Thursday, January 17, 2019

Amar a Muerte, 1/16/2019, Episode 51: Barb finally gets her Moolah



Eva continues her meeting with the private investigator and tells him she needs pictures and recordings of conversations. The PI can get on it, but he’ll need more money to install cameras and microphones. Eva has no qualms about paying more, the PI just needs to tell her how many zeros to add on the check…she needs that evidence to prove that Lucía and Johny are lovers. You may need more than one PI Evie.
In Johny’s office, Lucía relishes in talking about Eva’s reaction to her proposal…it was poetic. Johny compliments and congratulates Sra. Lucía on a job well done. When he remarks that the student outdoes the teacher, Lucía responds that the teacher did a good job and that deserves much merit. Johny gets fresh and starts stroking Lucía’s legs, but she reminds him that they are at the office (and he surely isn’t the chauffeur?). Johny misses her and wants to shout to the world that they are an item. Lucía gives a look of annoyance and tells Johny that is enough. Item? Like week old milk.


At the hotel, Beltrino tells the investigator that he has nothing to do with the dead body, he has only seen the man a couple of times in his whole life. When the investigator asks if Santos was alive when Beltrino arrived, Beltrino assures him that Santos was dead…the investigator can ask the hotel manager who entered with him. The investigator then asks why Beltrino was going through Santos’s things. When Beltrino replies that he and Santos had a common friend and that he was looking for the friend’s number, the investigator tells him that he will have to go into the station to give his statement. Beltrino doesn’t thinks he should have to go, so the investigator explains that they will have to wait for the forensic report…in the meantime, Beltrino needs to cooperate and get in the patrol car. Beltrino argues that Santos died on his own, but the investigator calls over the cops to put Beltrino in the patrol car voluntarily or by force. Meanwhile, León/Chino/Jacobo (LCJ) arrives at the entrance and parks the car as the hotel employee tells the owner that the hotel has been closed down. When LCJ asks what happened, the manager replies that a guest died…his name was Santos Pereira. As Beltrino is been driven out, he sees LCJ and blurts out that that is him. He whistles at LCJ to get his attention, but LCJ is on the phone with Cami telling him how Santos was found dead. While Beltrino struggles and pleads with the cops to stop, LCJ tells Cami that the manager told him that a friend of Santos found the body, but he didn’t get his name. Cami wonders if it was the other transmigrant, and LCJ worries about the whole situation. Cami then tells LCJ to stay put, he is on his way over.
At the hospital, the doctor tells Lupita that her recovery has been exceptional, he can even start the paperwork for her dismissal that afternoon. Juls is happy and wants to call Pancho so that he can take them back to Milagros’s place, but Lupita doesn’t want to go back there, the goons may know that they were living there. When Juls asks what they are going to do, Lupita replies that they are going to just disappear…just as if she had really died.
At Pancho’s house, Pancho tells his wife that he is getting ready to go to work, but she knows better, She knows he hasn’t gone to work so that he can be with the criminal. Milagros told her that he has been seeing the criminal and everyone is gossiping that they see him with her. She also knows that that is why he got beaten up, so he needs to decide—his family or that criminal. After the wife leaves, the daughter, who had been eavesdropping, worries.
At the public ministry, Beltrino is still complaining about being taken in. When he mentions that he has a sick child in the hospital, the investigator responds that that’s more reason for him to cooperate. Beltrino is irked and has never heard of anyone being put in the can because someone died of natural causes…since Santos wasn’t shot or slashed…nothing… it had to be a heart attack. The investigator wonders if Beltrino is a doctor, so Beltrino replies that he is a university professor…and he is the most interested in finding out what happened to Santos. When the investigator asks why, Beltrino responds that the death hurt him. Just then, Beltrino gets an asthma attack and quickly gets his inhaler as he slouches down on a chair. As the investigator watches him, Beltrino tells him that he is wasting his time with him.
At Barbara’s house, a priest finishes blessing her house and leaves. After Barb sits down relieved that her house is clean of all spirits, she hears a mysterious voice say, “We are just starting with you.” Barb looks around and freaks out as she runs out of the house saying that the house is damned…and the crystal ball glows.

In her office, Lucía smiles wide as she daydreams about her recent encounter with LCJ. She swivels her chair around and sees León’s picture so she quickly swivels back as her smile fades. Just then, Armenta calls so Lucía pretends to be very busy, but Armenta only called to ask what her favorite color is.
Armenta insists that it is just a simple question, so Lucía responds that it is red. When Armenta tells her to have a good afternoon and hangs up, Lucía is surprised and thinks he is very strange.

At the company cafeteria, Renata tells Keila that Keila was right, Mayela does know about her and Guille since she has been asking a lot of questions and acting odd. Keila responds that her sixth sense is never wrong and warns Renata to be careful with that woman…she might cast a spell on her or make her lose her job. Behind them Teo is getting his tray and starts to head for their table, but then sees Guille approach and sit down with the ladies, so he goes to a nearby table. Guille tells Keila that Renata has told him that she is like a sister to her. When he asks what they were talking about, the girls hesitate, so Guille assumes they were talking about him and Renata, but the girls giggle and deny it. Keila makes up some story about Portugal and the economy, but Guille doesn’t but it and teases them since they are always together and talking. The girls tell him it’s just girl talk, but Guille thinks they could also be talking about men. That IS girl talk Guille.

In her dressing room, Mayela tells Vicky that she suspects that Guille and Renata are going out. Vicky thinks it would make headlines. When Mayela tells her that she’d better not dare, Vicky reminds her that it is her job to keep the world informed. Mayela insists that Vicky not mention anything since they are not sure…and what will everyone think when they find out that Guille left her for a secretary. After Vicky agrees, Mayela blames herself for losing Guille since she pressured him so much instead of letting things happen as they should. Vicky agrees and tells her that she was only doing things out of love…and if Mayela were to be the male in the relationship, she’d probably be in jail for sexual assault, they laugh.
At the hospital, Lupita tells Pancho that she worries because she can’t go back to where they were living and she doesn’t know where to go. When she suggests that they could go stay with family in Matamoros, Juls blurts out that they can’t go there. Pancho backs up Lupita and tells Juls that it would hurt him very much if they left, but they have to do whatever is best to keep Lupita safe. Juls walks off upset.
At the university, Vale thanks Lucho for donating blood and taking their other friends. After Lucho tells Vale that he doesn’t want to lose her and wants to show her that he can change. Vale gets a call from Juls to tell her that her mother will be released that afternoon and that her mother wants to go to Matamoros. When Vale responds that they can’t leave and that there must be some other option, Juls admits that she doesn’t want to go, but her mother thinks it would be safer so that she won’t be found. Juls hangs up because the doctor arrives. Lucho sees that Vale is upset and asks her what’s wrong, but Vale has to leave and runs off. The handwriting is on the wall...Lurch, more like a billboard.
At the hotel, Cami arrives and LCJ tells him that Santos’s body has been taken away. LCJ is annoyed that every time they seem to get close to finding an answer, someone dies. Cami wants to ask around and maybe contact he investigator to see what the forensics report concluded. When Cami suggests that Santos already accomplished what he needed to do, LCJ suggests that maybe he was taken because he did not accomplish his mission. LCJ is upset and wonders if death is just playing games, and Cami is exasperated since Santos was the one who had more answers and had a better understanding of the situation. LCJ then points out that they only have Maru now. Meanwhile, Hec-Maru is walking heavily to go sit at the bleachers as the two bullies say nasty things about her weight. Back at the hotel, LCJ is irked that they not only lost Santos, they also lost the transmigrant he had brought. Cami wonders if Santos left LCJ any type of contact info, so LCJ tells him that Santos gave him nothing…what’s important to LCJ is to know how much time he has left. As he repeats that that is the only thing he cares about, Death Chick listens from her car as she looks at a clock whose second hand is moving quickly. From her car? Who knew? I just assumes she trans...motivated everywhere or something.

At the school volley ball court, the girls are getting ready to play when the coach tells the bully team that Hec-Maru will be on their team. As they start to run as a warm-up, one of the girls kicks Hec-Maru’s foot making her stumble. Maru turns and pushes the girl who starts crying out, but the coach intervenes and separates Hec-Maru from the girl. The coach leads Hec-maru away and tells her to calm down…sometimes she just doesn’t act like the other girls.

Beltrino is at Barbara’s telling her about Santos and how he was taken in for questioning…the cops don’t even have respect for university professors. He then adds that being so close to the cop, he had to restrain himself from smashing in his face. When Barb tells him to relax because everything will be okay, Beltrino tells her he will not rest until he finds that Jacobo guy. Barb then tells her Beltrino that she is leaving her place because it is haunted, she even brought in priest to ward off the evil spirits, but the evil spirit that is after her is still there. Beltrino believes her because now anything is possible, especially since he saw his body walking around. Barb thinks that what happened to Beltrino is heavy-duty stuff. Beltrino is quite somber and miffed about seeing his own body, he just doesn’t understand it. When he tells Barb that she needs to help him find Jacobo, Barb wonders what he is going to do. Beltrino wants to tell the guy to give him back his body, but Barb thinks he is being unrealistic…how does he expect the guy to just return his body, it’s not as easy as he thinks. Beltrino is frustrated because he doesn’t know. Beltrino then calms down and hands Barb her money, she is elated and gives him a tight hug and tells him that whatever happens, he can count on her. Beltrino gives her a callous look and tells Barb that she is definitely going to help him, he needs to know who it is that has his body. Barb tells him to sit down for a card reading.
At the Carvajal home, Eva is busy working when she notices LCJ eating a tomato just like her father did. When she asks how he is doing with the request she made of him regarding Lucía, LCJ doesn’t know how to answer so he tells her he’s not a very good spy, he only takes her to and from work. Eva mentions that is not the information that she has gotten. When LCJ questions her, Eva comments that she always warned her father that he was marrying the wrong woman, but he never listened to her. LCJ responds that sometimes parents don’t know how to read their children…not that he has children but he has worked with families and has made that observation.
At the school, the girls are playing basketball and trying to avoid getting the ball to Hec-Maru, but she manages to get the ball and makes the basket. After she starts yelling at them asking what they think of that, she starts gasping for air, so the coach comes and tells her that she shouldn’t be over-exerting herself because of her weight. He tries to give her advice about better ways to lose weight, but Hec-Maru growls that he has no idea what it’s like to live in a fat body.
In Johny’s office, Susana is handing him her report and wonders why he wanted her to bring it to him when she could have very easily e-mailed it. After Johny reminds her that he wants their relationship to improve, Lucía walks in, so Susana leaves. Lucía wonders if Johny is interested in Susana…she can tell by the look on his face, but Johny denies it. Lucía then tells Johny about Armenta’s phone call, she thinks Armenta is up to no good. When she tells Johny that she will not tolerate Armenta making more advances, Johny fumes and tells her that if Armenta dares to touch her, he will kill him…and she’d better give him (Johny) his proper place…always! ♪♪And it’s too late, baby, now its’s too late♪♪
Valentina is in the kitchen looking at pictures of her and Juls when she overhears Tiberio complaining to Silvina about the electricity charges they have for their house in Xochimilco (which is a one of the mayoralities within Mexico City) which they never use. Vale calls them over and explains what is going on with Juls and her mother. Vale needs a place where they can stay for a while and asks if they would be willing to let them use their house. Silvina doesn’t look too willing, but Tiberio quickly tells her that they can use the house since Don León had given them the house so that their children could live there, but the children are long gone now. Vale hugs and thanks them before she rushes off to tell Juls.
At the hospital, Juls enters Lupita’s room and tells her that her bill has already been paid by her guardian angel, Beltrino. As Juls and Pancho are wheeling Lupita out of her room, Pancho gets a call. After Juls teases Lupita about liking Beltrino, Pancho comes and tells Lupita that he knows of a hotel where they can stay. Lupita declines the offer since they have no money to pay with. Just then, Vale arrives with a bouquet of roses and the offer to have them stay at a home that belongs to some of her employees. Lupita again declines since they can’t pay rent and Vale has already done too much for them. Vale assures her that they will not have to pay anything and that the house is cozy…a perfect place to stay, so Lupita hesitantly agrees to stay for a few days.
At the jail, a guard takes Mugres his tray of food. Mugres isn’t hungry, but when the guard tells him to make sure to at least eat the beans since they are loaded, Mugres gets the tray. Once alone he looks through the beans and finds a note, “If you talk, you die from rat poisoning. Enjoy!”
Eva swaggers into her scorpion-lover’s nest where Alacrán waits with a stuffed teddy bear. She can’t believe such a misbehaved man could give her such a cute gift, Alacrán, however, has another surprise for her. He grabs and pulls her in for liplocks and pushes her toward the bed.
At the company, Susana goes to see Mateo looking quite disgusted. She is fed up with Johny and his pushing her to write accolades about (no)S-Bueno who is so dumb. When she asks what he is up to, he smiles and tells her he has very good news…they have an informant within the Cartel de los Sierra who is willing to tell all…they will expose all those criminals.
Hec-Maru enters her house slamming doors and ranting about having to put up with those bratty girls at school. Hec-Maru knew a lot of girls in his PE classes and none were as spoiled and mean as those in this school. Hec-Maru then shouts at Maru’s mother that it’s all because of Maru’s fat body…no wonder Maru would lock herself up in her room and stop going to school…because of this body! The mother tells Hec-Maru that her daughter was very depressed those last months but she never confided anything, so the mother asks Hec-Maru to have some respect for her.
Beltrino is sitting by a lake in a wooded area thinking about seeing himself at the hospital and wondering where the Chino body is. Meanwhile, LCJ is in the batcave when he sees Lucía arrive and walk up to her room. She stops dead in her tracks when she sees another origami bird on the banister near her room. LCJ smiles in satisfaction as Lucía becomes unhinged and quickly enters her room. (The one on her desk which she is very sentimental about was given to her by Leon long ago)

In Xochimilco, Vale and company arrive at Silvina’s house which for a house that has not been lived in sure is clean and has plenty of well-kept plants. Lupita admires the place and is very grateful for everything Vale has done for them (errr…to keep Juls close by). Vale and Juls then go to get some groceries leaving Lupita with Pancho who is helping her look around the house.
At the Carvajal home, LCJ wonders why he is being sent to Silvina’s home and why Vale wants him to go there. Silvina criticizes all his questioning and tells him that Vale can explain if she wants to, Vale just asked that he take everything in the bag as soon as possible.
Upstairs, Lucía walks slowly toward her door and opens it, yes the origami bird is still there. As she moves closer to it, Silvina scares the heck out of her when she shouts to Lucía that she needs to come outside. Once outside, Lucía sees a small red car which has been sent to her along with a message from Armenta—“So that the color red will always be with you everywhere. A unique color like you, my lady.” Just then, Eva comes out and asks about the car, so Silvina tells her that it is a present for Lucía. Eva chuckles as she comments that the color is horrible and on how quickly Lucía was able to snatch up another millionaire to give her gifts…she wastes no time.
LCJ is on his way to Silvina’s house and seems to be lost as he talks to Cami on the phone. Cami wants to discuss the report he received on Santos, but wants to do it in person. When LCJ tells him he will come over as soon as he finishes with this errand, Cami tells him it is very serious and important.
At a parking garage, Vale, Juls and Alirio put the shopping bags into the vehicle. When Vale notices that the bag with the toiletries is missing, Alirio tells her he will go for it and asks them to stay in the car. Inside the car, Juls thanks Vale for finding a place for her and her mother. Vale admits that she also did it for herself since she wants Juls close to her. When Juls responds that they will only stay there for a while since her mother will want to leave the city when she fully recovers, Vale hopes they stay there a long time since Lupita seemed to like the house. They then share a tender moment and a kiss.


At Silvina’s house, Pancho has to leave to go pick up the kids since his wife, Brigida, can’t go. He doesn’t want to leave Lupita alone, but Lupita assures him that Juls should be arriving soon, so he leaves. As Lupita walks slowly away, there is a knock on the gate. Lupita smiles thinking it is Pancho, but when she opens the door, she sees…EL CHINO!!


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Kirby: Good Job on the recap. Something tells me Lupita still isn't long for this world....
 

Thanks. Yeah me too. Hiding in plain sight only works in Gringo TNs.

And Barb having a Priest bless her Fake Fortune Teller place ? A dozen beanies went into orbit on that one. No wonder it didn't work.

Johny makes my skin crawl. Somehow to me he is more reprehensible than Armenta, Alacran or even Mugres.

I wish we could have seen more of Death Chick in the car. I wonder still if she was driving her own car, or just sitting in a nearby car or in a taxi. The interior didn't look plain enough for a taxi though. I am sure it is kinda a motorhead thing, but I really would like to see what kind of car she drives. I'd hate to be the cop who pulls her over late at night. Or the AAA driver sent out for a DEAD battery. Yikes.

Forty yes 4 0 degrees here this morning. For those not good with numbers, that is a single digit away from freezing. And that is what I am doing right now, freezing.
 

Thank you, kirby.I

There isn't a shortage of creepy guys in this telenovela who like to invade a person's personal space. Ugh.

I have no idea where these storylines are headed, but I do not see a lot of happy endings .

Sunny here..but I just looked out at the thermometer on the patio...25 degrees. Some snow is predicted for tonight , but Saturday night we are supposed to get a wintry mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain...8 to 12 inches predicted. I am trying to figure out what I have to do and get before I am snowed in for awhile. Not happy.
 

Good Morning! Kirby, outstanding recap and the screenshots were just a good.

I like the screenshot you got of Barbara after she heard "the voice." I'm just wondering, could that be the voice of Don Valerio?? Probably not, right?

Susanlynn, ITA there are so many despicable. nauseating characters in this TN....but I can;t stop watching it. I'm with JudyB in that Beltrino is the most interesting one...if only he'd talk without slurring his words all the time; it makes me think he's always drunk. Maybe Arturo B does get somewhat tipsy to do his scenes...bet he enjoys that! or not :-) LCJ has those mesmerizing blue eyes, but he's too laid back. He needs to be more assertive...but then I suppose he is in character with Leon (sigh).

I'm liking the haunted house angle...interesting, but how do the spirits plan to use Barb? Did they not see how useless she was to Beltrino?

 

The spirits are probably just pissed that she has been faking it all this time when there are honest hard working fortune tellers trying to make a living out there. :-)
 

And with Barb it is A.L.L about the money. It was like flipping a switch when Belt coughed up her stipend, which, BTW, I see no evidence of her having actually earned it.

Agree about LCJ, except his eyes do not affect me at all. He is just a big flophound. How he ever built Carvajal enterprises is beyond me, because the only thing I have seen him expend a slight effort on is shagging Lucia, and that must not be a marathon, if they managed a complete office hop while Johny and others waited for the coffee to arrive in the board meeting. :-)
 

Ah Kirby you crack me up! And Lord have mercy, 40 degrees!!! Poor baby. It's snowing here right now, so yeah, Susanlynn, it's headed your way. Evidently everybody buys eggs, milk and bread when a storm front moves in. Does that mean all of Midwest and East will be eating French toast tomorrow?

Anyway, back to the recap and sceenshots which were excellent. And lots of info too. Thanks for explaining the location of Xochimilco Kirby. I could happily live in that house.

Also, I had forgotten that it was León who had given Lucia the origami bird. So great that you noted that.

Beltrino is still my fave, but he's losing track of his "mission". He totally won my heart when he told Juliana that money should be used to help whoever needs it. But now he's so fixated on getting back in his old sexy body that he's leaving his wife and son abandoned in the hospital. Focus old guy, otherwise that asthma is going to do you in.

Liked this:
"The girls tell him it’s just girl talk, but Guille thinks they could also be talking about men. That IS girl talk Guille."

But my favorite quip was in your comment Kirby. Calling León "a big flophound" made me laugh. Maybe in his younger days he had more juice, and that's how he built the big fortune. Things do slooooow down as we age.

One more thing: Hector is getting a great lesson in what it's like to be two down...female and fat. As a fit phys ed instructor, I'm sure he felt nothing but contempt for women and girls in that category. So now Santa Muerte is opening his eyes. Let's see if he's capable of learning, or if he'll stay fixated on punishing his wife for her current happiness without him.

Still loving this story. I've always liked the characterization of Life as a school...and we've all done the Hard Knocks version at some point. Or will. Nobody, even the most privileged, gets off easy. So Happy Learning everybody. And watch out for those black moths.
 

Kirby, you are a wonderful story-teller. So glad you are on this ride with your sparkling narrative. Thank you.

I could quote something from most of your paragraphs, but better just to tell folks to go back and re-read the whole thing. However, JudyB, I agree that the one you chose first is the best. Kirby has been watching Dr. Phil.

What on earth is Lucia going to do with that red car. If anything, it's a Target's target painted around her head. Does Armenta think he's the only chief mafioso in MCDF? I'd love for her to give it back, but that will surely make him mad. Maybe she could donate it to a support group for widows/widowers/orphans of narco-traffic violence.

LCJ had another origami bird in front of the security monitors in the bat cave. And yes, I do remember the other one Leon gave her. I couldn't see it very well at first and wondered what would have freaked her out. Then I saw the one LCJ had and then a later shot of the bird on the railing. These writers are on their toes.

Which brings me to Barbara. She's trying to do everything in her power to get rid of the spooky voices in her "office." She hasn't connected it to the crystal ball yet. RGV--it could be Valerio, but she's not the one who actually caused his death. She was involved in something just as cruel--holding his grandson for Beltrino. I was going to muse why wouldn't he or the Death Chick go after Beltrino, then I realized she IS playing with him, finally letting him see his own body again.
 

Great work Kirby.

Ugly car. Which reminds me of something. Red cars are disproportionately ticketed in the USA for things like speeding. I wonder whether this is the case in Mexico. If so, Lucia should find a way to get rid of it, like claiming it was stolen or something. Donating it to a good cause might work if she makes it a big public gesture. That might ensure her safety for a while, but Armenta is more dangerous than a cobra. He's from Ilha da Queimada Grande so one bite will kill in minutes.

Talk about living in glass houses... Eva is in no position to go after Lucia considering that she is laundering money and sleeping with scorpions. She's in for a worse fate than Barbara, who really looks scared now.

I also fear for Lupita. None of the narcos has spotted Jacobo, but that can't be far off.
 

It is clever how we have two strictly 'Leon' strands of DNA, the origami, and eating a tomato like a horse eats an apple. And despite all these flashing red clues the self absorbed people around him have not begun to connect the dots.

Lucia knew something was far past coincidence with the origame, but was so freaked out by it she didn't appear to see the forest for the trees.

Given that ghosts are known more for appearing after a less than ideal death than say, when someone simply dies of natural causes, I am shocked no one has at the least wondered if maybe Leon's ghost is mucking around.

When LCJ's time is nearing the end, I want to see Death Chick with her hand extended to him and then him look over at Lucia and say "Come with me."

The little car would be perfect for Vale and Juls.
 

Boy I'd like to be as well off as the AMA de Llaves is and be able to afford a gorgeous vacation home !
 

The house was given to her and her husband by León, Victoria. And she was thinking they should get rid of it because of the cost of the utilities. But we'd sure all love to live there. As long as the narcos weren't after us.
 

Kirby, death is too easy for Lucia. I'd like to see her end up with Armenta...and not of her own free will. Now THAT would be karma-get-it-on!
 

So many creepy guys in this show. Has anyone heard the term "toxic masculinity?" People were talking about it on thelitforum.com. I guess that it is a new buzzword to describe men behaving badly..... And so many in this story are behaving badly. It makes me weary....as does the real life news in general. I need some happy thoughts.
 

Need to get dem gotes a tramp-oline.
 

How in the world will the writers redeem Lucia? She is more of an antagonist than a protagonist.
 

Victoria, I don't KNOW. Every time I begin to think there has to be a way, we see her smarming it up with Johny and I realize they are two peas in a pod.

At this point she would have to die saving baby ducks or something.
 





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