Thursday, February 04, 2021

Imperio de mentiras, #88, Wednesday, 02/03/21 Since the jail has a revolving door, anyone care to see the men showers again?

At Leslie's funeral, Leo asks Sara if she wants some coffee. She’s in a bad shape because the family is destroyed, she doesn’t know how she’ll be able to go on.  They hug and Leo goes to see Elisa, tells her he’s afraid his mom will get sick. He wipes away a tear, says thanks to Elisa for being there. It’s the least she can do, after everything he's done for her. They hug, as he cries. Then she says that she has to go back to the house, he asks what’s wrong. Elisa tells him about Renata getting her baby, but Mau said the baby is Sonia’s and Eww took him away in order for Ren to keep her mouth shut about certain secrets that she knows. Leo thinks Eww is capable of anything, Sonia was out just to give birth and she came back to jail without the baby. Elisa feels stupid, how could she defend Eww all this time. Leo says it’s not their fault people they trusted turned out evil. She thinks her mom is as bad as the rest, he suggests she might be blackmailed, too. She says the bad guys need to be stopped, apologizes for bringing this up here. He reassures her, as long as the killers are not behind bars neither of them will be tranquilo.

Later Leo is on the phone, finds out about Fab being in jail and Majo trying to run away with Dario, who escaped jail. Elisa is surprised and scared, Leo tells her that Adri and Mario are watching Dario and Eww and Fab are the ones who need to be scared because Dario is coming after them.

In interrogation, Fab is trying to play smart, Adriana cuts him off, threatens with 6 months of jail. For his pretty face 6 minutes is tooo long. Mario asks where is Juanito, Fab says it’s his son, too. Yes, but not legally! Adriana heard him threaten Fer: 8 years, for the kidnapping, than all the other threats… Cristina comes to interrogate him, Mario says she has no right, he is the big Boss, she has no jurisdiction! He totally owns the moment, she actually leaves.

Later Cristina scolds him, but Mario doesn’t care, he’s not a puppet. She swears he'll be sorry. Then she leaves and Adri asks what is going on, thinks Cristian will come after Mario but he can count on her.

Cristina is back to the prison showers, threatens JL with taking him to general population if he doesn’t tell her where Dario is.  JL doesn't even wince at her threats, his daughter is dead and Mom is with Leo, and she will never hurt Leo. 

"You’re getting desperate, Eww is about to go down, Dario will kill you all, one by one, starting with you." JL wins this one, Cristina is really losing her touch.

Ren is walking the baby, as Majo gets home from the hospital with Vic. She’s not feeling too great, Ren plans to introduce the baby to tia Majo, but it’s too hard for her. One day you’ll have your baby, Ren says, which understandably makes Majo cry. Vic thinks in time Majo will realize everything was for the best. Majo asks Marta to help, with people like this to cheer her up, who needs enemies. She explains to Vic that Elisa didn’t take her out of the hospital because of Leslie’s funeral. Vic is upset because Elisa is with a nobody like Leo,what’s wrong with women in this family always going after losers?

"You tell us, mom!" is Majo's perfect comeback.

Ren starts to cry because Majo is suffering, she doesn’t feel likeshe has the right to her son!! Her delusion is so big, I can't even...

Sara, Tere and Clara arrive home, Sara talks to Leslie’s portrait (and this is the scene that actually gets me crying after all the gloom and doom surrounding Leslie's fate). Tere tells Sara she’s going to see JL, Sara can’t see him, she’s too tired, she only wants to sleep. Sara invites Clara to stay with them indefinitely and Clara accepts.

When Sara leaves, Clara says she will give Tere the money Nieves stole from her. But Tere doesn’t want that money, it's a good thing they used some of it for the Acapulco trip after all. They’re both sad because they couldn’t say goodbye to Leslie.

Elisa comes to see Sonia in jail, tells her where her baby is. She explains what Eww did and apologizes for everything. Sonia only wants to know about the baby, are his lungs OK? Says he could have died, since he was a preemie. She gave the baby to Eww, he can’t survive in jail. 

"That’s Eww, he corners you, tortures you, twist everything and everyone  to his pleasure. Surely, he has you trapped, too!" Preach it, Sonia!

 Ren was fooled, Elisa explains. Sonia says that everything that she declared was true, Marcelo's death, the yacht, all the people Eww bought. And SHE is the one in jail. Elisa says she’ll help, but Sonia doesn’t want her help. She already told the truth, but Ew is in control of EVERYTHING, nobody can go against him. The only way to help her is by taking care of the baby, and maybe someday tell him how much she loves him. "Protect him, Eww had his DNA tested, he’s the father."

Leo visits Fab in jail, Fab protests, Leo explains that this is his job, since it’s a federal issue. Kidnapping, art trafficking, Fab's up to your neck, no way he can buy his way out of everything. Fab mentions how  they managed to buy JL, Leo tells him to wipe that smirk off his face, even if he and his father go free for now, he will always be following them!

Majo is in her room, when Dario calls. He asks her to be ready for tonight, but he’s still planning to go after Eww, too. She thinks he should forget about that, but he says he has everything planned.

Tere and JL talk about Leslie, his phone conversation with her was very painful, but he’s happy God gave him the opportunity. Now they’re all alone, he says. But Tere plans to divorce, she doesn’t want any of the money, she just wants out. After everything that he’s done, the lies, the pain, she's done. They hurt one another too much, now they only have their pain in common, and that’s not enough. She doesn't love him anymore!

Fer runs into Elisa at the jail, as she comes to see Sonia. Elisa knows about Fab's imprisonement, but they both agree that won’t help too much. Fer explains to Elisa why Juanito was taken. Elisa wants to know if Fer’s willing to say the whole truth. Fer agrees for her son, she wants to start from scratch! Elisa thinks this way they can help Sonia, too.

Eww is with a lawyer, planning Fab's defense. Fab has the same rights as Fer and they can destroy Fer’s reputation, also. Vic shows up, asks Eww if he took care of Dario. He says that Fab is in jail, she smiles happily, things this is great news, he looks appalled. As the lawyer leaves Eww says he can’t abandon his son. Vic insists his priority has to be keeping Dario away from Majo. Eww suggests she should have educated her better, Vic thinks that maybe it’s a family gene, she loves a killer, too, Augie’s killer.

The Big Boss and Leo talk about the “operativo”; now they have to wait for them to get the bait. Leo asks to keep IA outside of this, or postpone briefing them until they catch the bad guys. He’s sure Cristina is working for Eww. She’s a great manipulator, she could have everyone in her pocket. And Leo will catch them all!

Fer gives Elisa a list of suppliers from LA, who are asking for concrete. What is odd is that they've been paying upfront, using several accounts, when generally this type of transactions are payed on credit. It has to be money laundering, they realize, and Elisa is sad that Fab is doing this. Fer says it’s her fault, Elisa says this is not the time to feel sorry for herself, they need to act before Fab gets out of jail; and if he does, she’ll be waiting for him. Fer says that Augie gave her some documents, some invoices and account transactions that involve Eww. She wanted to burn them, but maybe they can help Elisa get her money back. But she can only give her the papers at her house.

Dario sends Fer a message asking her to come back to her place. She doesn't tell Elisa about it,just leaves, says she's give her the documents later.

Mario tells Leo about Cristina trying to ruin the investigation against Fab. Leo tells him not to fight with her, they’re going to feed her false information to catch Eww.

Fab and his lawyer meet, he’s already free apparently. The lawyer asks for the handcuffs to be taken away, Fab can't wait to press charges against the police. He's very arrogant, asks Adriana on a date (which is actually funny). He runs into Leo in the hallway, just smirks… Leo would like to break his face! Mario calls Adri to fill her in and Leo talks with Elisa on the phone. She tells him about Fer being willing to talk. Leo tells her that Fab is free. Elisa thinks he’ll have a big surprise the next day at work, insists they need to talk.Leo promises to stop by her house.

Eww asks Vic why she’s behaving like that. She mentions Panama, him managing their money how he pleases. He keeps saying he's protecting their assets, while she only loves to spends. It's Vic's turn to look appalled, Eww points out that  she never said anything when Augie was doing illegal business. She knew what he was doing! Vic asks him not to treat her like Ren, he bought her with a baby, how does he plan to buy Vic?

Ren is with the baby, as Majo looks on. She wants to leave, but Ren calls her. Majo reassures Ren she’s not sad because of her, she’s happy for her. It’s just that she feels… Ren understands. The baby falls asleep, Majo cries, but she’s happy to be with Ren. She also tells her that she’s leaving to NY, to go back to school.

Leo and Co tell Cristina about a lead they have to destroy Eww. It was hard to accept JL’s involvement, can they trust her now? Sure? They found Dario! They know she has her reasons not to trust them, but they need her, getting to Dario will weaken Eww. They caught up with him at his mother’s house and they’ve been following him. Cristina says they need a judge order, they can’t make any more mistakes. They insist they need to attack fast, can she get them that order?

Vic didn’t like Eww’s insults, wants to leave the house. Wonders who he truly is, the man who had her husband killed. She only suspected Augie had a lover. Eww says he killed Augie for her, to save her, when Augie wanted to do some big art trafficking deal, so she needs to say “thanks”.

Cristina comes to see Fab, she’s been looking for Eww – the police has Dario’s address, Eww needs to get to him so he won’t talk if he’s caught. She can’t stop Leo forever, Dario needs to die tonight, or else!

At the house, Majo, barely able to walk, but planning to goon the run, tells Elisa that she’s going out. Elisa sees her bag, realizes what she plans to do. Is he waiting for her? Enter Dario, actually saying “good evening”. Elisa doesn’t want Majo to leave, this will only happen over her dead body. Majo says this is her decision to make!


 

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Comments:
Adriana, as this begins to crash and burn, you captured all the events perfectly.

Mario telling Cris to git was great. Majo putting Vicious in her place was equally satisfying. Chalk a few points up for mousy and mild M&M.

Where’s your snarky smirk now Crissistah?

So after being beaten, drugged, left for dead, having her baby taken from her and finally wrongly imprisoned, Sonia is finally going to get help. Far too little (Elisa), far too late (Fer). Alone at the beginning, alone at the end.

Tere doesn’t love JL anymore? Didn’t that die years ago?

As the ugly truths are shedding their invisible cloaks, Vicious continues her cruel quest. “Vic thinks in time Majo will realize everything was for the best”. Oh, count on it!!! “Vic asks him not to treat her like Ren, he bought her with a baby, how does he plan to buy Vic?” – the heart of this proves, there is no heart at all, only pure, unadulterated hate.

“Elisa doesn’t want Majo to leave, this will only happen over her dead body”. Well, if you insist.

Adriana, thank you for all of your hard work and dedication on this.

Diana
 

Thank you, AdrianaN! Your recaps sure reflect your talent and your title was inspired! Lots of gems throughout and your detail is impeccable!

"Elisa feels stupid" Feels? FEELS?? She IS stupid! Remember Kirby's title alluding to the "Red Pill?" Well I was a bit miffed and looked it up...I shoulda watched "the Matrix!" Found this on Wiki--
The terms "red pill" and "blue pill" refer to a choice between revealing an unpleasant or otherwise life-changing truth, represented by the red pill, and remaining in blissful ignorance, represented by the blue pill. The terms reference the 1999 film The Matrix.

I have a feeling it took more than one red pill to get that wee brain going!

Mario isn't much to look it, but I am sure enjoying his hutzpah. GO Super Mario!

Good grief! What's with the shower scenes?? Those are some mighty clean inmates! Oooh, they're not just repeatedly washing their hands to keep virus free, they're washing everything!

""You tell us, mom!" is Majo's perfect comeback." Perfect indeed! Those little jabs can hurt, but they won't penetrated that thick skinned snake.

"Elisa wants to know if Fer’s willing to say the whole truth. Fer agrees for her son, she wants to start from scratch! " Oh noes! Looks the the stupid writers are setting up a redemption! ARGGHH!! Not her!!!

Diana wrote" "“Elisa doesn’t want Majo to leave, this will only happen over her dead body”. Well, if you insist" We can hope can't we :-)



 

Adriana: Thanks for this. Snappy and snippy as usual. I was only grabbing about 75% of the show and wondering if I'd heard it correctly so thanks for filling in that other for me. Tyin up the loose ends in this thing is like playing with spaghetti. ITA, El is going to have to pull one or two out of her hat to get Sonia back with her baby. Majo, well she's just a lost cause. I enjoyed working with you and you always give a terrific twist to your recaps! Thanks, Amiga!
 

Adriana “Preach it Sonia!” Pure Adriana. Perfect Thank You

I actually kinda liked Tere's little speech to JLousy in jail. I am DONE. Bye Dirtbag.
Take that money, buy a cute car and a nice apartment, spend the rest on cosmetic surgery and Lipo. Start fresh.

Oh Fab has turned out to be as despicable as he is useless with his little sexual comment to (Bad)Adri and his smirk to Leo in the hall. We have seen that Leo's fighting ability is Ninja-like. He had better get a chance to show it to Fab before this is over.

Ewww says he is managing their money while Vic just loves to spend....how much can you go through at Joc Penne' ?

So Dario will take MoJo over El's dead body? Um...thus far we have only seen her rock the sofa and kinda dress herself. Which is she going to use to stop Dario?

BTW 'Red Pill' is pretty much mainstream these days. It has been used in National politics and other movies. Thanks for looking it up RGV.
 

""You tell us, mom!" is Majo's perfect comeback." Perfect indeed! Those little jabs can hurt, but they won't penetrated that thick skinned snake".

Yes, a delicious comeback Majo and Adriana. And classifying Vicious as the reptile she is was spot on Rgv Chick.

When Elisa was processing everything, she looked as though she'd read say, an upsetting news article, evidenced by her perpetually pretty pout. I'm seeing alight alarm, but no fury, no anger. Are we ever going to see real fire rather than the one lone tear that flows gently down her cheek??? Jardinera, I see no hope in Elisa in rescuing Sonia. Hope I'm wrong.

I didn't say anything about Renata only because her further descent into madness is the worst tragedy here and almost impossible to watch.

Diana
 

RGV you may be onto something about Fer being set up for redemption. They had better not....but her whole personality has changed. Absolute preoccupation about a son who was a forgotten thorn in her side for years is unbelievable. But that is what we are seeing. And after bopping her now dead Papa, is all forgiven between El and Fer? After all these decades of betrayal? Wow.
 

Thanks, guys! I was in a hurry when I wrote this, something came up at work, so I had to go in early, therefore cutting in two the time initially reserved for the episode.

I might have skipped a few little details, like when Eww accused Vic of spending too much, my first thought was "surely can't be on her clothes".
Or when Elisa said she felt stupid and Andres Palacios kept a straight face I felt like he deserved an Oscar.
Dario saying a perfectly polite "good evening" to Elisa, which was his favorite Cantu sister to torture was also laugh-worthy.
The whole scene at the jail with Fab had me gritting my teeth. The nerve of this guy! He's been playing dirty for like half an hour, and not even on the good side of dirty (Dario), yet he smirks, threatens, and walks out of there like he owns the Universe. Does he realize that Eww might have only saved him for the 10 Mil?

This has been my last recap for the show and I really need to say that it has been an exquisite experience "working" with all of you. Being part of this wonderful group of recappers and commenters is such a joy. We all come from such different backgrounds (really, some of you know a little bit about me, but you guys have no idea how much this site has kept me sane at the moment when things were not going great for me). Hope to meet all of you soon on another Patio.

That being said, we still have 4(!!) more episodes to digest, so I'm not going anywhere, yet!
 

Rgv and Kirby, I see redemption in Fer's future, too, and she's so not worthy of it. Why not save Fab who has been so mellow up until a few episodes ago? Or even Dario!!! The way she hid Dario's text from Elisa tells me all I need to know about her - Fernanda is worried to save her own skin, Juanito is just a bonus.

Diana, Vic relly knows how to talk to those daughters of hers, doesn't she?

Jardinera, Elisa might be able to get Sonia out of jail. but how will she explain to Renutty the whole thing? I wouldn't wanna be her.

Kirby, I didn't know about the red pill, either. The things we learn these days...Thanks!
 

Adriana, Merci for another great retelling of all the angst and evil.

I watch these telenovelas to escape " the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" (aka reality), but this show is not much help as a stress reliever. It is frustrating to see Eww,Icky, Fab and Crissy cause chaos and suffering .

Sonia deserves to get her freedom and her baby back. She was having a fun time "going to the gym " ( aka frolicking with Marcelo ), but she has paid . Free Sonia. Put the right people in that jail with the revoling door .

It does appear that the writers are positioning Fer to be redeemed .

Ren is a tragic figure . Watching Susana play this character is brutal.

Mojo is hurting and hopefully healing .

My fav Scene was Sara and Tere comforting Clara . Those three could, indeed, help and heal each other . ..a mother and Abuela who have lost a beloved daughter\granddaughter and a young girl who has lost her parents , sister, and friend . Loss is hard to deal with on your own .

Dario just can't seem to understand the phrase " Just Do It. " you used to be able to buy baseball caps with that message !


And what is up with the writers and prison showers ??????
 

(((Adriana))))...I know exactly what you mean . Caray caray patio is a good place to retreat to when life gets a little rocky. Like Sara, there's always someone around to offer you a cyber cup of coffee and a slice of cake .
 

Adriana: Your recap on last night's episode was MIC DROP BABY!

Susanlynn: I did enjoy Majo putting Cristina in her place. I busted out laughing my ass off.

Sonia's NOT out of the woods yet! If I'm Fernanda, I might want to watch my back because Creepy Fab is out of jail & free.

Kirby: I need to see flashbacks on the night of Daddy Cantu & Julia's murders. My list of possible killers (we all know Eugenio gave the order to have both whacked) include the following:
1.) Majo
2.) Renata: Nutty Girl
3.) Elisa: Are we're sure she was in NY St that night ?
4.) Cristina
5.) JL
6.) Victoria
7.) Dario
8.) Fab
9.) Adriana
10.) Mario

 

Gracias, Adriana. This novela has been a bitch and a half to recap and to second-guess the writers.

If Fernanda is up for redemption I will be furious. She is far less deserving than the frivolous and stupid Sonia who should have known how dangerous it was to cheat on Eugenio.

To an earlier comment, we know that V-ICK-toria is not a frivolous spender. This is Eugenio's default insult for women, including those to whom he knows it doesn't apply. In terms of gaslighting Victoria is far better at it than he is. I doubt Renata can be cured of what she did to her.

Clara needs a family and Sara will be good for her. I would also recommend that she go abroad to study.
 

Adriana: Thanks for this excellent recap!
As Tere was talking with JL in the jail scene, I kept wondering if the writers were going to bring some closure as to who killed Tere’s lover. Did JL hire the killer? Is this plot line going to be forgotten?
 

Thank you, Adriana. Some excellent scenes in this episode, for sure.

I too wonder if we’ll find out what happened to Reynaldo, Teresa’s lover. Whether JL killed Reynaldo himself or hired someone to do it, that should definitely be added on to everything else JL did to land himself in prison in the first place.

It seems like the domino that is Cristina is slowly falling. With Leo setting a plan in motion, it looks like she will hopefully be the first to pay the price for her crimes.

It was satisfying to see Teresa stand her ground and prepare to move on from JL. And I’m glad she and Sara offered to take Clara in.

Sonia seemed resigned to her fate but I think she will get a second chance. I’m sure Elisa will still help her. Will Fernanda be able to give Elisa those documents? Hmmm....
 

High point of the episode:

Cris: And you must do this and this and this and this and this, or else.

JL: And what flavor of ice cream would you like with that?
 

JL told Chrissy that she was on the top of Dario's revenge list . I don't think so. JL must have just wanted to mess with Cris because I think Dadio is numero uno with FaBRO in the number 2 spot .
 

TF: IF Fernanda doesn't get killed by Fab before then in terms of giving Elisa the documents.

I don't see Sonia getting a happy ending. Her fate was already sealed a long time ago.

UA: I hope Clara leaves the country & NEVER comes back!
 

And it keeps getting wonkier and
More wonkier. Dontcha just love the foreplay between ewgy n icky? They
Keep hitting Those good points about each other. They are both as
Crooked as ewgy's hair.
The dogs are biting at each other.
About time. And the good guys are gaining. Also about time. It also seems that the smirkiness has just disappeared off of crookedcristy's
Face.

Sometimes people say the funniest things, "vic is upset because elisa is with a nobody like Leo, what's wrong with the women in this family always going after the losers." She
Actually said that with a straight
Face too. Loved majo's come back.
And she forget she is their mother so Whatever they've learnt they've learnt it from her. The queen of stupid. And the looser she went after has bad hair, and she wears church dresses.

Love to see jl stick it to smirky
Cristy.

Glad Sonia was able to tell elisa
The truth. Of course the truth was out there all the time she just was
Lovin her tio. And now it seems she's on board with leo. That's good. So what next?

Ren starts to cry because majo is suffering, she doesn't feel like she has the right to her son!! Her delusion is so big,I can't even....
She don't have a right to that child, hes not her's or marcelo's.
And that is what might just push her over the edge of no return when
She finds out that jr isn't marcelo
Jr. But eugenio jr. Ewgys children dont fare to well. At all.

Adriana thanks for snarkin it up with this recap. Cristy likes lookin at the naked prisoners, the nasty girl that she is. Your recaps are so fun.
You recappers make these stories fun and bearable, thank you AdriN!


 

Well SOMEBODY has to get redeemed! And Fer does have the best wardrobe, so...I'm thinking Sonia might actually survive. Her total lack of ability to fight back against anything may have saved her life, and Fer can use some of her millions to help the girl out. Lord knows Sonia can't take care of herself.

But even better is Clara getting a new family in Sara and the new and improved Teresa. Pretty sure they won't care if she's a lesbian, as long as she picks someone better than Majo. She deserves better. Too bad Mario is a boy. He's really stepped it up lately.

And Leo thinks Vic might be getting blackmailed by Eugenio??? Maybe because he hasn't seen the fear in Eu's eyes when he realizes who Victoria really is. They're the perfect couple, really. Too bad they're going down in just a few more chapters. (The writers wouldn't dare let these two off, would they? Comeuppance is the best reason to watch a more traditional show).

Kelly
 

AFTER LAST NIGHT HELL NO! EWGY AIN'T GETTING OFF WITH NOTHING. NOT
AFTER WHAT HE DID TO RENATA!!



 

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