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Desk instead of sofa?!? Really Jacobo!?! Lucia es juego con fuego, and Leonchi has death wish.
 

Thank You UA. A bit rough? Oh, you are talking about your recap ! I got sidetracked with Tarzan picking up Jane and throwing her onto the desk. Poor little thing just couldn't fight him off. Of course Johny B Dammed is striding across the lawn straight toward the glass wall of their room. Perfect, Um...but three's a crowd dufus. Thanks Victoria and Anita, I had forgotten how much I like that word.

Karla is an excitable little thing. Sheezo, I guess when you can't even pull off a successful suicide you just never really forgive yourself.

Thanks again back in a bit.............
 

Thanks for staying up so late to get this to us UA. Ten PM shows are killers for recappers.

I loved your description of Beltrán getting "loutish" again. I am actually enjoying his scenes with Barbara. She's a good comedienne (I don't think I've ever seen her in a serious role) and I've seen this actor evolve from a shy, straightforward fellow in Juan Querendón,to a smooth, sadistic menace in Bellas y Bestias, and now this role. Nice range for someone who would not be able to make it on looks alone, clearly.

I'll look forward to watching this at lunch-time. As usual the clever folks at Lemon Studios have left us with a sizzling tease to lead us to the next episode.


 

“Be able to make it on looks alone, clearly” jajaja, you calling Arturo Barba ugly? Hehe
But in all seriousness Beltran is my favorite he so stupidly funny, Barba’s doing a great job and yea he’s played a variety of characters, he’s one of the best actors in this show considering all of them are first level actors/actresses. It’s been great to see his improvement as an actor, too bad he didn’t come out on tv more frequently, I’ve been watching him a long while as well, even before Juan
 

Beltran is impressive. I agree JudyB. I hated him in B & B, but was having a fun time with him last night.

When he and Mr. Tequila got overly friendly with Fabian at the airport it was so real. Everyone at some time or another has encountered a human barnacle which sticks onto you like a refrigerator magnet and is impossible to remove. They catch you while you are trying to board a flight, or install an uncooperative spark plug or something which requires some amount of your concentration, and they are suddenly your BFF. And they are completely oblivious to all the clues that the conversation has (you thought) ended.

I just do not care for Barbara, but with Beltran, she is a riot.

The jigsaw puzzle scenes lost me. They seemed to be having a competition to see who could finish most quickly. Returning to the scene of the crime is always not a good idea. I am waiting to see Renata visiting Gullible in jail.

Little pipsqueak Lucia is holding her own in this ongoing catfight against the mountain lion Eva. Good for her. She does seem to have better luck with men than women. Go figure.
 

Nooooo...I would never call any actor "ugly". Arturo Barba is ordinary looking like most of us. But telenovela actors with lead roles, at least, seem to be hyper-muscular, hyper-gorgeous men, which clearly he is not. Just a great, versatile actor, able to blend into many different contexts and roles.

Kirby, I'm looking forward to the airport scenes. Beltrán and Barbara are a welcome comic relief from the tension and/or incipient violence in the rest of the story. And I'm finding those bleeding moths pretty off-putting as well.
 

hehe, i was just messing around, its hard to articulate what tone one is talking in when it's written, but yea hes a great actor, not the best looking but he has his charm
 

UA: Good Job on the recap.
 

Arturo Barba would do well in period dramas. He would definitely look more authentic in Victoria clothes than many other actors specifically because he doesn't have a physique like Fernando Colunga's. He would have fit well in EHDLS.

In fact, the Brazilian network casts actors of both sexes who don't have the modern required bodies, extensive plastic surgery, or high-level dental cosmetic work in period pieces because they look more authentic in them.

These recaps are rough because this time I don't have the luxury of time to craft something more literary. I consider my best work to have been on LQLVMR, PyP, and La Candidata. When PASL Season 2 happens I will likely do something similar with it that I did with the first season since everyone seemed to like it.
 

Good Morning. Excellent recap, UA, thank you!

ITA about Arturo Barba--excellent and versatile actor! I too enjoyed the airport scene. I wonder how the actor playing Fabian could keep a straight face while shooting that scene...it must have taken quite a bit of resolve.

Kirby, you are right. the puzzle scenes were a competition. Castillo was refusing to go to psychotherapy; then noticed Guille messing around with a puzzle and made some comment. Renata took the opportunity to set up a challenge for Castillo. If Guille could complete the puzzle within a certain time limit, Castillo would have to go to therapy; if Guille didn't finish it within the time limit, Reanta and Guiille would stop bugging Castillo.
 

OH thanks I was not paying attention.

NOW, we saw a lottalegg up on that desk.
And we saw a LottaJohny striding across that yard toward that Lottalegg.

Anybody want to wager how many episodes it will take Johny to cross that final 5 yards of turf?

No, this aint the Superbowl. Might be the SuperBawl when Johny gets a peek of what his prize filly is doing while the gate was left open.

You can't help but think about RGV with all those new kids and no billys around ? ? ?

And speaking of Johny, since when did he bestow on himself the ability to hire and fire any or everybody. He is an employee of Carvajal, but he has no authority around the Carvajal household, those two are supposedly two separate entities. And really, he should not be allowed to attempt to fire anyone at Carvajal, if he is a bean counter. The bean counters stay in their little counting rooms and count beans, Managers handle the staffing needs along with HR. Whatever.
 

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Well, well, I finally got to read the recap and the comments. Purrrfect rendition, UA, Thank you. I especially liked the pipsqueak vs. the mountain lion. She's no pipsqueak up on that desk, though. I'm glad you didn't spend too much time on the Jacobo-Karla conversation. I was much more interested in what Luci and Montilla said to each other. I'll elaborate a little later. Have places to go and things to do.

Barbara sure had her hands full last night. I loved her perfectly logically delivered statement to Beltran when he was afraid Fabian would recognize him--that he's in a different body, dufus. She's the one hell-bent on getting on that plane without any attention from the airport police and getting her hands on that money. How she's going to get Beltran to think straight about the location with a tank full of tequila will be fun to watch. I now believe those two are the only comic relief we're going to get--which is ok with me. I like a good drama and a good mystery and sometimes combined.
 

Oh, about Eva's remark to Luci in the board room. I'll check that, too, because I thought that everything Leon possessed went to Luci, while the board still sat for decisions. Technically that makes Luci, Eva's boss.

And Kirby, I don't think Johny has the right to hire and fire, he's not HR. He can initiate, I guess. At least that was overruled. He's obviously trying to concentrate more and more of the responsibilities and authority that belonged to Leon. He definitely wants to be seen as the HEAD of Carbajal, and Luci in her place at his feet.
 

Didn't Leon die without a will, which left equal shares to Luci, Eva, Guillermo, and Valentina? Not that this is ever likely in the real world, as men in Leon's position would have to make out wills as soon as they acquire even 10% of what he owned and update their wills as needed.

I wondered also whether someone would try to make the argument that since the marriage had not yet been consummated that Lucia was not entitled to anything. That they obviously voh-de-oh-doh-dohed before the wedding wouldn't count (here in the US, anyway).

Johny isn't smart enough to take over and Eva is too eager to stomp him with her stiletto heels.
 

"Johny isn't smart enough to take over and Eva is too eager to stomp him with her stiletto heels."

Urban you can be pretty funny when you switch gears. You didn't watch Ramon with us did you? Eva was Esmeralda Pimentel's slightly (I think) younger sister and was mute due to trauma for the first part of the show. She played a girl barely out of her teens as far as I could tell. Two or three galaxies removed from the Eva we see here.

Anita, Johnny tried to fire Jamarillo and Lucia stopped him. But he tried.
 

Two things--Johny wanted Leon dead before Leon could change his will. I assumed that meant Leon had rewritten an earlier will that didn't include Lucia. I also assumed he'd left his kids something.

Kirby--that's what I was referring to when I said he was overruled. Lucia stepped in.
 

From what I recall, Leon did NOT have a will. When they all met at the board room (in one of the first episodes), the attorney explained that was why everything was gong to be divided equally among the children and Lucia. Eva got pissed and walked out saying that she would have someone else look into it.
 

Kirby, is that a current pic on your avatar? I just love to see those majestic eagles flying.
 

I stand corrected. Guess we can add greedy to the list of Eva's fine qualities.