Friday, May 08, 2020
Me Declaro Culpable #59, 5/8/20: For a Dead Man, Franco Sure Looks Good (Especially in a Rented Tux)
Subtitle: This was an Ingrid-, Gabe- and Javier-free
episode. Enjoy.
HOSPITAL CAFETERIA SCENE
Gael excitedly learns from Mauro that Franco is not all
dead, only partly, the memory part—and not all memory has been wiped out, only
the last year. Gael and Gramps chew the fat over coffee in the cafeteria, while
Franco is back in his hospital room catching up on the latest doings among the
social set. He sees a huge photo (above the fold AND below) of Bertie and
Tostito (thanks PJJ) joined at the hip. Gulp. He’s stunned to learn they are
husband and wife.
OFFICE SCENE
Julian gets a visit and a barrage of invective from Pao.
Julian spews garbage at Pao and it smells like it, too. He tells Pao he’s just
an idiot to have believed Julian’s lie bout being the father of Nat’s baby. Nat
could care less if he believes her or not. After the way Pao treated her, she’s
not interested in having a father like him for the baby. He taunts him, a cripple, on
becoming an unbecoming father. His legs don’t work. How is he going to kick a ball, walk to school together, etc. etc. Julian says he and Nat
will do it, the four legs between them ought to do it perfectly. Pao objects to
the future scenario.
HOSPITAL CAFETERIA SCENE
Gael and Mauro continue their conversation. Gael gets the
whole story, piece by piece. Mau lies saying Tostito is the one who tried and
almost succeeded in killing Franco. He couldn’t turn Tostito in because he has
some information that would be damaging to Mau. He needed to keep it quiet and make
everyone think Franco had gone off to Spain for work without telling anyone—to
protect him. Gael learns that Franco is still in a delicate state of health.
Any strong emotional jolt and he might fall back into a coma and die! So, in no
way, no how, can anything that happened during the last year can be brought up.
As far as Franco is concerned, he’s still married to Bertie and Natalia is not in prison. Mauro takes Gael to see Franco, but when they get to the room, they
discover Franco is gone. Later, they are back in the cafeteria, chatting as if
nothing had happened, no alarms raised. Mau simply assumes Franco will show up.
AWARD CEREMONY
Tizzy (sorry PJJ, Tizzy takes fewer keystrokes) is up for an award. Everyone is all gussied up at a sit-down formal dinner. Most of the guests are in black and white, although one
red dress is spied amongst the monochrome tones. Tizzy is at the podium and thanks Bertie for
everything, being steadfastly by his side, making him a better man. No one else, except
those on the Patio paying attention, sees Franco standing, observing,
dressed in a tux….how’d he get there? Here’s how: He’s just out of a coma, hair
in disarray (but apparently not needing a shave), puts the paper down, gets out of bed, a little woozy, puts on a
dark robe and exits the room. Next we see him disguised as a
doctor/nurse/orderly in whites and a mask. He calmly walks out. He catches a
taxi (he must have had his wallet with him) to take him to the local Rent-A-Tux
shop. We see him emerge, dapper and coiffed, in his tux. He gets back in the taxi and voilà, the
transformation from patient to galán is achieved. Franco apparently does not
make his appearance known to anyone else at the ceremony. Meanwhile, Tizzy goes back to the table to canoodle with Bertie. They grin infectiously at each
other so everyone can see what a devoted couple they are. Tizzy congratulates
her on her good behavior and that no one would believe she’s holding a torch for husband no.
1 or that he helped cover up her crime of murder.
BERTIE-TIZZY-FRANCO’S MANSION
Next morning, Bertie has showered and Tizzy compliments
her on how good she looks after a shower. Downstairs, he pauses by the rogues’
gallery of picture frames. Boy, he works fast. In four months, all evidence of
Franco is gone from the family photo collection. Tizzy leaves for the office.
Franco has let himself in, still in his tux. He picks up the picture frames and
ponders the display. Bertie comes down the stairs and sees Franco. He’s
definitely not a ghost, dearie. She’s temporarily speechless. Franco turns at
the sound of her voice. He questions her choice in husbands—of all people Tiziano?
And so soon? What about all the love they had between them? She just left him,
abandoned in a coma in the hospital? How long has she been carrying on with Tizzy?
Franco wonders about all those years they spent together, even though it was a bit
rocky. Bertie finally reacts. Coma? Hospital? It’s now that she learns he’s
lost his memory of the last year. She tells him they are divorced. He says that can’t
be possible. Then she spins her tail tale about how he was so consumed
by work that she felt so lost and alone. She’s actually the one that asked for
the divorce. She didn’t want to stay married to a man who didn’t love her. She
turned to Tizzy for refuge. Franco wants to know if she still loves him
(Franco). He still loves her. She admits she never stopped loving him. They
share a hug. (But wait, there’s more.)
PRISON VISITORS AREA
Pao has come to visit Nat in jail. They no longer have to
talk to each other through the Plexiglas on phones. They are face to face. He
tells her HIS baby is not going to be raised in a prison. Noooo way, reacts
Nat, he can’t take HER baby from her—she’s the baby’s mother and besides, it’s OUR
child. Noooo way, replies Pao, the child is MINE—so if you have anything else
to say, say it to my lawyer from now on. Now it’s Nat’s turn to be soggy.
MAURO AND ALBA SCENE
Mauro is trying to tell Alba the whole story of why he had
to keep Franco hidden, but she keeps interrupting, so it takes a lot longer. He
says it was to keep him safe from harm. Then he explains about the memory loss. Since
Franco and Alba’s relationship falls within the timeline of the past year, he
doesn’t remember her. He tells her she doesn’t exist. Alba’s tears start to
fall. Mauro hopes he’ll get his memory back, but they will have to let Franco
discover his own story.
COUCHES GET MOVED
Franco and Bertie have shed all their clothes except for
some black nighties. They appear to have moved the couches around, maybe twice
and are now having a post-move conversation. In essence, she tells Franco she
does not love Tizzy; Franco bemoans that Mauro won’t tell him who tried to kill
him; Franco thinks Nat is still in NYC, and he loves the new couch arrangement.
He exerts Bertie to fill in his missing memories. (Of all people to ask.)
Franco comes to his senses and realizes he’s in bed with another man's wife and he’d better
leave before the legit marido returns. They laugh how now they have become
amantes. Seriously, though, Franco tells Bertie that Tizzy has to go—fuera de
mi casa. Franco wasn’t in such a hurry to leave. He stays to accept a
cup of something to drink from Bertie’s hands. He doesn’t like it, but it’s
merely a red herring because she really does want him back and not dead. Next
he wants her to call Nat right away so he can talk to her. Bertie “tries” but
no answer. She tells him Nat calls every night and Bertie’s been e-mailing her
in Franco’s name as if he were still in Spain in order not to worry her.
THE NEVER TELL FRANCO CAFÉ
Gael has convened some sort of meeting at the café of
friends and former co-workers of Franco’s to let them know of Franco’s fate.
Tizzy is there and assumes out loud that Franco is dead. Au contraire, mon
ami, says Gael in my best French, he’s ALIVE. He had an accident, but survived.
Tizzy smiles falsely at the good news. Gael explains that Franco has been in
a coma, but he’s been released (but where he is, only Franco and Bertie know).
They must all be very careful to hide his recent history from him.
TIZZY’S OFFICE
Tizzy is sitting going over what he heard from Gael. He has a flashback to
where Mau is telling him the most important thing was to get rid of the body
and he has “people” that already took care of that. So it was Mau who saved the wretch.
PRISON VISITORS AREA
Julian comes to slime his own special scent over Natalia
again. She stays strong for a little while, telling him she wants him off her
case. Gael is taking over. Julian explains there’s only one way to stop Pao
from taking the baby—show proof he’s not the father. Hecho—problem goes away. He
wants her to be complicit in a DNA switch he’s engineering with a questionable
lab so that the test will show that Pao is not the dad. Hard to say if she’s
convinced. Jules tells her to get back to him with her decision.
PAO AND KATIA’S LIVE TOGETHER PLACE
Pao proposes to Katia. He wants to know if she’d be a
willing substitute mommy, housekeeper and nurse. He tells her about deciding to take
Natalia’s baby from her. At least that is the one thing she didn’t lie to him
about, he says. She’s delighted (or is she just pretending, as per Julian’s
plans?) to help raise his baby, even if it’s not hers.
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE PHONE LINES
Franco and Bertie are still sitting together in the mansion.
Mau calls. Bertie tries to talk to him, but Mau hears Franco’s voice in the
background. He insists on talking to him. Mau says that Gael would like to talk
to him. They are bros again. Gael begs him to leave the house immediately, it
is not safe for him to be there, but doesn’t elaborate. The three reunite at
Mauro’s palace. It is there Franco finds out that it was Tizzy who tried to
kill him. (That lie will come back to bite them all.)
THE BIG REVEAL
No, nothing really big. Tizzy confronts Bertie on her way
back from shopping for a new wardrobe—so she can look nice….para tí (when
actually it was para él). Tizzy thinks he’s shocking her when he tells
her that Franco is alive, but what makes her faint for realz is that he says
Franco is out for revenge.
DIAS DESPUES at THE NEVER TELL FRANCO CAFÉ
Gael has come to visit his son, whose nursery is the
converted cuartucho Alba was formerly living in. (So, is she living with Mauro?
Wasn’t clear, but I’m sure she and Gabe are together, wherever that is.) He
heads for the back. Franco returns to goodwill wishes and happy, happy from
everyone. When he asks Bianca if there is someone else he should remember, there
is one voice that makes him turn. It’s Alba’s. Is there some recognition? The
music says so. The eyes say so. (We are forced to wait while Univision makes
enough money to pay Televisa for this drivel they are schlepping.)
Regrettably, Franco doesn’t remember her nor what she is to
him. She introduces herself as Alba, the café’s new waitress, although not so
new anymore. She agrees to start a new history with him. They extend their
hands to shake but it turns into something a little more. They smile at each
other. Franco has been looking at and admiring all the art hanging on the café walls.
He’s surprised when he realizes Alba is the artist. He sees the one of
himself and wonders why she would paint him. She tells him he believed in her
and helped her at a time when she needed him. She says the day they met, he
told her the two of them were going to start a journey and they would finish it
together. Franco starts to have head pains and puts his hands up to his head
and faints to the floor, dropping his coffee and coffee cup. Right after the commercial
break, he recovers. Unfortunately, he’s already forgotten Alba’s name. With
tears in her eyes, she goes to get a rag to clean up the mess.
AT THE NEWLY BRANDED LAW OFFICE
Bertie has been talking to Mauro. He tells her Franco doesn’t
love her. He has amnesia. She insists she’s going to take advantage of this
great opportunity since he doesn’t remember Alba or all the other horrible
things that happened. Mauro asks her what she’ll do if he recovers his memory.
She’s pretty sure he won’t (and she also has a remedy for that—another bonk on
the head and a boink in the bed).
Frustrated she heads for Tizzy’s office next. He doesn’t
appreciate her visit. He’s pissed that Franco is coming back to the bufete. He
can see through her—she’s there to see the “other” man in her life. He warns
her not to betray him because he can go right to Franco and tell him what a
monster she is.
As for Franco’s reincorporation day, he seems pretty
enthused. Julian greets Franco, slimes all over him and gets a hug and assures
him everything is sweet between him and Natalia—better than ever in fact. Olga greets Franco happily and he assures her he would
definitely remember the best secretary (not important). Tizzy walks in with
Bertie and he greets Franco by telling him he’s large and in charge. Things have
changed, he tells Franco, who sarcastically notes that, as he looks directly at
Bertie. That includes the name of the firm. Franco is told that he will double up in
Gael office, since Franco’s old office is now occupied by himself alone. Franco is ready to go to work.
A little later, up on the infamous rooftop lounge area,
Franco is alone ruminating. Bertie shows up behind him (and we all take a deep
breath and hold it). Ok, relax. Franco says he can’t stand to see her married
to a murderer. He shares with her that it was Tizzy who was the one who
attempted to kill him. That’s a “surprise” to Bertie. She promises to leave
Tizzy, all in good time. He promises to fight for their love and to be again
the family they were. Julian (never wanted, always there) pops up to join them.
(We won’t know what he is up to until Monday, so take it away, JudyB.)
PRISON VISITORS AREA
Pao is back to see Natalia. He informs her that he has the
law on his side in this baby-fight because she’s a criminal. She informs him
she’s going to fight for HER child. That pisses Pao off. He tells her she
ruined his life, but she’s not going to ruin HIS child’s. It’s W.A.R.
Katia (never
wanted, always there) shows up, over-exuberant to be supporting HER man and
rub her coming upgrade in status to Sra. in Nat’s face. Oh, and by the way, she
announces, as Tizzy walks up, he’s Pao’s new lawyer. Paolo, though, doesn’t
look as overjoyed as Katia and Nat looks temporarily beaten.
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Good stuff, Anita. I missed the whole DNA switcheroo discussion so at least that makes telenovela sense now.
I shudder to think how Julián is planning to treat that baby, but with only three episodes left I doubt it will get to that. There is still too much to wrap up.
Tizzy, now you have something real to lose, and I don't mean Roberta.
Mauro, the staff should have known to censor Franco's reading material and you have to stop protecting Roberta.
Julián, you are unworthy of any woman.
Franco, What were you thinking? This is too big a risk.
Tizzy, I guess nobody ever taught you to be careful what you wish for.
Franco, She is seeing what she wants to see, not the reality you don't remember. ¡Cuidate!
Mauro, be careful. Not telling Alba about Roberta's role in Franco's amnesia is smart but you could have told the story better.
Gael, I hope this announcement was Mauro's plan.
Franco, I don't get this.
Natalia, this is another trap.
Days later...
Mauro, I hope you realize that Roberta is likely to be more dangerous than ever. She isn't kidding about the murder-suicide plan.
Franco, get out of there now.
Tizzy, you've never heard of conflict of interest, have you? How did you ever become a lawyer?
What we will now get is a Perfect Storm.
I shudder to think how Julián is planning to treat that baby, but with only three episodes left I doubt it will get to that. There is still too much to wrap up.
Tizzy, now you have something real to lose, and I don't mean Roberta.
Mauro, the staff should have known to censor Franco's reading material and you have to stop protecting Roberta.
Julián, you are unworthy of any woman.
Franco, What were you thinking? This is too big a risk.
Tizzy, I guess nobody ever taught you to be careful what you wish for.
Franco, She is seeing what she wants to see, not the reality you don't remember. ¡Cuidate!
Mauro, be careful. Not telling Alba about Roberta's role in Franco's amnesia is smart but you could have told the story better.
Gael, I hope this announcement was Mauro's plan.
Franco, I don't get this.
Natalia, this is another trap.
Days later...
Mauro, I hope you realize that Roberta is likely to be more dangerous than ever. She isn't kidding about the murder-suicide plan.
Franco, get out of there now.
Tizzy, you've never heard of conflict of interest, have you? How did you ever become a lawyer?
What we will now get is a Perfect Storm.
Wonderful ANITA. You made a coherent, entertaining recap out of a very strange, disjointed episode. Even in the hospital, Franco looked impossibly well groomed for a middle-aged man in a coma for four months. But I'm not complaining. He's the only eye candy in this one.
Some of my favorite quips:
Now it's Nat's turn to be soggy.
Couches get moved.
(We are forced to wait while Univision makes enough money to pay Televis for this drivel they are schlepping.)
and the grand prize winner is:
Mauro asks her what she’ll do if he recovers his memory. She’s pretty sure he won’t (and she also has a remedy for that—another bonk on the head and a boink in the bed).
As awful as this has been, it's left us with "moving the couch" to remember all the good times. One has to find one's joy somehow. Thanks Amiga mia.
Now tell me more about this bread you're baking every week.
Some of my favorite quips:
Now it's Nat's turn to be soggy.
Couches get moved.
(We are forced to wait while Univision makes enough money to pay Televis for this drivel they are schlepping.)
and the grand prize winner is:
Mauro asks her what she’ll do if he recovers his memory. She’s pretty sure he won’t (and she also has a remedy for that—another bonk on the head and a boink in the bed).
As awful as this has been, it's left us with "moving the couch" to remember all the good times. One has to find one's joy somehow. Thanks Amiga mia.
Now tell me more about this bread you're baking every week.
Hey Everybody on the Distance Patio--
ADDITION TO THE RECAP, which UA reminded me of when she mentioned the murder-suicide.
During the kvetching scene between Roberta and Mauro in his office, she did tell him that her ace in her side pocket was to murder Franco, then Mauro's precious bastarda and then off herself. Let's see who Mauro chooses to save if it comes down to that.
UA--I don't really think Julian has any intention of really keeping the baby. I seem to recall Katia recoiling at the idea of her and Pao having to take the infant and Julian assuring her that was not in the plan. The baby is just another tool to bind Nat to him. But at this point, why is he still after her? Whether it's Tizzy, Mau or Franco at the head of the bufete, he's toast. They all know he's a less than formidable, brown-nosing attorney. Furthermore, he hates and denigrates Pao so much that I doubt he'd want a creature that has any of Pao's genes in a kid he raises. Babies are a lifetime commitment and they cost a lot of money to launch into adulthood. Julian is too selfish to share that much of an investment with a progeny that is not his.
JudyB--If you really want to know, I'll bore you with my bread baking by e-mail. Thanks for asking. Everybody seems to be baking bread these days. I wish I liked sourdough because then I wouldn't have to worry about running out of yeast.
ADDITION TO THE RECAP, which UA reminded me of when she mentioned the murder-suicide.
During the kvetching scene between Roberta and Mauro in his office, she did tell him that her ace in her side pocket was to murder Franco, then Mauro's precious bastarda and then off herself. Let's see who Mauro chooses to save if it comes down to that.
UA--I don't really think Julian has any intention of really keeping the baby. I seem to recall Katia recoiling at the idea of her and Pao having to take the infant and Julian assuring her that was not in the plan. The baby is just another tool to bind Nat to him. But at this point, why is he still after her? Whether it's Tizzy, Mau or Franco at the head of the bufete, he's toast. They all know he's a less than formidable, brown-nosing attorney. Furthermore, he hates and denigrates Pao so much that I doubt he'd want a creature that has any of Pao's genes in a kid he raises. Babies are a lifetime commitment and they cost a lot of money to launch into adulthood. Julian is too selfish to share that much of an investment with a progeny that is not his.
JudyB--If you really want to know, I'll bore you with my bread baking by e-mail. Thanks for asking. Everybody seems to be baking bread these days. I wish I liked sourdough because then I wouldn't have to worry about running out of yeast.
Anita, my oven is shot and I wouldn't have the patience to bake bread from scratch.
Tomorrow I intend to make a vat of lentil soup. I don't currently have the refrigerator space for it, so I have to finish something else and move some stuff around.
As for your question about Julian, I think he gets off on the prospect of dominance. He has never seen Natalia as a person, only as a means to an end. He also treats her like property. The fact that he hasn't commissioned a sex doll from that guy in California I've seen vids about tells me that he is in his way like Baron Scarpia of Tosca, whose second act aria says this:
For myself the violent conquest
has stronger relish than the soft surrender.
I take no delight in sighs or vows
exchanged at misty lunar dawn.
I know not how to draw
harmony from guitars, or horoscopes
from flowers, nor am I apt at dalliance,
or cooing like the turtle dove. I crave,
I pursue the craved thing, sate myself and cast it by,
and seek new bait. God made diverse beauties
as he made diverse wines, and of these
God-like works I mean to taste my fill.
Julian has never listened to Natalia's refusals, denials, or declarations of love for anyone else. He tried to drug her in the opening episode and now knows this won't work. What else is going on?
Of course, he will get rid of the baby. That would also please Roberta.
Tomorrow I intend to make a vat of lentil soup. I don't currently have the refrigerator space for it, so I have to finish something else and move some stuff around.
As for your question about Julian, I think he gets off on the prospect of dominance. He has never seen Natalia as a person, only as a means to an end. He also treats her like property. The fact that he hasn't commissioned a sex doll from that guy in California I've seen vids about tells me that he is in his way like Baron Scarpia of Tosca, whose second act aria says this:
For myself the violent conquest
has stronger relish than the soft surrender.
I take no delight in sighs or vows
exchanged at misty lunar dawn.
I know not how to draw
harmony from guitars, or horoscopes
from flowers, nor am I apt at dalliance,
or cooing like the turtle dove. I crave,
I pursue the craved thing, sate myself and cast it by,
and seek new bait. God made diverse beauties
as he made diverse wines, and of these
God-like works I mean to taste my fill.
Julian has never listened to Natalia's refusals, denials, or declarations of love for anyone else. He tried to drug her in the opening episode and now knows this won't work. What else is going on?
Of course, he will get rid of the baby. That would also please Roberta.
Anita - thank you for your recap and a fitting title.
Favorite lines in the recap:
-- "Julian comes to slime his own special scent over Natalia again.My telenovela beanie hat flew off my head."
-- "the infamous rooftop lounge area"
-- "PAO AND KATIA’S LIVE TOGETHER PLACE"
"Franco starts to have head pains and puts his hands up to his head and faints to the floor, " --- so this kind of/sort of supports what the telenovela doctor warned about.
Casual (fluffy) hair Franco is way hotter and looks much younger than slicked-back hair Franco. Just sayin'. Woof.
---"Later, they are back in the cafeteria, chatting as if nothing had happened, no alarms raised." I know, right?!?
-- How the heck does a guy who has been in a coma for four months and had no solid food in that length of time get out of bed, hire a taxi, rent a tux, and crash an awards ceremony? It's a telenovela miracle!!!
-- Why does Natalia STILL agree to see Julian at visiting hours? Did she forget she fired him as her attorney? Good grief.
Favorite lines in the recap:
-- "Julian comes to slime his own special scent over Natalia again.My telenovela beanie hat flew off my head."
-- "the infamous rooftop lounge area"
-- "PAO AND KATIA’S LIVE TOGETHER PLACE"
"Franco starts to have head pains and puts his hands up to his head and faints to the floor, " --- so this kind of/sort of supports what the telenovela doctor warned about.
Casual (fluffy) hair Franco is way hotter and looks much younger than slicked-back hair Franco. Just sayin'. Woof.
---"Later, they are back in the cafeteria, chatting as if nothing had happened, no alarms raised." I know, right?!?
-- How the heck does a guy who has been in a coma for four months and had no solid food in that length of time get out of bed, hire a taxi, rent a tux, and crash an awards ceremony? It's a telenovela miracle!!!
-- Why does Natalia STILL agree to see Julian at visiting hours? Did she forget she fired him as her attorney? Good grief.
Anita, you clever girl. Thank you for this recap. My favorite lines included: "another bonk on the head and a boink in the bed" and "Berti shows up behind him (and we all take a deep breath and hold it.) Ok, relax."
It'll be interesting to see how they wrap this baby up. I think Nat will go into labor and Paolo will break and acknowledge and confess his love for her. I wonder if she'll really spend 8 years in prison. If so, I hope they show Paolo and the 8 year old coming to pick her up on her release date.
I don't shiv a git if Mauro and Alba reunite, but I'd like to see a healthy Gabe.
It'll be interesting to see how they wrap this baby up. I think Nat will go into labor and Paolo will break and acknowledge and confess his love for her. I wonder if she'll really spend 8 years in prison. If so, I hope they show Paolo and the 8 year old coming to pick her up on her release date.
I don't shiv a git if Mauro and Alba reunite, but I'd like to see a healthy Gabe.
UA--I cheat on the breadmaking when I use a bread machine to mix and when I make overnight seed bread or no-knead bread, I don't have to knead at all. Still there is a certain satisfaction to all the pushing and turning. It takes a few hours, but ohohoh so worth it.
Thank you for the Scarpia libretto lines--truly apt. He also uses consensual sex for his own purposes, too, as in Olga and Ingrid (it sounds like a Scandinavian story here).
Ugh, when you say "get rid of it" I'm sure Jules would like to but how to engineer it. We're too close to the end to have Nat give birth and be told the baby died. Just more soggy Nat to have to watch. Unfortunately that would be the simplest, but then how would she recover it? It took Luciana 5 years to get her baby back in Refugio and 20 years for Adriana to get hers back in AV.
Doris--I also noticed that his hair color in the hospital bed was a little lighter than his "made to match his tux" color. His earlier tns have his hair a lot lighter. It wasn't until Reina did it get villany-dark.
The only reason I can fathom (other than a plot propeller) that Nat still agrees to see Julian is to make sure we see the difference between an abuser and a victim. It takes sometimes years before a victim will actually leave an abuser and if they don't find shelter, they often end up dead.
RLO--I love your ending. For a couple of episodes there, I thought Franco was really a goner and the possibility of Alba ending up with Bianca and Gael to raise the baby was a very satisfying end.
JudyB--I feel sorry for you because Monday, for sure, Ingrid, Gabe and Javier will be back. My condolences.
HEY everybody--We now have a Penn State grad in our family. College of Engineering. Has a job offer from Microsoft from almost a year ago--that's how smart he is. Of course, we won't know for sure if it happens until he sees his first paycheck later this summer. And, they did shout out WE ARE!
From and oldie but goodie whose degree came mainly from books and research papers, we got a virtual tour of some of Penn State's labs (all over the state). Extraordinarily impressive. Some of the CE students curriculum vitae is already pages long. It's amazing what they have accomplished these days, before they are even out of college/university.
Thank you for the Scarpia libretto lines--truly apt. He also uses consensual sex for his own purposes, too, as in Olga and Ingrid (it sounds like a Scandinavian story here).
Ugh, when you say "get rid of it" I'm sure Jules would like to but how to engineer it. We're too close to the end to have Nat give birth and be told the baby died. Just more soggy Nat to have to watch. Unfortunately that would be the simplest, but then how would she recover it? It took Luciana 5 years to get her baby back in Refugio and 20 years for Adriana to get hers back in AV.
Doris--I also noticed that his hair color in the hospital bed was a little lighter than his "made to match his tux" color. His earlier tns have his hair a lot lighter. It wasn't until Reina did it get villany-dark.
The only reason I can fathom (other than a plot propeller) that Nat still agrees to see Julian is to make sure we see the difference between an abuser and a victim. It takes sometimes years before a victim will actually leave an abuser and if they don't find shelter, they often end up dead.
RLO--I love your ending. For a couple of episodes there, I thought Franco was really a goner and the possibility of Alba ending up with Bianca and Gael to raise the baby was a very satisfying end.
JudyB--I feel sorry for you because Monday, for sure, Ingrid, Gabe and Javier will be back. My condolences.
HEY everybody--We now have a Penn State grad in our family. College of Engineering. Has a job offer from Microsoft from almost a year ago--that's how smart he is. Of course, we won't know for sure if it happens until he sees his first paycheck later this summer. And, they did shout out WE ARE!
From and oldie but goodie whose degree came mainly from books and research papers, we got a virtual tour of some of Penn State's labs (all over the state). Extraordinarily impressive. Some of the CE students curriculum vitae is already pages long. It's amazing what they have accomplished these days, before they are even out of college/university.
ANITA - "My telenovela beanie hat flew off my head.""
I have now idea how that comment of mine got merged into the quote I loved from your recap. Me declare culpable of being technologically spastic.
And congratulations on the recent graduate in your family. 💗 Fingers crossed that the first paycheck will roll in. Everything is a crapshoot, these days.
OT - AMORES VERDADEROS
I'm getting caught up in last week's episodes. Yay for the Guzmancito shower scene! 🚿🚿🚿. And Polita marching right in there to get an eyeful of him was a hoot.
I have now idea how that comment of mine got merged into the quote I loved from your recap. Me declare culpable of being technologically spastic.
And congratulations on the recent graduate in your family. 💗 Fingers crossed that the first paycheck will roll in. Everything is a crapshoot, these days.
OT - AMORES VERDADEROS
I'm getting caught up in last week's episodes. Yay for the Guzmancito shower scene! 🚿🚿🚿. And Polita marching right in there to get an eyeful of him was a hoot.
It might be whatever product they use to slick back Franco's hair leaves it looking wet and, thus, darker. I want casual hair Franco!!!
Congratulations Anita! Your buttons must be bursting!
Doris, we are in the exact same spot on AV. Polita looking over the edge and down to his "couch moving equipment" was too funny!
Doris, we are in the exact same spot on AV. Polita looking over the edge and down to his "couch moving equipment" was too funny!
Doris--No need to expose your technological skills to us. We're all in the same boat. I took as merely a slip and a typo with the quotes in the wrong place.
OT-AV
I'm ahead of you two. Watching Arriaga balance two high-maintenance women is hilarious. Knowing the story, I can >>FF through all of Kendho's and Nelson's couch moving sessions. It must have been in their contract that they be given more love scenes than Jose Angel, Vick, Guzmancito and Oookay together. Still it's a waste of the color red on him and the ho.
OT-AV
I'm ahead of you two. Watching Arriaga balance two high-maintenance women is hilarious. Knowing the story, I can >>FF through all of Kendho's and Nelson's couch moving sessions. It must have been in their contract that they be given more love scenes than Jose Angel, Vick, Guzmancito and Oookay together. Still it's a waste of the color red on him and the ho.
OT - AV
Anita, I FFWD thru the Kend-ho and Nelson scenes, too. ~Blech~
Is it shallow to admit I love the clothes and accessories the wardrobe dept. dress Nikki in? Both Ikkis are well dressed, but Nikki's are more fun to look at.
Anita, I FFWD thru the Kend-ho and Nelson scenes, too. ~Blech~
Is it shallow to admit I love the clothes and accessories the wardrobe dept. dress Nikki in? Both Ikkis are well dressed, but Nikki's are more fun to look at.
I can't stand the love scenes between Kendho and Nelson. They must have the mic right by their mouths because you can hear every sickening slurp.
Good stuff Anita. I not long ago got finished watching the last episode for this week.
Now how are they gonna keep the truth
From franco? Whats mau up to. Could it
Be hes tryin to figure out how not to
Incriminate himself in Franco's demise
? And he Got everyone to play along.
That wont Be Easy for alba, she's still wearing the rock of love Franco gave her. I noticed in the last scene
They're having sex with their hands &
Hes feeling the ring. How long are we
Gonna be goin along with this charade?
Screaming at the tv wont help either
They can't hear us in telenovaland.
Just what is katia getting out of bein
The baby momma? The child is in for a
World of abuse. Berti gets wind of it
She'd probly kill katia, who needs a devorce? Mom a can take care of it.
I hope he gets his Memorey back soon
He'll get cooties in the sack with B.
That was funny watchin him leave The hospital and get all duded up like
Bond, James Bond(in my best deep brits voice. He'll probly have his Memorey back by next Friday. Maybe. We hope.
Thank you Anita.
H A P P Y♡M O T H E R 'S to all mom's,
And dad's who're wearing both caps.
Now how are they gonna keep the truth
From franco? Whats mau up to. Could it
Be hes tryin to figure out how not to
Incriminate himself in Franco's demise
? And he Got everyone to play along.
That wont Be Easy for alba, she's still wearing the rock of love Franco gave her. I noticed in the last scene
They're having sex with their hands &
Hes feeling the ring. How long are we
Gonna be goin along with this charade?
Screaming at the tv wont help either
They can't hear us in telenovaland.
Just what is katia getting out of bein
The baby momma? The child is in for a
World of abuse. Berti gets wind of it
She'd probly kill katia, who needs a devorce? Mom a can take care of it.
I hope he gets his Memorey back soon
He'll get cooties in the sack with B.
That was funny watchin him leave The hospital and get all duded up like
Bond, James Bond(in my best deep brits voice. He'll probly have his Memorey back by next Friday. Maybe. We hope.
Thank you Anita.
H A P P Y♡M O T H E R 'S to all mom's,
And dad's who're wearing both caps.
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: Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 11:13:00 PM EDT
: Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 11:13:00 PM EDT
I can't believe no one mentioned MY favorite line:
"Franco thinks Nat is still in NYC, and he loves the new couch arrangement."
JAJAJAJAJAJAJA. I laugh out loud every time I read it.
"Franco thinks Nat is still in NYC, and he loves the new couch arrangement."
JAJAJAJAJAJAJA. I laugh out loud every time I read it.
Is it just the light at the end of the tunnel illuminating Alternate Mexico City, or does this tn have a completely different feel after the "4 meses despues"? It's like all the monkeys escaped and were replaced by new ones.
BlueL--New monkeys? Hmm, do we have enough bananas to cover their sueldo? Monday will tell whether they are better or worse than the ones that left 4 meses antes. (I bet it took them 4 meses to figure out how to end this banana pudding of a tn.) One thing is for sure, JudyB will give us the whole story.
Nina--You keep us in stitches with your images. Loved, "...she's still wearing the rock of love Franco gave her. I noticed in the last scene
They're having sex with their hands &
He's feeling the ring."
This is almost as good as watching the couches move.
Nina--You keep us in stitches with your images. Loved, "...she's still wearing the rock of love Franco gave her. I noticed in the last scene
They're having sex with their hands &
He's feeling the ring."
This is almost as good as watching the couches move.
Nina--Thank you for reminding us that there are all kinds of mothers out there and they all deserve our love and gratitude.
I met Happy Mother's day, I left the "Day" by mistake. But Im sure mother's are happy too.
Permalink posted by : Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 10:06:00 PM EDT
: Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 10:06:00 PM EDT
O/T
Urban and Anita,
Talking about kneading bread brought one very sexy novela scene to mind.
FELS. Eduardo Yáñez. The Rey of all bread makers.
Urban and Anita,
Talking about kneading bread brought one very sexy novela scene to mind.
FELS. Eduardo Yáñez. The Rey of all bread makers.
I thought about that yesterday. He really learned it correctly. My maternal uncle was a baker and he would have approved.
Can we get back on topic?
Before we get to the end of this melodramatic series, I have to say that the music has been spot-on. I really wish they would exploit that and give us a noir novela. I'd love to see wet, mean streets with reflecting streetlights, femme fatales (Eva Cedeno would be good here), retro landline phones, AND... Jorge Salinas and Sebastian Rulli in trenchcoats and fedoras with 1950s cars solving the crimes. Enrique Rocha and Cesar Evora as rival crime bosses.
Can we get back on topic?
Before we get to the end of this melodramatic series, I have to say that the music has been spot-on. I really wish they would exploit that and give us a noir novela. I'd love to see wet, mean streets with reflecting streetlights, femme fatales (Eva Cedeno would be good here), retro landline phones, AND... Jorge Salinas and Sebastian Rulli in trenchcoats and fedoras with 1950s cars solving the crimes. Enrique Rocha and Cesar Evora as rival crime bosses.
From watching Te Doy La Vida, I have grown to really like Eva Cedeno. When she was on Por Amar Sin Ley, they kept doing those butt shots of her, like that's all she was. I thought it was degrading. They don't play up that "ass"et of hers at all in this current tn. She's tastefully dressed and seems like someone I'd like to be friends with.
RLO--And that is the epitome of acting--when an actor can crawl into the skin of any WELL-WRITTEN character and pull it off believably (Jorge Salinas in LQNPA). How many times have we said that Victoria Ruffo plays Victoria Ruffo in everything she's in. That's it or they write the part for her abilities.
Remember when it was circulated that she and Leticia Calderon were supposed to play the opposite roles that they eventually had in ENDA. What what a stroke of luck for the show and the watchers that Ruffo had a prior engagement and she took the shorter role, leaving the Purple Queen to Calderon!!!
Remember when it was circulated that she and Leticia Calderon were supposed to play the opposite roles that they eventually had in ENDA. What what a stroke of luck for the show and the watchers that Ruffo had a prior engagement and she took the shorter role, leaving the Purple Queen to Calderon!!!
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