropped it very promptly without even clarifying what Creesidro meant by saying he is mad at her.
And I hope we won't get partial memory back for Marcelo. This amnesia storyline is getting tiring as is, though all history so far points to the fact that you are right and we won't be quite done when Marcelo remembers Ana Le.

JudyB - muchas gracias a ti tambien! Eres muy amable :) And Chana's interaction with Ramiro was priceless. I especially liked his facial expression where he almost believed her: "Really, your dead grandmother told you I'd be coming??"

Susanlynn - indeed, too funny with Mariano and his wishful thinking of let me cross my fingers and hope I don't cheat. And you can predict a lot from past behavior or other factors, as you mention as well. So I think Mariano would have cheated - but looks like now Ana Le is going to eliminate the necessity to do so for him.






 

Thanks, Ria. Fine job.

Who would've thought Ana Le had such a great throwing arm. She tossed Daniel's bag smack dab on the roof.

Orlando is something else. Now that he's beat to a pulp and needs nursing, he's willing to settle for Maribel. So glad she didn't go for this. Will she soon stop being an envidiosa and be a true friend to Ana Lu?
 

I just finished watching Lo Que La Vida Me Robo -- two years after the original US broadcast. I read the Caray, Caray posts after every episode and see that some of the wonderful recappers and posters are watching and commenting on this one. In general I enjoyed it very much, although it went on too long. The Caray,Caray posts were a great addition to the viewing.

I am now very tempted to do some marathon Hulu watching to catch up on Tres Veces and see many of the LQLVMR actors again. On the other hand, if this looks like another 200 episode novela, not sure I can muster the courage.

Impressions to far? How is the writing? Any sense of how many long this one is going to be.

Thanks so much for your help and once again it's great to see comments and thoughts from a lot of the LQLVMR Caray,Caray gang.
 

Thanks Ria, I didn't even get a chance to watch this one so your recap was very necessary, not to mention entertaining.
Chana is becoming one of my favorite characters, I wish she had more to do.

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Oh Mati Hi *waves* um if I was trying to catch up on this, I'd watch the first few and then two or three a week and read recaps on the rest till I was up to date. Reading recaps only takes about 1/3 the time watching the epi does. If you enjoyed LQLVMR you'll probably like this but the pace can be kinda slow and predictable and we're only thirty epis in. Also this has one thing LQLVMR fer sure didn't have and that's AB as an evil character, its entertaining.


 

Thanks, Ria. That is very helpful and good advice!