Friday, March 06, 2020

Me Declaro Culpable #13, 3/5/20: Natalia Gets a Clue

Good morning peeps, it is 2 am pacific so this recap will be fast and easy.


The bombshell: Natalia learns the truth

Paolo sends Katia packing, later he and Natalia hang out (the editing in this novela is terrible) he tells her that he spent time with Katia but that he is not interested in her any more, the conversation then moves to Paolo being disappointed because there are so many things that he can no longer do. Natalia points out that while that may be true there are things that he can still do and asks him what else he would have wanted to do other than play soccer. He tells her he would have loved to be a race car driver (men!), Natalia tells him he can still do this and takes him out for a drive. And this folks is when things go sour, so so sour.

Natalia is in the passenger seat, she's not wearing a seatbelt- dumb bunny, and is helping guide Paolo's driving, they then arrive at the scene of Paolo's accident and that's when Natalia realizes that she was the person who ran over him, she has a mental breakdown and cancels the rest of their plans with some lame excuse about having to do something with her mom. Guys, she wants us to believe she wants to spend time with that nut ball, is nut ball one word or two?


Natalia runs to her dads office, she is ready to confess what she did, sadly Franco is unavailable but guess who is? Lizard man, also known as Julian, he leads her out of the office and takes her to his house? This part is unclear because as I said before the editing in this is awful. Julian finally has to come clean and admits that both he and Roberta lied to her, they changed the address of the accident in order to protect her. Natalia in a bid to escape from Julians lair asks him for a pill to calm down and when he goes to grab it she takes her purse and makes a run for it.

Roberta:

Ummm, you guys I don't even know what to say about this crazy story line but uh this 50 year old woman is trying to get artificially inseminated. Her totally unethical doctor is worried about Franco finding out what they did and ending her career, Roberta tells her not to worry, she and Franco had a wild night and he will never know what she did to get knocked up.

Ingrid: Man it is going to be so hard to figure out who wins the crazy battle in this one

Ingrid confronts Gabriel about the recording he made, she lays the blame at Alba's feet because of course she does. She then tells Gabriel that Alba killed his dad because she was tired of taking care of him. She tells Gabe that his dad had a chance of recovering, the treatment was costly and she was ready to sell her house to pay for it but Alba killed him before he could start the treatment, then she presents Gabe with paperwork that supports this accusation. Gabe, also a dumb bunny believes this and refuses to speak with Alba, when she goes to Ingrid's home to see him he tells her to leave, he doesn't want anything to do with her.

Ingrid gets more good news when Mauro visits her to let her know that the judge who saw the recording of her taking to dead people owed him several favors and as a result the video went *poof* and will not be used as evidence in the ongoing custody battle. We get more background on Ingrid, the patio learns that she can't have children, when she was younger she was in an abusive relationship with a man she adored, he forced her to have an abortion. The pregnancy was far along, there were complications with abortion and as a result she became infertile.

Mauro chimes in with his own abortion story, he had an affair with woman that he loved deeply, when she found out he was married she ended the pregnancy, and he never saw her again. Ingrid tells him that if the Wiman really loved him there's a chance that she never had an abortion and dropped off the ice of the earth in order to hide the fact that she had the baby. Will this be important later?

Alba:
 Alba oes home in tears after Gabe's rejection, Franco is there to try and clear up the misunderstanding with the hotel room fiasco, but Alba refuses to talk to him and tells him to leave, he finds pen and paper and writes her a note which he then slips under her door.
The next thing we see is Alba going to Franco's office, he again is not there but his assistant has no problem with letting her go into his office to drop off a note. It's 2020 y'all, e-mail, text, snapchat, it's so much faster!

As she is about to leave the office Franco returns, he pleads his case: he tells her the whole thing was a set up and that she is judging him without giving him the opportunity to defend himself. He tells her that he has always been a stand up guy, he has never done anything inappropriate that would cause her to believe that he had bad intentions towards her, and that he would never do anything as shady as what happened in the hotel.

That's it for tonight folks. I'm gonna go sleep!



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Comments:
Thanks Princess. I love short, sweet recaps and you got everything you needed to get and we needed to know. Works for me!

Love love love "Lizard Man" as Julian's new sobriquet. Perfect. The man oozes everywhere he goes. We can't call him "snail"...he's too fast for that, but he seems to leave a nasty, sticky residue everywhere he goes, like those dear little snails. (However they're delicious when cooked in garlic butter like the Frenchies do.)

And this I also loved:

It's 2020 y'all, e-mail, text, snapchat, it's so much faster!

Absolutely. But I guess those dumb bunny little drawings of coffee cups are so much cuter. As Nina said yesterday, Franco and Alba are "cute in a sickening way". Amen.
Thanks for burning the midnight oil and beyond, Trusty Recapper.
 

Gracias, Princess Juju. This series is really getting insane.

Not sure about whether "nut ball" should be one word. I usually see nutcase, nutjob, and nutbag as single words, though. Not that it matters that much; we all get it.

Natalia is the one who might lose most of her marbles on the way to the finale. Prediction: She will have to live with hiding this from Paolo for at least another 15 episodes and then there will be a big blowup -- possibly because it will be Julian who spills the beans. She might be the one who ends up in a manicomio between this and her crazy mother.

Roberta is out of her mind to try to get pregnant now. Pregnancy entrapment is no way to get or hold onto a man. BTW, if I were Natalia I would slap her flat every time she addressed me as "Nene." This is about 100x more control than she should tolerate.

Maybe we should have a drinking game around that word.

Mauro is at least consistent in his willingness to ignore the crazy. He has a daughter who desperately needs to be in inpatient treatment and he is now getting sexually interested in the equally crazy Ingrid. That he called in a favor from a judge to scrub out the video (which Gabriel obviously sent to the caseworker) is not only dishonest but reprehensible. Gabriel is in serious danger from this loca.

Franco needs to have a more professional demeanor around Alba until her case is resolved, which will not be until -- Prediction: -- about 5 episodes before the end of the series.

Julian just gets creepier with every episode. Judy, I agree. He's not a snail; he's more like an electric eel.

Ingrid is looking for a sugar daddy. I'm not sure whether we should believe her version of the abortion story. As for Mauro's story about knocking up a former girlfriend you can bet your bottom peso that the writers are holding this story investment against the possibility of a future return of that ex-GF.

Now about Hair...

Natalia: I've seen this actress with four different hair colors and I think this one is her best. She looks normal.

Julian: Never liked the buzz-cut thing or the 5 o'clock shadow. He looks like the thug that he is.

Mauro: Well-done. He looks like the wealthy professional that he is.

Franco: Big improvement in this episode. He is too young to have as much random white as he did before and would definitely want to keep the silver at the temples, where it traditionally begins.

Roberta: Out of date and looks like the wig worn by a friend who was raised Orthodox Jewish.

Ingrid: Untamed, like her insanity.

Paolo: He needs to lose the ponytail/bun. This actor isn't all that handsome and needs a more flattering look.

Dante: He's rocking the Rocker Boy look.

Alba, Bianca, Gabriel: All normal.
 

Thank you, Princess Juju, you do "fast and easy" really well!

I agree with UA, this is getting really insane; too many dumb bunnies, insane locas (yeah I know that's redundant, but it fits), gullible peeps, and the "lizard" is hateful. Why does Nat keep talking to him and letting him get so physically close to her." I shudder every time he puts his arms around her.

UA, I don't believe anything Ingrid has to say. The loca changes that abortion story to fit the occasion. She regurgitated BS and Mauro ate it up. Ewwww, that sounds gross, but it's true. LOL
 

Thanks, Doris and JuJu, for keeping us up to speed -- I've been upstate for meetings all week and haven't been able to watch, but I hope to hit the high points at least this weekend.

What if Mauro's illegitimate offspring turns out to be...Julian? And he and Bertie are half-siblings? That would be hilarious, and also make his pawing Nati all the more revolting.
 

Princess JuJu: Thank you very much for the recap.

Blue Lass: I wonder about the possibility of Julian being the illegitimate offspring as well. Big question is whether this would have ramifications going forward ?
 

BTW, UA, ITA w/your tonsorial analysis. Dante could totally pull off the man-bun; Paolo cannot. Here's hoping for an attitude-change makeover in the near future.
 

JUJU--You got a whale of a tale and stayed chirpy and clever at such a late hour. We commiserate with you for having to deal with this odd set of characters. Thank you for a great romp.

You could have added one last sentence to position us for tonight--Alba has regained her winsome vulnerability - and trust in Franco. She's looking up at him doe-eyed as he carefully reels her back into his orbit--willingly. Will we get another inappropriate hug from Alba? Must see TV.

Don't fault dizzy in love Natalia with immediately suggesting they take a drive...that's how I let my 7 year old grandsons take a spin on an unused country dirt road for fun--in the days when consoles were small. They took the wheel and the brake and I worked the accelerator. They both turned into excellent Go-Kart drivers and Bumper car drivers and now excellent full-fledged automobile drivers. Of course their parents never found out until much later what I did.

I don't know how Nat did it with big consoles now and one-person bucket seats, but ni modo. It is possible nowadays to get cars adapted for leg-disabled people, but then Poor Paolo doesn't have enough money for a car--although, I note, he has enough money for a very nice, spacious apartment.

Ingrid may be cray cray, but she does keeps her wits about her. We all talk to dead loved ones from time to time, but of course, not out loud. I can see how she was able to twist the fact that the treatment that Javier would have received was not guaranteed, took a lot of money and Alba was tired of taking care of him into motive. Ingrid's motive was just as strong--she didn't want to lose the house she'd lived in, turquoise kitchen and all. (And what is that funny platform with furniture on it. Is that the living room?)

It looks like Lizard Man never changed his clothes from several days ago--or maybe he has a different ensemble for each day of the week. Is this Thursday? Get out the plaid jacket and reddish maroon slacks.

UA--The tonsorial tutorial was very funny.
 

Thank you for your recap, Princess JuJu!

I love “Lizard Man” for vile Julian. I hate that guy more, every time I see him. The actor is doing a spectacular job with this role because even if he played the best galán ever in the next telenovela, I will still hate him.

URBAN – Your crockpot theory on Natalia losing her marbles is a good one.

”Maybe we should have a drinking game around that (Néne) word.”
Um, no, I don't think my liver can’t take it. LOL ;-)

ANITA – Yes, Nat & Paolo driving that car was a QTH? moment for me. Who was hitting the gas and brakes? NO way she could reach from where she was. Does Paolo have some control of his feet?

BLUE LASS - ”What if Mauro's illegitimate offspring turns out to be...Julian? And he and Bertie are half-siblings?”
This would be a great plot twist and one that could make Julian off-limits to Natalia.

TELENOVELA BEANIE HAT MUSINGS:
If Roberta should end up pregnant, wouldn’t it be great if Franco says he had a vasectomy ages ago and no way the kid is his?

None of the document Ingrid showed Gabriel made much sense to me.

How could Gabe’s video just disappear? Really? Wouldn’t it be in "a cloud" somewhere in cyberspace, or the internets?

Paolo (and Natalia's "help") driving that car.
 

If Julian turns out to be Mauro's son it would be a fit punishment for him to put Natalia off limits. Since she has never vo-di-oh-doh-dohed with him she could be freaked out, then relieved.
 

"vo-di-oh-doh-dohed "
OMG LaVergne & Shirley - LOL!
 

It all makes sense now....Natalia wanted to "preserve" her vo-di-oh-do time until marriage, not because she wants to be a virgin, but because Julian is going to turn out to be her uncle. Clear as the sky on a sunny day.

We don't know when Mauro was knocking boots and knocking up a lover, but we have met one whose past has not yet been revealed--Paolo's mother. But that would REALLY be a no-no according to script writers' instruction sheets. OTOH, we don't know if Paolo can function in the lower parts (not like Luke Martin in Coming Home or Rogelio Montero in LQNPA, both of whom could rise to the occasion).

Doris--According to what we have seen, Paolo has no leg function at all. Many times we see his legs askew in the wheelchair. I would assume that covers the feet as well.
 

Anita, I think we can assume Paolo is still, um, viable, or he would be WHINING ABOUT THAT TOO.
 

Keep chatting Patio. The recap for Friday will be up much later. Lots of conversation going on. Will try to give you the Reader's Digest version.
 

Anita - I've noticed the same about Paolo's legs, which really makes that "driving" scene absolutely ludicrous.
 

JUJU this was reeeeally crazy. Seeing
That psycho getting knocked up from a
Long syringe is just creepy.
How or who's sperm is that? If it's his how did she get it and if its not please Don't tell me it's julian's. Cuz yuck!

That's very sneaky of you puting that
Little ditty in there to peak our wild
Iamgination about a possible future happening:" Mauro chimes in with his own abortion story, he had an affair with a woman that he loved deeply. When she found out he was married she ended the pregnancy and he never saw her again. Ingrid tells him that if the woman really loved him there's a chance that she never had an abortion and dropped off the face of the Earth in order to hide the fact that she had a baby. Will this be important later?
And then you lead with this in the next paragraph: Alba goes home in tears....... You sneaky devil you:-)

I think it might be important later.
But right now we got all this other insanity to deal with. Oh rats I'm gonna just say it, "alba and berti may
Be sibblings" there, Ive said it. Ok
Lets Move ON.

Glad Paolo sent katia packing, good.
Julian the jerk.
Berti:I cant see her preggers and sane
In the same vicinity. There would be a fight in her brain that would defy
Logic.

I think Paolo will regain the use of his legs. And the middle one probly works too. They'll probly give that a try and natty will get pregnant, and stupid will claim he did it(julian).

Thanks princess JuJu. You're very good when youre sleep depraved.
 

Sleep depraved? I guess that after an episode of this one you would be!
 

NINA - LOL You have cracked me up again, girl, talking about P's third leg. ~snicker~
And another great theory that ALBA could be Mauro's love child!!! Don't we all love a good telenovela mystery?
 

Bingo...Alba and crazy Rob are half sisters.
 

I don't know what the hell auto correct is doing. "....peak our wild
Imagination......" is what it was suppose to say.
 

Add me to the list of those who love NINA'S "sleep depraved". Perfect description of how I felt when my kids were babies; and then when they were teenagers and driving on their own at night.
 





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