Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Me Declaro Culpable #41, 4/14/20: The Number You Have Dialed Is Out of Its Mind
Hotel Mea Culpa
If it's Tuesday, we must be in...wait...exactly the same spot we were in last Tuesday? No wonder I feel like I'm not getting anywhere in life.
Alba totters down the precarious, wet, sandy stairs in her high-heeled platform sandals, because of course now is the time to change out of sensible shoes. She is charmed by Franco's surprise party, which seems to include the additional hazards of drinking champagne and sitting on giant spiny yoga balls next to a railing that consists of nothing more than two pieces of saggy rope. If these two were baddies, it would all be very suspenseful, but unfortunately they're endgame so there's no point getting excited.
Alba is amazed that Franco had time to plan all this when "he is always so busy at work." I start laughing hysterically, and so do they, only in slow motion and for an absurdly long time.
Flophouse Urzua
Apparently Nat got hungry and came home. Margara surprises her with her head in the refrigerator and hands her a passive-aggressive suicide note from Roberta saying she has nothing more to live for now that everyone has abandoned her. Cara de impactada de Natalia: all this and they're out of yoghurt, too?
Bufete of the Revolving Office Doors
Odd Outfits Olga, whose dress looks as if it's being gripped from behind by the Jolly White Giant, tries unsuccessfully to evict Ingrid-the-Squatter from Mauro's office. Julian says he'll take care of it. As soon as O3 leaves, Ingrid's all over him like a plaid jacket. He tells her to get her skanky hands off; he's at work. "And what exactly is your job here...changing Natty's diapers?"
Mauro walks in, grousing, followed by Natalia, plotzing, and Tiziano, pretending he has a purpose. The five of them discuss the suicide note in varying stages of agitation, interspersed with unanswered calls to both Roberta and Franco.
Meanwhile, on the Rocky Shore of Romance
Franco and Alba totter off to the hotel restaurant, where they are issued a new theme song, a luminous egg, and some peek-a-boo menus. Then on to the gift shop, where Alba models several outfits and Franco picks the ugliest one. She puts it on to climb up yet another staircase to their private balcony, which is several stories high and has no side-rail at all. So. much. wasted. potential.
Meanwhile, Back at the Bufete
Tiziano finally gets through to Roberta on the phone, but she tells him she can't talk: she needs to be available if Franco calls. (Seriously, her cell doesn't have emotional-blackmail-waiting?) Nevertheless she yammers at him boozily for several minutes before letting on that she's parked on the railroad tracks. Mauro grabs the phone to give her a little fatherly encouragement, but she hangs up on him and throws her pretty flask out the window.
Tizzy, Julian and Natalia dash off to the Only Railroad Crossing in Mexico City, leaving Mauro to open his DNA results in private.
Rocky Shore
Alba and Franco manage to do the deed and even fit in a nice nap before destiny catches up with them, more's the pity. Q: How many ways are there to say "I wish this moment could last forever"? A: WAY TOO MANY.
T.O.R.C.I.M.C.
The train is coming! For some inexplicable reason, it's Tizzy's job to keep Nat from running out onto the tracks while Julian draws the short straw of getting Roberta out of the car. He breaks the window with a rock and climbs in. She immediately punches him in the head and knocks him out.
The train is coming! Natty screams and cries and waves her booted feet in the air. Makeup dashes in to give Roberta that convincing red crying-jag nose. Mauro calls: "I have news that will get you out of that car -- Alba is your sister!"
The train is coming! Roberta staggers out of the car and into the waiting arms of her Neni. More hysterics. Everyone totally forgets about Julian.
The train is --- BOOM!!!
Anteroom of Doom
We hardly get to enjoy this at all, because the next thing we know we're in the hospital, waiting for news. Natalia sentimentally flashes back to the only 5 minutes in her entire relationship with Julian when he wasn't either drugging her, shouting at her, or pinching her by the elbows. Olga calls Paolo with the news (why?), and he calls Natalia to ask if he should come to the hospital (WHY???) Nat says no, but everyone knows she never means that.
A police officer turns up to ask Roberta some questions, but Tiziano gets all lawyerly and runs the guy off. He calls Roberta "mi amor" and Natalia rolls her eyes and stalks off like a 13-year-old.
Roberta tells Tiziano that if he really loved her, he would have gotten into the car and died with her. If this isn't enough to clue him in to what a high-maintenance girlfriend she is, there's really nowhere else to go. The doctor wanders out and tells everyone that the patient could die. (Got Bingo?) Franco finally calls back and says he'll come home.
Non-Sequitur Towers
Katia has planted herself in Paolo's apartment and, in a truly impressive display of narcissism, somehow manages to make this entire episode about her. First Rufino Santos and now Julian! Who will be next? We have to get out of town right away! Paolo looks appropriately confused and even more appropriately annoyed. He tells her they're not going anywhere, but he's going to the hospital. Then he rolls out and leaves Katia in the apartment, which makes zero sense, but it's probably the least of our worries right now.
Aqua House of Cliffhangers
Gabe receives a copy of his test results in the mail, and...a diagnosis at last: chronic lymphocytic leukemia. I checked the interwebs, and "the exact cause is not known." Should we send them an anonymous note?
If it's Tuesday, we must be in...wait...exactly the same spot we were in last Tuesday? No wonder I feel like I'm not getting anywhere in life.
Alba totters down the precarious, wet, sandy stairs in her high-heeled platform sandals, because of course now is the time to change out of sensible shoes. She is charmed by Franco's surprise party, which seems to include the additional hazards of drinking champagne and sitting on giant spiny yoga balls next to a railing that consists of nothing more than two pieces of saggy rope. If these two were baddies, it would all be very suspenseful, but unfortunately they're endgame so there's no point getting excited.
Alba is amazed that Franco had time to plan all this when "he is always so busy at work." I start laughing hysterically, and so do they, only in slow motion and for an absurdly long time.
Flophouse Urzua
Apparently Nat got hungry and came home. Margara surprises her with her head in the refrigerator and hands her a passive-aggressive suicide note from Roberta saying she has nothing more to live for now that everyone has abandoned her. Cara de impactada de Natalia: all this and they're out of yoghurt, too?
Bufete of the Revolving Office Doors
Odd Outfits Olga, whose dress looks as if it's being gripped from behind by the Jolly White Giant, tries unsuccessfully to evict Ingrid-the-Squatter from Mauro's office. Julian says he'll take care of it. As soon as O3 leaves, Ingrid's all over him like a plaid jacket. He tells her to get her skanky hands off; he's at work. "And what exactly is your job here...changing Natty's diapers?"
Mauro walks in, grousing, followed by Natalia, plotzing, and Tiziano, pretending he has a purpose. The five of them discuss the suicide note in varying stages of agitation, interspersed with unanswered calls to both Roberta and Franco.
Meanwhile, on the Rocky Shore of Romance
Franco and Alba totter off to the hotel restaurant, where they are issued a new theme song, a luminous egg, and some peek-a-boo menus. Then on to the gift shop, where Alba models several outfits and Franco picks the ugliest one. She puts it on to climb up yet another staircase to their private balcony, which is several stories high and has no side-rail at all. So. much. wasted. potential.
Meanwhile, Back at the Bufete
Tiziano finally gets through to Roberta on the phone, but she tells him she can't talk: she needs to be available if Franco calls. (Seriously, her cell doesn't have emotional-blackmail-waiting?) Nevertheless she yammers at him boozily for several minutes before letting on that she's parked on the railroad tracks. Mauro grabs the phone to give her a little fatherly encouragement, but she hangs up on him and throws her pretty flask out the window.
Tizzy, Julian and Natalia dash off to the Only Railroad Crossing in Mexico City, leaving Mauro to open his DNA results in private.
Rocky Shore
Alba and Franco manage to do the deed and even fit in a nice nap before destiny catches up with them, more's the pity. Q: How many ways are there to say "I wish this moment could last forever"? A: WAY TOO MANY.
T.O.R.C.I.M.C.
The train is coming! For some inexplicable reason, it's Tizzy's job to keep Nat from running out onto the tracks while Julian draws the short straw of getting Roberta out of the car. He breaks the window with a rock and climbs in. She immediately punches him in the head and knocks him out.
The train is coming! Natty screams and cries and waves her booted feet in the air. Makeup dashes in to give Roberta that convincing red crying-jag nose. Mauro calls: "I have news that will get you out of that car -- Alba is your sister!"
The train is coming! Roberta staggers out of the car and into the waiting arms of her Neni. More hysterics. Everyone totally forgets about Julian.
The train is --- BOOM!!!
Anteroom of Doom
We hardly get to enjoy this at all, because the next thing we know we're in the hospital, waiting for news. Natalia sentimentally flashes back to the only 5 minutes in her entire relationship with Julian when he wasn't either drugging her, shouting at her, or pinching her by the elbows. Olga calls Paolo with the news (why?), and he calls Natalia to ask if he should come to the hospital (WHY???) Nat says no, but everyone knows she never means that.
A police officer turns up to ask Roberta some questions, but Tiziano gets all lawyerly and runs the guy off. He calls Roberta "mi amor" and Natalia rolls her eyes and stalks off like a 13-year-old.
Roberta tells Tiziano that if he really loved her, he would have gotten into the car and died with her. If this isn't enough to clue him in to what a high-maintenance girlfriend she is, there's really nowhere else to go. The doctor wanders out and tells everyone that the patient could die. (Got Bingo?) Franco finally calls back and says he'll come home.
Non-Sequitur Towers
Katia has planted herself in Paolo's apartment and, in a truly impressive display of narcissism, somehow manages to make this entire episode about her. First Rufino Santos and now Julian! Who will be next? We have to get out of town right away! Paolo looks appropriately confused and even more appropriately annoyed. He tells her they're not going anywhere, but he's going to the hospital. Then he rolls out and leaves Katia in the apartment, which makes zero sense, but it's probably the least of our worries right now.
Aqua House of Cliffhangers
Gabe receives a copy of his test results in the mail, and...a diagnosis at last: chronic lymphocytic leukemia. I checked the interwebs, and "the exact cause is not known." Should we send them an anonymous note?
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Blue Lass – thank you for your snarktastic recrap! It took me all of 30 minutes to FFWD→ thru this turkey. Good ole Tizzy knew to stay away from the train tracks. And that car….whose was it? That thing was a land barge. I think that was the only scene I really watched, but had to mute for the screaming. Gah.
“…all this and they're out of yoghurt, too?
… Ingrid's all over him like a plaid jacket.
… which is several stories high and has no side-rail at all. So. much. wasted. potential.
…. but she hangs up on him and throws her pretty flask out the window.”
Roberta, the entitled litterbug. Grrr…
The look on Ingy’s face when she hears Alba is Mau’s daughter … priceless.
Blue Lass – I’m glad you were able to read the diagnosis on Gabe. (my screen was too small). Hmmm…. normally treatment is not done on this until in advanced stages (like multiple myeloma). (Our X-DIL’s mother is in remission from this, and another friend has it)
“…all this and they're out of yoghurt, too?
… Ingrid's all over him like a plaid jacket.
… which is several stories high and has no side-rail at all. So. much. wasted. potential.
…. but she hangs up on him and throws her pretty flask out the window.”
Roberta, the entitled litterbug. Grrr…
The look on Ingy’s face when she hears Alba is Mau’s daughter … priceless.
Blue Lass – I’m glad you were able to read the diagnosis on Gabe. (my screen was too small). Hmmm…. normally treatment is not done on this until in advanced stages (like multiple myeloma). (Our X-DIL’s mother is in remission from this, and another friend has it)
Well, I hit Publish too soon, thought I was hitting Preview. ~rolls eyes~ I listed my muy favorite lines from your recap.
And ... well, drat, Alba & Franco "did it." Why couldn't he wait until the divorce is final? Who wants to bet Alba will end up pregnant?
And ... well, drat, Alba & Franco "did it." Why couldn't he wait until the divorce is final? Who wants to bet Alba will end up pregnant?
From the title "The Number You Have Dialed is Out of Its Mind" to your parting shot "Should we send them an anonymous note?", this was pretty fun! Guessing from your superb recap, I am in store for a fascinating episode extraordinaire. Haha.
Loved:
- "of course *now* is the time to change out of sensible shoes"
- "unfortunately they're endgame so there's no point getting excited"
- "all this and they're out of yoghurt too?"
- "Ingrid's all over him like a plaid jacket"
- "and Franco picks the ugliest one"
- "A: WAY TOO MANY"
- "Makeup dashes in to give Roberta that convincing red crying-jag nose"
Now, will I also love the episode? I'll check back later.
Loved:
- "of course *now* is the time to change out of sensible shoes"
- "unfortunately they're endgame so there's no point getting excited"
- "all this and they're out of yoghurt too?"
- "Ingrid's all over him like a plaid jacket"
- "and Franco picks the ugliest one"
- "A: WAY TOO MANY"
- "Makeup dashes in to give Roberta that convincing red crying-jag nose"
Now, will I also love the episode? I'll check back later.
Princess..thank you
Well, they have really jumped the shark with this one.
The trains coming . Rob beans Julian with something. Tiz and Nat hear train whistle and just stand there. Geez .
Meanwhile, Alma and Franco cuddle and coo and shop and drink by the sea.
Well, they have really jumped the shark with this one.
The trains coming . Rob beans Julian with something. Tiz and Nat hear train whistle and just stand there. Geez .
Meanwhile, Alma and Franco cuddle and coo and shop and drink by the sea.
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: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 8:14:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 8:14:00 PM EDT
Good grief, I hope not. I really hate the pregnancy imperative in novelas in a world where it is okay to not want to have more children and with overpopulation being an issue.
BlueLass—If I wanted to laugh through the whole episode, I should have read your recap first. It was a laugh a minute. Thanks for the rollicking good time. As it was, I was transfixed by many things, little things. Like Alba wearing a shoulder purse when she comes down the stairs to her surprise. Franco finally takes it off and puts it down on a chair. We never see her carrying her purse again. I’d be frantic to know where my purse was if I went climbing all over those rocks in a white dress, after having a meal al fresco, far away from where I left my purse.
Here’s another one: Why is Franco still wearing his wedding ring? It seems so callous of him to still be wearing it and making out with Alba all day long. It didn’t take Alba long to give it up to Franco after all her protestations to the contrary—and his statements to the effect they were adults and had decided to postpone intimate relations until he was divorced. Gah!
Those two drank entirely too much during their day-long foreplay.
Out of yoghurt! That one is priceless, Blue.
I thought Nat racing in to wave that letter and scream uncontrollably was just too much.
That was a perfectly good Lincoln (I think) to have it destroyed by that very slow moving train. Do you think maybe they swapped it out for one that really was smashed up?
How much does anyone want to lay BINGO bets down that Julian will be paralyzed from the waist down?
Also too much was Gabe wanting all the details from Alba about her tryst. How was it that Ingy would have left those results lying around for Gabe to find them. He was snooping. A true TN would have Gabe never finding them, nor Alba learning the truth until it was almost too late. I had a couple of ounces of pity for Ingy when she told Mauro she was really worried about Gabe and asking for Mauro’s help.
Here’s another one: Why is Franco still wearing his wedding ring? It seems so callous of him to still be wearing it and making out with Alba all day long. It didn’t take Alba long to give it up to Franco after all her protestations to the contrary—and his statements to the effect they were adults and had decided to postpone intimate relations until he was divorced. Gah!
Those two drank entirely too much during their day-long foreplay.
Out of yoghurt! That one is priceless, Blue.
I thought Nat racing in to wave that letter and scream uncontrollably was just too much.
That was a perfectly good Lincoln (I think) to have it destroyed by that very slow moving train. Do you think maybe they swapped it out for one that really was smashed up?
How much does anyone want to lay BINGO bets down that Julian will be paralyzed from the waist down?
Also too much was Gabe wanting all the details from Alba about her tryst. How was it that Ingy would have left those results lying around for Gabe to find them. He was snooping. A true TN would have Gabe never finding them, nor Alba learning the truth until it was almost too late. I had a couple of ounces of pity for Ingy when she told Mauro she was really worried about Gabe and asking for Mauro’s help.
Anita - oooh, it would be such just desserts if Julián ends up paralyzed from the waist down! Perfect karma biting him you-now-where.
I like the paralysis plotline path! I hope the writers thought of it too.
O3's dress was not cute at all! I thought that you put the black along the sides, not the white, to give the impression of a smaller waist. Not that Olga needs that. She really drew the short straw with the costume dept. On second thought, maybe not.
If they keep skipping over all the intimate scenes we'll never know if Franco has the same mojo as Jeronimo (CME). Now those were some nice love scenes. Until the next day when he woke up and was rude and cold and indifferent to Renata.
I guess the new secret is that Roberta was at fault for any of this accident. Like Natalia told Franco "Julian has had an accident". Um, I think you omitted a few details. I wish they'd at least have gotten a Blood Alcohol reading on Rob.
Anita, I hear you about the purse. Did you also notice that the flowers that were red and orange yesterday, were just red today?
O3's dress was not cute at all! I thought that you put the black along the sides, not the white, to give the impression of a smaller waist. Not that Olga needs that. She really drew the short straw with the costume dept. On second thought, maybe not.
If they keep skipping over all the intimate scenes we'll never know if Franco has the same mojo as Jeronimo (CME). Now those were some nice love scenes. Until the next day when he woke up and was rude and cold and indifferent to Renata.
I guess the new secret is that Roberta was at fault for any of this accident. Like Natalia told Franco "Julian has had an accident". Um, I think you omitted a few details. I wish they'd at least have gotten a Blood Alcohol reading on Rob.
Anita, I hear you about the purse. Did you also notice that the flowers that were red and orange yesterday, were just red today?
Thanks, Blue Lass.
Franco, no photos that can be found on your phone. And is your Acspulco in an alternate reality?
Olga, one crazy loose in the office isn't enough?
Julian, you're just as insane as these two women.
Natalia, you're not going to fall for this bid for attention, are you?
Mauro, this was a gotcha. Kick both if them out. And find Roberta yourself.
What is that song> Is it Ricky Martin?
Roberta, you are truly a lost cause, determined to be someone's burden for the rest of your life.
Tizzy, you are no better because you refuse to see her crazy. Now drag that bitch out of the car.
Mauro, okay; so you know. Put that away before Ingrid steals or destroys it.
Are the beds on the beach really a thing?
Mauro, I can't believe you told Roberta that before talking to your lawyer.
I can't believe Julian survived that except there are still 21 episodes left.
Natalia, your mother will never stop this.
Damn, I thought this would be a Paolo-free episode.
Agente, you should have arrested her.
Natalia, you have no obligation to stay there.
Katia,get lost; you are useless.
Alba, it looks like Gabriel has discovered Ingrid lied... again
Franco, no photos that can be found on your phone. And is your Acspulco in an alternate reality?
Olga, one crazy loose in the office isn't enough?
Julian, you're just as insane as these two women.
Natalia, you're not going to fall for this bid for attention, are you?
Mauro, this was a gotcha. Kick both if them out. And find Roberta yourself.
What is that song> Is it Ricky Martin?
Roberta, you are truly a lost cause, determined to be someone's burden for the rest of your life.
Tizzy, you are no better because you refuse to see her crazy. Now drag that bitch out of the car.
Mauro, okay; so you know. Put that away before Ingrid steals or destroys it.
Are the beds on the beach really a thing?
Mauro, I can't believe you told Roberta that before talking to your lawyer.
I can't believe Julian survived that except there are still 21 episodes left.
Natalia, your mother will never stop this.
Damn, I thought this would be a Paolo-free episode.
Agente, you should have arrested her.
Natalia, you have no obligation to stay there.
Katia,get lost; you are useless.
Alba, it looks like Gabriel has discovered Ingrid lied... again
JudyB. I do wish we had a generator, but no, so the day was miserable and even more boring. We were without power for almost 14 hours. But thankfully, no injuries and no house damage and no trees fell across the house or cars. Several people did die though, so we counted ourselves blessed.
Now that the weather has improved and the power is back on, hopefully, I can catch up on things I need to do before I can even begin to look at my 20+/-year old 'To Do' list.
I envy you guys who garden. I'm just too pale and sunburn so easily.
Now that the weather has improved and the power is back on, hopefully, I can catch up on things I need to do before I can even begin to look at my 20+/-year old 'To Do' list.
I envy you guys who garden. I'm just too pale and sunburn so easily.
How in the world Franco and Alba found such a secluded hotel in Acapulco is beyond me. Hotel towers stacked sky high with setbacks of probably 50 feet. I'm sure you could probably spit from one balcony to the next.
Why did Mauro think telling Roberta that Alba was her sister would make her happy? And now Ingrid just has more blackmail material.
Maybe Julian will end up completely paralyzed——better karma. If he only ends up in a wheelchair, we'll have to watch wheelchair soccer. But no! Wait! Maybe he'll lose a leg, both, or an arm, or both! Or his sight.
Why did Mauro think telling Roberta that Alba was her sister would make her happy? And now Ingrid just has more blackmail material.
Maybe Julian will end up completely paralyzed——better karma. If he only ends up in a wheelchair, we'll have to watch wheelchair soccer. But no! Wait! Maybe he'll lose a leg, both, or an arm, or both! Or his sight.
Urban. I agree, it's too early forgot to bite the dust so I'm hoping he'll come out of his operation really mutilated.
I just hope Natalie doesn't feel guilty over this too.
Cotton candy, cotton candy,,
I just hope Natalie doesn't feel guilty over this too.
Cotton candy, cotton candy,,
Urban, your snark was cranked up, too:
Mauro, I can't believe you told Roberta that before talking to your lawyer.
Roberta will probably kill Mauro over this. Anyone got a light? Oh, wait, Ingrid does. #partnersincrime
Damn, I thought this would be a Paolo-free episode.
Right?!?! (it must be in his contract)
I can't believe Julian survived that except there are still 21 episodes left.
LOL!!!
Mauro, I can't believe you told Roberta that before talking to your lawyer.
Roberta will probably kill Mauro over this. Anyone got a light? Oh, wait, Ingrid does. #partnersincrime
Damn, I thought this would be a Paolo-free episode.
Right?!?! (it must be in his contract)
I can't believe Julian survived that except there are still 21 episodes left.
LOL!!!
BLUE LASS...Ah what fun. The worse this gets, the better you get. Starting with this:
If it's Tuesday, we must be in...wait...exactly the same spot we were in last Tuesday? No wonder I feel like I'm not getting anywhere in life.
and so many great quips and segment titles:
Hotel Mea Culpa
Natalia "plotzing"
Meanwhile on the rocky shores of romance
Paolo looks appropriately confused and even more appropriately annoyed
But the grand prize winner was this:
Q: How many ways are there to say "I wish this moment could last forever"?
A: WAY TOO MANY
Now I know I've met a soul sister. Gah, they just WOULD NOT SHUT UP. On and on and on and on with that drivel. Okay, I'll excuse it in the young...they're entitled to be idiots. But these two are already veterans of life and should well know the giddy froth of infatuation has a expiration date, just like everything else.
Must say the train scene was odd. So many people just standing around having useless hysterics rather than pushing the car off the tracks and getting Julian out of there. Well, if we're lucky, he'll at least end up in a coma.
Thanks BLUE. Another home-run of a recap.
If it's Tuesday, we must be in...wait...exactly the same spot we were in last Tuesday? No wonder I feel like I'm not getting anywhere in life.
and so many great quips and segment titles:
Hotel Mea Culpa
Natalia "plotzing"
Meanwhile on the rocky shores of romance
Paolo looks appropriately confused and even more appropriately annoyed
But the grand prize winner was this:
Q: How many ways are there to say "I wish this moment could last forever"?
A: WAY TOO MANY
Now I know I've met a soul sister. Gah, they just WOULD NOT SHUT UP. On and on and on and on with that drivel. Okay, I'll excuse it in the young...they're entitled to be idiots. But these two are already veterans of life and should well know the giddy froth of infatuation has a expiration date, just like everything else.
Must say the train scene was odd. So many people just standing around having useless hysterics rather than pushing the car off the tracks and getting Julian out of there. Well, if we're lucky, he'll at least end up in a coma.
Thanks BLUE. Another home-run of a recap.
Ot...judyb, so glad that you finally your power back. My college roommate lives alone and got a generator after she was without power for 4 days one winter.
Tiz is so infatuated with Rob ( I refuse to use the word love) and get he let Julian be the one to get in the car with her to coax her out of the car-of-death. He and Nat just stood there while they listened to terrain chugging down those tracks . That scene was beyond estupido and nonsensical.
And then cut to Alma and Franco oblivious in paradise..taking a break from the crazy...but the crazy is always waiting for you after your vacation.
Tiz is so infatuated with Rob ( I refuse to use the word love) and get he let Julian be the one to get in the car with her to coax her out of the car-of-death. He and Nat just stood there while they listened to terrain chugging down those tracks . That scene was beyond estupido and nonsensical.
And then cut to Alma and Franco oblivious in paradise..taking a break from the crazy...but the crazy is always waiting for you after your vacation.
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 9:54:00 AM EDT
: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 9:54:00 AM EDT
Thanks for playing, everyone! And Judy is right -- the worse the show gets, the funnier the recaps are across the board. I mentioned to R la O last night that I think we are fast sinking to the El Tal level, which bodes well for morning giggles.
Doris, the look on Ingrid's face *was* a treat -- and she has some looks on her. But dear gawd, I hope the 100% pregnancy rule doesn't apply to women over 40. At least it didn't take with Roberta -- and I was more than half afraid it would.
SusanLynn, loved your comment about jumping the shark. I'm surprised there wasn't an actual shark. It could have jumped right onto that party patio.
Anita and R la O, I was also fretting about the purse -- and the phones, which they so ostentatiously turned off and laid down on the table. Acapulco has a State Department advisory for a reason, and it's not because the occasional bailed-out mercy killer drops by for a tango.
UA, *if only* we could have a Paolo- and Natalia-free episode. The other day they didn't show up until after the opening credits, and I was insanely grateful (and cautiously optimistic, but I learned my lesson there.)
Victoria, the whole last-ditch "you have a sister!" reveal baffled me, too -- but it worked. Now I'm wondering if Mauro just realized that it would piss her off so much she couldn't sit still.
Doris, the look on Ingrid's face *was* a treat -- and she has some looks on her. But dear gawd, I hope the 100% pregnancy rule doesn't apply to women over 40. At least it didn't take with Roberta -- and I was more than half afraid it would.
SusanLynn, loved your comment about jumping the shark. I'm surprised there wasn't an actual shark. It could have jumped right onto that party patio.
Anita and R la O, I was also fretting about the purse -- and the phones, which they so ostentatiously turned off and laid down on the table. Acapulco has a State Department advisory for a reason, and it's not because the occasional bailed-out mercy killer drops by for a tango.
UA, *if only* we could have a Paolo- and Natalia-free episode. The other day they didn't show up until after the opening credits, and I was insanely grateful (and cautiously optimistic, but I learned my lesson there.)
Victoria, the whole last-ditch "you have a sister!" reveal baffled me, too -- but it worked. Now I'm wondering if Mauro just realized that it would piss her off so much she couldn't sit still.
RLO--"If they keep skipping over all the intimate scenes we'll never know if Franco has the same mojo as Jeronimo (CME). Now those were some nice love scenes."
Maybe he's developed back trouble in the intervening years. So, they polished up his teeth and erased his forehead wrinkles (he had those in Reina close-ups) and gave us only kissing close-ups.
Maybe he's developed back trouble in the intervening years. So, they polished up his teeth and erased his forehead wrinkles (he had those in Reina close-ups) and gave us only kissing close-ups.
ANITA...I think the love scenes are relatively chaste because this is an afternoon telenovela. At any rate, I'm more than okay with spending as little time with that couple as possible. The pairing was much more interesting in CME.
SUSANLYNN...It was Victoria that was without power, but yes, we're very happy for her, and for my Charlotte daughter, that the juice is now back on. My husband insisted on getting a generator after we were without power for an entire week several years ago, around the 4th of July when the temperature hit 100 some days. I went off to work without coffee and without the use of a hair dryer. He spent most of his time (he's retired) in various air-conditioned cafés. And at night we would drive around and look at the neighborhoods who still had electricity. And then stop for ice cream. Fortunately Graeter's was not in a neighborhood affected by the outage.
SUSANLYNN...It was Victoria that was without power, but yes, we're very happy for her, and for my Charlotte daughter, that the juice is now back on. My husband insisted on getting a generator after we were without power for an entire week several years ago, around the 4th of July when the temperature hit 100 some days. I went off to work without coffee and without the use of a hair dryer. He spent most of his time (he's retired) in various air-conditioned cafés. And at night we would drive around and look at the neighborhoods who still had electricity. And then stop for ice cream. Fortunately Graeter's was not in a neighborhood affected by the outage.
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Talking about not having electricity, years ago when hurricane Hugo came through Charlotte and knocked our power out for weeks, my secretary did something so hysterical I still laugh when I remember.
She was a middle-aged woman who had a bouffant hairdo that she never changed (along with her glasses), and she went to her stylist religiously every week. I swear I couldn't guess how much hair spray she used, but her hair looked exactly the same each morning.
Anyway, when Hugo knocked out the power, she bought a portable, butane curling iron to use in her car!!!! Talk about dedication!! And her hair still looked the same.
Funny thing her stylist earned so much money from her, he drove a Mercedes convertible. Damn I guess I picked the wrong profession.
Talking about not having electricity, years ago when hurricane Hugo came through Charlotte and knocked our power out for weeks, my secretary did something so hysterical I still laugh when I remember.
She was a middle-aged woman who had a bouffant hairdo that she never changed (along with her glasses), and she went to her stylist religiously every week. I swear I couldn't guess how much hair spray she used, but her hair looked exactly the same each morning.
Anyway, when Hugo knocked out the power, she bought a portable, butane curling iron to use in her car!!!! Talk about dedication!! And her hair still looked the same.
Funny thing her stylist earned so much money from her, he drove a Mercedes convertible. Damn I guess I picked the wrong profession.
"Now I'm wondering if Mauro just realized that it would piss her off so much she couldn't sit still."
Nah, he's just a proud new papa of someone who is reasonably sane and could, or contain his excitement.
Good grief, now I regret FFWDing thru the Acapulco scenes. Um, really not. I have to watch EVERYTHING today so, karma. 😜
Nah, he's just a proud new papa of someone who is reasonably sane and could, or contain his excitement.
Good grief, now I regret FFWDing thru the Acapulco scenes. Um, really not. I have to watch EVERYTHING today so, karma. 😜
Doris, I never use autocorrect (in English), but I think it would be my enema as well. I do use it in Spanish, so who knows what I'm inadvertently saying? But at least it puts the accents in the right place.
You Patio denizens are a hoot. BTW--I don't think MDC was ever specifically filmed and targeted to an afternoon audience slot. This is just where Univision stuck it.
If the love scenes are chaste, you can't say that about the storyline. It would fry some youngsters' ears and offend (has offended) some adults as well. Better to leave those subjects up to the parents to decide when to expose the kiddies to real life, if they haven't already figured out how flawed their parents' and grandparents' generations are.
Well, I've exhausted the "excitement" and am off to read the Amores Verdaderos recap for yesterday's episode (Love in the Elevator and the following one). Talk about sizzle...and Arriaga and Vikki don't even kiss.
If the love scenes are chaste, you can't say that about the storyline. It would fry some youngsters' ears and offend (has offended) some adults as well. Better to leave those subjects up to the parents to decide when to expose the kiddies to real life, if they haven't already figured out how flawed their parents' and grandparents' generations are.
Well, I've exhausted the "excitement" and am off to read the Amores Verdaderos recap for yesterday's episode (Love in the Elevator and the following one). Talk about sizzle...and Arriaga and Vikki don't even kiss.
Blue!!! "Acapulco has a State Department Advisory for a reason, and it's not because the occasional bailed-out mercy killer drops by for a tango." OMG, too funny!
Anita, I was going to mention Franco's forehead yesterday! It looked like the makeup department ran out of bronzer mid-way because his forehead was much paler. Then I worried that maybe Juan Soler suffers from Michael Jackson's vitiligo, and I didn't want to be laughing about in on Caray. But since you brought it up...
Also, Anita, I am loving AV! It is bright and funny with semi-better plotlines than MDC. I just wish Vikki's smile didn't always look so painful, and that includes the final opening credits shot of her and Arriaga together.
Anita, I was going to mention Franco's forehead yesterday! It looked like the makeup department ran out of bronzer mid-way because his forehead was much paler. Then I worried that maybe Juan Soler suffers from Michael Jackson's vitiligo, and I didn't want to be laughing about in on Caray. But since you brought it up...
Also, Anita, I am loving AV! It is bright and funny with semi-better plotlines than MDC. I just wish Vikki's smile didn't always look so painful, and that includes the final opening credits shot of her and Arriaga together.
RLO-That last shot looks so painful because Vikki is in danger and he's keeping the danger at bay LOL. Some of the Nikki-Guzmi scenes in the opening credits never take place, so don't hold your breath looking for them. OTH there's much more sizzle to come between those two.
EVERY relationship has more sizzle in AV, if we are comparing shows. It's funny how the Mauro equivalent, played by the same actor, is living parallel lives. Rich father, with a lover, who has a long lost daughter who is a sister to a main character. I'm hoping to see a reunion between the AV Mauro (sorry, I don't recall his name at the moment) and the long lost nurse.
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