Caray, Caray!

Nandicta, loved the title. A wonderful recap of an episode that must have had everyone's head spinning.

"Salma has reverted back to her old vitchy self and her old vitchy ways. Except that now, to top it all off, she is embittered and belligerent" was my favorite although I am sad that she is submerging her despair in anger.

I'm rather speechless. Yesterday, I saw the previous episode where it appeared Esperanza had drawn her last breath and Ricardo saw her on her "deathbed".

I have to say that I was upset by both Espe and Ricardo. Espe chose to leave Ricardo out of the equation of her illness but had no qualms about having her children right there every step of the way to see her wither and (almost) die. Where was your compassion for them? As some of you have noted, their heartbreak was almost unbearable to watch. I'm not done. I haven't vented my scron for Ricardo. He seemed grim but unmoved, thoughts still possessed by him being deceived by Esperanza for HIS choice as to what to do being taken away from him. He should have flown to her deathbed, covering her with kisses and declaring his love. Now, whno ended up crying? Cris. Really???

"CVV comforts him and encourages him to unload his pain because a man who cries is a man who feels". Thank you Cris. Please call Hallmark so they can create a special card.

All of the children (including Luca) did an amazing job last night. Kudos to them all.

"Anya keeps talking alone and addressing herself in the third person, and it is creepy as fudge!" OK, I never liked her from the moment I saw her and still don't.

I am glad Esperanza survived. It really is a miracle. But to have her survive to have Ernesto die would be terrible.

If Osario has Espe and Ricardo together at the end of this, I will be inconsolable.

Thank you for enduring my rant all.

Nandicta, this was great. Thank you!

Diana
 

Great recap, Nandicta, thanks for the laughs for such a dismal episode.

Diana, I sure agree it would be terrible if Ernesto dies and if Ricardo ends up with Esperanza at the end of all this. Eventhough I do not want them together, Ricardo and Esperanza are a perfect match in terms of their harebrained, thoughtless, screws loose schemings.

I feel sorry for Cristina who may be seeing the writing in the wall (with Esperanza's miraculous recovery) but those I feel sorry for the most are Ricardo's children and Cristina's daughter. It was sad when Selena asked Ricardo if he was marrying Cristina because he was supposed to marry Esperanza and never explained to them what happened. Ugh!

So, Margarita has finally decided to take back her household from Félix's mommy making her stay so bad she will choose to leave. I loved Félix's moustache twitching nervously as he was told (not consulted on) how it was going down..

Will La Virgen de la Paz get credit for Esperanza's miraculous recovery or just the the traditional medical treatments and weevils?

I like quirky Anya and think she is the perfect match for quirky Pedro.

 

Yesterday I got lost in my videogame (that I finished) so I missed this one. When I realized what time it was I saw the microwave clock showed 2:59, so I really appreciate the recap.

Thanks, Nandicta!

Well, seems like bad weed never dies (mala yerba nunca muere) and that we could have saved two episodes of this circus, somersaults and theater (circo maroma y teatro) if Ernesto had ignored Esperanza stupid decisions and take her to the hospital. When she dies, she deserves to die alone as a dog (morir sola como perro).
 

Nandicta Thank You very much for the recap!

Espi is cancer-free!

I feel horrible for Cristina, who's likely to lose out in the end :(


 

Jarifa, while I enjoy "quirky" (your perfect word), there seems to be something else there. I feel there is more to it - I get the feeling Anya is mentally unbalanced and actually, unstable.

I am never right on these things. So if you are right Jarifa, then I wish them good luck as a couple.

I like Marg and Felix so will look forward to their scenes from all the drama.

Apologize if this has been asked and answered recently, but do we know how many more episodes there are?

Diana
 

Diana, the 2 hr. gran final is this Sunday August 21 in México which means it looks like a total of 132 (?) episodes. If that is the case, I would guess our final week would be that of Sept. 12. I wonder if they will do a two hour final here that Friday or just cut and paste it into one. It has been a while since I have seen a two hour final. : ( It is odd trying to find out info about this one's schedule and Univision's upcoming evening offerings since SUEÑO was banished to the afternoon.

ITA that Anya may be unstable/unbalanced and her obsession to cure cancer is sure one aspect of that. Here is hoping Pedro can give her some stability and get her beyond her father's death and that she give him some undivided attention. She needs to find a happier less stressful area of medicine.

Has Osorio created a new "combo-genre"????(like the combo plate at restaurants) Drama(death scene) juxtaposed with slapstick (Margarita, Montserrat and Félix). Guess it will just be known as the "Combo"!
 

Thank you, Nandicta, you somehow manage to poke fun at these idiots even when the story is grim.

Diana, I agree with you about Ricardo and Esperanza. She decided to lie to the love of her life to spare him the pain, but how about your damned children? You didn't want to marry Ric because you were dying but you are willing to marry Ernesto on your death bed?
On the other hand, that doesn't make Ricardo any more likable. He's saying all the wrong words, he's all about "me, me, me". He couldn't forgive a dying woman's last wish?
Somehow Osorio managed to screw up both protagonistas. In the end, they probably deserve one another and if before I had some doubts that they were still end game because we didn't know if Esperanza will live, now I'm sure that Cristina will be left crying at the end of all this and Ernesto will probably be dead.
Jarifa, I feel bad for Cristina, too, and the kids - Selena really bonded with Esperanza, they were all set to have a family together.

It's hard to say what will come next, for now Esperanza is stuck with Ernesto and Ricardo is furious with her. But sooner or later he might have a change of heart, Ernie might die or Cristina might get fed up with the nonsense and then...
 

Funny last night I was thinking about the same thing.

I went to bed and turned the tv on to watch some before going to sleep and I caught the ending and the credits of YAGO. Wow! I didn't care about the kiss between the woman in red and Yago because I am not familiar with the story but those credits were something else! They actually invite you to watch tomorrow! Very well done! Of course you can see Carmen Armendáriz hand there, and she knows her craft.

Then it came to me. SUEÑO It's like you put CSI, RBD, Rosa de Guadalupe, some serial killer documentary and Sesame Street in a blender, so you're right, combo is a very polite to put it.
 

Jarifa, love the "Combo"!

Adriana, yup "He couldn't forgive a dying woman's last wish" was it for me. Ric looked like a scientist who just discovered a loathsome species and wasn't sure how to handle it. I'm getting mad even thinking about it!!

And Espe, you may have shielded your children from physical evil (as best you could - Tracy aside), but not from your debilitating and devastating illness which inflicted raw, deep, painful scars. Will they ever be able to banish your pained, pinched, pale face from their minds? When they envision you, will it be as the lovely talented woman you were or the spectre of death?

Must repeat: This is only a tn, only a tn. I'm saying "blech" to myself for heaven's sake. :)

Diana
 

Adriana, then there is Abril. Will Cristina have to yank her away from a new brother and sister if Ricardo goes back to Esperanza? Not pretty no matter how you cut it.
 

Paco, I wonder if we wil ever see anything like this again. All we need are some tap dancers and a guy playing "Lady of Spain" on the accordion in the finale.
 

Cristina could go psycho. You never know!
 

Hooray for a miraculous cure. I hope that wasn't misdirection just to have her run over by a car tomorrow.

Here's my wild guess: This will be a groundbreaking show in that Our Hero Ricardo (ha) is So Special he needn't live by ordinary rules. He'll marry both Esperanza and Cristina and live bigamously ever after.

So...Espe's cancer was cured and yet she was still malaising that badly all that time just because of low blood pressure? Was no one ever checking her vital signs?

Gracias, Nandicta!

Also: ""CVV comforts him and encourages him to unload his pain because a man who cries is a man who feels". Thank you Cris. Please call Hallmark so they can create a special card." Hilarious, Diana!
 

I know that in novelandia protagonistas are not suppose to cheat, because that's the antagonists job, but, as we say in México, why make a woman happy when you can make two?

Ricardo can marry Cristina and nobody has to know that he has secret encounters with Esperanza. Oh, sorry, I forgot how "communicative" Esperanza is, she couldn't keep nothing secret even if her own life depended on it.

And speaking of end credits, yesterday I praised Yago's and now I am puzzled with AMOR DE BARRIO. They changed them to a big fake breasted woman in a skimpy blue dress who can not sing with a very ugly song. God!
 

Nandicta, good recap. "Now that espranza has come back from the dead, they're gonna kill off ernesto"? Well, how are they gonna kill him off? By kidney failure or by kracy flyin "out" of the coocoo's nest to get revenge? Somebody's gonna get gone for the lead couple to return back together. I really want him with christyV, but the show is about two people seperated for 20 year comin back together. So somebody's gonna die. And since erny is already at deaths door, why not him? Becides he murdered a guy. What a mess.

Iam glad for espranza. But she caused alot of unnecessary heartache. Yes Im talkin about ricardo, all this time they could have been together. And happy. Now her heart could get broken if they're about to kill off ernesto. The killer with a heart. But she'll have ricky, who"s goona console christyV? Sometimes you want to hate some of these characters, and love some. Which way to go.

Im happy for pato and pedro. Their mommy is not dying anymore. What a blessing for them.
And tomorrow is another day. Come what may. Ok I sound like soap opera.

Thanks Ms Nan, good recap.