Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Yago #37. Monday July 18, 2016. Look At Me! Who Am I? Tell Me, What’s My Name?

Omar? Yago? Yomar? Omago? Least fun game ever!

At a glance  

-- Fidel moves his pawns to unmask Camilo with Yago’s help. Camilo moves his pawns to unmask Yago with Lucio’s help. 
-- The Sarquis power couple is back together. 
-- The Abel portion of Yago’s revenge has started. 
-- Julia confronts Camilo about the results of the DNA test she took. 

A closer look  

Flashback. Abel is at a job interview with a big honcho for whom Jonás did a carpentry job. Omar is the pep talk-dispenser and come-with guy. When the interviewer starts belittling Abel, Omar stick up for his friend. Big Honcho insults Omar. Abel punches Big Honcho in the nose and steals a crystal award plaque as a souvenir. The boys leave the office laughing. Present time, Abel contemplates the plaque and ruminates: “Omar was the brother I never had, my accomplice, my friend. I sacrificed him to have a future. A future that never came. I didn’t realize that without Omar, there was no future.” 

At Yago’s lair, Ámbar had just overheard Sara’s drunken outburst. She’s never seen her older sister like that. She even starts crying because she is afraid Sara will do something stupid. Ámbar remembers how she wanted to die when she discovered Yago with Sara. Yago says it’s because Ámbar is a gentle spirit. But Sara isn’t bad, protests Ámbar, she just had a bad life. Yago says it’s perfectly fine if Ámbar wants to forgive her sister. This plan is a folly of his and he understands if she wants to leave and never come back. She tearfully says this isn’t easy, which means she agrees to stick with the revenge plan. Yago hugs her. She cries to drain some of the guilt off her conscience. 

Sara is bawling her eyes out to Doña Chela who believes the heartbroken young woman shouldn’t have debased herself by going to the house of the rascal who jilted her. Sara says she wanted an explanation. She had hoped against hope that everything was just a bad joke. However, all she achieved was yet another humiliation: Yago chucked her out of his house once again. Doña Chela reminds Sara that this isn’t the first time she came to her guesthouse devastated, destroyed and desperate, but she managed to pull herself by the bootstraps and become a successful businesswoman. If Sara rose from the ashes back then, she can do it again: “You are one of those women that get back on their feet, time and time again! You are a survivor!” Doña Chela is, hands down, the best talker-upper and cheerer-upper in all of Yagolandia

Selma is back safe and sound to Fidel’s theater. She tells him what happened and how Camilo is deluded into thinking that he, Selma and Julia can play happy families. Selma didn’t escape, Camilo let her go. He said he won’t kill Julia’s mother this time but next time, she is a dead woman. Fidel prepares to leave saying he’s going to kill Camilo. Selma retains him: She discovered that Camilo is truly desperate. 

At Casa Michell, Camilo is drinking, fuming and crying in his study. Julia remarks that it is becoming a habit of his to drink alone. Should she be worried? Camilo wonders if he should be the one to worry about her. He is still very uneasy about her encounter with Selma. What exactly did Selma say to her? “What are you fearing?”, asks Julia. “That they separate us”, replies Camilo. “That’s something nobody can do”, says Julia and she kisses him on the cheek. This does not alleviate his fears. He still looks consumed by anxiety. 

It’s the following morning at Yago’s lair and Ámbar is going to her doctor's appointment. Surely she'll get reprimanded for neglecting her treatment. She admits she is not ready to undergo her life-saving surgery. Yago asks if she is letting guilt vis-à-vis what happened recently stop her from taking care of her health and getting better. Ámbar feels that her illness is like a demon which, upon waking up, destroys everything on its path and causes a thousand tragedies. “It's time to stop having these thoughts and to exorcise this demon! Have the operation! If someone here deserves to be happy, it is you!” says Yago. Ámbar thanks him and promises to keep him informed.

Well, well, well! Look what the cat showered, dressed, stilettoed, coiffed, face-painted and dragged in!

At Mexico’s Sing Sing, Lucio receives an unexpected visitor: “There is no doubt that a bigmouth falls faster than a limping man. What brings you here, beautiful?” Sara is not in the mood for sarcasm. “Did you at last realize that nobody loves you like I do?”, asks Lucio. “You were right”, concedes Sara, “Yago lied to me. He is going to marry Ámbar!”. “For real?”, Lucio is in stitches. “If this were a lie, would I be here?”, says Sara. “Nah! You would be having a roll in the hay with him, forgetting that your husband is in jail!”, he reproaches her. “Ex-husband”, she corrects. “Not voluntarily [your ex]!”, he protests before cutting to the chase: “Why are you here?” “Yago hides something and we need to find out what it is”, she declares. Lucio loved hearing that “we”! He gazes deeply into Sara's eyes: “You and I are stronger than him! Together we are invincible!” She purses her mouth in a “Game on!” seductive simper. I can totally see why Lucio is mesmerized and obsessed by her. Zowie! This woman is Sexy-On-A-Stick! 

I'm shmexy and I shknow it!

Abel receives Yago in his home and says that their previous talk about Omar inspired him to go to Texas, reconcile with his past and ask the forgiveness of a woman he wronged. He wishes he could’ve done the same with Omar. Yago asks if Abel visited Omar in the clinic where he was interned before his death. Abel thought Omar died in jail. Yago says Omar spent his last days in a clinic suffering terribly, according to the nurse who treated him. Abel is shocked and troubled by the news. He wishes to speak to the nurse who cared for Omar on his deathbed. Yago says he knows her and he’ll put her in touch with Abel. 

Back at Canta Canta, Sara and Lucio drink bad coffee and spitball a few ideas. Lucio is convinced that Yago is Fidel’s man and that Fidel is using him to exact revenge on them for robbing his casino. Sara reckons there’s something more because it feels more personal than that. “What is more personal than the pride of a mafioso? Fidel is behind all this and Yago is his sirvienta/maid”, says Lucio. “But Abel investigated Yago and found nothing”, insists Sara. “Too perfect, handsome, millionaire, single. You fell for it. We fell together in his game. He dazzled us (deslumbrar)!”, laments Lucio. Sara asks what is the best course of action. Lucio tells her about Damián’s suggestion: Joining forces with Tomás Vargas. Tomás works for the powerful man who is Fidel Yampolski’s archnemesis. Lucio doesn't want to be partners with the man who kidnapped his son. Sara says why not. The two of them will later have the opportunity to avenge Mati’s kidnapping, but for now, Tomás and Co are their only chance to get Lucio out of jail. They toast their rekindled alliance with styrofoam cups of vile prison coffee. 

Fidel, in yet another alluring purple jacket, visits Bar Candy and its paranoid owner, who goes by the name Valentín. Fidel introduces himself as Camilo Michell’s number one enemy. He  says he used to work with Camilo, he has a lot of dirt on him and he wants to see him destroyed. 

Yago takes Abel to see Nurse Dulce. She tells Abel that Omar suffered a long terrible agony, the worst she has witnessed in her years of caring for patients. She shows Abel the bed where Omar died. When he tells her his name is Abel Cruces and he’s Omar’s friend, she reveals that Omar repeated Abel’s name constantly and gave her something to deliver to him. 

Candy and her owner let Fidel and his bodyguards in. Valentín says to forgive the mess, it’s partly Candy and partly the fact he hasn’t left the premises since Camilo threatened him. Fidel says Camilo betrayed him, deprived him of everything, including his freedom. Now that Fidel is out of prison, it’s payback time. He wants to take his revenge on Camilo, starting with exposing him to the world. Camilo is not the flawless (impoluto) businessman he pretends to be, he is a nefarious criminal! Valentín thinks he and Fidel would get along just dandily. 

Nurse Dulce hands Abel the group photo taken at the train station after Omar returned from his trip. “He wanted you to have it since he loved you like a brother”, she says. “I didn't deserve his affection”, mumbles Abel. “You were the only person that Omar trusted”, she declares. “Really? Is that what he told you?”, asks Abel. “He also told me, if one day I get the chance to speak with you, to ask you to clear his name, because he couldn't bear the thought that his parents would go to their grave thinking he was guilty!”, declares Nurse Definitely-On-Yago’s-Payroll. Abel says he is not feeling well and takes his leave. He tells Yago: “You heard what that lady said? Omar lived the worst hell! I am a piece of garbage! How can I complain that things go so bad for me if I’m the wor... That hell [Omar lived] belonged to me! How could I permit that Omar end up in jail?” Yago puts a comforting hand on his shoulder and invites him to have a drink with him. 

Fidel says the only way to stop Camilo from building his casinos in this neighborhood is for Valentín to make a sacrifice and sell Fidel Bar Candy. Valentín accuses Fidel of wanting to dispossess him. If Fidel and Camilo were once business partners, it’s because they are cut from the same cloth (estar cortados con la misma tijera), thinks Valentín. He throws Fidel out of his house. 

At Casa Guerrero, Matías is doing a family tree (árbol genealógico) for a school assignment but he thinks he can only add his dad, mom and auntie. He doesn't like Grandpa Cockroach and refuses to add him to the family tree. Jonás suggests he and Melina be Mati’s grandparents for the school assignment. It wouldn’t be a lie, he says to disapproving Melina, after Matías goes upstairs to get coloring pencils. Bruno is still down in the dumps. He hasn’t eaten all day today. 

Fidel tells Selma what happened with Valentín. She worries that they are running out of options to unmask Camilo. Fidel assures her that a prison is a prison even if it’s one’s own home: Valentín will give in sooner rather than later. 

Matías finds tarot cards and says that Bruno told him Melina was famous for reading them. He pleads with her to predict his luck: Please, abuela! He wants to know how soon he can get back to living with his father. He misses him so much! Melina accepts. She reads something awful in the cards but lies to Matías, pretending she saw happiness in his future. 

Back at Canta Canta, Lucio interrupts Damián’s card game. Damián teases Lucio that the Sara Effect is making him look like a new man. Damián is pretty sure his ingrate daughter didn’t even ask about her father. Lucio wants Damián to arrange a meeting with Tomás Vargas. “See, the Sara Effect is very powerful!”, taunts Damián. Sara has nothing to do with this decision, maintains Lucio. He wants his son back and if the only way to do so is through that bastard Tomás, then so be it! “Glad your brain is finally working!”, says Damián. 

A cheerful Sara joins Doña Chela for lunch. Doña Chela is happy to see her favorite (and apparently only) tenant in much better spirits. Sara says she never liked playing the victim. Life hasn't been easy but she learnt that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Sara has many things to do to be back on her feet, including getting her son back and compensating him for all the harm she caused him. She thanks Doña Chela for making her feel like a warrior again and she vows to never cry over a man ever again

Ámbar asks her doctor to set a date for her operation. She is ready to get better health-wise. 

Selma and Fidel flip through the photo album containing little Fabiana’s photos. Selma says she thought many times of how her baby girl would look like all grown up and what she would do for a living. Fidel is glad their daughter is still alive and he comments that Selma felt something for Julia in the past. The phone rings, it’s Valentín. He changed his mind: He wants to destroy Camilo because he murdered poor Candy. Valentín cries next to the lifeless body of his beloved dog and asks her to forgive him for failing to take better care of her. 

At Yago’s lair, Yago spikes Abel’s drink. Abel feels guilty over what Nurse Dulce said and reiterates that he was unworthy of Omar’s affection and trust. He starts feeling dizzy all of a sudden. Yago grabs his face: “Look at me! Who am I?” Abel slurs his words: “No, I don’t... It’s that I’m feeling...” Yago lays into him: “Do you know what I think? Omar should’ve never trusted a guy like you! If Omar really knew you, [if he knew] the person you actually are, he would still be alive” “Let me explain...”, begins Abel as he staggers towards the door, stumbling over himself and uttering incoherences. He is startled by strange visions: “Where am I? This isn’t Texas, is it?” Yago lifts his head: “Look at me!”, his voice morphs into Omar’s, “Tell me, what’s my name?” Abel stutters: “Omar!” Yago’s face morphs into Omar’s and with a smirk, he gives him two gentle slaps: “The penny drops at long last, eh! I came back to tell you that I know it all, that you’ll never be free of me, that you'll never be at peace, no matter how many times you ask forgiveness!” The faces keep changing from Omar to Yago and back to Omar then Yago again. Abel tries to escape, misses his footing, falls, crawls, squirms from sheer shock: “This can’t be happening! You are dead, compañere!” Yago/Omar is relentless: “When will you clear my name, eh? Because you owe it to me!” Abel reaches a hesitant hand towards his interlocutor’s face, then swiftly retrieves it when the beard he touches transforms from thick to sparse, as the face morphs from Yago to Omar, once again. Abel yells: “Forgive me! Forgive me!” and finally manages to scurry away. Yago stares daggers at him and smirks in triumph. 

Don't let the grandpa sweater fool you! I'm a bad motha!

Ámbar joins Julia at the DNA clinic. The paternity test results shock Julia, who just stares at the piece of paper in utter disbelief. 

Yago brings Abel back into the house. He says that Abel flipped out all of a sudden, ran out of the house and started hallucinating. Abel admits that he saw Yago as Omar and Omar was blaming Abel for what happened to him. It was all an ugly, ugly, ugly trip! “What did you give me?”, jokes Abel. Yago says going to the clinic where Omar died must’ve affected him too much. Abel says he has to do something. He must clear Omar’s name and tell  everyone that Omar is innocent. 

Bruno visits Damián in jail. Wasn’t it enough to kill Alejandra? Why slander her too? Damián maintains that Alejandra was his accomplice. She took part in his scams and she was a real piece of work. It’s just that Bruno didn’t know her as well as he thought he did. Bruno strangles Damián but the guards intervene. Bruno vows he’ll ensure that Damián rots in jail. 

At Bar Candy, Valentín swears he’ll kill Camilo with his own two hands. Fidel suggests selling Bar Candy to him. Valentín says it was a mistake calling Fidel. He prefers to sell the property to someone other than him. Fidel offers his condolences and leaves. Valentín phones Yago. 

Melina saw in the cards that they’ll lose Matías. Jonás doesn't understand why she went back to that hocus-pocus (supercherías) again. Did she forget what happened with the shaman? This is no quackery, insists Melina. If Matías found the tarot cards when he was looking for coloring pencils, it’s because the cards were trying to tell them something. They must protect Matías! He’s their grandson and they can’t lose him! Jonás reassures her that this won’t happen because he and Lucio will get custody of Matías. “That’s not any good either!”, says Melina. There's a knock at the door. It's Sara. She pops in to ask the Guerrero couple to keep Matías with them for a while longer. She is not in condition to take care of her son at the moment and she doesn't even have a roof to offer him. No matter what Melina and Jonás think of her, Sara says she loves her son dearly. She thanks them for taking care of him and asks them to give him a kiss for her. 

Fidel informs Selma that Valentín agreed to sell Yago Bar Candy and to testify against Camilo. This means that the two of them will soon get their daughter back, rejoices Selma. She kisses Fidel and tells him she couldn't have had a better life partner than him. After she leaves, Fidel opens a desk drawer and takes out a pink dog collar, sniggering to himself. He killed Candy! Pooch murderer! Booo!

Tomás visits Lucio in jail. Lucio says he hasn’t forgotten about his son’s kidnapping and he is not going to let it slide, but he is a businessman so he's ready to become allies with Tomás and his boss. Why does Big Boss want to get back at Yago? wonders Lucio. None of your business, princess! What do I gain from helping you out? is Lucio’s second question. Tomás says his boss is a very powerful and well-connected man who knows how to reward people who do him a favor. 

At Casa Michell, Julia is sitting at the bottom of the main stairs, absent-mindedly tearing up an envelope. Camilo walks in. “What happened, mi hija? Are you OK?”, he asks. “You’re gonna have to stop calling me, hija/daughter, Camilo!”, says Julia as she hands him the DNA test results. Camilo is beyond-words-impactado: “This is fake!”, he affirms, “It’s fake?” “Stop lying to me! I personally went to do the test!”, retorts Julia. “Am I the daughter of Fidel and Selma?” “No! You are my daughter!” insists Camilo. “You killed my brothers? You kidnapped me? You made me believe that I was your daughter? What type of person are you?” asks Julia. Camilo tries to hang on to a measly piece of straw when he knows full well that drowning is ineluctable: “None of this is true! It’s a lie! It’s not true! I don’t know where you got these ideas!” “As if I didn’t myself see the videos where a psychologist was erasing all of my memories and convincing me that you are my loving father!”, sniggers Julia. “Come on! Come here! I am your father! I did it because I love you! I did it to protect you! Everything is a lie!” maintains Camilo, in denial to the bitter end. “I am not your Yuli! I am not your daughter!” “You are my daughter! MY daugher!” “I am Fabiana Yampolski!”, declares the ex-Julia Michell. “No! You are Yuli! Come, Yuli! Come! Yuli!”, pleads Camilo as he sees his daughter, the apple of his eyes, the light of his life, walk away from him and, very soon, walk out of his life forever. 

Outside Casa Guerrero, Yago is leading Abel to slaughter: “¡Ánimo! Come on! You’re doing the right thing!”. Abel apologizes to Jonás for arriving unannounced. Melina and Bruno greet Abel. “I have something important to tell you. It’s about Omar”, he announces. 

A quote from the capítulo 

“No cabe duda que cae más rápido un hablador que un cojo ¿Qué te trae por aquí, guapa?”

*Lucio welcomes Sara  who came crawling back to him with her tail between her legs: “There is no doubt that a bigmouth falls faster than a limping man. What brings you here, beautiful?”

Your viewing vocabulario      
(these definitions are context-specific, unless otherwise indicated) 
  
deslumbrar = to dazzle. 
impoluto(a) = unpolluted, pure, flawless, unblemished. 
estar cortados con (por) la misma tijera = Lit. “To be cut with the same scissors”, i.e. to be cut from the same cloth. 
un árbol genealógico = a family tree. 
superchería = trickery, hocus-pocus, quackery. 
cae más rápido un hablador que un cojo = Lit. “a bigmouth/liar falls faster than a limping man”. Other variations of this refrán/saying are: “Más pronto cae un hablador que un cojo”, or “Se atrapa más rápido a un hablador/mentiroso que a un cojo” (A bigmouth/liar gets caught faster than a limping man). This means that a bigmouth, a braggart and/or a liar trips up in his/her own lies and exposes himself/herself as a fraud, sooner rather than later. 
un hablador = a bigmouth, a liar, a braggart, a gossip, depending on the context.  

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Hello Patio Pals! Sorry this took forever but for some reason this episode took forever to watch and recap! I'll add the vocab and correc the typos tomorrow. It's 4:35 am here and I can barely see in front of me, I'm so sleepy!

Good night and apologies once again for the tardiness! :)
 

I forgot to say this, but many thanks to all of those who stopped by the Yago Patio over the weekend. I really appreciate all the lovely comments, insightful analysis and interesting obsrvations to contributed. They really enhance my viewing experience.

Also, welcome back Delilah! So good to hear from you! Reminded me of the good old days over at the PyP Patio. Please don't be a stranger and pop in to talk to us every now and again.

I really gotta ht the hay now. Nighty night! :)
 

Mil Gracias Nandicta!

Julia needs to evacuate immediatly from the country . Both Camilo&Fidel are psychopaths and belong in the same category. I almost teared up when Valentin saw the dead body of his beloved dog. Only an animal lover could understand the pain. My sister has two dogs and a cat while my stepmother has a beautiful dog of her own. Valentin should watch John Wick.

I LOL'd when Sara came to Lucio like nothing happened. I am certain that Sara will abandon Lucio once again when their game with Yago ends. Lucio is a smart man and knows that Sara is a Class S witch but he is still obsessed with her.

Matias not including Grandpa Cockroach in the family tree was hilarious. Grandpa Cockroach is a really really bad dude and doesn't deserve absolutely nothing other than the slow, brain-jolting, tear inducing pain.












 

Also that hallucination scene with Abel,Omar& Yago deserves an Emmy. It felt so frightening, glorious but sad at the same time because Abel will never find peace with himself until he clears Omar's name. Yago has become so ruthless with his revenge to the point that he is ignoring the pain of his ex brother. Abel ks the only one who feels and expresses his pain with sincerity and remorse.

 

Nandicta- I can't believe you stayed up so late to bring us this brilliant recap. Thank you, thank you!

Another episode that left me breathless. Loved the scene between Yago/Omar and Abel when he was drugged, Sara in the prison working her magic on Lucio, and the scene when Julia reveals what she learned to Camilo. I agree that she needs to get out of there fast. I see Camilo holding her prisoner for real, or tracking her down wherever she might go and snatching her. He's more dangerous than ever now that he's lost his Yuli.

Hope Fidel and Camilo eventually take each other out, and Juli/Fabi and Selma walk off into the sunset together. When Fidel killed Candy I was done with him.

I don't feel sorry for Abel. Clearing Omar's name and telling his family the truth is the least of what he should do. He belongs in prison, so living on the outside with guilt seems a fair exchange to me.

I was impressed that Melina has Braille tarot cards! I've never seen that before.

 

As much as I dislike Sara, I am impressed by how she picks herself up and keeps on moving, after things go horribly wrong. She is a fighter, as Dona Chela says. And yes, Chela gives awesome pep talks.
 

Thank you Nandicta, you continue to outdo yourself with each recap, and that's quite a feat since they are all so brilliant. I particularly liked your name for the nurse Abel talked to, and referring to Dona Chela as the best talker upper and cheerer upper. But by far the best are your captions under the photos. They are hilarious.

I knew it had to be Fidel who killed the dog before we were shown the collar. It's true, Fidel isn't much better than Camilo, both are ruthless killers.

 

Great recap of a great episode Nandicta. And perfect screen shots as well.

Sara was scarily beautiful and seductive in her scene with Lucio. That slight curve of the lips was killer. And your summation said it all....

" They toast their rekindled alliance with styrofoam cups of vile prison coffee. "

Also impressed with the actor playing Abel. His drug-induced thrashing scene was awesome. Watched it twice, I was so fascinated.

But the worst moment for me was the killing of Candy and Fidel's malicious, gleeful smile as he contemplated the dog collar. Animals seem so innocent. We humans know the many deliberate unkindnesses we have committed. Animals seem free of that. To our way of thinking anyway. Just a chilling scene.

Julie, Ambar and Mathias are lost lambs and bewildered pawns among these revenge-focused wolves. Yes, indeed, happy endings do not seem to be in store.

Delighted to learn some new words as well..."impoluto" and "supercherias". Always a plus, as are your beautifully crafted recaps. Thanks Nandicta.
 

Nandicta: Thank you very much for the recap!

Vivi: Fabiona/Julia better leave FAST because Daddy Michell is going to go full B613 on the good guys.

Countx: Sara & Lucio joining forces in plotting against Yago & the Avengers!

Not good at all because I know that Bruno, Ambar & Melina are likely in serious danger.

I'm not surprised that Fidel killed Candy the dog.

Nandicta: Everyone should be ready to get the Body Count ready because Yago & the Avengers (Katia & Teo) better anticipate a major counter-attack from Daddy Michell & the conspirators (Lucio, Daddy Dearest, Sara, etc.,)!
 

I'm not quite prepared to equate killing a dog (Fidel) to killing children (Camilo), but both of these guys are certainly ruthless and the world would be safer without them.
 

Good morning, Patio Pals! Thank you CountxAlacran,Vivi, Cathyx, JudyB and Steve for getting the conversation rolling!

I agree with both of you that Julia/Fabiana will be happier away from Camilo and Fidel and I'm including also Selma. That trio is toxic regardless of the love they profess to have for her. I do have a confession to make though. When he first appeared, Camilo used to give me the creeps. Just looking at him scared me and the more he tried to play inoffensive, the more terrifying he appeared to me. However, some of his early interactions with Julia made me think of my own dad. Except my daddy isn't a murderous psycho! There were three things in particular: the scene he fussed over at lunch bringing her favorite food and trying to get her to talk to him as she gives him the silent treatment. My dad doesn't know how to begin saying sorry if we argue and he is at fault, so he bends himself backwards to be extra nice, brings me stuff I like, invites me to watch a movie, starts acting like a clown to make me smile, ... Anything to get me to talk to him again. That scene and the bit where he told her she was the light of his life. My dad says to me a lot and my mother reckons nobody in our family has my father wrapped around their little finger like me. I'm very close to my mom too but I'm definitely daddy's little girl! Sorry about the rambling but all this is to say that the scenes between Camilo and his Yuli last night got me on the verge of tears. Regardless of anything, these two love each other deeply but their separation is inevitable and the ensuing heartache will be unbearable for both.

Countx, I laughed out loud at the Sara visiting Lucio scene before we even saw Sara! Lucio's hair and expression as he asked her "what brings you here, guapa?" had me in stitches. Flavio Medina is a boss! And you're right the scene with Abel, Yago and Omar was masterfully acted and executed! It sent chills down my spine!

Vivi, this episode was amazing and the more I watch the harder it is for me to fathom the abysmal treatment it received from Looneyvision. I liked the scenes as you, though to be fair, everyone is spot-on in this show. Remember when I said that Iván Sánchez lacked a certain je ne sais quoi to interpret Yago? I take it back! He has grown fully into his Yagoness the last 3 or 4 episodes!

I see where you're coming from about Abel, but I still adore him! I felt really mad at Yago yesterday for the stunt he pulled. He is trying to drive Abel to madness when he is the least guilty in what happened to Omar. Lucio gets jail and Sara gets a mild public humiliation but Abel deserves to lose his mind and possibly b driven to suicide? I don't know, I fail to see Yago's logic here.

"As much as I dislike Sara, I am impressed by how she picks herself up and keeps on moving, after things go horribly wrong." She is amazing isn't she? She is my favorite female character to watch though I can't stand her! My favorite female character to root for was Alejandra bu they went ahead and killed her off! Booo!
 

The only reason why Abel can be driven mad by guilt is because he has what Sara and Lucio lack, a conscience. He isn't getting treated worse. It's just having more of an effect. Time to put that conscience to good use and actually do something productive, Abel!
 

Cathyx, glad you enjoyed the captions, though the one about Sara is paraphrasing a character called Karen Walker from "Will & Grace". The original quote according to Google is this one: "Well well well! Look what the cat cleaned up, showered, exfoliated, powdered, lipsticked, Gucci'd and dragged in!" :D

I personally was convinced that Camilo murdered poor Candy, so seeing Fidel grabs that pink collar and chuckle at his own evilness was a shock to me. I used to think Fidel had the high moral ground in this stupid and unnecessarily violent pissing contest because Camilo took way too far. Killing two little boys because of a disloyal friend and cheating no-good woman? That's off-the-charts insane!

JudyB, not that I'm equating killing children with killing a pet, as awful as the latter is, but after last night, I am done with Fidel! Shooting a defenseless animal is awful enough but doing it to manipulate the owner into falling in line with Fidel's plan was plain wicked! Between this and the torturing scene, Fidel has shown that he is just as bad as Camilo, though Camilo gets an unbeatable edge because shooting little boys is just... I still can't believe he did it over a woman leaving him at the altar! What did those kids have anything to do with anything? Oh well! Whatever happened to crazy, right?

Glad you enjoyed the vocabulary! I meant to add this for you: "supercheries" in French has the same meaning as "supercherías", which was also a new word for me.

Julie, Ambar and Mathias are lost lambs and bewildered pawns among these revenge-focused wolves." Beautifully worded!

I'm a hardcore Abel fan and the hallucination scene was greatly acted by all three actors with the one playing Abel doing the brunt of the hard word! Excellent and chilling!

Steve, I'm afraid you may be right, the body count is due to rise as plotting and counter-plotting occurs. As you pointed out, "Yago & the Avengers (Katia & Teo) better anticipate a major counter-attack from Daddy Michell & the conspirators (Lucio, Daddy Dearest, Sara, etc.,)!" This. Is. War.
 

"He (Abel) isn't getting treated worse. It's just having more of an effect", that's a good point Vivi, Abel may not have been treated worst than Lucio but Sara got off way too lightly when she is the main instigator with her dad.

Amig@s, the vocabulary has been compiled at the end of the recap. I can't stay and chat longer but thank you in advance for stopping by! Tonight's summary (and I'll endeavor to make it an actually summary this time... If I can!) will be up by 9pm EDT at the latest!

Good day to all! :)
 

Sorry for all the spelling and grammar mistakes! Scattered brain, slow fingers and keyboard keys that stick! :D

¡Buen día!
 

Nandicta: I loved the "Don't let the grandpa sweatshirt fool you, I'm a bad moutha..." LOL!

Abel is nothing more but The Help: cleaning up Sara & Lucio's messes, etc.,
 

Thanks Nandicta for the great recap!

So Sara jus proved that Yago did the right thing and that she is bad to the core. All of her words about becoming a better person, a good person, didn't have to die because a man played her. If she was truly repentant for her misdeeds she would take Matias and try to build a life on decency, instead of going back for revenge. She deserves no sympathy.

I fear more for Julie now. Camilo in his craziness may lock he away.

Glad Ambar is having her operation,

Poor Abel but I actually think telling the truth will set him free. Agree Sara has gotten off too lightly and Damian needs a huge anvil. Abel is the only one with a truly remorseful conscience. But I hope that because he is truly repentant he will find forgiveness too, like he did from Jenny.
 

The downfall of Yago's scheme is inevitable. He is playing with rather intelligent and unscrupulous people. He knows that his actions have consequences but he still does not seek repentance. Even if Fidel was just a well minded rich man without ulterior motives Yago would probably still seek the path of revenge. If not for his impulses Yago would raise a pretty good fortune for himself. Not to mention a great career and a good looking wife in Ambar thus ensuring that Yago will always be present in Matias's life and keep his friends close by. Some say that the best revenge comes from living.
 

Golly I'm so busy and flying around everywhere and miss a couple shows but Nandicta, you and the other boys and girls, my rock. Nandicta, have I ever said I really, really, dig your word tapestry? No. I really, really dig your word tapestry.

Happen to agree all Sara got so far is a slap on the wrist.

Admission, in front of the mirror and tried the sexy Sara smirk. FAIL
 

I don't think Yago should just go on with his new life. Omar deserves justice and deserves to have his name cleared, and his family deserves to know the truth. The dead guard deserves justice too. But revenge is not justice. There are ways to get justice, without playing these games. The truth needs to come out, the record needs to be set right. That would result in peace of mind for Omar's family. It would also result in Damian, Lucio, Sara, AND Abel (sorry) being put in jail for planning and executing the robbery (and the guard) and falsifying testimonies. The only complicating factor is Matias, who has two criminals for parents, and a shadowy bio-dad. When this is all over, he will need his aunt and uncle and his grandparents more than ever.
 

Thank you all for fantastic recaps and fascinating commentaries, I wanted to tell you this for a while, I've been following for a couple of months. I've discovered for myself the world of telenovelas only this year, I watch English-subtitled versions, several TNs (Yago, 3Anas, Teresa, En otra piel, Imperdonable (love Ivan Sanchez!)...). And then I happened to find this site, ohh, this was exactly what I needed. Interesting, witty, hilarious comments, discussions about the capitulos... I am only learning Spanish, so I understand only ~1/4 of the text but it is so useful... and entertaining. But it would be much less entertaining without the world of Caray,Caray! too, so thanks again!
Antra, from Latvia
 

Welcome, Antra! How wonderful to have you join us. Please join in the conversation whenever you would like!
 

Yes, Welcome Antra. The more the merrier. And the hard, devoted work these recappers do deserves a large, appreciative audience.
 

I think that Yago's plan for Abel is to get Abel to rat out his friends on his journey to clear Omar's name. And I think Abel will turn himself in for the killing of the guard.

Good point Carvivlie about Sara going rogue again. She is constantly making choices on which road to take, and she continues to take the low one.


 

Cathyx: We all Yago's plan is likely blowing up in his face because the evil villains (Sara, Lucio, Daddy Dearest, Daddy Michell, etc.,) are likely to wreak havoc like a typical brutal dictatorship!

I'm afraid Bruno will be the first target in getting whacked.
 

Cathyx- Yep. That is what Yago is trying to drive Abel to do-- to do the right thing and tell the truth to the Geurreros and the police. As he should have done long ago!
 

Welcome Antra! I joke to my nephews that I only know dramatic Spanish, I.e. the phrases duplicated in all tn's.

I hope Abel finds redemption in doing the right thing. I worry how Sara and Lucio will react? Does Abel have the video of the robbery?
 

Gracias, Nandicta. I'm still catching up.

The murder of Candy bothers me, too. I also believe that animals like dogs and cats are innocent creatures. I am seeing Fidel differently now.

Predicting that Abel and Camilo will both lose it completely.
 

Thanks, Nandicta. I don't know how you can turn out so many excellent recaps in such a short time. You are amazing!

I really loved the opening scene. I've been on some job interviews where I wished I could afford to punch my interviewer. On behalf of all the world's frustrated job-hunters, I thank you, Abel.

I can't believe Lucio made a deal with the very same guy who kidnapped Mati. Does he really think this deal with Vargas will turn out any better than the previous one?

Countx: "Abel is the only one who feels and expresses his pain with sincerity and remorse." YES. Well said. I was exasperated with Yago for continuing to torment Abel even after all of Abel's regrets - after the trip to El Paso I sort of thought he was already getting close to confessing, and the fake nurse and the acid trip were overkill.

I am REALLY finished with Fidel. I suspected him right away when Valentin's dog died, but why did Fidel have to take a "trophy"? Killing the dog was wrong, but it served a purpose. Taking the collar was just sick. Poor Julia, I hope she isn't expecting much of her "real dad," morality-wise.

(I don't Selma knows about the dog. Actually, I think there's a lot that Fidel doesn't share with her. That could cause some serious friction between them.)
 

Does Ambar know about the original Sara/Omar story, about how she set Omar up to pay for HER operation and save her life? If she doesn't, then her desire for revenge on her sister is a little over the top. Sure, Sara took her boyfriend, boo hoo. But from Sara's viewpoint, she already gave up the straight life and one true love to help Ambar, why do it again when Sara and Yago were sooo "in luuuuuuuurrrvvvv". This is not a defense of Sara, who is a self-centered snot, but a criticism of Ambar, who might be acting like a whiny teenager. Yago shouldn't be with either sister.

Points to Lucio for figuring out half the plot. He and Sara do make a good team, and Yago is going to need Fidel's ruthlessness to beat them.

Candy, QEPD.

Kelly
 

Kelly- Yes, Ambar knows that Sara (supposedly) planned the robbery to pay for her first surgery. That's why she told Yago that her illness is basically a curse for everyone else. She feels guilty for what happened to Omar. I'm sorry, Ambar is NOT at fault. Sara could have held up a bank at gunpoint and only put herself at risk. She could have done a number of things both legal and illegal to get that money that didn't set up and betray Omar. And no one held a gun to her head to make her betray a sister by sleeping with her man behind her back. I couldn't forgive a sister for that either.
 

I'm not saying Sara should be let off the hook. They could've locked her in a room with a hungry Candy, except that Candy didn't deserve that. It's just a pretty serious vengeance that Ambar has signed on to, considering that all Sara did to her personally was steal her boyfriend. She didn't know Omar and doesn't owe him (or Yago) anything. Certainly not enough to justify getting involved in this mess. She should've taken that other job and gotten herself a new boyfriend.

Kelly
 

I'm not sure what else Yago will call on Ambar to do, other that continue to pretend to be his novia. He's not plotting to kill Sara. Ambar was already starting to feel bad about Sara's heartache over Yago (her drunken rant), so I'm pretty sure she wouldn't be down for anything more serious than pretending to steal back her man.

By the way, I don't think Yago and Ambar are romantically involved anymore. Just living together to keep the charade going.
 

Yago hasn't yet said what his new goal is for Sara. As he admitted to Katia, his original goal was met-- have Sara confess to his face her betrayal. But he then admitted that that wasn't enough. And it seems most of Viewerville agrees too. She's lost her homes, her wealth, her business, her marriage, the trust of her son, the admiration and loyalty of her sister, and her hot new (stolen) novio. What more do we want to see her lose? Her freedom? Her dignity? Her life? When is enough, enough?
 

I'm still catching up myself and many thanks Nandicta for the recap...and to all the recappers this week.

This story is so fascinating, it's just too bad that in the Univision world, these type complex stories don't seem to be worth sticking with. I'm sure the next round of shows we get after this latest round of musical chairs will be the more melodramatic fare. Too bad. This tale has been intriguing and ridiculously well-acted by every person involved.

Sara is so slick. She may not want to admit it, but she learned well from her father. For a sec there, you almost want to feel sorry for stupid Lucio because she's leading him down the proverbial pea path again, and he's just tripping right along.

I agree with everyone here that there are some key people in danger that mean the world to Yago. At what point does he pull the plug on this whole vengeance scheme is he sees those people, or his son, in danger?


 

I think I would like to see some real remorse outta Sara, absent that I'm not satisfied with what's gone down.
 

Is Sara capable of real, sustained remorse? I can even see her brushing away a last tear, dusting herself off, and becoming a boss her second day in prison. Making lemonade with lemons.
 

Nope she isn't Vivi. Was thinking that as I typed so I won't hold my breath.
 

I don't think Sara is capable of remorse, but I would like to see her commit an unselfish act. I think she could pull that off, but probably only with her dying breath.
 

I think you hit it Julie. At this point only Mati could draw that out of her. We know she chooses herself over Ambar when necessary. Of course I don't want to see Mati in a situation where she needs to....that kid has been thru enough.
 

Are you sure Mati could do that? She left him at the grandparents, but is it really because she wants him safe or because he'd be in the way of her revenge stuff? She may love the kid in her way, but I think the only person who could make her feel regret or compassion is Omar. She was almost willing to go straight for him until her father interfered and she went back to old ways. If he ever reveals himself, she might realize how awful she was.

Or she'll plan her own re-revenge from prison. Empathy and concern for others is too hard.

Kelly
 

"is it really because she wants him safe or because he'd be in the way of her revenge stuff?"

With Sara, it's likely both.
 

Sara couldn't care for Mati right now if she wanted to. She has no funds (I don't know how she's paying her landlady).

I don't think Sara had any compassion for Omar. The regret she displays over his imprisonment and death really seems to have more to do with the fact that she misses him. Her pain is not for what she did to him, his suffering and that of his family, but for how much of a bummer it is for her to be deprived of his company.
 

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