Saturday, April 13, 2019
Por Amar Sin Ley, Season 2 Viernes 4/12/19, Episode 23: Deja Vu All Over Again
Juan goes to Big Daddy Alonso to get permission to appeal Monica's sentence. You do know she's guilty, right, son? Yes, but everyone deserves a good defense! Seeing how badly Johnny wants his new toy, Alonso reluctantly agrees. When Roberto comes around later to ask Juan if he's going to fall for every chick with a sob story and a sick kid, Juan gives his impassioned speech again, this time with shouting and pointing. That being all that's required to argue a case at Vega, I guess he's ready.
Alejandra and Ricardo strew their giddy pareja-news all over town. Paula is thrilled to pieces that her daughter is going to be cohabiting with some divorced guy, which just goes to show how much telenovelas have changed. But don't they know that every "para siempre" and "nada nos separa" just comes closer to waking the Karma Dragon? The way they're covering the waterfront, when this anvil falls, it's going to fall in front of everyone. (Could it maybe fall on them both? Pretty please?) Ric has started talking to her in that singsongy voice he uses with his kids, so maybe she'll just move to Vancouver or be swallowed by a canopy bed.
Gus gets a visit from some prospective clients, an older couple who say their son sold an apartment belonging to them without their permission. They had given him power of attorney, but it was for something else. Gus tells them that the sale was perfectly legal, so their only chance of getting their property back is to sue their son for...frow-day, of course. They're not sure they can do that, so they go off to think it over. The subtitles didn't give them names and the writers didn't give them personalities, so we may not be seeing them again.
El Ciego gets the 411 from El Chivo and his brand-new left-hand noun, El Cuervo. Henchmen must grow on trees around there. It seems El Gringo has been pushing product in a nightclub in El Ciego's territory. He says they'll have to teach that upstart a lesson, but he doesn't say how. He'd better come up with a pretty detailed idea, though, because those two don't look all that bright, and one of them is out on bail.
Carlos brings in a notary with all the papers to make Alan a partner and increase his percentage of profits by 5%. Lots of back-slapping. Oh, and they're going to move into super-fancy offices, and be a super-big and super-famous firm, and kick all that off by starting to drink super-early in the day! Yay! Since Carlos never does anything nice for anybody but Alejandra, we are suspicious. Is he setting Alan up for some kind of fall?
Tatiana sends Juan selfies in two different painted-on dresses and asks which one she should wear to her job interview. Either she's applying at another strip joint or at Carlos's firm. He texts back that she looks nice in both and of course fails to delete them from his phone, so now I guess we can just sit around and wait for Fernanda to find them. Sigh.
Alejandra and Sofia watch surveillance videos of the van that was involved in both the murders of Gustavo's family and Jaime's kidnapping, and they seem to pin it down to a neighborhood. Ale announces decisively that she's taking this information right to Quiroz, but of course she doesn't. She goes snooping around instead. And asking questions of random potential-nouns. Alone. In high heels. Without telling anyone. Thereby winning the prize for stupid decisions in what has become a very, very tough league.
She actually stumbles on what looks like the right place, and compounds her stupidity by leaving the door open behind her, going down a flight of stairs, finding a bunch of 50-gallon drums, and opening one of them! It doesn't explode immediately, which is kind of a surprise...but it's a cinch she's not going to like what's inside.
In other news:
- Juan fills out the papers to buy a car. He seems to turn down the sport model for a more sedate family sedan, but what do you bet he changes his mind?
- Nancy fishes for info about the firm's big client, but Carlos shuts her down.
- Gustavo weeps all over framed family photos. Do we even need to say this anymore, or has it become part of the credits?
- Roberto and Sofia joke about introducing their parents. At least I think they're joking.
- Corrupt lawyer Tellez shakes Alan down for even more money. Why is it always the only person who knows he's dealing with a stone-cold killer that keeps poking him with a stick?
Alejandra and Ricardo strew their giddy pareja-news all over town. Paula is thrilled to pieces that her daughter is going to be cohabiting with some divorced guy, which just goes to show how much telenovelas have changed. But don't they know that every "para siempre" and "nada nos separa" just comes closer to waking the Karma Dragon? The way they're covering the waterfront, when this anvil falls, it's going to fall in front of everyone. (Could it maybe fall on them both? Pretty please?) Ric has started talking to her in that singsongy voice he uses with his kids, so maybe she'll just move to Vancouver or be swallowed by a canopy bed.
Gus gets a visit from some prospective clients, an older couple who say their son sold an apartment belonging to them without their permission. They had given him power of attorney, but it was for something else. Gus tells them that the sale was perfectly legal, so their only chance of getting their property back is to sue their son for...frow-day, of course. They're not sure they can do that, so they go off to think it over. The subtitles didn't give them names and the writers didn't give them personalities, so we may not be seeing them again.
El Ciego gets the 411 from El Chivo and his brand-new left-hand noun, El Cuervo. Henchmen must grow on trees around there. It seems El Gringo has been pushing product in a nightclub in El Ciego's territory. He says they'll have to teach that upstart a lesson, but he doesn't say how. He'd better come up with a pretty detailed idea, though, because those two don't look all that bright, and one of them is out on bail.
Carlos brings in a notary with all the papers to make Alan a partner and increase his percentage of profits by 5%. Lots of back-slapping. Oh, and they're going to move into super-fancy offices, and be a super-big and super-famous firm, and kick all that off by starting to drink super-early in the day! Yay! Since Carlos never does anything nice for anybody but Alejandra, we are suspicious. Is he setting Alan up for some kind of fall?
Tatiana sends Juan selfies in two different painted-on dresses and asks which one she should wear to her job interview. Either she's applying at another strip joint or at Carlos's firm. He texts back that she looks nice in both and of course fails to delete them from his phone, so now I guess we can just sit around and wait for Fernanda to find them. Sigh.
Alejandra and Sofia watch surveillance videos of the van that was involved in both the murders of Gustavo's family and Jaime's kidnapping, and they seem to pin it down to a neighborhood. Ale announces decisively that she's taking this information right to Quiroz, but of course she doesn't. She goes snooping around instead. And asking questions of random potential-nouns. Alone. In high heels. Without telling anyone. Thereby winning the prize for stupid decisions in what has become a very, very tough league.
She actually stumbles on what looks like the right place, and compounds her stupidity by leaving the door open behind her, going down a flight of stairs, finding a bunch of 50-gallon drums, and opening one of them! It doesn't explode immediately, which is kind of a surprise...but it's a cinch she's not going to like what's inside.
In other news:
- Juan fills out the papers to buy a car. He seems to turn down the sport model for a more sedate family sedan, but what do you bet he changes his mind?
- Nancy fishes for info about the firm's big client, but Carlos shuts her down.
- Gustavo weeps all over framed family photos. Do we even need to say this anymore, or has it become part of the credits?
- Roberto and Sofia joke about introducing their parents. At least I think they're joking.
- Corrupt lawyer Tellez shakes Alan down for even more money. Why is it always the only person who knows he's dealing with a stone-cold killer that keeps poking him with a stick?
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Snoopy Alejandra deserves every thing she gets! Dumb, dumb,,,,,,Yes, Ricks sing song baby voice! Annoying......Terrible actor.
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Thanks, Blue Lass. You nailed all the absurdities. My fave: "El Chivo and his brand-new left-hand noun El Cuervo"
Now Ric bestowed the benefits of marriage on Elena before and Ale was super excited about starting a family with Carlos in marriage before. But now the two are thrilled to just shack up together and don't even talk marriage or kids. Okay
Ale is behaving so reckless, with no bodyguard, no gun, no karate, not giving anyone her coordinates when she goes hunting etc., that I'm not sure I'm going to care about whatever mess she's sure she's sure to get into with the Els.
Now Ric bestowed the benefits of marriage on Elena before and Ale was super excited about starting a family with Carlos in marriage before. But now the two are thrilled to just shack up together and don't even talk marriage or kids. Okay
Ale is behaving so reckless, with no bodyguard, no gun, no karate, not giving anyone her coordinates when she goes hunting etc., that I'm not sure I'm going to care about whatever mess she's sure she's sure to get into with the Els.
Great work, Blue Lass.
Interesting thought about Alan being set up as a Fall Guy. Carlos is intelligent enough to do that, but I doubt that he knows that Alan killed Patricia and tried to frame him for it. I am hoping he finds out this season, but it's much too early yet.
As to him deciding to get fancy offices, I think that is premature. He needs at least three more clients like Damian (whom I don't think is entirely on the up and up, but that's another matter) before he can really afford it. And what is he going to do when El Ciego mambos his way in any time he wants, followed by his tattooed goons in their wife-beater shirts? This is inevitable.
Either she's applying at another strip joint or at Carlos's firm. Great!
Alejandra is taking too many risks she promised not to. And I don't think we need to speculate on what had been in that 55-gallon drum. That looked like the remains of a feast for Count Dracula. The Karma Dragon is already breathing fire.
Interesting thought about Alan being set up as a Fall Guy. Carlos is intelligent enough to do that, but I doubt that he knows that Alan killed Patricia and tried to frame him for it. I am hoping he finds out this season, but it's much too early yet.
As to him deciding to get fancy offices, I think that is premature. He needs at least three more clients like Damian (whom I don't think is entirely on the up and up, but that's another matter) before he can really afford it. And what is he going to do when El Ciego mambos his way in any time he wants, followed by his tattooed goons in their wife-beater shirts? This is inevitable.
Either she's applying at another strip joint or at Carlos's firm. Great!
Alejandra is taking too many risks she promised not to. And I don't think we need to speculate on what had been in that 55-gallon drum. That looked like the remains of a feast for Count Dracula. The Karma Dragon is already breathing fire.
Ale announces decisively that she's taking this information right to Quiroz, but of course she doesn't. She goes snooping around instead. And asking questions of random potential-nouns. Alone. In high heels. Without telling anyone. Thereby winning the prize for stupid decisions in what has become a very, very tough league.
Loved this. Loved the title. Also this:
) Ric has started talking to her in that singsongy voice he uses with his kids, so maybe she'll just move to Vancouver or be swallowed by a canopy bed.
I agree, I'm ready for both of them to disappear. And for Gustovo to stop crying. And for Juan to stop shouting and tilting at windmills. And for Sofia to close her eyes once in a while instead of opening them sooooo WIDE it hurts.
Oh well, as my Kentucky mama used to say "If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride".
Thanks for a very sly, witty recap. Enjoyed it immensely.
Loved this. Loved the title. Also this:
) Ric has started talking to her in that singsongy voice he uses with his kids, so maybe she'll just move to Vancouver or be swallowed by a canopy bed.
I agree, I'm ready for both of them to disappear. And for Gustovo to stop crying. And for Juan to stop shouting and tilting at windmills. And for Sofia to close her eyes once in a while instead of opening them sooooo WIDE it hurts.
Oh well, as my Kentucky mama used to say "If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride".
Thanks for a very sly, witty recap. Enjoyed it immensely.
Snoopy Alejandra deserves every thing she gets! Dumb, dumb,,,,,,Yes, Ricks sing song baby voice! Annoying......Terrible actor.
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: Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 12:10:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 12:10:00 PM EDT
Spunky as ever, my dear Blue. Loved the recap! I'll be watching this episode later and now know to watch for a sing-songy voice, high heels looking into 50 gallon drums, early a.m. drinks and Juan forgetting to delete pics of Tatiana.
Maybe Alejandra can cut off that gorgeous hair to add some real drama to this show.
R la O
Maybe Alejandra can cut off that gorgeous hair to add some real drama to this show.
R la O
Blue Lass, likin the snarkiness.
Ale As usual is dumb. It's bad enough being stupid, but being stupid in high
Heels is the worst. How she gonna run
In those things?I knew she was smellin
Decomposing bodies before she Got to that door. She had her hands to her nosey Nose. And then had the nerve to open the top? That Oder should have taken her breath before she Got to the top.
And who keeps decomposing bodies in barrels in their warehouse? Why is he saving them?Well he's not the sharpest
Knife in the drawer. He puts dead bodies in barrels and pours acid on them. And keeps them. In his warehouse
For stupid women in high heels to find
Well one particular stupid woman. Who
Was warned. Who didn't listen.
Maybe it's good Ricardo is using the
Baby voice with her, she's acting like a disobedient stubborn kid.
Gus with the crying reminds me of Judith light in "one life to live",she
Could cry on cue perfectly. Her name was Karen,I think. And she was a hot mess. I hope when gus moves out of the house he stops crying. Please writers?
Thank you Blue Lass
Ale As usual is dumb. It's bad enough being stupid, but being stupid in high
Heels is the worst. How she gonna run
In those things?I knew she was smellin
Decomposing bodies before she Got to that door. She had her hands to her nosey Nose. And then had the nerve to open the top? That Oder should have taken her breath before she Got to the top.
And who keeps decomposing bodies in barrels in their warehouse? Why is he saving them?Well he's not the sharpest
Knife in the drawer. He puts dead bodies in barrels and pours acid on them. And keeps them. In his warehouse
For stupid women in high heels to find
Well one particular stupid woman. Who
Was warned. Who didn't listen.
Maybe it's good Ricardo is using the
Baby voice with her, she's acting like a disobedient stubborn kid.
Gus with the crying reminds me of Judith light in "one life to live",she
Could cry on cue perfectly. Her name was Karen,I think. And she was a hot mess. I hope when gus moves out of the house he stops crying. Please writers?
Thank you Blue Lass
Permalink posted by : Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 5:03:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 5:03:00 PM EDT
Hola everyone. Haven't quite caught up with the visuals, but skimmed through the last 4 days of recaps and comments. Nothing much to add, other than raise singsongy praises to Urban and Blue Lass for their ma'velous recaps.
Maybe it's time to remind everyone that once upon a time, in Season 1, Carlos got Ale to put her name on the foundation he was using to launder some of the money (or tons of it). That's why Ale had resources to go to for little Ivan. Now that Carlos mad at her, there's reason to believe somehow (if the El-nouns don't get her first) he will have her accused of embezzlement, fraud and money laundering. Sound reasonable?
I was sure Carlos was going to take El Ciego up on his methods of making people disappear and have El Ciego make Ricardo disappear.
I agree that we're smarter than the writers, so they probably didn't consider the Munchausen syndrome when writing the Monica case. We did see Monica exercising the boy and making sure he had his meds and getting oxygen deliveries. How she did all this on an accountant's occasional jobs is miraculous. That and paying someone to take care of Ivan when she went on her trysts with Rafael. I wonder (story will never cover this), though, how many other men she had to approached before latching on to a victim who would follow through.
As I recall, in *his* testimony, Rafael originally never said Monica asked him to "kill" or "murder" Dr. Lara. I'm pretty sure he said Monica said they would be better off if Dr. Lara "disappeared" from their lives. Of course, we know that in some cultures, "disappear" is merely a euphemism for kill, so that's what she probably meant and Rafael took it and ran with it.
The ONLY reason I see for us to be subjected to Rick's phone calls with his kids is to remind us that he is a father and those two toddlers will be in their lives for some time yet. Ale did get along with them pretty well--which would have made Elena jealous. Wonder what she will think of Ric and Ale moving in together--arouse her jealous streak again? I'm pretty sure she did sign the divorce papers, although I can't remember when--but surely she was a hold-out for a long time.
Maybe it's time to remind everyone that once upon a time, in Season 1, Carlos got Ale to put her name on the foundation he was using to launder some of the money (or tons of it). That's why Ale had resources to go to for little Ivan. Now that Carlos mad at her, there's reason to believe somehow (if the El-nouns don't get her first) he will have her accused of embezzlement, fraud and money laundering. Sound reasonable?
I was sure Carlos was going to take El Ciego up on his methods of making people disappear and have El Ciego make Ricardo disappear.
I agree that we're smarter than the writers, so they probably didn't consider the Munchausen syndrome when writing the Monica case. We did see Monica exercising the boy and making sure he had his meds and getting oxygen deliveries. How she did all this on an accountant's occasional jobs is miraculous. That and paying someone to take care of Ivan when she went on her trysts with Rafael. I wonder (story will never cover this), though, how many other men she had to approached before latching on to a victim who would follow through.
As I recall, in *his* testimony, Rafael originally never said Monica asked him to "kill" or "murder" Dr. Lara. I'm pretty sure he said Monica said they would be better off if Dr. Lara "disappeared" from their lives. Of course, we know that in some cultures, "disappear" is merely a euphemism for kill, so that's what she probably meant and Rafael took it and ran with it.
The ONLY reason I see for us to be subjected to Rick's phone calls with his kids is to remind us that he is a father and those two toddlers will be in their lives for some time yet. Ale did get along with them pretty well--which would have made Elena jealous. Wonder what she will think of Ric and Ale moving in together--arouse her jealous streak again? I'm pretty sure she did sign the divorce papers, although I can't remember when--but surely she was a hold-out for a long time.
Just wrote a long comment and lost it.
Will write again later...
Thanks to the clever recappers and insightful comments.
Agree that DZ is a horrible actor, but I think that JG is excellent
His face captures all the nuances necessary.
I think that El Ciego deserved to win Best Villain. He is absolutely
CREEPY, but very amusing at the same time, and keeps Carlos completely unnerved.
I love Juan! He offers comic relief and I share his passion for fighting for the
Underdog. His mother is terrific too.
Ale's mother is doing a great job as well She is very adaptable to playing different roles. She has played some despicable characters in the past.
Her blonde friend plays her part well.
The Victoria/Bobby thing is totally boring and dragged out.
And yes, please no more crying from Gus.
Chat later,
Will write again later...
Thanks to the clever recappers and insightful comments.
Agree that DZ is a horrible actor, but I think that JG is excellent
His face captures all the nuances necessary.
I think that El Ciego deserved to win Best Villain. He is absolutely
CREEPY, but very amusing at the same time, and keeps Carlos completely unnerved.
I love Juan! He offers comic relief and I share his passion for fighting for the
Underdog. His mother is terrific too.
Ale's mother is doing a great job as well She is very adaptable to playing different roles. She has played some despicable characters in the past.
Her blonde friend plays her part well.
The Victoria/Bobby thing is totally boring and dragged out.
And yes, please no more crying from Gus.
Chat later,
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 3:47:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 3:47:00 PM EDT
Anita, the divorce papers were signed fairly early in Season 1 -- it was the adoption papers Elena was holding out on. But those finally went through as well, so I guess the worst she can do is keep them in Vancouver. PLEASE don't throw us in the briar patch...
Florida, I agree about El Ciego -- I never skip a scene he's in! The actor is doing a wonderful job, and he really seems to enjoy his work.
Florida, I agree about El Ciego -- I never skip a scene he's in! The actor is doing a wonderful job, and he really seems to enjoy his work.
Four of my children are attorneys: two gals and two guys
Three were Public Defenders for several years They often went out to the jail to
meet with their clients, and their clients often called them at home via collect calls. They could only use pay phones at the jail to make their calls.
One is still aggressively fighting for the rights of the Underdog and for their
dependent children.
But it is important to note that the lawyers are NOT detectives. The PD office hires investigators full time to do the sleuthing. The attorneys can direct the investigators, but their main job is to prepare the very best defense for their clients, and the investigators can help in that process.
What Ale is doing is Ridiculous, but I do feel that she is a competent actress.
I see no chemistry in the romance, however.
Three were Public Defenders for several years They often went out to the jail to
meet with their clients, and their clients often called them at home via collect calls. They could only use pay phones at the jail to make their calls.
One is still aggressively fighting for the rights of the Underdog and for their
dependent children.
But it is important to note that the lawyers are NOT detectives. The PD office hires investigators full time to do the sleuthing. The attorneys can direct the investigators, but their main job is to prepare the very best defense for their clients, and the investigators can help in that process.
What Ale is doing is Ridiculous, but I do feel that she is a competent actress.
I see no chemistry in the romance, however.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 5:23:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 5:23:00 PM EDT
Floridia, I can only imagine what it must've been like with four children in law school!
Por Amar is based on a Colombian TN and raises my curiosity about how crimes are investigated and adjudicated in other countries. I knew from previous TNs that Mexico does not have a jury system, but this is the first time I'm seeing lawyers (not their P.I.s) doing the investigating and the police almost working for them. I do like the way Juan connects with people to get info out of them though.
I'm okay with Ale and Ric, but romance isn't the draw here for me. I'm enjoying Carlos squirm (will he find redemption?), Gus work his cases (will he see a psych to deal with his guilt?), Javier (rightfully) not trusting anyone, and Bobby and his dad. Sorry to see Vicky wasted this season running Bobby away. She needs a good case to distract her. She deserves a storyline besides Bobby.
Por Amar is based on a Colombian TN and raises my curiosity about how crimes are investigated and adjudicated in other countries. I knew from previous TNs that Mexico does not have a jury system, but this is the first time I'm seeing lawyers (not their P.I.s) doing the investigating and the police almost working for them. I do like the way Juan connects with people to get info out of them though.
I'm okay with Ale and Ric, but romance isn't the draw here for me. I'm enjoying Carlos squirm (will he find redemption?), Gus work his cases (will he see a psych to deal with his guilt?), Javier (rightfully) not trusting anyone, and Bobby and his dad. Sorry to see Vicky wasted this season running Bobby away. She needs a good case to distract her. She deserves a storyline besides Bobby.
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