Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Amar a Muerte, 12/5/2018, Episode 25: Coming Home Is So Special
So we left off with Loosey and Leon/Chino/Jacobo (LCJ) arriving home after their “release” (no one can imagine what kind of “release” they really had…but didn’t happen according to Loosey). Johny is interrogating Loosey about what happened between her and LCJ; so she comes back with, “Must I remind you that I was just kidnapped…that we were trying to escape? …What is wrong with you?” As he holds her head (as if wanting to force her real thoughts out of her head), JonEvil admits that she is right and thanks her because no one understands him the way she does…and no one respects him the way she does. Menacingly, he adds that no one knows him the way she does...and if she is lying to him, he’ll kill him. (LCJ) He forces a kiss on her and hugs her, but Loosey wants to take a bath ( as she tries to push herself away)…she needs to take a bath because she is very cold ( and smelly?). As JonEvil releases her and leaves, Loosey looks back at him in horror.
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Loosey is wanting loose now of JohnEvilAngel. He always seems so greasy to me, BTW. Did they indicate tonight that JohnE got her out of a brothel?
I was surprised that Beltrino submitted to emotional blackmail from A-Leash-ia giving him conditions for the honor of her staying with him. There seems a real change in Chino's attitude, maybe the electric shock treatment helped him. La Shrinka should have challenged her if she demanded he not take things lightly. Delusional pseudo-importance Must thinking. Chino-in-Belt reverted to his Chino character w/ Bruja Barb, who (unless I am mistaken bad-mouthed witches.)
Do we have a female writer inserting her theory that men are jerks w/ Lucho & Sergio?
I donno what Pancho has but a death-wish, trying to make time w/ a professional killer's woman.
Am I wrong? I thot Leon-in-China was only being detained, not arrested; tho I don't know if Mexican law has this American distinction. At any rate non-Columbo's approach was a travesty of injustice. Yet bad-mouthing is very effective in real life.
Why Lupita talked w/ those 2 American jerks is beyond me, what with the despicable land lady eaves-dropping. I have no idea how they intend to apprehend Chino, since he was legally released.
I am at a loss at to why Renata did not want to invite Willy.
Is this Loosey meeting w/ Armenta similar to the meeting of Kate Castillo with El Chapo?
Not a bird attack, but a moth attack? sucked dry? they gone bring in the Chupa Cabra?
Juls and Vale will be telling each other everything.
I can imagine Karla w/ a S&W .44 revolver, "Make my day." but no, she a 9mm semiauto pistol, maybe a Super .38 as military calibers are illegal to own in Mexico.
If Loosey tells on JohnEvilAngel, I wud expect her to go to jail.
It was a bit surprising that Karla got out of the gambling joint w/out a shootout. Won't they chase her in the street? How will she make a get-a-way?
I thot Renata was uncharacteristically rude to Willy when he arrived at the party.
I figured the booze would flow at the party.
Now u know that w/out Argument, Armenta will be smitten & determine that he will have Loosey. There is the possibility of 2 armed camps now: Armenta & Loosey vs Alarcon & Eva.
"Loosey retorts that she was kidnapped and almost killed. If they don’t confront these people, they might as well leave the country because they aren’t going to let them live in peace. OK you’ve earned it Lucia, I will actually use your name from here on."
Good on ya, Kirby. I think she's going to be a standup girl from now on. Although she's going to be having a tough time wriggling loose of JohnyBeBad's death grip.
More later.
BTW. Did they indicate tonight that JohnE got her out of a brothel?
Her MOTHER had her in a brothel and she escaped and it appears was living on the street.
being detained, not arrested; tho I don't know if Mexican law has this American distinction
Mexican TeleNovela Law leaves a vast leeway to the individual Law Enforcement agent, as most times there is a blurry line between the law breaker and the law enforcer.
Why Lupita talked w/ those 2 American jerks is beyond me, what with the despicable land lady eaves-dropping.
If she had three or more brain cells she would not, and would have done something with her life such that she and her daughter would not be selling lotto tickets in the park.
I am at a loss at to why Renata did not want to invite Willy.
Me too, unless it is to show that she is vastly different from 99 percent of TN cuties who operate governed strictly by their overwhelming urges to procreate.
Juls and Vale will be telling each other everything. Pillow Talk
I can imagine Karla w/ a S&W .44 revolver, …. as military calibers are illegal to own in Mexico.
a. Her hands are way too small for a 44 which would probably get loose from her on the first shot
b. Maybe the gun she purchased was an undocumented alien without proper papers
I thot Renata was uncharacteristically rude to Willy when he arrived at the party.
It was probably just SHOCK as she did not invite him as far as she knew.
Cluck cluck.
Also, she's smart enough to know that it's inappropriate and risky to socialize with your boss outside of work. But...she has a crush on him. Big-time. And the more hooked you are, the more you try to hide it. At least if you're a sweet young thing like Renata.
Kind of fun to watch this incipient, clumsy romance. Certainly more pleasant than the JohnyBeBad-Lucia alliance.
Winter has settled in here. Temps in the 30s 40s during the day and dropping into the 20s at night . It is dark so early now . I hate winter.
Thus is it safe to assume that when Juli discovers him LCJ will be just as clueless as to who / what she is?
Of course it would not be a TN without a catfight over a maaaaan. so I expect Lupita to pull out all the stops to get her man back. This will happen about the time LCJ and Lucia are consummating their newfound romance on at least a daily basis. Hmmm maybe he will be hopping....from woman to woman. #wooferdreams
After the stunt JonEvil pulled, casting suspicion on LCJ, hopeofully it will harden his resolve to get him. He doesn't have any real proof yet that JonEvil had him killed if I am not mistaken. Plenty of suspicions, just like Monty, but nothing concrete.
40 friggin degrees outside. I am in jail in my own house.
Kirby, this was just great, thank you!
Enoch, I don't know about Mexican law, but it sure did look to me like Montilla was arresting Leon-Chi. And ITA Montilla was a jerk to have arrested him based on JonEvil's accusation.
JudyB "she's (Renata) smart enough to know that it's inappropriate and risky to socialize with your boss outside of work." Spot on! plus, yes, she does have a big-time crush on Guille, though she doesn't want to admit it.
Kirby, I agree that Renata was shocked when she first saw Guille, but she sure was doing a good job of ignoring him during the party.
Looks like Lucy is turning into quite a daring barracuda...taking on so many men within what seemed minutes.
I too am loving the change in Lucia's character, she is now developing a backbone and is standing up for herself. The more her feelings grow for Jacobo, the stronger she will become. It's high time she lets loose of that tie that used to hold her to Johnny. I loved how she confronted the leader of the Cartel that kidnapped her and Jacobo, and how she didn't let Johnny's emotional blackmail get to her...I will love to see more of this Lucia in future episodes....Kirby, I like your theory on the jealousy and cat fight situation that could potentially occur when Juliana meets Jacobo, I would love to see Lucia get jealous, it should be amusing...On another note, I am keep wondering how Johnny's crime will be discovered. I don't see inspector Montilla discovering this, but Mateo...I am looking forward to Johnny getting caught, I need his arrogance to be brought down. he is too full of himself.
Does anyone else think the Beltran/Chino's little adventure with his student storyline is unnecessary? I don't see why what relevance it has. I need Beltran to be in Texas looking for the hidden money.
Benny.
OK, KIrby, I retract the S&W .44 image w/ Karla -- now I bestow on her an S&W .460 w/ 14" barrel. When the bad guy sees that pointing at him, he gets this sudden urge to go to the baño. Of course since this gun is a revolver, she can get a gunsmith to fit a put a hand-fitting grip on it (grip does not have to hold ammo inside). She attaches a long shoelace on the barrel near the muzzle, so when she fires, she puts her foot on the lace to prevent excessive muzzle jump.
So was the implication that Loosey was prostituting on the street when JohnEAngel found her? So then she has no education, never went to school? Can she read & write? U wud think she wud be quickly exposed for this at the empresa, mispelling y vs ll, v vs b, h vs no-h (habla vs abla). Table manners? (typically it seems all telenovela characters wave the utensils as they talk anyway.)
Susan: Black magic element. I have never seen a TN so pagan-occult-based. We have even now seen La Muerte as more than a hidden goddess, she has interacted with a character overtly (Chino-in-Beltran).
IMHO: Winter depends on what part of the country you are in. I have lived in many places. I lived in Minnesota over 4 years. Now I see Somalis in a tent city in Minneapolis; unbelievable. Winter gets old in Minneapolis. Cars parked outside need wires run to them to keep car water temp up so you can start the car. In Chicago there is this killing wind that comes off the lake. But in Texas, winter is IMHO best time of the year. Actually what I have seen is that generally there are only about 2 weeks of anything like real winter. On any day in the "winter" temp may reach the 70's. Summer is sun-stroke time. Ohio has a more genuine winter; you get to build snowmen & show forts, throw snowballs. In Manchester England it was like permanent grey sky, but little or no snow when I was there for over 2 years, & not so bone-chilling cold. It got cold in Denver, but the hot sun would come out & melt the snow. Now you could move to Guatemala City & have perpetual spring.
Steve: Loosey get away from JohnEAngel? He is like a big ball of chewing gum sticking onto to Loosey.
BTW: What kind of trap could Loosey set for Eva, when Eva goes thru her possession? Bear trap on floor (foot clomp)? High DB alarm? (Squaaaaawk) Keep a couple of pit bulls in her room? borrow the snake? Set up a cod-liver shower on ceiling to go off? Inside a drawer have a cannister of white foam sealant that goes off (can't get it off hands)? Fill a drawer with Witch moths?
The actriz doing Lupita is great, showing a woman bummed out on life, but going thru the motions w/ mostly flat affect.
Likewise Boyer is doing a great job of acting. A good actor can play many roles: sympathetic heroine, despicable villain, pathetic doormat or whatever.
I still don't know what was the original plan in Loosey's mind when she married Leon. How were they going to take advantage of him? The only thing that wud make sense is if he had been old & ready to kick the bucket or if a murder were planned (to inherit his bienes), which she denies. She let JohnEAngel do a repeat of her mother, pimping her out.
I realise that she helped Beltran/Chino in discovering the witch doctor, but I don't see the necessity for the writers carrying on with this professor and student affair storyline, it adds nothing to the plot. I would rather him stop this time wasting, and make a move on already, it's like the reason why he wanted to retrieve the money (to save the young boy) in the first place has been forgotten. I also don't think anyone is really enthusiastic to see them kiss. Just thinking about it makes me quiver.
Benny.
So why NOT entertain the romantic interests of a young, pretty, very interested, to say the least, college girl. She is an adult, and I suspect it does happen on campuses.
AAM CHARACTERS--Part 1
* (Michel Brown as) Macario "El Chino" Valdés / León Carvajal / Jacobo Reyes: was electrocuted for killing the Governor in San Antonio who was receiving a 1 million dollar bribe which El Chino took and hid. El Chino’s body was taken over by Leon Carvajal’s soul, media magnate in Mexico City, and had to take the identity of Jacobo Reyes to cross back into Mexico.
* (Angelique Boyer as) Lucía Borges, Johny’s protégé, trained by Johny to make Leon Carvajal fall in love with her.
* (Alejandro Nones as) Johny Corona, Leon Carvajal’s right-hand man who had Leon killed so that he can take control of the company and use it, among other things, to get Gov. Sanchez-Bueno to the presidency.
* (Arturo Barba as) Beltrán Camacho / Macario "El Chino" Valdés/Beltino, anthropology professor died in a car accident, but resuscitated when El Chino’s soul transmigrated into his body. His soul is unaccounted for.
* (Macarena Achaga as) Valentina Carvajal, Leon’s youngest daughter, who attends the university and is having a hard time dealing with her father’s death.
* (Claudia Martín as) Eva Carvajal, Leon’s eldest daughter and shareholder of the company. Likes to play with a scorpion (Alacran) and launders money for the Cartel de los Sierra.
* (Jessica Más as) Lupita de Valdés, El Chino’s wife who went to Mexico is search of El Chino.
* (Bárbara López as) Juliana Valdés (Juls) , El Chino’s daughter who befriended Valentina
* (Henry Zakka as) Camilo Guerra, Leon’s long-time friend and writer; his interest is in life after death and transmigration of souls.
* (Nestor Rodulfo as) El Alacrán/Emiliano, Goon Leader for the Cartel de los Sierra; likes rabbits as pets and has no qualms about killing people. He is Eva Carvajal’s lover.
* (Gonzalo Peña as) Guillermo (aka Guille) Carvajal, Leon’s only son and has a degree in accounting, but has only started using it when forced to work at the company by his sister, Eva
* (Roberto Duarte as) Inspector Montilla, investigating Leon’s murder and now, Lucia’s failed kidnapping
* (Cinthia Vázquez as) Alicia Camacho, Beltran’s wife who wants her old husband back, with the exception of the sexual drive.
* (Alessio Valentini as) Javier Beltrán, Beltran’s son who needs a transplant
* (Cayetano Arámburo as) Mateo Luna, Eva’s husband and reporter at Leon’s newspaper. His mission is to oust the Cartel de los Sierra and find Gaston’s (his friend and coworker) murderers
* (Jessica Díaz as) Renata Barranco, Guillermo’s secretary who keeps him out of trouble and has a crush on him.
* (Alexis Ayala as) León Carvajal, news media magnate, was murdered at his wedding to Lucia. His soul resides in El Chino and his body is six feet under.
* (Natassia Villasana as) La Muerte, follows her transmigration victims around and scares the heck out of them. She is also the skeleton-like figure that sits in the hellish throne during the credits.
* Frauvicio aka Frau– Carvajal Head of Security
* Silvina – Carvajal housekeeper who has psychic abilities and reads coffee grounds.
* Tiberio – Silvina’s husband/Carvajal Gardener
* Don Alirio – Carvajal Chauffeur
* Octavio – (the real) Beltran’s long-time friend
* Gaston – Mateo’s buddy reporter who got killed for writing about the Cartel de los Sierra
* Teresa – Gaston’s wife, now widow
* Pacheco – Mateo’s other buddy reporter
* Susana – Mateo’s female buddy reporter who Johny was always bugging about writing an article to make Sanchez-Bueno look good. She left the country after her article on the Cartel de los Armenta was published.
* Sanchez-Bueno…current (crooked) Governor whom Johny is trying to help get to the presidency
* Fabián – Texas Governor’s son who is on a mission to make EL Chino pay for his father’s murder which he witnessed
* Mariela – Fabian’s wife
* Don Terecio - Cartel Boss (Cartel de La Sierra) who likes to eat Alacran’s pet rabbits to show Alacran he means business
* Gancho – Alacrán’s goon (tall and skinny; seems to be Alacran’s right-hand man)
* Mugres – Alacrán’s goon (short w/moustache)
* Marino – Alacran’s goon (short w/scruffy beard)
* Barracas- Carvajal Company Attorney
* Lucho – Valentina’s Boyfriend
* Sergio – Lucho’s friend
* Ramon Castillo – Liquor Store Owner who got shot by Guille's Bad Bud
* Santos – Coyote who helped Leonchi cross over to Mexico
* Peña – District Attorney (man who Fabián reported to in San Antonio)
* Toño – Guille’s Bad Bud who shot the liquor store owner, Ramon Castillo
* German Cardenas – Carvajal Partner/Board Member
* Requena – Older, gray-haired Carvajal Board Member
* Jaramillo – Producer/Director (tall, bald guy) at Carvajal
* Rosa “Rosita” – university student; the flirty one
* Pancho – Lupita’s ex-high school sweetheart who is now married w/children, but keeps wanting to sweet talk Lupita
* Milagros aka Me-La-Gross – Pancho’s snoopy aunt who rented out a room to Lupita and Juls.
* Kayla – Renata’s Friend & Eva’s Secretary
* Amparo – Beltrán’s housekeeper
* Bárbara – Fortune Telling Fake
* Francis – Eva and Mateo’s maid
* Mercedes – Camilo’s assistant
* Don Valerio – the Shaman who died during the ritual he performed for Beltino
* Santi(ago) – Don Valerio’s grandson
* Alejandra?? – Don Valerio’s daughter
* Karla – received the soul of Jeraldi Jimenez who set herself on fire after she stole millions from the bank she worked at and lost it gambling.
* Monica – Jeraldi’s (Karla) daughter
* Ernesto – Jeraldi’s (Karla) husband
* Servando Armenta – Cartel Boss (Cartel de los Armenta)
* El Chuspa – former lead goon of the Cartel de los Armenta (deceased) and pet snake owner
I dropped in here because we got fútboled, and found this pleasant surprise.
andy
1. U scratched my mind: "* (Michel Brown as) Macario "El Chino" Valdés / León Carvajal / Jacobo Reyes: was electrocuted for killing the Governor in San Antonio who was receiving a 1 million dollar bribe"
Is it possible that the real reason why Fabian ( Judge's son) is after Chino is for that maletin of money $$$ ???
2. "Lucrezía Borgia, Johny’s protégé, trained by Johny to make Leon Carvajal fall in love with her." So JohnEAngel is an expert in training women how to seduce men? LOL
3. "* (Jessica Díaz as) Renata Barranco, Guillermo’s secretary who keeps him out of trouble and has a crush on him."
IMHO, what she is doing is getting herself in trouble instead of keeping Willy out of trouble. Willy is sure to be caught when the helpees smell the rat.
Chick; again I thank you. I will probably be consulting this list from time to time in the future. Remembering all that stuff is daunting.
No show tonight El Fútbol Es Rey.
Enoch, come to think of it, you’re right; Guille will most likely get Renata in trouble. She’s already an accessory after the fact in Castillo’s shooting.
Interesting thought about the money...could be, but I think Fabian just wants El Chino dead.
Apparently some women watching think she is an unpleasant superfluous addition to the plot. She is an addition to the plot which appeals to what Dirty Old Men may be watching the telenovela, to whom the prospect of having a pretty young woman like that after them would be a dream come true; so they may enjoy identifying with Beltran in that situation, also as a relief from their old Battle Axe who is making their life miserable & shunning their bed. Escape from A Leash around the neck! They may break out singing:
"I wish by golly I
Could spread my wings & fly
& let my grounded soul be free for just a little while.
... And taste the sweetest taste of freedom for my soul! . . .
Free at last!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G2KsTNNHSI&list=PL4RFHsLRP_r7bcVkemnvtiyYj-Q7wEykJ
Should Rosita be deemed "a superfluity of naughtiness"?
A nation's Zeitgeist changes over time.
It was not long ago that both adultery & fornication (in many forms) were crimes in USA; talking about jail/prison terms. When I was a boy we had both a fornication & a sodomy trial in the city where I lived. As I recall the fornicator was convicted.
Now both adultery & fornication are considered legal fun & games (as evidenced in our telenovelas) whether between adults or children. However, society now defines the sin & the crime as being the violation of age differential, also some places as violation of teacher to student relationship even when both are consenting & eager-beaver adults.
I am not sure that Mexico has caught up completely w/ the American theory on this as a national Zeitgeist. My theory is that part of the enthusiasm for the emphasis on age-differential is that it soothes the conscience when one assures self that this is fine because we are consenting adults; after all, I am no pederast.
I see the first few minutes most night and must say your telenovio Michel Brown is so hawt, I don't know how TV screens haven't caught on fire.
Your beautiful avatar and Kirby's spectacular one have made me happy I wandered over her today.
Wishing all of you a wonderful day.
Diana
A man drives what he can afford.
But in actuality their ages are not out of the ballpark . You know enough that it just looks WRONG. Say for a rough estimate Belt and A-Leash-had javier when they were around twenty or so, that puts Belt under forty. Busty is around twentyish. That is not crazy, in that he does not look like her grampa, if they were seen out in public together. I have known many women who preferred men substantially older than them, within reason.
We saw Vale dating Beltran in the show they both were in previously with him playing Emanuel her Godfather and ultimately those two were a couple.
Maybe the formula for the yuck cutoff is double her age? In B y B pretty much everybody, including me, thought WTF?, including the other show characters.
You KNOW it is bad when some little thing half your age is actually already a Gramma. Then maybe it is time to just hang up your spurs. :-) :-)
Diana, you are so sweet. We sure do welcome your wandering over here from time to time. This TN is moving so fast and characters are coming in left and right; so it's difficult to keep up with who is whom. And yes, Michel is MUCHO hawt! And I don't mind sharing him...JudyB, did you see that? :-)
Beltran getting into anything with Rosita is inappropriate because of the power imbalance of their relationship. It is no different from someone in an office getting it on with someone lower in rank, especially if he supervises her. That might lead to collusion as well as to favoritism. She is over the age of consent, but this is still not right.
It is not unusual for profs to be attracted to students, particularly if the student is also brilliant.
As to the Lucia/Jacobo relationship, what is going on in his head when she doesn't know who he really is (and wouldn't be likely to believe the tale) and this starts only days after his official death? Not to mention that she is now on the firing line from Armenta and from Jony-Be-Bad.
I'd bet if you found some entity from another galaxy whose species reproduces some other way than us, and described human sex to them, they would be astounded that this strange human species had not already died out.
OK, Loosey doesn't have the best track record, and she seems to feel bad about her boyfriend killing her husband, but she looks like she is ready to turn on said boyfriend slimeball. And though she doesn't know it, her latest river rendezvous was , for all practical purposes, with her formerly--momentarily--dead husband. Can't hold that against the girl, and she did tell off the bad guy who might just have her and then have her.....killed.
BTW, not a spoiler, but do not miss tonight if the previews are any indication.
Anon 12:42, good point. El Chino is no professor but he is smart enough to tell Rosita not to say anything about him to the cops “to save his reputation” since he is a professor; so I ‘m sure he knows that an affair with a student is not kosher.
when you have just graduated from college and start to teach in a senior high, you are only four years older than the seniors. My first day of teaching, I was surprised to run into guys who played Legion baseball with my boyfriend. I never heard of any female teachers dating students, but I knew a few young male teachers who got involved with students. One of my friends eventually married a student after she graduated. Also, I was completely grossed out by comments the male teachers made about female students...but then , those same guys also made inappropriate comments to the female teachers, especially the young ones. hopefully, things have changed.
I don't know of any proof that "power imbalance" makes courting sinful, unless it amounts to holding a knife to a throat, a threat to fire from job or bar from advancement. Wealth is power, & difference of wealth is usual. Ability to give or deny sex is power, a power which many women exercise. "I won't have sex unless you (marry me or whatever"). Is that power imbalance?
Interesting how modern vocabulary has shifted: once what was decent vs sinful is now appropriate vs inappropriate.
BTW, I am not at all sure that it is the brilliance of a girl which makes her attractive to a prof! She might have other more interesting attributes, like physical beauty or worship. I think excessive brilliance might be a negative for some men.
But yes, it would make it hard to fail a student if the prof is in love with the student. On the other hand it is cruel to deny romance to a couple who are in love. There is also the issue of some government trying to micromanage people's lives, tyranny. There is a big power imbalance between people & govt, students & administration. While people are trying to enjoy life, some Big Brother butts in or some bureaucrat who should decide for you that you may not have freedom.
All this raises the question of to what extent Mexico has adopted US PC-concepts, especially in age-gap & power-gap situations?
Susan:
"comments the male teachers made about female students." Do female teachers made comments about male students? & what about unspoken comments in the mind? What I find amazing is the commonness of female teachers having sex with their students in high school or middle school. All these poor little boys gladly being raped.
Kirby, I think u r right about Slimeball JohnE. He might like to marry Lucia & then kill her to get her shares in the company.
Anon: It seems like Chino-in-Beltran now wants to go straight. Electric shock therapy?
thanks for giving me a window into your reality in your school. I myself taught for many years in a private school and never heard any indecent comments about students by any teacher, man or woman. But I believe your report.
Yes, she totally deserves to be Lucia. I love the chemistry she has with Jacob/Leon.
Any girl who grows up with their own mother forcing her into a bedroom with some random dude, is going to have some morality confusion. Corona's scam seemed the better option to rape. Makes sense. She's growing as a character though. The way I took the first episode is that she thought they would take his money, no more.
My biggest question is what the hell is up with JCorona's powder blue suits and shirts with the priest collars?
It's hard to take him seriously. Though I know he's going to hit Lucia soon, I just know it.
Also, maybe random thought, but I truly love the fact they show Lucia's make up wearing off. She was a mess during the kidnapping. I hate it when a woman wakes up with perfect liner and lipstick.
Thanks again.
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