Friday, June 22, 2018
Por Amar Sin Ley, 6/21/18 Chapters 80/81: CYA Days
⦁ Replay: Leonardo takes a somewhat willing Olivia in his arms and asks her what will it take to demonstrate how much he truly loves her? They kiss till Oli's overactive conscience takes over and she pushes away from Leo. They cannot do this because she's dating Alan. He apologizes for getting carried away. She leaves him to sleep on the couch but relents enough to surprised him with a kiss to his forehead before retiring to the guestroom.
⦁ Meanwhile, at Paula and Alejandra's, Carlos swears to Ale, and a very skeptical Paula, that he had no idea that Benjamin Acosto was money-laundering funds given to The Foundation. "--Remember Ale, it was you who recommended him to me. But don't worry. I will have a hearing where we advise all that you are totally innocent of this! And, you know I will always protect you from whatever and whomever." (Paula remains cool as a cucumber but is definitely fighting the urge to pay gut felt homage to the nearest toilet bowl.)
⦁ Benji races into Leticia's office for emotional support but she tries to shoo him out of her office again. She asks him incredulously how he could have lent himself to money laundering and begs him not to involve her. "--You took the expensive gifts I gave you, though or didn't you?" He whines that he doesn't deserve this from her, that it was a trap. "--Yes, a trap that your arrogance caused you to fall into! You knew full well that it was a huge federal crime!" He wants to think through his list of implausible deniablities. "--Nobody has proof of this and so far nobody has gone to the police to make a complaint!"
⦁ The next morning Leo and Oli watch the Dorantes video of Benji binging on bundles of illicit bills, packing away the extra packets into already bulging pockets. Oli feels it's so unfair and Leo agrees that after all these years because of one person the whole Vega firm should go under. Just then Ricardo arrives home and tells his kids that Elena's still the same. Oli and Leo inform Ric of Benji's publicized antics and the fall out that's sure to come of it. He asks if The Foundation's involved. Oli says maybe not, but probably other ventures of his alone, yes. Ric is certain that Carlos is knee deep in this but Leo defends Carlos as too bright and successful to do something so dangerously compromising while he's still under investigation in a murder case. Ric scoffs at that. He's worried at the implications for Ale because of this, not to mention that the hypocrite surely created this foundation to get back on Ale's good side.
⦁ Jaime stops by Paula's to have coffee and show Ale the morning paper. Paula says she's certain Carlos is up to his elbows in this mess. Ale defends him. Jaime does as well but says, still he wouldn't bank on it either. Ale should not worry about the ignorant press and their stories. Since she's certain The Foundation wasn't used this way then she has nothing to fear professionally from the investigation. Besides, he'll speak to Dorantes and have him retract his statement and accusations.
⦁ Alan is having his morning coffee with Carlos and reminds him he warned him that doing business with El Ciego was a dangerously dirty game. Carlos insists nothing will come of this. He says he's just as much a victim as anybody for what Benjamin Acosta did on his own time. He's going to speak with Alonso and as for Benji, he's too intelligent not to be able to wriggle himself out of this mess. Alan isn't so certain. It's going to be difficult at best. Suddenly there's a knock at the door and Mr. Clean demands Carlos to join him for a little drive to the other side of town.
⦁ Benji goes into Lon's office for a major mea culpa. Lon is all talk to the hand cuz this old face ain't about to listen! Benji informs him that it was Dorante's brother, Ramiro, who was on the other side making this video--the one who was giving him the cash. Benji was "investigating" him, i.e., for the upcoming case. Alonso explodes and tells him to can it. It was plainly obvious that he was offering his services to money launder! that because of his extreme idiocy that has endangered the welfare of the entire law firm! Benji insists it was Jacinto Dorante's money. So what? Stop B.S.ing me! You were so greedily loading up as much of it as you could!! All Benji can say is "I'm sorry." Lonnie lets him have it. Here we are doing our best to convict Jacinto Dorante and all you care about is yourself!! Sh!t-f~k-and-damn!!!!!!!!!" [carajo]
⦁ Olivia meets Karina to discuss her divorce and give her the bad news that Benji's funds will no doubt be frozen during the investigation. Karina just wants shed of him. She gives Oli a bit of advice: "--pay attention to the man you think to marry. Love isn't everything."
⦁ Back in Vega's office, Benji finally lets loose as well. "--If I did it it was because for years I brought in business and more money than anyone else in the whole firm but you failed to recognize it." Lon says don't try to justify this! Ben says he didn't commit any crime and will prove it. "--You are such a shameless hypocrite! I hope to gawd I am freed as soon as possible from the kind of threat you are!" (I think?) He reminds Benji that everything we do has consequences. Unfortunately for him, it's his being fired. And, he's going to give the authorities all he has of his in the way of evidence and if there's even a shred of proof of a crime Lon will personally put him in jail.
⦁ Carlos is brought to a back alley to speak with El Ciego. Carlos's name as well as The Foundation is in the paper and he's going to be fingered. So if El Ciego goes down, then so will Carlos. Carlos tells him there's nothing to link either of them to laundered money at The Foundation. Carlos insists this other was a trap set by Jacinto Dorantes which Benji fell into. "--You introduced him to that idiot!!!" The Foundation was a means of cleaning his money which he did quite nicely for him says Carlos. Ok. Then Carlos is once again in charge of laundering his money. Now, to insure that Carlos doesn't screw him over and screw things up, he shows him what can happen to those who...er...get it wrong. He shoves Carlos's head into a barrel where a chopped up body of one of his enemies is rotting away.
⦁ Benji begs for his job. Lon says too bad. "You committed a crime, You went after dirty money and you ignored my warning to ask me first before taking a case outside the firm! You took money without knowing whether it came from drug trafficking or if it was something Jacinto Dorantes stole!!" Benji yells back that he should never have wasted so much of his time working for a place that gave him nothing merited in return! Lonnie comments that he never rose to the level of competence of his colleagues. Benji breaks a framed diploma and raises a threatening finger at Lonnie as he backs out of his office never to darken its door again.
⦁ After Carlos vomits both his breakfast as well as last night's late night snack, he promises El Ciego he won't have any problems over The Foundation. "--Hope not, since now you know what will happen." He hands Carlos a new red phone. "--When it rings it will be me calling. Will stay in contact." Carlos agrees and is "dismissed."
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⦁ Later that day there is a staff meeting and the remaining Li'l Rascals are discussing Benji's felonious fuck-up. They all go mum as Leticia enters the room. She notes this and screams at them all that she had nothing to do with Benji's bidnez dealings, let alone that idiotic foundation!! Victoria tell her she's pushing it. Leti answers back that no, Vicki's pushing it. Oli and Juan try calming her down and agree that nobody's accusing her of anything. (Yet?) Leti says, no but I am upset about what you're saying behind my back! Vicki tells her that in the first place, they'd tell it to her face and secondly, they've got much more important problems to discuss as if she hadn't noticed. Ale arrives. She tells the gang that Carlos knows nothing and has no idea who could have done this to them. (Now Viewerville is fighting the urge to upchuck, but it cannot bear to leave the easy chair as just then Alonso arrives.) Lonnie is fit to be tied. He yells at the group that Ben's been booted. ( Hey, Juanito may have a place with some space to call his own??) He wants no more of professionals acting anything but. He asks Vicki and Ale what's been happening with The Foundation.
⦁ Meanwhile, Jaime meets Jacinto for lunch. He wants to know why he wasn't informed about the damning video before Jacinto gave the interview. Oh, it came at the last minute. "--Well, my daughter was involved with the setting up of that foundation and she's got nothing to do with any money-laundering!" Jacinto excuses himself as it wasn't his intention to sully her name...he just fell off the melon truck and shucks, gave them what had come into his office. "--The papers are lying and you can tell them it's a bunch of crap." When Jacinto refuses, saying his advisers wouldn't allow that, Jaime accuses him of actually having his own agenda. "--Look for another lawyer!" Jacinto tells him he cannot leave the case now when he's about to be impeached and thrown out of office! "--But if you're innocent why worry about that?" "--Again, it wasn't my intention to harm anybody." "--No, just to divert attention from all that was hanging over you!" Jacinto offers him more money. "--Not everything revolves around money." Jaime turns his back on him and storms away.
⦁ Ale takes the blame for having recommended Benjamin. Lon says it's not her fault but his for being so unethical. "--However, Carlos should have known more about the financing of his project, right?" He proposes to speak to him and get an explanation. Ale says she spoke to him last night and he's coming to speak to Lon today. "-- Good. I should hope so." He then tells everyone to get their fiscal affairs in order because the authorities will be coming from all sides trying to find the littlest thing to accuse them with. Then Gustavo asks for at least some kind of armed guard, if only in the lobby downstairs. Alonso agrees to hire a couple for the entrance.
⦁ Across town, Fer pays a short visit to Susanna's and of course wonders how Juan is doing in light of all the bad publicity. He's worried, of course. "--Why don't you meet and discuss it with him directly?" She says she doesn't want to upset him.
⦁ Leo and Roberto call Ric at the hospital to check on him and Exlena. She's no different, but it seems her boyfriend is recuperating. Rob offers to place charges against him and keep him locked up. Ric says perhaps after Exlena has recovered a bit. They then advise him that Ben's gotten the boot. Ric says he's going to get hold of Ibarra never let go for involving Alejandra in something like this.
⦁ Danny/Daniela arrives to complain that his ex hasn't complied with the court ruling about keeping his son in contact in exchange for accepting the cash he's sending her way for the kid. Ale will see to it. FF>>FF>>
⦁ Downstairs in the lobby the press are pushing their way into everything and demanding information. Carlos appears at the entrance--the camera hog-- and they move like lemmings his way. Carlos says yeah, he worked with Benji but never suspected a thing. (Careful Carlos! Benji may turn state's evidence on you and El Ciego eventually.) He also says he'll go to the wall for Victoria and Alejandra. They had nothing to do with anything like that nor would they ever! They are ethical attorneys! He goes upstairs to discuss the situation with Vega now. So please excuse him. He prances off.
⦁ Upstairs Oli again must turn Leo away for fear of a squeamish conscience. He corrals her near the door; he tells her he is not giving up ever on trying to win her over; he loves her. He bends near her and says that after that kiss they shared, he's certain she absolutely right for him. He just avoids kissing her before leaving. (What a tasty tease!) She smiles big time.
⦁ Carlos tells Lon he can look at The Foundation's accounts anytime he wants. And, no, He never suspected Benji at all. He only went with him at Ale's suggestion. Well, the authorities will be checking into his background as well as all the others, Lon advises. Carlos says he knows Alonso has a hard time trusting him but, he swears, he is pure as the wind driven snow. Yep, as much a victim as anybody. In fact he will be doing an audit of The Foundation ASAP because he just is so disturbed by all this illegality. He wants to protect himself and above all, to protect Alejandra. (Blech.) If Benji did bad, then he pays the piper. Lon gives him carte blanche to proceed.
⦁ Later that day, Exlena regains consciousness. (Bummer.) Ric apologizes for being so reckless. She tells him it's not his fault and doesn't blame him at all. Suddenly she has a crisis! The monitors are going wild! The doctors and nurses all race in but minus their crash-cart. Ric must wait angst-filled outside in the hall.
⦁ Carlos goes into Ale's office and has Vicki join them. He says he's not pointing fingers or placing blame. He puts his hands all over Ale and she doesn't object --not really... Vicki asks how he could not have known about The Foundation's dirty financing. He trusted in Ale's suggestion to use B (more Ale arm rubbing and I'm going to retch). Ale takes the blame here, it's obvious.
⦁ Vega and Associates all present themselves in the lobby for a press conference in which Lon tells them Benji's been butted out of his firm and neither he nor his staff of attorneys were aware of his illicit doings and were as flabbergasted a Carlos Ibarra over the news. He as well as his team are trustworthy and solidly reliable as rain and taxes--not to mention they're the best in the field at social justice warring.
⦁ Ric tells Exlena how happy he is to see she's made it back to the conscious world. . (Guilt trap alarm!) She tells him it's a comfort having him there with her, (Wedding Bell Blues int the future for Ale?) She's got lots of things to tell him. Suddenly the district attorney enters with questions about the accident. He wants to speak to her alone about the happenings the day of the car accident.. Ric tells the guy he's her attorney. She just regained consciousness [you jerk]. Ooh, Well, it's just a few questions. It seems the driver was under the influence of drugs and they were found all over in his vehicle. He can clear some things up with a drug test. Ric protests but Exlena says it's ok. She doesn't have anything to hide.
⦁ Back in the Vega building's lobby, Alonso informs the press they will answer anybody's claims openly. Everyone of them will cooperate with the authorities. The one who should worry, he adds, is Jacinto Dorantes for whom there's convincing proof of guilt. After he's impeached and removed from office he should answer to the full exten of the law. Vicki and Ale add their part insisting in innocence and cooperation.
Part 3~~Thank you, Niece in MD for this part.
- Alonso and Jaime make up and are united against the Dorante brothers.
- Elena is very repentant with Ric and acts human and non-whiny. They will hire a home nurse. Later, she videochats with her kids. Leticia visits and confesses to her amiga the affair with Benji.
- Benji asks Carlos for a job at his firm, threatens he won't go down alone. Carlos mollifies him ("I too know what it's like to be accused...Everything will be fine, but now is not the time for you to work here... just wait...")
- Carlos has gone over his firm's finances in anticipation of the Feds and discovered irregularities. He calls in Alan and berates him.
- El Ciego is ticked that the Dorante brothers exposed the Foundation. Much macho talk back and forth, till the Dorante brothers are on their knees with El Ciego and El Gato pointing guns at them.
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Paula remains cool as a cucumber but is definitely fighting the urge to pay gut felt homage to the nearest toilet bowl.
Lon is all talk to the hand cuz this old face ain't about to listen!
Carlos has some nerve saying Ale recommended Benji to him. Actually, I don’t think she did. As I recall, Carlos visited Vega to chase Ale and follow up on his murder case and saw Benji resented Alonso and was ripe and ready for shady business. Afterward, he asked Ale about Benji.
Due to Uni's previous chopping, last night's TV broadcast began with a repeat of Vega's press conference in the law firm's lobby and ends with a faceoff between El Ciego and the Dorante brothers. I believe it's actually 81 and there were no scissors applied.
Alejandra's relationship woes were brought on by herself. She should've cut Carlos off from the beginning instead of constantly entertaining him. She should've also made her intentions to Ricardo clear. Nobody has time for funnytime games. Although I won't feel sorry for Ricardo if he chooses to go back to Elena, at least Elena makes her intentions clear. Again, nobody has time for the sometimey games Alejandra plays. Even Paula is rolling her eyes at the stupidity of Alejandra.
Of course Carlos played the mind games too, but they weren't really convincing. She keeps him around because she wants to.
I won't feel bad for Alejandra if Elena gets Ricardo back, so long as she's redeemed and gets a therapist. She has deep issues to resolve.
Anon1146
(Paula remains cool as a cucumber but is definitely fighting the urge to pay gut felt homage to the nearest toilet bowl.)
Great line and so Jardinera. Also got a kick out of you referring to el Gato as Mr. Clean. Too bad he's a mal hombre, I find him quite attractive. Great face, not to mention all those muscles. Could we cast him as a good guy in the next one? Maybe an incorruptible federal? Or are there any like that?
Also loved the Alonso law firm characterized as "solidly reliable as rain and taxes". We've had two days of near non-stop drenching rain and the sump pump in the basement is working overtime. Nothing like Texas, but pretty bad nonetheless.
Is it only my imagination or is this the first tn that those of us watching and commenting are merely lukewarm toward our leads? This is really more like an ensemble cast and they should all have been given top billing. (P.S. I >>FF through all of Issabel and Gus' scene. They are soooo icky.)
She notes this and screams at them all that she had nothing to do with Benji's bidnez dealings, let alone that idiotic foundation!!
I loved Leticia’s crack on the foundation. Even though Ale was a volunteer and not involved in the finances, she should’ve wondered who the donors were and how Carlos had been able to gain financial footing so soon after getting out of jail when his firm was in the dumps.
He puts his hands all over Ale and she doesn't object --not really...
Ale, if you’re going to let Carlos rub you like that, at least ask him for a full shoulder, back, and neck massage so you’ll get something out of it.
Here's what I remember from last night:
- Alonso and Jaime make up and are united against the Dorante brothers.
- Elena is very repentant with Ric and acts human and non-whiny. They will hire a home nurse. Later, she videochats with her kids. Leticia visits and confesses to her amiga the affair with Benji.
- Benji asks Carlos for a job at his firm, threatens he won't go down alone. Carlos mollifies him ("I too know what it's like to be accused...Everything will be fine, but now is not the time for you to work here... just wait...")
- Carlos has gone over his firm's finances in anticipation of the Feds and discovered irregularities. He calls in Alan and berates him.
- El Ciego is ticked that the Dorante brothers exposed the Foundation. Much macho talk back and forth, till the Dorante brothers are on their knees with El Ciego and El Gato pointing guns at them.
Alan was not having a good day. First Olivia gives him the brush-off when he shows up at her apartment with roses, and then Carlos finds out about the unauthorized transfers of cash. Jig's up for our Alan.
Oh and thought about Irene and her reaction to the prosecutor's judge shopping, wanting the female judge to handle the re-trial of Carlos, and showing her the evidence she wants her to consider. Wow. That is just so wrong. Surely that can't be okay in the Mexican legal system.
I'm certainly sympathetic with the prosecutor's desire to put an end to the rampant abuse and killing of women in Mexico, but this way of proceeding and culling sympathetic judges has to be wrong...no?
Hope to hear a full-scale, fulminating Irene rant about that behavior later on.
Paula remains cool as a cucumber but is definitely fighting the urge to pay gut felt homage to the nearest toilet bowl.
Paula was like "can you believe I'm related to her? "
Anon1146 I agree 100% that Alejandra enjoys the attention. I perfectly remember that scene when she was surprised Alan was the one bringing the foundation papers and not Carlos, she seemed pressed.
Exlena better have a change of heart and let Ricardo go since he and Ale obviously need her permission to be together, ugh!
I know it's almost impossible but a girl can dream right?
JudyB on her iPad
Elena would have a better chance of getting Ricardo back if she let him go and backed off. Eventually he will tire of Alejandra and her games and she can swoop back in.
I didn't like the leads in La Fuerza del Destino (David Zepeda "Ivan" & Sandra Ecchavaria "Lucia") because Lucia was bland, boring, listless, etc. Ivan had more chemistry with the wall (anyone who watched that novela knows what I'm talking about). Ivan actually had more chemistry with the antagonista "MariPaz" than with Lucia; I was actually rooting for Maripaz & Ivan rather than Lucia and Ivan.
Even though they had some chemistry, I couldn't get with Omar/Yago & Sara in Yago because she lied on him, had him put in jail and raised his child as another man's son.
Another couple I couldn't get behind was Arturo & Julia on Pasion Y Poder. I just couldn't get with Arturo deciding to trade in Nina, who had been a good wife to him*, to go down memory lane with Julia because he lost Julia when he decided to cheat on her with his first son's mother. Although Julia & Eladio wasn't a good idea either because he was abusive towards her.
*Nina's main flaw was mistreating Arturo's first son and I blame Arturo for that because he should've shut Nina down at the first instance of abuse. Instead he shrugged and let Nina take care of the kids while his head was in the clouds. Nina had a lot of faults but being a bad wife was not one of them.
In addition to the gems already cited, these were my favorites:
“After Carlos vomits both his breakfast as well as last night's late night snack, he promises El Ciego he won't have any problems over The Foundation.”
“Now Viewerville is fighting the urge to upchuck, but it cannot bear to leave the easy chair as just then Alonso arrives.”
And the winner…
“Later that day, Exlena regains consciousness. (Bummer.)”
Meanwhile, back at the bufete, do they really think putting a few armed guards in the LOBBY is going to solve the problem? What about the PARKING GARAGE? Where a member of their firm has ALREADY been shot??? Sigh. I think I left my beanie in the car again.
"Paula remains cool as a cucumber but is definitely fighting the urge to pay gut felt homage to the nearest toilet bowl"
and
"“After Carlos vomits both his breakfast as well as last night's late night snack, he promises El Ciego he won't have any problems over The Foundation.”
Since my own barf bag overfloweth from all the crazy bull.hit I witnessed in the last two episodes of PASL, I totally identify with both Paula and Carlos.
My beanie caught fire when Sonia the prosecutor bought a judge and conspired to unduly influence criminal proceedings. I ranted before about how inappropriate her "forum shopping" was, but now this stellar and honest prosecutor is going to declare a judge incompetent!!!! for no reason whatsoever so that he would be removed from the case and she could somehow put a judge favorable to her in his stead!!! It's criminal and she should be going to jail for 25 years just like Marufo did. She has the gall to say that she needs a judge to put Carlos back in prison. And worse, she gives all the documents pertaining to the case to the new judge even though the other judge wasn't yet removed from office and this judge wasn't yet appointed. And the judge agreed to participate in this miscarriage of justice! I simply can't believe that such a behavior is portrayed as something good and don't understand why the writers can't see the parallel to Marufo's criminal behavior.
And then, when I thought that the worst is behind me and things can only get better from now on, comes Alejandra, Nuria's lawyer, and acts on behalf of Daniela against her client's interests, displaying unbelievable professional misconduct and lack of ethics. Instead of saying to Daniela that she cannot represent her because she already represents the opposing side and directing her to Victoria, Olivia or Gustavo, she redacted "escrito contra Nuria por rebeldia". Against her own client!!! The one that paid money to her to represent her. The one to whom she owns a duty of loyalty which includes not acting against her interests!
And then, there is Isabel, looking nuts with this ridiculous tiara that she probably stole from some 5 year old's birthday party, practically melting over Gustavo the social justice warrior, the infidelity and the sex tapes forgiven and forgotten.
And what is it with Elena getting a full personality transplant out of the blue and being all maternal and accommodating? I would rather she faked amnesia.
Irene
Why on earth, if they're going to slice and dice, do they do it toward the end where every scene counts?
BTW, have they announced the finale date? Last night I figured out that they might be trying to finish it before July 4th, which is on a Wednesday this year. If they cut nothing from here to the end and there are no pre-emptions this would end on Friday the 6th. If they slice and dice every day from here on it ends on the 29th.
WTF, Univision?
El Ciego is both a sociopath and a psychopath. So are los Durantes but they aren't BSC, so they're more dangerous in the long term.
Elena is probably still playing games. The one positive in this situation is that she will run at the sight of drugs in the future. I don't think this will fix her ego problem, though.
And if Ricardo goes back to her he will be completely unworthy of respect, like Julia in PyP.
What a load of bull comin from Carlos
El ciego and durante. Carlos is sweet
And innocent. The pure as the driven snow bull comin outta his lying mouth
Is barf worthy. Ally,I could just give
Her a good shaking. For somebody who
Is suppose to be so smart she's as dump as a box of cabbage. Things they
Should be smart about they are really
Dumb about. I don't think in real life
Lawyers are this dumb. Even Jaime is
Defending Carlos. I am sick of seeing
Ally gettin rubbed on by carlos, and
Then they show her lookin worried that
Rick and Elena may get back together. She Does nothing to fight for him,I ignore Her. Her and lettie is in the dam boat In their dumbness.
Durante has been backed into a corner
If he don't die first somebody else will. Carlos almost hoisted his cookyz
Chopped up human in barrel will be in his dreams. I wonder if el ciego is
Really gonna off durante and his bro or is just scaring them.
And now the body count is how many Steve?
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