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OK, novelera, let's swap Monday and Tuesday this coming week.
 

I have a confusion. When Circe saw the sexy, fun-time couple through the opaque glass, was that really Diego and Isa? Or was that Deivid and Gaby? I couldn't be sure what was going on, but it seemed like Diego and Isa finished up awfully quickly and then Diego was having dinner with his mother and Salas. What? If it wasn't really Diego and Isa, then it gives Diego a plausible out for him, assuming Circe asks him about this before she kills him. I'm not sure she would. I still like her, murderous nut that she is.

Kelly
 

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Kelly, I'm pretty sure Circe saw Diego and Isabel. After all, Circe did follow his car, so she knew where he was. And I suspect that Deivid and Gabi wouldn't have been sitting across from each other at a table kissing each other, which is what the people were doing whom Circe saw through the window.
 

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I'm racing to leave the house. No time even to proofread. Please add and correct.

Diego searches for the false passports but can't find them. He calls Isabel to ask whether she has seen them. Nope. Probably Circe has them. Uh oh.

Baldy realizes that the woman with Diego is an accomplice, but he has no evidence to prove this. [Gosh, do you think some missing passports would help?]

In his discussion with Isabel, he says "Promise me you'll never forget me." [Gee, why not play the funeral march in the background?]

Marlene is worried about Diana, who does nothing but mope around the apartment day after day. Marlene tries to encourage her to go back to school, but Diana says she's not ready (to do that or anything else, apparently). Marlene also tells her she'd like her to go back to Chucho.

Chucho cooks for Mara. She's impressed and pleased, until he starts talking again about Diana. Mara's fed up. She tells him she's not hungry, leaves his meal on the table, and leaves.

Porfirio comes to visit Paloma. She says she doesn't want to continue their relationship because of his kids not liking her. He tells her he has come to say goodbye, he's leaving for Veracruz. Those were apparently the magic words. She jumps him and starts kissing him. And then.... He wakes up in her bed the next morning.

Circe gives the passports, etc. to her favorite bought cop. She tells him he knows what he has to do with them.

There's a loud knock on Baldy's door. He goes to answer it and sees a manila envelope that was slipped under the door. Anyone want to guess what's inside?
Bingo! The false passports. Also a note saying that Isabel Fernandez and Diego Hidalgo are accomplices.

Nuria's mother arrives at the rehab center. Today's therapy will be mostly hers. She explains to Nuria that she felt very sad and ill after giving birth, even though she wanted a child. Eating made her feel better. Whenever problems arose, she ate. If she felt sad, she ate. If she felt ill, she ate. The doctor asks whether she has an addiction to eating. Nuria immediately says "No, it's not possible to be addicted to eating," but her mother replies "Yes." Her mother explains that she feels about eating the way Nuria does about drugs. That pushes one of Nuria's buttons, and she angrily tells her mother "I'm afraid of being like you. It's your fault."

On his way home, Porfirio sees a police car up the block. He races into the house, and moves a heavy chair to block the door. He tells Isabel that the police are here for her. "We have to leave at once!" Eventually, after blocking every entrance and passageway on the way out, Porfi and his family escape out the back door. The police are shown to be as inept as always. They claim to be looking for Isabel, but after they break in they keep opening dresser drawers and briefcases (do they think she's hidden in one of those?) Eventually Porfi manages to find a taxi, and the family gets away.

Much of the episode involves Diego and Deivid heading for the border for the drug operation.Circe doesn't show up. Flor arrives in her stead. She tells Diego he cheated on Circe so she's not coming. After much backing and forthing, it looks as though JJ will get his merca back. He's delighted. He thanks Diego. And then the feds arrive.
 

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Thanks, Juanita. Terrific summary.

I finally get why Nuria's story bugs me so much. The storyline has no connection to the rest of the story. It's a total detour from the rest of the action, unless they bring charges against Ramona for pushing drugs.

And where's Lourdes and the rest of the poor girls who were going to testify against Mateo? Writers, how about some screen time for them.

I still need to catch up with Friday's episode. Hope everyone in the path of the snow storm is safe. Now off to shovel my walkway.
 

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Great comments, Niecie. I think Telemundo tends to use its telenovelas as vehicles for various Public Service Announcements. Nuria's story is clearly a PSA about drug use and its consequences. Which I suppose also shows how evil drug trafficking is, be it by JJ, Gavino, etc. Nuria's mother's addiction to food also is a kind of PSA to help viewers to better understand the nature of addiction, that it doesn't just apply to drugs. I'm not delighted with all the PSAs Telemundo has offered in its various novelas, but I suppose they're more helpful than all the ads for buying fattening, fat-filled foods, envy-inducing cars, etc. that pay for the program.

Probably Gabi's advice to Paloma in Friday's episode is another PSA. Paloma doesn't feel Porfi is good enough for her. She's educated, has a career, etc. Porfi is...Porfi. Gabi tells Paloma that she (Paloma) has got it all wrong. It doesn't matter how much money or what kind of impressive title a person has. What counts is the person's personality and moral values. She says she admires Deivid, who didn't even finish elementary school, but is a loving person who works his back off for his family.

Again, I could do without the preaching, but....
 

Juanita, novelera and deb—Thank you for the clarity of your recaps and detailed extra comments. I have to admit, sad-faced, that I’m no longer watching Identidad, but am following the story closely as you provide.the narrative. I just got tired of the emphasis on the drug and sex trafficking, the double-cross, and the violence it engenders. The storylines I enjoyed the most—Salas and Fernanda, Gaby, her sister, Deivid and Chucho, Jim and Marlene, Diana and Paloma and even Amanda, Ricos and Edgar are second string.

In my short telenovela experience, the productions shown on Telemundo are not the only ones with a side story that doubles as a PSA. Televisa is also guilty of that—and more. Their product placement got to be an event for major snark. Once in awhile one of the major characters gets to play a part in a PSA, but it becomes obvious. But, I’m in agreement here, Nuria and her mother are unimportant to moving the story line forward and if anything needed to be highlighted it is the plight of the kidnapped girls and their fate—and what happens when they come forward.
 

Sorry—The prior comment goes under Identidad—even though it seems that is the only tn being covered right now.