Monday, February 20, 2017
Vino el Amor, Lunes 2/20/17 Chapter 79: The New Beginning
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"Before she could whine and cajole he took his leave", "Up in the Lisa Shrine Boudoir" and "Neither saw the daggers shooting out of Gracie's feral eyes" were among many favorites.
I smiled at "[David, why don't you just use two of TV's most infamous words on him right now?]". Yes!! Fire him David. Quickly!!
"[Who wants to bet that Luciana's enabling of this relationship will get her into big trouble with David within the next half dozen episodes?]" mirrored my own thoughts exactly. David will see this a betrayal of trust and is sure to cause a rift in his newly developing relationship with Luci.
I am happy David opened the vault. He did take joy in the past and is now ready to move forward with his life.
"she had fallen in love with Gutiérrez". Marta, really? The man who deported your family? I can't believe his treachery didn't negate any feelings she had for him. Even if it hadn't, I can't believe she told Leon that.
I love Sonia with Lilian, watching her seemingly without judgment but with those knowing glances, ready to deflect Lili's hurtful words to others as much as she can.
"She grinned as Gracie walked off and got back to her book". Lilian appears to hate her own daughter as well. However, I agree with you in that for a moment, she looked truly stricken about Lisa. If she had feelings for anyone, it was her.
Things look bleaker for Perla each passing day.
"Besos. No work would probably get done after this". A perfect ending for a great summary. Thank you UA!
Diana
Awesome UA. Big thanks
Well Perla tried and while it wasn't much of a heads up I hope Susan can connect the dots. Perla on the other hand I fear is a dead Fräulein walking.
Marta is much more hurt Brian is with Lilian than she feels betrayed he deported Marcos and Luciana and kept Leon from having a relationship with his father. Busting up the family she could overlook with enough groveling and the kids can stick it if they don't like it. Brian, however, may have dug too deep a hole by returning to Lilian.
Marta was happy for a moment last night. She could barely suppress a smile when Luciana told her it hurts she and David cannot be open with their relationship. What a nasty human gleefully desiring to be right.
Instead of poaching university text books, got a couple ideas for Luciana that should get her a new Cadillac from David. Pit the olive and stuff with pimento and if she wants to blow his mind drop an olive in a cocktail.
Gracie is an absolute fool for the mindset that her career is expendable relative to marrying a man with money and position. If she throws her art career away she' up the creek. Lillian didn't do a good job of teaching her independence, not to mention that her art career could have brought lots of wealthy men into her life. Her obsession with David is about taking him back from Lisa. We all know that when she is revealed as Lisa's killer that David will be on the warpath.
Fernanda doesn't deserve an expensive car from her dad. That is a far more appropriate gift for college graduation.
Excellent recap. Much fun. It appears our ship has finally drifted out of the Doldrums, with the crew, largely, still alive.
I take it from last night that Lillian actually does not know, or accept, one or the other, that DG killed Lisa? Her blowup at the kids looked real, even for her, making me believe that if her feelings are that strong for dead Lisa, she could never been as civil ? as she is now to DisGrace. I never saw an open admission from DisGrace, but I thought she had dropped a couple hints to Lillian.
I am glad to see that David has grown one, and started taking control of his business and life. This could get fun when the other one drops. It was telling when he told Fer, "That was not a request." IE: I am not asking, I am telling. Good one Dave.
Tofie I like your cocktail ideas with the olive. I would add that if Luci has a cherry to drop in too, it is a done deal for sure.
Kirby, I had the impression that Lilian knew but maybe not. I am pretty much basing my impression on the suspicious looks Juan and Lilian threw at Gracie the first week when Lisa was found dead.
Fer needs to go to SAT prep, apparently.
My favorite part was Lilian telling Sonia that she needs vitamins because she is busy getting busy with El Love Machine. Kudos to Gut, but Lilian, how indiscreet. Ladies do not kiss and tell. She just loves to twist that knife in Marty's back. Uff.
I must say that the ceremonial grand opening of Lisa's room was emotional. Anyone who has ever had to deal with a loved one's possessions after his or her death knows how difficult that is to do. I agree that it is the first time I have ever seen Lilian show any emotion. I don't even remember her seeming very upset at the time of Lisa's death.
It is encouraging to see Dave snap out of his ennui and start taking charge. I don't know who is the bigger brat ..Fer or Juan.
What we do know about DisGracie from our fly-on-the-wall observation is that she can be short-circuited when caught off guard. Juan may or may not know this but Lillian does, as women are often better observers of such things. Juan could cause her downfall if he makes an accusation in front of Lillian and/or David. I think Lillian's reaction to the disassembling of the Lisa shrine was genuine even if not for the right reasons. Lisa was clearly her favorite daughter because of her life path.
I see David as an nth-generation (2nd or 3rd) US-born landowner, which Lillian sees as Upper Crust. He is the sort of man Lillian probably tried to marry and couldn't... or didn't because of her own (admitted) weakness for Latin men. Brian Gutierrez is the compromise she makes because of this, as he is 2nd-generation US born and we've not heard him speak Spanish at all in this series. She is the ultimate hypocrite when she rejects Latinos as a group yet lusts after one who is also likely to be at least ten years younger than she is.
BTW, I don't recall ever having heard her maiden name. Where is she supposed to be from? Her British sounds so phony because of its inconsistency and why is she attempting to acquire a Boston accent? Broadcast British is so much better to most American ears and when was Lillian ever in either Boston or Britain? We're not getting any clues about these things.
The succinic acid was delivered to the warehouse where some immigrants were kept - shouldn't this be a HUGE clue as to who was bringing in the immigrants? Shouldn't Gut be in on this?
Lillian: "No! I forbid you to give away Lisa's things! I forbid you! And least of all to Latinos!" Did she actually say that in Spanish? LOL! She gets all the funniest/most ironic lines.
No, Lillian hasn't a clue that Disgrace killed Lisa. She won't take it well when she finds out. We don't know for sure yet, but she might have killed her husband. Would she kill Disgrace too?
Olives. Grapes. Next time they have a bad batch of wine, they can convert it to vinegar and make salad dressing. Super-expensive "gourmet" salad dressing.
We don't know what kind of grapes David and Adolfo grow, do we? I'd like to drink some similar type of wine when watching the show.
Oh and I think Adolfo and Erika should name their special wine "Odio." Local wine enthusiasts will find that they can get the best wine imaginable by combining equal portions of David's "Amor" and Adolfo's "Odio." David will marry Erika and they will merge the vineyards together. Luci and Mig will go to San Francisco and never be heard from again.
Lillian will NEVER know the truth about her Mini-me, Graciela whacking Lisa until the Gran Final (assuming the Body Count starts rising up before then).
Is it possible for her to be mad enough to have an aneurism?
I was musing into the ethos yesterday about how DisGrace will be found out. I might have a clue today, given the fact that DG, Lil and NoJ are all in this little Coven together. NoJuan could possibly rat out DG to Lillian as a negotiating ploy to turn those two against each other if it appears to him that Lillian could be more valuable, or if DisGrace is an otherwise immovable obstacle to his plans.
Last night was David's first step in telling his family about his relationship with Luciana. My gosh, if Lilian and Graciela acted this way over donating Lisa's things and re-purposing a room, he can't expect trotting out her replacement to go well.
I hope David tells Fernanda when they are alone and no fire fanners around.
When is Luciana going to tell Miguel she loves David or will she hide it and let him find out once they are engaged as she did with David?
DisGracie admitting it during a tantrum...
Lillian, David, or anyone else overhearing an argument between DisGracie and Juan...
There are lots of options here, but I doubt this revelation will happen until the last week.
Lisa's cell phone was at the scene of the crime, but nothing has become of it. It would have been a good thing if the camera had been activated somehow, but I doubt it and the writers better not have retconned this.
Still very clear to me David is way more into her than she is him. You don't see her making plans for a weekend in San Francisco with David.
I gave Luciana the tofie's choice test for galans. David bound in a room with a bomb and Miguel in a separate room with a bomb with just enough time on each so she can save only one. She saves Miguel.
Luciana would never believe that Lillian was brown-nosing her without an ulterior motive. This would be very ineffective in addition to something totally out of character for Lillian. Luciana knows that Lillian was making Marta's life hell for ages and she wouldn't forgive that.
Lillian did once comment that Gracie should not give up her art prematurely. However, she should have emphasized that she shouldn't give it up at all.
I don't think David is in a rush about revealing his relationship with Luciana. His first hurdle will be Fernanda and he might stumble there, which makes me wonder.....
Luciana could possibly prevent this by holding The Tano Secret over FerBrat's head.
However, what is far more likely is that either La Bruja or La Súcuba will overhear something and rat Luciana out to David.
Tano had better finish college ASAP.
Urban, yes people have mentioned Lisa's cell phone being at the crime scene, however, in this scenario, they didn't even call the police! There was no police investigation into the alleged "accident." The only thing David did was call the mortuary to come pick up Lisa's body. No coroner, no investigation, no NOTHING. We needed CSI to investigate, but not here! LOL!
I liked how David lit into Fernanda about her test scores!
As for DisGrace, boy you could really tell how she did not want Lisa's memory brought up. I wonder if she feels the least bit of guilt carrying that little burden around with her.
Julie, I think Miguel should marry Erica, instead of David marrying Erica. Besides, I don't think David has the least bit of interest in her. Erica is throwing herself at Miguel and I'm sure he will fall for her soon and forget about Luciana. Besides, I think they make a hotter couple. ;)
The show is over in Mexico now. I hope we see everyone getting their just desserts when we see the last few shows. Hopefully Sonia and Leon will stay together. I really like them as a couple.
Nor do I think Luciana would cover the budding relationship with Tano simply to get Fernanda's approval. Luciana has already mused Fernanda may have connected her silence with their improving relationship and it uncomfortable. Anyway if David finds out it won't matter.
Now that is funny!
Unless he actually makes a pact with Fer and breaks up with Luci in order to get Fer to break up with Tano. Ugh, then they'll mope around looking miserable for at least a month, even while Luci tries to get back with Miguel again (who will probably be enthralled by Erika by then).
Well then where in the world were John Walsh and Nancy Grace, this is the USA you know. Were they in San Francisco with a 'do not disturb' on the door? 'Cause here in Flor-I-Duh you can't even pull a stunt like that with a feral cat.
I have noticed, as in real life, cell phones, and to a lesser degree laptops, are playing a bigger role in TN plots with their ubiquitous audio and video recording capabilities. So I am holding onto the cell phone idea. It would make a perfect ending to have our pint sized super hero Bobby discover it.
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I'm a fan of the Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez. He was living in Italy for a long time, learned Italian and gets interviewed on Italian TV programs. I can't understand the interviewer, but I can understand JDF's Italian answers (sometimes quite long), even though pizza, pasta and gelato are about the only Italian words I know.
Whatever I could add has already been covered. I thought David "desecrating" Lisa's room was a little precipitous. If he really wanted his children to have some of Lisa's things as mementos, the three of them should have done it by themselves, not with Lil and DisGracie standing there watching. I felt for Lil, oddly. It WAS her daughter and she should have been shown more courtesy and been offered some things as well. But we know Lil and she would somehow have turned it into a pity party, which she did anyway.
I thought Lil on several occasions in the past stated that she preferred Lisa, who did what she was told--marry a handsome, rich guy. I don't think she really cared what DisGracie did with her life. Lil had what she wanted. She's Barnacle Babe, or Lilly Leach, whatever you prefer.
Oh, and that notebook wasn't of Luci's dad's advice and teachings. It was a blank book. Luci was trying to tell her she should fill it with her own dad's advice and teachings. In the future it would be as meaningful to her as Marcos' was to Luci.
Kirby--Actually, David carried Lisa back up to the mansion grounds from where they found her floating in the water. When they couldn't revive her, he cried over her body for some overly long stretch of time. And yes, she was buried right away. The dent on her skull was attributed to hitting her head on a submerged rock in the water and not a projectile in the hands of a human being. There was no autopsy, which wouldn't have garnered any new information. We were all surprised there was no follow up by the police, or a report filed, or SOMETHING. No one searched the area and no one wondered about a cell phone. True, David was a mess, but Lil or Marta could have mentioned it, but then there was no one to mention it TO.
However, those same recaps say that her battery may have been dead by the time she got to the river, because she didn't answer when David was calling. (She was driving, though, so maybe this is a rare instance of a TN character letting the phone ring.) If the battery was dead, she wouldn't have been able to record what went down between her and Disgrace during the fight. There could be other stuff on there, though, like a recording of the argument she heard between Juan and Disgrace. This seems likely.
It is of course ridiculous that Lisa's body would have been hauled away without an investigation. I don't think there is any state in which that would happen. In California, in particular, the law says:
"It shall be the duty of the coroner to inquire into and determine the circumstances, manner, and cause of all violent, sudden, or unusual deaths; unattended deaths; deaths where the deceased has not been attended by either a physician or a registered nurse [...] in the 20 days before death;" lots more, you get the idea, it's all here: http://codes.findlaw.com/ca/government-code/gov-sect-27491.html
The coroner might still decide that it was an accidental drowning, but if there's a way to determine that the blow to the head occurred before the drowning, that would raise some red flags. And the police would be interested as well.
It is already over in Mexico, so they can't add it in now, unless it was in the original.
You know, hateful as she is, DisGrace is about the most interesting one in this show. Her quest for Daveeeed is reminiscent of Schwarzeneggar as the Terminator in the first one. Then at other times you can just see her blood boiling when one of her schemes is 'foiled again!' I do hope we see some Mortal Kombat between Dis and Lil somewhere along the line. You are truly nutty when you keep doing the same things and expect some different outcome. At what point do you throw in the towel and admit it just aint gonna hoppin.
Now if you mean her Karma will be finding out how her Mother was murdered in cold blood, then yup, that's some Karma alright. I'd love to see Fer, Bobby, David and :Lillian circle around DisGrace and ask how she could have murdered their Mom/Wife/Daughter.
I love watching the actress playing Disgrace chew up the scenery. First, we got all her purring , seductive moves. Now, we are getting the rage simmering just beneath those cold, grey eyes. She is always impeccably coiffed ,groomed, and dressed, not a hair out of place. I worry that she may become so desperate to have Moby Dave that she will try to kill Luci.
Urban, here's to your," [And does she (Lil) actually think that a Boston accent will help her with that? Delusional, much?] “Obviously, a North American.”
She obviously doesn't know her geography. Mexico is, of course part of the North American Continent. (Ignore the fact that, though it hangs on below us and above Central America, we're all "North American.") She meant Gringa but for some reason wouldn't say it.
I think the Spanish translations for Gut's dialog is hysterical. I can't stand his "2d generation" accent and tune him out and read the Spanish instead. Much more fun.
Sue, DisLusional said last night or the night before when talking to Lillian that since Daveeeed turned down her latest bribe, if her plans begun to fall apart she would use that money he turned down to DisTroy him.
Lillian's fake or croc tears? Maybe real. I think she loves lisa more than grrracie.
Juan is really flipping out with hatred for davy.
See, marta still got the hots for gut. Thats why she get so spittin nails mad
At lils when she see them together.
The heart wants what it wants.
Fer is boy crazy. Or tano crazy. Not Good with the grades dropping. Forget
Love and get an education. Love later.
Or risk the wrath of DAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!
Thanks Urban.
Kirby..yikes! That means that Disgrace will join the Juan\Lilian team . Dave, get the wagons in a circle. Call out the Calvary. Here come the three Horsemen. I'd say four , but dumb as dirt Marked is probably going to be hoisted on his own petard.
The the three moosekateers are not pulling together anymore. All three of them are so consumed with greed and or hatred for something or someJuan that none of them are really sitting back and planning like in the past. They are all just one spark away from a full blown explosion.
Well, I think anyway.
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