Caray, Caray!

Thank you for your recrap, Princess Juju! And thank you for taking one for the team.

I loved your opening line --- “Oh man, what an underwhelming episode. I could probably recap this episode in like half a paragraph, I might actually do it.” In the end, you gave more than promised and probably more than this episode deserves.

I took the day off from watching yesterday, but will FFWD thru this one, just to see Julian get punched in the face. ;-)

At least Natalia finally se decaro'ed culpable. So what will they do between now and the Gran Por Fin? Crockpot Theory: lots more wailing and gnashing of teeth and overall general locura. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Are the writers on strike -- or vacation -- and summer interns filling in? Or worse yet, Sra. Gonzalez’s sixth grade home room writing these episodes? (rhetoric questions, y'all)
 

Thanks, Princess Juju, for cutting through the BS.

With 14 episodes left it was overdue for Natalia to come clean with Franco about this. However, had she done so in episode 2 there would not have been a novela. He would have beaten the crap out of Julián, fired him, gotten him disbarred, and sent him to the slammer. His replacement would have been a good guy for Natalia to get interested in.

Alba, okay, you know Julián is lying. You should know he's up to something.

Julián, Karma's a bitch and she has PMS. She will get you for this.

Franco, don't lose it. Let her tell you everything. She's been trying to for months. You know Julián is not a decent human being. Think about the death you've been investigating.*

Natalia, you will soon know what a fountain of hate your mother really is.

Ingrid, you may have just written your epitaph.

Franco, knock his teeth out and don't believe a word he says.

Gabriel, have you forgotten that your aunt is crazy?

Of course, Franco had to react as he did when she told him the truth; it's a TN mandate. As shady as Mauro is, I hope he has a cooler head and can help correct this situation. Roberta has to pay for her role in it. If either she or Julian get away with anything I will be royally peeved.

Franco also needs to have that video checked out by a forensic tech, but I suspect this could become a loose end.
 

BTW, if Julian had put GHB in Natalia's wine in episode 1, there are four tests for it. In order of accuracy: Blood, urine, saliva, and hair. The last one is used if the victim didn't have any of the other three in time because GHB is detectable up to one month.
 

Thank you PJJ. I agree with Doris, you gave this way more print that the episode deserved, but it was snappy and funny, so all good. Love it when PJJ herself comes through as in:

Violence against Juliáan. I live for this stuff. and

If I didn't know better, I might believe him.

Yes, indeed, Julián spun a very good tale. But clearly Franco knew better than to believe him.

And yikes, when Franco was laying into Natalia, I actually felt sorry for her. It seemed to me that it was more about him and "how could you do this to your daddy?" than about the horror of the crime, although there was a lot of both. However I do understand that when your kids act badly, you DO feel like a failure as a parent. But oh my, that harangue seemed to go on forever.

As for the final scene, that was just a dandy cliffhanger. One of the best I've seen. Can't wait to see how Franco answers.

And yes, how long did that rift with Alba last--a nanosecond?

Anyway, thank you PJJ. And thanks to everybody for your sympathy and understanding about my tooth extraction nightmare. I can see now why they give you twilight sleep. However my dentist was not expecting to have to extract the tooth. Nor was I expecting the emergency appointment to go like that. Judy #nevereatingsugaragain
 

Judy, they gave me something like sodium pentathol when I had my wisdom teeth out. It was scary because I could feel what they were doing, had no pain, but no inclination to open my eyes. You have my sympathy.
 

Thanks URBAN. It's all over now, but during the extraction, which lasted an hour and a half and was difficult, I kept wondering "Is this the first time he's ever done this? He's not a periodontist or a dental surgeon. Evidently he took an extra year of study in periodentistry after his dental degree so he could do this. But I didn't have the feeling that this was a "been there done that" run of the mill thing for him. Still, it was an emergency. The infection had not yielded to two very strong antibiotic treatments and the abscess was near my sinus cavity and brain. So that tooth HAD to come out.

Wow.. this an example of TOO MUCH INFORMATION! Sorry guys. But thanks for the sympathy. Just glad I don't have covid-19 on top of this. #lookingonthebrightside
 

JUDY - you are wise to remember this was emergency situation, so better than ... um ... the alternative. Your dentist likely has some training Or experience. Not every town has an oral surgeon, so they have to be prepared.

My impacted wisdom teeth were cut out when I was in my late twenties by my general dentist. He had previously served in the US Navy as a dentist and had some experience. Valium, laughing gas, and pain pills, and I floated out of there. Not the same as an abscessed tooth, but still... When one of my sisters was in elementary school, a regular dentist pulled several of her adult teeth to make room for the others. (It was cheaper than braces, which my parents could not afford)
 

"Violence against Julian! I live for this stuff. Franco goes to the office and punches Julian straight in his fugly lil face, twice!" JAJAJAJAJA I KNOW, RIGHT?

I have graduated to the point in the season where I can watch without the Spanish subtitles, but there is something I'm confused about: Ingrid apparently drugged Alba so she couldn't be somewhere "at 11 o'clock" -- that exact time was heavily belabored -- but I could never figure out where or what. Something to do with Gabe's doctor? And if so, isn't Gabe old enough to be aware of his own appointments?
 

DORIS...Wow, these dental stories are interesting. Your poor sister. Braces are miserable but so is tooth pulling. I grew up in pre-braces days and have an overbite to beat the band. However it's not a problem. But I read a horrible story in the news about some dental practices where the individual dentists have to bring in a certain amount of business and so they were pulling teeth that don't need to be extracted. In fact our daughter in North Carolina fell into the hands of an unscrupulous dentist when they first moved there. He mandated that she needed a number of crowns which was absurd since she'd had regular fluoride treatments growing up. But she believed him. And had it done. Now those teeth are giving her problems. And he has been disbarred or whatever they call it when you take a dentist's license away.
 

When Natalia said, "But I didn't KNOW it was Paolo -- I thought I killed the guy," that's when Franco really went off. "And that's BETTER???????" Can't blame him, really.
 

Princess, thank you for that recap of all that crap.

Wow, Julian gets HIT BY A TRAIN...but survives . Then, last night, Franco finally goes berserk and punches him repeatedly . Exactly how long was Julian supposedly in the hospital and what were his injuries before he made that miraculous recovery and was back in his favorite tacky suits ?

OT...Judy ...I hope that you are resting and feeling better.Well, I guess I will add my dental tales. My parents took me to a dentist named Dr.Hole when I was a little girl. He would look in mouth, say" no cavities , and give me a plastic ring. Then, he died or retired, and my dad took me to a new dentist who announced that I had many cavities when I was 13. I cried , and my dad told me the dentist was just kidding...no he wasnt. After that, I had pretty good dental luck. I had all 4 wisdom teeth removed when I was a young adult ..twilight sleep which put me completely asleep. Hub had his wisdom teeth removed in the Navy when he was 20. He was standing in line to get meds after the surgery and passed out. He awoke to find a friend looking down at him saying , " You were so white, I thought you was dead. " I took both our daughters as young adults to the dental surgeon to have their wisdom teeth removed within a year . The older daughter was grateful and gave hub and I our first cruise for caring for her during that time and after so she had her tonsils removed a bit later. I have a great dentist now who takes very good care of me.
 

What a short and witty recap. Loved it. Thank you for makin us laugh at a
Time like this.

She didn't know it was Paolo. Why You little bonbleheaded twit.
Like Gibbs used to do Tony on "NCIS"
SHE Deserves a slap on the back of the
Head for the stupid statement.

Julian deserved what he got too. That should have been a double take.

I have got to watch this on the weekend. It's the weekend, yaaaaah!

Thank you princess. More later.
 

Which sounds worse? A tooth extraction or watching the next episode today?

Thanks, PJJ, for finding things to write about this episode, and in an enjoyable way. You are a trooper!

My mind just wanders at this point so my recap would be:

--- Has anyone else noticed the cute reading room up a few steps at Ingrid's?

--- Natalia is down to about 9 eyelashes per eye. How many will be left after 14 more episodes?
 

I decided to watch all of this episode. ;-p I must say the incidental music was very good in this episode.

How convenient that Roberta interrupted Franco when he asked Natalia if her mother knew about her culbable-ness.

Surely Roberta will dole out some consequences to Julián. A viewer can only hope.

Oooh, Franco popped Julián in the face a total of three times. Yay!

 

PJJ, I love it when it's short and acid, with all the trimmings intact. I think I would have gone on and on trying to explain Franco's anger. Thank goodness it was you, with snark, to boot.

Franco definitely exploded because it was all about HIM. He still doesn't know from Nat that both Jules and Rob ganged up on her to threaten her with what telling the truth would do to HIM, as in Franco, not Paolo or herself. Is this immature well brought up young lady really ready for prison? I bet she hasn't seen any movies about what happens to women in prison.

RLO--Which sounds worse? A tooth extraction or watching the next episode today? Don't say that, I'm up next.

Which reminds me, folks, today is my younger grandson's birthday, which he is spending in isolation at Penn State. We'll be having a Zoom party for him this evening, so I can guarantee my recap will be late. So "extract" what you like from PJJ's "crown" of glory for the rest of the day.

I will spare you all with my own wisdom tooth extraction story--which, oh well, ok, it led to a bone infection. They had to remove a lot of bone tissue and now I have a really big hole where the tooth was.

 

Anita....ow ouch. All this tooth talk puts me in mind of Claire in Outlander and her traveling tooth pulling show. Happy Birthday to your grandson . Don't forget to say "We are!" To him. That is the Penn State rallying cry. I was supposed to go to a meeting at the bank today, but our older daughter and son in law texted me " no..don't go" ...however , my dear banker wished me a happy birthday over the phone. My day is the 26 th ..his was the 22 nd... older daughter's was the 14tg ...fav cousin's was 15th and my best friends was 17th. So many April birthdays .
 

Anita, while we "patient"ly "root" for you to "implant" your "laughing gas" recap, know that we are more "abscessed" with this tn, than obsessed.
 

Love all these scary dentist stories...kind of like telling each other ghost stories at a teenage sleepover. ANITA...I think you win when it comes to horror. Yikes. And do wish you grandson a Happy Birthday from all of us.

April birthday people are the most loving sorts on earth, I'm convinced. My youngest daughter, her husband, my oldest grandson, and one of my best and most caring friends...all April birthdays. And now that I know our sweet SUSANLYNN is an April birthday too, well, it's a slam dunk. And sure enough, my dear dear friend Ilene and grandson Jack are also the 26th. Double slam dunk.
 

RlaO, you're a riot.

And wouldn't we all like to see Paolo climb the Andes with his teeth? Well, no; I guess we'd rather he just ask for a leave of absence to go climb the Andes with his teeth.
 

"So "extract" what you like from PJJ's "crown" of glory for the rest of the day."

ANITA - Here's to hoping today gives you an episode you can really "sink your teeth" into. Wouldn't it be nice if Alba tells Ingrid to "bite" her!
At least Nat found the 'gum'ption to come clean before Ingrid sent the video. Her "brush" with the law may send her to prison after all.
🦷🦷🦷
😳
 

ROSEMARY LA OTRA AND DORIS are going straight to Detention Hall. Let us know what snacks you want though. Might as well be fun. We'll send BLUE LASS there too. I'm reasonably sure she's been very naughty.
 

I think I'm the one who went to Detention Hall first. Not that I wanted to be in the lead.

As for all the April birthdays, mine is tomorrow. I didn't want to mention it until JudyB said we are all such loving folks. Truly, that first breath of Spring freshness was enough to make us happy to be in the world and we naturally gravitated to things that uplift and try to make the world around us a happier place.

My grandson must have known ahead of time because he was due on the 25th and decided NOT to share birthdays with his ole luddite grandma and made his entrance a day early. But tonight, we're sort of sharing the two-day affair.
 

Detention hall...I was sent there for bringing up Outlander too much here. Kirby supplied the Doritos. Julie was waiting out in the hall for us.
I would start laughing reading comments from Julie and Kirby, and Hub would ask me what was so funny. When I told him that I had been sent to detention hall , he would just shake his head and stay smile at me. He did that a lot over the 55 years we were together. Good memories.
 

Our son was another April birthday ..The 28th.
 

You see...April is the month for very cherished people.
 

Thank you, judy.❤
 

I really like this patio. You guys are are so loving and kind. Just what we need.
I used to work at a rest home, and all
The elders that had a birthday in what
Ever month it happened to be,the staff would have this big birthday sheet cake made So everyone that had a happy birthday that month would get their day celebrated. So to eveyone who has a birthday this month(April)🎂🍸🎁🍾🎈
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA🎵🎤HAPPY BIRTHDAY
🎵🎤HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YA🎵🍷❤
 

Susanlyn--I know you and Kirby were the first to have to go to Caray Detention Hall. It was such a funny back and forth. I only meant that in this episode, I was the instigator, so I was marched off first. At least I have wonderful company. How long does detention last, anyway?

Ok, I'm working on the recap, but am taking a break. I'm going upstairs to do my hair, put on a sparkly top and break open a bottle of wine. They all know it only takes me two half-glasses to get me tipsy and my inhibitions drop away.

Nina--thanks for the melodic wishes to all of us April babies.

Susanlynn--I'll be sure to shout We Are! to Peter and he'll wonder WTH Nanita is talking about.
 

Hey—We ARE!! Peter got it and everybody started laughing. Now it’s back to the MDC grind. Hasta luego.
 

I've never been in detention! Can Gael put on his little apron and deliver us some snacks?