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Las hijas de Senora Garcia- Capitulo 4
The rich are better even when they die
Part 1/3

An ambulance has arrived at the Portilla mansion and the paramedics are working on Cecilia, while the entire family (sans Arturo and Nicolas, but with Ofelia present) are looking. They soon declare Cecilia in clinical death. Pain all around, except for Paula, who looks satisfied.

Valeria and Nicolas are still fighting. He calls her a hooker, she slaps him. He’s very nasty, she promises he will one day regret how he is treating her. They are interrupted when he gets a call from Leo about his mother being dead.
He rushes out of the hotel room, with Valeria following him to the parking lot to give him back the money he threw at her. As he drives off in a hurry, she falls to the ground, crying.

Arturo is rushing home, also (it’s raining now), he gets there just in time to see his mother’s body being covered by a white sheet. He sobs uncontrollably. Then Nicolas arrives, more crying from him. Luis, Camilla and Leo all look broken-hearted. Paula keeps smiling.
Even Ofelia seems impressed, Cecilia looked so well when they talked. Gloria, the housekeeper, wants her to leave, doesn’t know what will happen next but this is a family matter. Ofelia reluctantly agrees to go, but alone in the street she decides she will be back sooner rather than later.

Mar and Juan are having the best of times, eating at a taco place. Juan is talking marriage, Mar is pleased but she’s also checking her phone, her sister hasn’t replied to her message. She calls but there is no answer. Mar says they have to leave, it’s very late.

Valeria gets home but she’s still sobbing because of the humiliation she went through. She explains to Mar what happened, thinks their mom sent her there to be trapped. What did she expect? It was a hotel room with no lights or photographers, their mother would do anything for her to be famous. Mar is shocked.
When Ofelia arrives, Valeria confronts her, accusing her of sending Mar to prostitute herself. She was the one who had to deal with the so-called audition, and she was treated like a hooker. Ofelia slaps Valeria, she is shocked that her daughters ruined everything. At least she’s got her priorities straight, this one!

I guess it’s the next day because the entire Portilla family is dressed in black. Arturo is taking it all very badly, screaming at his father. They are in a sort of chapel, the coffin is brought in. Luis talks to his dead wife, how is he supposed to go on without her?
Luis has a sister, Graciela, who shows up for the wake. She promises her brother to be there for him and her nephews.
Paula apparently has a bone to pick with Graciela, Leo asks her to keep it together. Graciela goes around hugging everyone.
Arturo’s ex, Priscilla, comes to show her support, she and Arturo hug.


 

Las hijas de Senora Garcia- Capitulo 4
Part 2/3

Ofelia asks Mar about missing the audition. Mar dares to mention Juan, Ofelia gets mad, drags her daughter outside to show her different women around the barrio, tending to their kids and cleaning, leading lives that are everything but glamourous. Is this the type of future she wants for herself? Mar gets scared, she eventually agrees that her mother knows best.
They go inside to watch TV and see the news about Cecilia’s death. Ofelia finds a way to lament her own fate – even in death the rich are better, since they are in the spotlight, while nobody cares about how the poor get to pass. She gets an idea about what their next step should be.

Valeria stops by the Portilla company to give Nicolas his money back. But she doesn’t know who he was when the receptionist at the front desk asks her.
Then she goes back to the gym where the manager agrees to take her back but would like her to use some make-up and be prettier for the classes. What bizzarro world is this?
Her friend tells her Arturo won’t be around much for a while because his mom died.

Ofelia’s big idea was to come to the wake with Mar, who is mortified. Ofelia puts on a big show about being in pain so she can get past the guard outside.
Camila is upset because the last time she talked with her mom they were fighting. She tells Graciela everything was Paula’s fault, and she goes to slap her sister-in-law right then and there, in the middle of the crowd (just as Ofelia and Mar arrive). Nicolas asks Leo to take Paula away, but she won’t leave. Camila screams that Paula needs to go, she saw her smile earlier.

Juan is looking for Mar, who isn’t at the house, but Valeria has no clue where she could be. He tries to get Val to vouch for him, Val thinks he should stop with his jealousy first. He mentions marriage, Val isn’t happy to hear it, Ofelia will never accept this. Juan says he has plans for the future, a big wedding and whatnot. Val is not worried about the money, but about the fact that they are both very young. But Juan is in luuv and ready to fight for Mar.

 

Las hijas de Senora Garcia- Capitulo 4
Part 3/3

The mourners are now at the cemetery, the coffin is already in the ground.
Arturo obviously has a bone to pick with his father, and he’s keeping his distance from his siblings, too.
Gloria sees Ofelia at the cemetery and wonders why she came.
Another funeral crasher is that lady who wanted to talk to Luis some time ago, her name is Rocio. Luis sees her and gets rattled; Nicolas notices and asks him what’s wrong. Luis evades the question, but later asks his sister if she saw Rocio, too. Impossible, Graciela says, he surely imagined it.

Francisco and his daughter, Priscilla, offer their support to Luis and the family. Arturo is sobbing next to the grave, kneels and grabs some dirt. Paula tells him they need to leave, he needs to stop because people are watching. She provokes him by saying that now that his mother is gone, he will have to stand on his own two feet. He screams at her; Leo intervenes to defend Paula and the two brothers go at it next to their barely buried mother.
Luis is shocked, Arturo screams that their family is now ruined. Luis and Nicolas both ask them to respect their mother’s memory. Paula apologizes like the big hypocrite she is; Arturo storms off.

Mar wants to leave, but Ofelia isn’t wasting any time, she needs to make herself available to Gloria, the housekeeper. Gloria says this is not the time or the place.
There is even some comic relief in the shape of Mar saying that even the rich can get nasty when they’re in pain. All these people fighting remind her of a funeral she witnessed years ago where the daughters of the deceased started screaming and fighting in front of everyone. Ofelia admits that might be true, but the rich fight in such an elegant and refined manner.

Rocio is alone, crying, saying: “There he was, I could see him with my own two eyes. Thank you God, I saw my son!” Oh, do we know which one of the Portilla brothers is her son? Does she?

 

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The credits: I checked them up carefully, because we’ve been wondering about them. “Ofelia” and “Luis” get top billing, followed by “Valeria” and “Mar” sharing a screen and “Leo, Arturo and Nicolas” in another sequence. “Graciela” comes next and then “Paula” and “Juan”. Laura Flores gets a special guest mention.
I think that’s pretty accurate, since Cantu and Sorte have huge trajectories and all the young cast are more or like the same, they’ve all been protas, but there is no Rully, Salinas or Boyer among them.

 

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Thanks, Adriana.
It was bad enough having to seeJuan in his jealous state, but when he started going on about marriage and 'future plans' I wanted to laugh. He talks about working hard, but does he have any education at all? Because I'm not sure how he's planning to earn enough money to support a family of his own.I suppose it's supposed to be somewhat cute he is this naive, but I just... Surely even Valeria shouldn't just be worried about how young these two are. Ofelia is even more ambicious than Juan. I thought theyoung ones are all about concouring the world!
I'd have liked to have seen more of Laura Flores.
'Graciela goes around hugging everyone' made me laugh.
I can't believe Nicolas couldtreat Valeria this way. It's like because of his beliefs about her he thought she deserved no respect at all. That scene was a bit too much for me. I can't see him with anyone now.
Ofelia slaps her daughter instead of being horrified someone treated her child so horribly? Her love for her daughters is interesting. She loves them but wants to use them to climb out of poverty. I'm disturbed by this as well as her need to control Mar. I bet she dislikes Valeria because she can't be told what to do.
 

LAS HIJAS

Adriana Noel, your recap was superb, start to finish.

Like you waterlily, I felt Laura Flores left us far too soon!

Last night, the characters showed how very raw and real they were. The searing pain of Cecelia's death had everyone careening off the rails; the infighting (especially between the bros) was cringeworthy. As unlikeable and self centered as Camila is Paula's obvious joy at Cecelia's death was cringeworthy.

"When Ofelia arrives, Valeria confronts her, accusing her of sending Mar to prostitute herself. She was the one who had to deal with the so-called audition, and she was treated like a hooker. Ofelia slaps Valeria, she is shocked that her daughters ruined everything" was deeply disturbing. I keep trying to see something positive in Ofelia but so far, if there is anything, it's eluded me. Her tight grip on Mar's arm as she showed her the reality of being poor was overly harsh and rather frightening.

Rocio is an interesting twist...

Thank you Adriana Noel for bringing everything to light so clearly!

Diana
 

Hijas #4

Finally had time to comment. Gracias Adriana Noel.

I love the cast but I am not loving the premise of the story. Ofelia says she loves her daughters, but I agree with Waterlily that she is trying to use them to climb out of poverty because she is a failed golddigger herself.

Valeria gets it right: Work and succeed on your merits. It makes me angry that her toxic boss is threatening to fire her if she doesn't glam up for her job. I would love to see her mobilize her female students in the spin class over this. She's there to help them get fit and not to be some Barbie doll to lure men whose advances she will have to fight off.

Mar is naive, which is why she caves to Ofelia. Juan is equally naive and it will be a while before he learns how the world works. Valeria is right about them being too young to take it on.

Paula is looking to be the next matriarch and while Camila is right about her she needs to cool off, document her behaviour, and guard the evidence. If she isn't cheating on Leonardo now I bet she will soon.

I am guessing that Rocio is the mother of Leonardo who was taken away from her by Luis or his parents on his behalf. He is definitely older than 25.

The original Turkish version was 50 episodes. This one is 45 episodes ahead of us in Mexico, but could be much longer based on the size of the cast.
 

Jonas
Thanks Adriana Noel, I enjoyed your recaps. I commented yesterday but it was late. But I have not liked Ofelia from the start. She pretty much expects Valeria to support the family while she’s always raves about Mar’s beauty and what it will get them.

I was confused about the hotel scene as I thought they were in the office building where they were that morning.

How tacky to go to a funeral to somehow work your way in to the family.
I was way off base in my figuring on Rocio! I thought she was Luis’ mother!

Liz
 

Fugitivas

YouTube TV is showing the grand final playing Monday with #79 Friday night. I hope they don't do a mash up
 

FUGITIVAS

Hi Kat. Yes, #79 airs tonight and Monday will be #80, the finale.

I don't think anything will be cut as each epi has a full hour.

It IS a lot to wrap up - how Montse will get out of jail, the future of the other fugitivas (especially Frida's illness), Marta and Patricio's future, Ismael and Amanda's future, Florencia's baby's real father's reveal and last but not least, justice for Arturo and the reveal of JP's murderer.

Diana
 

HIJAS

I read somewhere this has about 80 episodes.
 

Hijas
Just saw my comment on Hijas says Jonas. It changed it to that again this time but I changed it back. Gotta love autocorrect!
Liz
 

Las hikes

Cher Adriana, Merci for a great review of all the grief and nastiness,. I could hardly watch the crying and fighting. Cecelia was the one kind, positive Character in this story . Now that her calming , loving influence is gone , it is going to get nasty. The fighting at the funeral was awful, as was Ofelia crashing the funeral to advance her plans. Yikes. She is a nightmare.


Ofelia definitely realizes which of her daughters she can manipulate and control , but Val does a little too much yelling for me.

At this point,,none of these brothers is a prize , but perhaps,one or more will become a better man. Where's the hero?

What is Paula's story? Why do Camila and the bros hate her ?

Now we get Rocio and Graciela to add to the mix. The housekeeper has Ofelia's number , but what will Graciela think of her ?
Susan
 

Las Hijas,

Liz. ..yes, autocorrect is a demon . It decided I wanted the heading " Las Hikes." Frustrating ...and I am rushing too much and not proofreading . Susan
 

HIJAS

Thanks, Adriana, for your great recap of another very good episode. Unlike many of you, I find Ofelia to be creative and entertaining with her determined desire that her daughters have a better life than she has had. Coming from poverty, the only answer in her mind is : $$. I really want to learn her back story. Loved the tales from the poor Jovita’s wake compared to rich Cecilia’s wake and how everyone was basically the same no matter how much $$ they had. I think it was yesterday? the gym owner told Valeria to get made up because she was to be “aspirational” for the clients. It shouldn’t be that way but I fear it is even in the 21st century. Somehow someway, I am sure Valeria will get that money returned to Nicolás. Could they end up together? So nice to be watching something on the lighter side. It is good seeing Nuria Bages again. I always mix up Guillermo García Cantú with Humberto Zurita.
 

Las Hijas,
The actress playing Val and the actor playing Nic were Romeo and Juliet starcrossed lovers in " Perdonne " because the girl was from a rich family ( villanous Jose Salinas was her dad ) and he was a poor guy. Perhaps in this show, she will end up with Nick .

I always love to see familiar actors and actresses regrouped in different novelas. We are going to see Luis Gatica in this show. Susan
 

Hijas #4

The others hate Paula because she is a gold digger and is interested in power, not Leonardo who is the sanest of the three brothers. Like I said, she will be cheating on him before too many episodes go by.

I am already hating Ofelia for how she treats her daughters and for showing who she really thinks she is by refusing to shake hands with the staff. Cecelia should have said something about that right off.
 

Hijas,

UA did Cecilia see Ofelia refuse to shake the maids hands? I didn't think that happened while she was there.

The grave sure got filled pretty quickly. In our country the family may add the first few shovels full, though flowers thrown in with the casket is more common, but then the cemetery crew does the rest. They sure do have the funeral quickly.

Jarifa, I'm with you on Ofelia. Time will tell if she is worth rooting for.

Getting all made up for training at the gym seems counter productive. I would think the makeup would get all sweaty and run. I'm not a makeup wearer though.