Monday, January 01, 2018
Caer en Tentación #51, 1/1/18, Lunes: Blackmail Comes in All Flavors
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"Lola regarded Miriam with appropriate suspicion" and "He grinned to himself before sipping his favorite poison" were among many superb lines.
“He reminded her of Santiago's loyalty and when his own wife was alive he had eyes for no one else; Santiago was the same way about her. She may or may not have caught his meaning”. I thought she completely understood his meaning! Nacho’s look turned threatening and on the verge of hateful.
"He had been through so much he wasn't sure he'd be able to fight. Raquel told him he could count on her". Kind sentiments but as Miriam hates Raq as much as Santi, I do not see that being any kind of help.
Another very sad installment. What fuels Mia's hatred? As frightening as Miriam's quiet, icy countenance is, Mia's smoke and fire is even more alarming.
Nico looked angry last night. The situation is clearly upsetting him.
So Fedes overheard more evidence against Caro. It seems every day there is another slipup on Caro's part.
Who is Vincente's unwelcome guest?
Is Alina going to try and manipulate Nico into helping her against Rueda and Sammy? For the first time, she seemed frightened. Good. Not nearly enough.
I hope Raq has Mia committed. If this doesn't make her realize the danger her daughter is to herself, nothing will.
Thank you Urban!
Diana
I have to admit that Rueda's revelation is interesting if I got it right -- I could have misheard it. This could explain Alina's current preference for borderline jailbait: They are easily manipulated. Rueda is on the same playing field. What I want to know about him is what made him become unethical.
I wonder who is going to find Mia on that bathroom floor. I didn't recognize the tub so I don't know where that room is. Now that we've seen the interior of Miriam's place we know she doesn't live like a nun in a cell and that Mia's room would most likely have its own bathroom. If this is where Mia is how did Miriam miss that? Definitely a good case against her about Benjamin.
Narcissism is what fuels Mia, just as it does Miriam. Since Fede was a sickly child he would have demanded more of Raquel's attention. Raquel spoke of Mia as being helpful to Fede and so close that they had no friends; this could have been Mia's way of getting Raquel's and Damian's attention. Obviously both misread this and I don't think it's their fault. Narcissists are manipulative and fool people for years.
What made Miriam a narcissist is still a mystery and we may never know that answer.
So if Alina played Rueda too, then she won't have any qualms about going after Santi (unless her ego orverrides the fear she is currently experiencing)?
How terrible that Mia had go to this tragic length to get help. Yes, I wonder who will find her too.
Diana
Mia has been rejecting other people's help for a long time already. Unfortunately at Mia's present-day age Raquel has no legal right to have her committed. I'm not even sure she can get a court order even with medical testimony from doctors.
I think Fede and Lola's discussion in the present day went as far as his telling her not only about the phone message, but actually overhearing what Caro was saying to Damian. She used his name and Fede connected it to the phone message right away. Lola was still in denial.
So, Mimi thinks a nanny can do just as good a job raising a child as the parents. In some cases, like hers, it might be true. She seems the type of person who might not even kiss her kid goodnight, but worship the fact that he's her progeny.
How sad that today, the living conditions a child is in count towards custody rights. So Santi's house doesn't have enough bedrooms for each to have his own room? Since when has that been a negative point. Santi's house is quite spacious, well kept and Benji is old enough to have a bed in Nico's room, if it comes to that.
Did everyone see the look on Rueda's face when Sammy told him his plan was to destroy Alina? A big grin. It's unthinkable to me that father and son would get into cahoots over a crime of this magnitude--not that I don't want Alina's pecados come to light. She needs to be charged with sexual abuse and disbarred y punto--after she gets Nacho off.
The scene near the end where Santi comes in and sees Raq and Benji playing in bed made me believe that she would accept Benji as part of the package if she's going to make it with Santi. The other 4 are close to being emancipated and follow their own careers--well minus ONE, who is too sick and twisted to have a future without professional help. Benji is a 20 year commitment. I really hope Santi sees this as a good thing. After all, Raq did want another baby, and not a move to take Benji away from him. Santi is very vulnerable right now, but so is Raquel.
Vicente has been living on the edge for a long time. This may be a simple case of owing this guy for gambling debts, alcohol or even drug related expenses. OR, it can easily take Urban's conjecture--which would be very interesting. Thank goodness (in my mind) he doesn't look like the guy Santi paid off.
What Mia has done to herself is her last cry for help. Now no one in her family can reach her. I hope Miriam realizes what she has done to Mia and doesn't insist on sweeping it under the rug and hushing it up. Since this is in the present, it's up to GG to tell us where it is going--tragedy (to Mia or someone else) or salvation.
I went back and watched the 3d & 4th episodes (slowly watching for all the nuances I might have missed). Regarding Mia's loyalty-- After Damian opened his eyes when Mia mentioned Carolina's name, Miriam says to Raquel in Mia's presence, that Damian obviously cared more about Caro than he did about Raq. This hurt Raq to the core and Mia told her to ignore what her grandmother said. It was clear that she was on her mother's side and blamed Caro for everything. I can't remember now what changed her mind--unless it was her mother's growing involvement with Santiago and how much she has disliked him from the three years she's known him and the things she overheard at the two couples "hang out" sessions.
Anita, that is so on point.
I also agree about Mia's change of allegiance. Mia has most likely never had a boyfriend or anything close to one until Nico showed interest in her. She hates that her mother can still attract attractive men and she also hates that this is more attention that she will not get. It's a zero-sum game with her, as with all other narcissists.
Let's also not forget class snobbery, which is not limited to older generations.
I guess it was only a matter of time before Mia pulled a Nora Gaxiola. I don’t think she will die but she, and subsequently Miriam, will likely blame Raquel for this because Raq has chosen Santiago.
I guess I’m not surprised that Vicente is in that predicament. I wonder who that guy is.
Anita— I had to the same thought as you during the scene with Santiago, Raquel and Benjamin. I even said they looked like a family and that could be what their happy ending should look like.
Alina sure does get around if she was once boinking father and son. Unfortunately Rueda couldn’t save Sammy from her wrath. Even though she kicked Sammy to the curb, he’s still in it deep.
"You doing X hurts me so much I'm going to hurt/kill myself! If you REALLY love me and don't want me to hurt/kill myself you'll stop doing X and start doing what *I* want you to do!"
You can't do anything for a true narcissist except to ignore them. Everything should revolve around them and they're going to create situations to make everything revolve around them.
I really don't think Miriam is going to put up with Mia's tantrums and manipulations for too long. Neither Raquel nor Miriam will seek to have Mia institutionalized, though, each for their own reasons.
Alina is a sick ho, but I'm not sure what crimes you can get her on. Both Nico & Sammy are of age and both of them willingly had sex with Alina. A case could be made that she terminated Sammy's employment but he was and is still willing to have sex with her even after his employment ceased with her. I think if Rueda could've gotten Alina on some sexual harassment charges, he would've done so already. Alina is a predator but she's been very careful about choosing her prey. One of the little boys is going to kill her and she'll have no one to blame but herself.
Back to Mia: 1) she's not going to accept Damian, Raquel or Fede having sexual relationships with ANYONE (and that means even Damian & Raquel having sex with each other). 2) The reason she thinks all she has to offer a man is sex is because the only thing she has to offer a man is sex. She's not a nice person, she doesn't seem to have any interests, she is uncaring & pushes people away. She's got nothing to offer a man and she knows it, which is why she uses sex.
We haven't seen the following people in the present: Julieta, Gabriela, Cristian & Joaquin. I wonder if they will ever show up again?
I'm really sick of Mia.She can go into a coma for the remainder of the show.
She can float around out there with daddy. The girl is just annoying. what
Is her purpose here but tobe a mini me
Miriam?
These people are so exhausting.
Santiago and Raquel with little benji
Look good together.I think they and the kids minus mia would make a good family. But the Affair and the murder
Just puts a black cloud all over every
Thing. And why is santi being blamed
For the mess that Damian and Carolina
Caused.Now neither of these marriages were perfect but its like Miriam and Mia and Andres is making santi out to be the sole person responsible for the mess,seems to me the two people that are responsible or getting off easy, she's dead and he's in Sleepy lala land and in a coma.And Mia really
Should join him. She's really annoying
Like her evil abuela.
Ok that's my 2 cents.
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