Monday, October 03, 2016

A Que No Me Dejas (AQNMD) #16. Monday October 3, 2016. Gonzo's Mask Of Virtue Is Falling Off

You’re a regifter and you stink. You’re a stinking regifter!

At a glance

-- The Gonz is busted! Camilo and Raquel found out about his ho-on-the-side and Julieta discovered that he swindeled his business partners and hid the money in an offshore account.

A closer look

At Casa Murat, after the slap-and-swoon, Gonzalo acts repentant and says he is ready to do anything to make Inés forgive him. Does that include accepting Paulina’s marriage to Adrián? No, he’ll never accept that union. Then, as far as Inés is concerned, they have nothing to talk about.

Paulina enters the room. She and Gonzalo start yelling at each other. He doesn’t know who notified her. In any case, she’s not welcome in his house but he is letting her stay the night. Only tonight! Yeah, yeah yeah, Paulina says she gets it. She is only here because her mom is unwell, tomorrow she’ll scram, first thing in the morning. Inés disagrees. She needs Paulina to accompany her tomorrow to Mauricio’s audiometric test (audiometría). Gonzalo reiterates his order that Paulina stay away from Mauricio. The ingrate daughter preferred her marriage to Adrián over Mauricio and her own family, so she must now deal with the consequences. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Inés says the guardianship of the kid is hers as well. She’s legally Mauricio’s mother and if something is beneficial to her child’s wellbeing then she is determined to do it. Inés has decided that Paulina and Mauricio will continue seeing each other and she is giving her permission with Gonzalo’s full knowledge. She’s not hiding anything from him! “In this family I too have a say (tener voz y voto). Don’t you forget it!” she affirms defiantly.

Chelo goes back to the kitchen with her bedding. Paulina is staying with Mauricio tonight so there is no need for Chelo to sleep in the child’s room. Micaela instructs Chelo and Beto to keep their mouths shut about the mighty slap (tremendo cachetadón). Gonzalo said his wife hurt herself when she fainted and that’s the official line they ought to stick to. If Inés wants her daughters to know about the slap, she’ll tell them herself.

Back upstairs, Gonzalo accuses his wife of diminishing his authority in front of his kids. Inés retorts that he is trying to cancel her out (nulificar) and she won’t allow it. Paulina will keep seeing Mauricio and that’s that! Don’t you challenge me! No, don’t YOU challenge me! No, don’t YOU challenge me! Paulina intervenes to stop the screaming match. She asks her parents not to fight for her sake. They’re not fighting, explains Inés, “Your father said he wanted to please me and I’m taking him at his word. Right, my love?” she asks her husband mockingly. Gonzalo doesn’t reply. He turns to Paulina and reminds her that she’s leaving the house tomorrow. “The one who’ll be leaving is you!” yells Inés as he walks out the door. Paulina says she has never seen her parents fight like this. Her mother informs her that runteldat Nuria told Gonzalo that Inés knew about the secret wedding. Gonzalo went berserk and he “offended” Inés like never before. Paulina feels bad but Inés doesn’t want her daughter to feel guilty. From now on, things are going to be done Inés’s way. 

Gonzalo goes downstairs to the kitchen and scolds Micaela for notifying Paulina that her mother is unwell. In this house, Gonzo is the big honcho! Get it? Mica doesn’t let Chelo speak and she accepts all the blame. She says she thought the situation was serious and Paulina needed to be here. “Don’t think! Don’t speak! Don’t listen! Obey what is asked of you. Period.” He says he won’t sack her now because she has worked for the Murats for many years and Inés needs her. However, next time, he won’t be this considerate. And this goes for all the domestic help of Casa Murat.

Gonzalo drinks as Inés’s words play in his head: She has discovered a nasty side to him that disappoints her deeply. The next morning, he wakes up in his study reeking of alcohol and he takes out a pearl necklace from the safe. This is the same necklace that Mónica had rejected a few days earlier. Talk about nasty.

Paulina tickles Mauricio’s face with a feather. The child wakes up delighted to see her. He asks whether she has returned to the house. She replies that they’ll always see each other. She instructs Chelo to dress the boy because they’re taking him today to his audiometric tests. She explains to Chelo that these tests will determine Mauricio’s hearing levels. Hopefully, today will mark the start of a learning process that’ll teach the little boy how to communicate with them. Chelo thanks Paulina for what she and her mom are doing for Mauricio.

Karen calls Adrián and fills him in on what happened to Inés at night. She asks Adrián if he is OK with her idea of organizing a small party (brindis) in the boutique after the civil ceremony. Adrián asks her to see if the Luna Roja restaurant has their sea-view terrace available that day. They’ll organize a small wedding reception there. His treat. 

Gonzalo bumps into Paulina in the corridor, outside Mau’s room. He says that he thought she would come back to her senses. She retorts that she thought he would understand she has the right to live her life with the man she loves.

Gonzalo offers the pearl necklace to Inés. She tells him it’s not with jewelry that he’ll fix what he did. She is too hurt and she doesn’t know when she’ll be able to get over what happened. She is very disappointed in him and she needs time away from him. He tells her he adores her, he is hurt that she is treating him this way, she can’t judge him so harshly based on this one mistake, yada yada yada. What a colossal douchebag! Inés tells him that the mistake was not only hitting her, but also disowning their daughter for not doing things his way. Inés never thought Gonzalo could be so cruel and controlling. And take a bath, will ya? You smell like you slept in a dumpster.

In the kitchen, Mica tries to get Pau to have breakfast before leaving for Karen’s. Nuria walks in and asks her sister what she is doing there. This is no longer her house! Pau says she came because their mom is unwell thanks to Nuria’s big mouth. Pau warns Nuria that she won’t allow her to keep attacking her like this. Nuria says her little sis is mistaken if she thinks she will encounter happiness with Adrián away from here. Whatevs, loser! The biggest advantage of leaving Casa Murat is being away from Nuria, her jealousy and her bad vibes. She gives her older sister one last warning: Either leave her the heck alone or their father will find out that she chased Adrián all the way to Playa Linda and put herself in his bed.

Karen tries to rent the terrace of Luna Roja but she is told that the owner doesn’t rent it for public events. Why? He must be some selfish old geezer (ruco)! The selfish ruco overhears her and introduces himself. His name is Flavio and he is flavorsome. Karen devours him with her eyes. She manages to convince him to rent her the space and to attend the wedding reception. Karen gets a sea-view terrace AND a scrumptious date for Saturday’s brindis. Score!

Inés confronts Nuria about her runteldatting. Nuria says she only ratted her mom out because she wanted her dad to know the truth. And since when is Nuria the defender of the truth? Well, since Nuria feels so superiorly truthful, Inés suggests maybe Gonzalo ought to find out that the bag Nuria lost was not stolen at Acacia’s house but somewhere entirely different. Inés warns that next time Nuria tries to play truth defender, Gonzalo will find out just where his eldest daughter’s handbag was stolen. After Inés leaves, a visibly-shaken Nuria swears revenge on Paulina for being a chismosa/runteldat who can’t stand that Nuria is now “the Queen of the House”. Whatevs, loser!

In the kitchen, Chelo tells Beto that she is taking candles to church to give thanks for Mau’s safe return. Beto asks her why she has so many. One of them is for St. Anthony, to pray that he send Chelo a galán/beau. “Well, maybe he’s already granted you your wish!” teases Beto, inching closer. “If he did, I’m sill not seeing him clearly!” replies Chelo, coquettishly. “Volví a Nacer” by Carlos Vives is their theme song and the chorus isQuiero casarme contigo/ I want to marry you”. Therefore, it’s safe to say that these two are endgame.

And since we’re on the subject of theme songs, this chorus plays out as Inés strolls on the sea promenade and remembers the mighty slap: “¡Ni lo pienses! No hay manera de que pueda perdonarte/ Don’t even think about it! There is no way I could forgive you.” Draw your own conclusions. 

Julieta meets banker Eulate Morales and twitchily asks about the Ezquerro business. Why did all the partners get bankrupt except Gonzalo? Eulate says he has no reason to discuss this with her, but Gonzalo played him dirty (jugar chueco), so Eulate is more than happy to sing. Besides, Julieta is a beautiful woman and he likes her. Maybe he’s drunk.

Inés and Paulina take Mauricio to see Dr. Gastón Mijares. The audiometric tests reveal that Mau can hear some ambient noise but at a very high volume. He doesn’t hear any low-pitched sounds (sonidos graves) and he can barely perceive the high-pitched ones (sonidos agudos). Both his ears are affected. The communication evolves differently depending on each child that suffers from deafness. Some rely on sign language, some read lips, some use hearing aids, etc. It is too early to say how Mauricio will be able to communicate. What’s sure is that the process will be long and will require consistency and discipline. For now, Dr. Mijares suggests starting with language therapy to teach Mau the alphabet, then take it from there. Inés and Paulina will also have to learn sign language (la lengua de señas). 

At the airport, Jaime and the woman waiting out his marriage are having a casual discussion where he gets to complain about his psycho wife and she gets to make herself available for when he is ready to slip and slip her a little tongue. Anyhoo, while they wait for her flight, Jaime asks Gisela if she told Julieta that she will be moving to Playa Linda. She didn’t. Jaime admits that Julieta’s maternal side was what attracted him to her at first, but it has become so sick that it’s harming their couple. He feels he has nothing in common with his wife and they have nothing to talk about anymore. Gisela thinks this is even more serious than Julieta’s “emotional imbalances”. But I’m here, boo! Ditch her and take me!

Eulate tells Julieta that Gonzalo received a huge bank loan then hid the money in a tax haven (paraíso fiscal). Eulate helped him do it. Julieta wants the documents to prove this but Eulate doesn’t have them. It’ll be a laborious process to locate them. Julieta says she is prepared to pay him anything he wants. He doesn’t want money, he wants her. One night of weird mating in exchange for putting Gonzalo in jail. Yep, he’s definitely drunk. Julieta agrees, as long as he gets her the documents before Saturday and delivers them to her directly in Puerto Esperanza.

At the office, Gonzalo asks Leonel about Nuria’s university grade report. Leonel says he’ll have it this afternoon. Why has nobody told this boy to button up his shirt? We get it, you had number 7 at the tanning parlor, and you are exceedingly proud of your peanut butter shade, but for the love of Helios, spare us the spectacle! After Gonzalo orders Leo to leave, he calls his goon Silvestre, and he signs off on the “punishment” devised for Adrián.

At the agency in Playa Linda, Adrián introduces Gisela to Odette and Darío. There was definitely a look between Gisela and Darío. He’s now her plan B in case her wait-out of the Córdovas’ marriage doesn’t pay off or Julieta ends up killing Jaime. Later, the foursome Odette, Darío, Gisela and Adrián agree to go out to dinner to celebrate Gisela’s integration to the agency and Adrián’s upcoming nuptials. 

Pau and Mau go snorkeling in Playa de las Tortugas. She tells him that after she leaves for Playa Linda, Mauricio will be able to remember her every time he goes snorkeling. 

The private eye informs Camilo that Mónica is Gonzalo’s ho-on-the-side and baby mama of his two boys, René, 9, and Alan, 6. Camilo wonders whether he should tell Paulina. 

Here is a lovely snorkeling scene to give you more beach envy. After they are done snorkeling, Pau and Mau are joined by René, Alan and their grandma. René informs Pau that the situation with his parents has been sorted and that they’ll be making a trip to Orlando, Florida after the school year ends. As the kids play, Elisa confides to Paulina that the father of her grandkids is a married man with grown-up children. He seduced and has been playing with her daughter for many years. The Orlando trip is meant as a distraction until the rascal divorces his first wife. But, off course, the kids don’t know any of this. Elisa vows to split the father of her grandkids from his first wife. Paulina shares her contempt for scoundrels who play with women’s feelings like this.

Leonel shows Nuria her forged grade report. She kisses him but he stops her because he doesn’t want her dad to catch them. They agree to meet at night. She is wearing red as usual and is hot red for this tanning aficionado. I noticed that there are color palettes for most of the characters of this novela. Nuria: Red. Julieta: Black and White. Gonzalo: Grey. Inés: Pastel Blue and Green. Karen: Hot Pink and Electric Blue. Mónica: Wine, Chocolate Brown and Cream. Elisa: Fanta Orange and Fanta Limón. Odette: Skittles Crazy Sours. Leonel: Peanut Butter and Slime.

Inés visits Dr. Julio Flores who insists that she take extensive medical tests to discard any other possibility that might be causing her fainting spells. He also advises her to take it easy and avoid stress. 

Leonel hands Gonzalo Nuria’s forged grade report. Gonzalo is pleasantly surprised. Nuria’s GPA is the same as Paulina’s. Leonel starts fawning over Nuria: She is bright, intelligent... Gonzalo stops him short and warns him to stay away from his daughter and to keep their boss-subordinate conversations strictly work-related.

Karen shows Paulina her wedding dress. Adrián is paying for it. Paulina is pleased with the dress. She can’t wait to become Mrs. Olmedo.

At Casa Fonseca, Camilo apologizes to his father for accusing him of having a mistress. Alfonso wants to know what made Camilo change his mind on this matter. Camilo admits that he investigated Mónica Greepe and found out that she is Gonzalo’s long-term ho-on-the-side. “Repeat what you just said, Camilo!” Raquel heard everything! Bloomin’ heck! Gonzalo’s mask of virtue is finally coming down! 

A quote from the capítulo 

 

“¡No pienses! ¡No hables! ¡No escuches! Obedece lo que se te pide y punto.”* 

*Gonzalo shows Mica who’s boss: “Don’t think! Don’t speak! Don’t listen! Obey what is asked of you. Period.” 


Your viewing vocabulario       

(these definitions are context-specific, unless otherwise indicated)  

audiometría = an audiometric test. 
tener voz y voto = Lit. To have voice and vote, i.e. to have a say. 
tremendo cachetadón = a mighty slap. 
nulificar = to cancel out, to nullify. 
un brindis = a small party and/or a toast. 
ruco(a) = mostly disparaging term for an older person. Can be used as either a noun or an adjective. 
jugar chueco = to play dirty. 
sonidos graves = low-pitched sounds. 
sonidos agudos = high-pitched ones.
la lengua de señas = sign language. 
paraíso fiscal = tax haven.


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Comments:
Hello Patio Pals! Hope you've all had a great weekend!

Many thanks to Superalfie, Delilah and Pablo for the wonderful recaps you contributed last week as well as to all the commenters who stopped by to discuss. Much appreciated, indeed!

Nina and Leticia, you asked why nobody seems to have a cellphone, it's the same reason why nobody has a computer, desktop or otherwise, why hair mousse is absent from the men's grooming routine... The opening scene of the first episode and the opening line of the first recap was: "A few years ago". We can each draw our own conclusions about the time where this is set. I'll just ask everyone a favor: Let us refrain from speculating and/or discussing when and why this story is set when it might be set. Just like the no internet/youtube search rule about this novela, this will help us avoid spoilers and enjoy this story to the max. Hope this answered your query.

Enjoy the recap and discussion. Good night :)
 

Gracias, Nandicta. Great job on this episode.

Gonzalo is almost as insufferable as Nuria. Raquel, rat him out! Ines, call a divorce lawyer and take this poor excuse of a husband to the cleaners!

Is that where the episode ended? Or am I thinking that something in the avances I saw was the real ending?
 

Thank you for your recap, Nandicta! Its our pleasure to keep the recaps coming as well because this is heating up.

Urban, that was the end of the episode. I know for sure because I thought it was just goning to be an apology scene Raquel walkes in and my jaw dropped. I wonder if she will tell immediately or do like Ines and spare her friends feelings.

Even more than Paulina, when Ines finds out shes going to blow. Gonzalo slapped her out of her dishonesty when he has "mas cola que le pisen" than anybody.
 

Nandicta- How wonderful to have you back. Loved this recap, and nodding right along with your assessment of Gonzo. So tacky to regift that necklace. I was so happy to see Inez stay firm and tell him off.

We got two pieces of man candy this episode-- the businessman Karen snagged, and Mau's new doctor. Loved that he was already signing with Mau and really enjoyed how educational that whole sequence was. With all is drama, is anyone in that family really going to have time to learn sign language?

Can't wait to see what Raquel does with this new info! Go tell Inez, girl!
 

And I could not believe that whatshisname is bribing Juli to sleep with him. Sure, she's a beautiful woman, but he must have some sort of fetish for BSC women!
 

I'm wondering whether she will really freak out and kill him. I get no sense of any sexual relationship between her and Jaime.

BTW, Moises Arizmendi is also in Despertar Contigo. When that comes on the air we'll have to be extra careful not to confuse his characters with each other.
 

Urban I believe despertar contigo is already airing at 8 p.m. right before 3VA so Moises Arizmendi is currently in 3 different novelas airing at the same time on univision.

Jaime at least revealed a snipit of info regarding Julieta. He loved her maternal instinct which has turned crazier as Adrian grew up.
 

I suspected that it was precisely seeing young Juli caring for her little brother years ago that drew Jaime to her. But that love and care for a little boy, has turned into a sick obsession for her grown brother over the years. I don't know why Jaime hasn't uttered the word divorce yet. It's clear that marriage is dead, and they have no kids that tie them together.
 

Its one of the strangest situations Ive seen for sure. The marriage is dead. Its clear julieta doesnt even care for him. And I dont sense a sexual relatioship now or before. Nw that Adrian is pit of the jouse divorce should be the first thing on his mind. I thonk they pity her and dont see the crazy. Maube no one does as Gisela considers her a best friend...
 

They have to know she's crazy; they know she tried to strangle Paulina. What I wish they knew is that Nuria watched and did nothing.
 

Thanks Nandicta. Have been traveling and missed a number of episodes and recaps, but enjoyed this one immensely.

Love "tener voz y voto". Great dicho. Definitely worth remembering. And wonder if Schoolmarm is watching this. She was head of the Iowa State School for the Deaf and now heads up the state school in Florida. She would love all this discussion of hearing ranges and could offer corrections if there were inaccuracies in the medical portrayals, I'm sure.

Great term for tax haven..."paraiso fiscal" A lot more colorful than the English expression.

And oh my, your little rant about Leonel's number on the tanning beds and "peanut butter and slime". We all thought this actor was rather hawt in Abismo de Pasion. Well okay, Cynderella and I did. I still find him a lot more beddable than Adian. But I haven't seen Karen's new love interest nor the new doctor. Looking forward to checking them out. Maybe I'll forget all about old Slimy Peanut Butter and Tainted Re-Gifter Gonzalo.

Thanks as always for a great recap and vocab lesson.
 

I hope before Jaime divorces Julieta that he gets her into some in-patient therapy. She's not just a jerk like Nuria, she's mentally ill. She needs help. Somewhere that she can't change out her pills for tic tacs.

Kelly
 

She needs to be treated on an in-patient basis. She can't be trusted to take her meds unsupervised.
 

Hey Nandicta. This was a lip smackin recap.
Thanks for that answer. I really don't care about The non cell phone thing. Im enjoyin gonzo The clown about to have his A$$ handed to him. I can Not stand a man like him. Slimin up to his Wife with pearls that his ho-on-the side didn't want. Im glad Inez is on time for his lyin nasty carcus.

I have to say mauricio is just the sweetest little curly hair boy I've seen in a long time.
I wonder if gonzalo even love that little boy?
At least he's gettin to know his brothers. And
They already know daddy is weird. Hopefully
They'll grow up lovin each other, and don't think on How much of kingsized jackass dad is. Im so proud of inez standin up for herself
Against that poor excuse of a man. Nuria did not fall far from tree. Shes a Sorry so-n-so
Just like dear ol dad.

Juliet may have flown over the cookoos nest
But shes gettin some amo on gonzo the cheatin clown. I didn't see this episode, but did she really have sex with that guy? Really?
Is she stable enough for that? I went back and read it again, yep! Proof for sex. Wow. This show is going go cablooey when all the nasty stuff is exposed. I really want to see the clown get his. What a nasty man he is.

Thanks Ms Nan! :-)
 

Nandita, thanks a lot. I am not a big fan of this soap but hang around to read the recaps which are so well done.
Helen
 

Thank you Nandicta :)

Oh My God! Gonzalo is a SLIMEBALL. Karma will bite him sooner or later!

Vivi: What's with the evil Red-head tearing up the photograph in front of the poor kid for ?




 

Thank you everyone for taking the time to read and comment. This is definitely heating up and I'm enjoying it more and more, though, like many of you, I am still puzzled by the Jaime-Julieta situation and by the crooked banker finding her attractive. She is a beautiful woman but crazy trumps hot.

Welcome Helen! What a joy to have you join us!

Steve, I appreciate your contributions to this patio but, if you are watching ahead, can you please refrain from mentioning what happens in the avances or next episodes in discussion threads of previous episodes? Thanks.
 

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