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A.MAR #26 Parte 1 Notes from the Couch. . .

Fabián and Yazmín: A Change for the Better
Yazmín is her miserable self to her father at the start of the episode. He gets a call to come and see the principal at her prep school with her and finds out that she has only attended two days since she has been enrolled. When she was there for those two days, she was a discipline problem. She is officially expelled. Fabián stands up for his daughter and explains to the principal all of the stress she has been under with the death of her grandmother and moving in with him and begs her to give her another chance. The principal gives in but Yazmín will have to do extra work. Fabián agrees. When they get back home, Yazmín has changed for the better and thanks Fabián for having stuck up for her. He soon finds out that she has never liked school but has always gotten good grades. She wants to be a doctor but is concerned she will not be able to afford to go to the university she wants. Fabián tells her he has some savings so she will not have to worry.

Sergio and Estrella and Azul: A Change for the Worse
Estrella goes to pick up Azul at school and finds out that her father picked her up. The teacher says that Azul recognized him as her father so she didn't think it was a big deal. Estrella informs her that it was. The teacher apologizes. Estrella heads over to Erika's to see if they are there. Well, they aren't and Estrella has just missed a confrontation between Erika and Teresita. Teresita is pressuring Erika to tell Estrella that she gave Azul her father's phone number. That conversation doesn't go far as Estrella starts telling Erika about her situation and not having Sergio's number. Teresita takes advantage of the situation to tell Erika to give it to Estrella. Estrella asks how would Erika have it??? Erika says she had it from whenJavier was trying to set up that first meeting with Azul. Estrella calls Sergio. He and Azul and Iker are at a buffet restaurant. It turns out that Azul called him to see him and he thought that she had got permission from Estrella. Estrella is on her last nerve when she gets there and then cannot find them inside the restaurant since they changed location. She want to gather the kids and leave but Sergio wants to talk to her alone. She blames him for not checking with her that Azul had permission since he is the adult. He blames her for never telling him that he had a daughter. Azul hugs her father goodbye and he says he can help her with her ecology project. When they get home, Azul expresses her anger with her always ruining things with her father. She stomps and storms into her room. Little does Estrella know that Sergio has bagged Azul's spoon from her ice cream for a paternity test ASAP.

Later, Estrella goes out to try to relax and ends up at Erika's restaurant. There Teresita is lecturing Erika about having given Azul her father's phone number and calling her a hypocrite because Estrella would never have done anything to hurt her. Estrella overhears the whole conversation. She demands to know what gave Erika the right to call her daughters' father behind her back.
 

A.MAR Parte 2

Gabriel's Mystery
Gabriel and Marina's romance is blooming. He goes with her to the civil registry to see if they can find a birth certificate for her or any information about her identity. She doesn't have much hope not knowing for sure what her last name is. When they arrive, she goes to talk with an employee and Gabriel is recognized by a man who works there. His name is Víctor. Looking very uncomfortable, Gabriel tries to ignore him but has to acknowledge him. The last time they saw each other was ten years ago. It seems that the man issued Iker's birth certificate. He asks how the boy is doing. He must be about ten now. He tries to remember if they registered him under the name of Iñaki but then remembers it was Iker Arenas. He asks him what he finally decided to do. Did he tell the boy the truth? Before Gabriel can answer, Marina returns and doesn't read the room so to speak. Víctor is quick to offer her assistance with her being Gabriel's friend and she is quicker to take it. When it turns out that Víctor could discover nothing more about who Marina might be, Gabriel decides it is time to leave. Víctor insists they get together for a beer some time. They have a lot of catching up to do. Gabriel is out of there with a disappointed Marina ASAP.

Everything Else

Oliver is hot on the trail of Javier hoping to catch him and record him in a compromising situation with another girl. He is still visiting Yazmín outside of her bedroom window in the evening and she seems to be enjoying it.

Valentín and Perla are clearly attracted to each other. She is still helping him out. He has a dream where he and Perla are making out and Pascual walks in on them. That scares him.
 

Juegos #68 part 1

Ines is going bat shit crazy after learning Enrique has been sleeping with her sister and Memo is his son and most importantly, they have killed her father. She fills Luci and Pato in on it all. Her only goal now is to make him pay.

Memo also is BSC in his well known to us way. .he is the favored son. He will be at Dad's side right up to the election. Enrique wants him to go away with Mariana and take care of her for a few days. After the election the 3 of them will be together.

Looks Enrique and his campaign team are alluding to the other candidate, Guzman, being behind Francisco's disappearance.

The police team find out the blood at the scene is Francisco's. They also have a warrant to arrest memo as they caught the dognappers/ killers and they squealed.

Karina is plotting something and money is involved. Her new accomplice I think is Edgar.

Omar is talking to someone on the phone named Vivi about a wedding suit I think, or perhaps a dress for Elena. . unfortunately Elena is hearing only his side of the conversation and she is shocked, probably thinking he has another woman.

Luci goes to pick Gaby up from school but Karina has a really gotten her.

Roberto shows up at Mariana's house with an arrest warrant for Memo. Mariana defends him, my father was behind everything. Mariana won't let them in her house without a search warrant ( memo isn't there).

He is at the white L shaped hacienda with a bunch of bullets in front of him. He reflects back on his conversation with Mom and Dad, as she packs his suitcase. He doesn't care if he goes back to jail. He wants to kill Adrian. Memo sneaks out of his house. A car is on stakeout but the driver is asleep (or dead).

Karina is dragging Gaby through a park for a surprise vacation. Gaby wants to talk to Dad. Luci sees them and hollers out. Gaby wants to talk to her and pulls away and rushes to Luci. Meanwhile a car has been watching them and runs Karina down. She flies up to the top of the car then rolls off onto the street. Luci and Gaby watch in horror.

Mariana calls Memo to say fiscal furia came for him for kidnapping Fabiola. Memo says that was Grandpa and German. Everything will be fine tomorrow when dad is elected. Then memo will take his vengeance on all he feels have done him wrong. Mariana wants him to quit with his vengeance talk.

Luci calls for an ambulance as the blue car backs up and drives off. Too bad she didn't snap a quick photo of it..

Roberto is chewing someone out. I think it was the guy asleep at the wheel whenemo ran off.

Luci calls him about Karina. Hell meet them at the hospital. He talks to Gaby. She needs him.







 

A.MAR

Jarifa, throughout the years, my enjoyment of your extraordinary recaps remains as strong as ever.

Expect the unexpected...

"He tries to remember if they registered him under the name of Iñaki but then remembers it was Iker Arenas. He asks him what he finally decided to do. Did he tell the boy the truth?" Dramatic music plays as another mystery unfolds, something very unexpected and very intriguing. Given Gabriel's frantic reponse to villain Victor's inquiry, (correct me if I'm wrong) it appears there may be a distinct posssibilty Gabriel is not Iker's father!

Finally, Iceland, errr, Yazmin has thawed a bit. All her father had to go was go to bat for her for ditching school even though she seemingly was not contrite in the slightest! A minor quibble as at least she is finally speaking to Fabian a bit civilly.

Sergio has wrapped Azul around his little finger. She's too young to realize she is being manipulated and worse, that Sergio is trying to come between her and Estrella. I didn't catch him taking the spoon so thank you for explaining that!

Loving Oliver's persistance and support of Yaz.

You had wondered earlier about who Brisa might end up with. I have to go with someone we haven't seen yet. I think Perla and Valentin are end game. It's going to be a hard road though unless Pascual falls for someone else which seems unlikely. I laughed at Valentin's dream, such a guilty conscience!

Thank you so much Jarifa. This is really a fun show.

Diana
 

Juegos # 68 part 2

Enrique is getting campaign advice from a guy named Tomas. .he seems new to me, but I guess he's been one of the campaign managers. You need to be sad and concerned about Francisco's disappearance.

I guess Hector was behind the hit and run. Enrique had spoken to him earlier and I didn't remark on it. He got out of there before he was found. He wants his money. Enrique says this better not turn into a problem.

Mariana calls. E ignores it.

Pato visits Adrian and fills him on about everything. And the worst part of the news is Memo is our brother.

Enrique and German are discussing Karina I think. Ines waltzes in wearing a royal blue dress which matches Enrique's suit. She is dizzy with excitement ( or crazy as a loon). Yeah she has officially gone Cuckoo.

Adrian wants to know if memo knows. Initially Pato says no, but changes it to an I don't know.

Enrique thinks Ines is drugged. She says she only took her migraine pills.

Enrique wants German to put a blurb in how Enrique is saddened at the accident of his former campaign director. He's already counting the extra sympathy votes. German shakes his head over this and leaves. Ines enters. Help Memo.

Luci tells Roberto about Karina taking Gaby from school and that Gaby told her mom was planning on taking her on a trip. Also, the car hitting her did not seem to be an accident. A surgeon comes out. Karina needs brain surgery to reduce swelling and, yes it is very dangerous.

Enrique tells Mariana that kidnapping isn't that easy a charge to make disappear, but he'll get right on it after he wins. He mentions that Ines seems disconnected from reality. Mariana says like mom.

Elena is chewing Omar out about Vivi. He smiles and knocks on a door. Vivi is an elderly seamstress. Oops. Omar gets down on his knees and asks Elena to marry him. She says yes.

Luci and Gaby are praying the rosary for Karina. Roberto gets a call from Victoria. In her car was travel reservations for her and Gaby and a bag full of money. Also the street cameras confirm that the car sped up to hit her. Roberto realizes they wanted to kill her.

Omar is retelling the story of Elena's mistake to a laughing Susana and Daniel. Pato knocks on the door. He's there to see Daniel.

At the hospital Chofis shows up with a bag of knitting to keep vigil with Luci and Gabi. Roberto is outside the hospital. Karina car has appeared there, or perhaps just the contents from her trunk were put in his car. He removes her cell from an evidence bag and after a few tries unlocks it. Edgar is the one who messaged her last.

 

Karsu

More revelations, which I’m trying to figure out! Can you help?

So Kadir is the guy who got out of prison and now seems to be gunning for Attila. The two men told Attila that Kadir had done something to one of their locations. They used the verb allanar. I looked that up and it could be level or flatten, or it could mean break into. Do any of you know what was meant?

I had to back up the recording a few times to make out what had happened to Attila’s brother. It sounded like they said he was living in exile, then I think they said Attila was ordered by his dad to execute him.

Then towards the end, the two guys tell Attila that Kadir is on his way and Attila seems like he can’t wait to get his hands on him. The guys said to look out, he has no honor. So is he a former member of our mafia group who did something disloyal, or is he a rival?

Did the guys build a tree house for Deniz? If so, where?

It looks like Imek might actually divorce Adnan, and that it’s not just a bluff. I’m not liking her. Well at least we found out that the sisters were once extremely close. Also, everyone keeps saying how cold it is, but that didn’t seem to bother Adnan who was having a nice evening glass of wine by the water, sweater only.

I really enjoy Cedvet, his newfound love of books, his new revelations from what he’s reading, and his basic sweetness. I also get a kick out of Attila’s wardrobe when he’s in his incognito mode – his pants really are schlumpy. Speaking of incognito, why would he want to accompany Karsu to the police?


 

Karsu

Maggie I got the same take as you about Atilla's brother. Sounds like brother did something against the family code of honor and the father ordered Atilla to kill his brother. Cevdet has been reading psych type books it seems. He thinks Atilla is so interested in Karsu because they both have (had) problems with their sibling. This guy needs to go to college and get a degree in something helpful for humanity. Cevdet thinks the outcome of Osan being beat up would have been different if they had been on the job. It could have been if those two had broken up the beating and not Atilla, or at the least been the ones to check on his wellbeing since Atilla was known to Osan.

Tilsim seems to be feeling a bit of remorse for tattling, but not enough as she is now telling Reha about Irmak divorcing Adnan. Reha was funny telling Lale about it, those crazy sisters divorcing their husbands. He and Adnan are bound to become best buddies over this in his mind. I do like Lale. She has no illusions to how idiotic her brother is. So I'm betting Reha is moving in to the vacated house next to Karsu since he told Tilsim he was moving closer than she could imagine.

Ce det and the other guy were getting a couple of helpers to rebuild the treehouse in their housing complex. Atilla told them to put up tents to be hidden from sight as they repaired it. I question how this was accomplished as it was done overnight, which means lights and power tools and most likely hammering, though screws would be quieter. It really seems implausible, but as noted it is winter so probably not too many of the ho.eowners are wandering around at night.

Kadir likely is from a rival gang. I'm sure we will learn more in subsequent episodes.

I also don't see why Atilla is going with Karsu to the police. I think he just can't stay away from her he likes her so much. His henchman really think he needs to move from this hidey hole, but I'm sure he won't go.

Looks like Feliz is getting a new act for the Valentine's music night. Ipek found someone at a nightclub that fits the bill.

I had to laugh when Atilla told Cevdet and the other guy to clean up before the cleaning lady showed up. I always said if I ever hired a house cleaner I would need to clean before they came so I didn't look bad. The dust and hair that 2 Golden's and an unpaved driveway kick up is astonishing. Not to mention the mud my husband drags in from his construction job and me from my gardens.... I've never been the neatest housekeeper, but now I "work" full time babysitting I have a really hard time keeping up. And my incipient hoarder tendencies for anything craft related with limited closet space is a challenge. I'm always trying to find something when I get a creative urge and then the totes or drawers seem to explode!
 

Karsu

I forgot to mention the bookstore customers. It seemed like Cevdet and co. hired an acting troupe to go to the store in a slow stream. Maybe Feliz and Ipek and Türkan have friends that like to read and the clients will find her store.

It can't be that cold, we aren't seeing the actors breath in the outside scenes.
 

A.Mar

Thanks so much, once again, Jarifa. Your notes from the couch were outstanding. I’m glad Estrella overheard the conversation between Erika and Teresita. I thought we’d have to wait a lot longer for Estrella to find out.

Sergio is just slimy. Saying she kept him in the dark about his daughter when he never wanted her born! And now trying to come between them. I wonder if he’ll try for custody, although he needs a family, not just a child. Maybe he hopes if he gets Azul Estrella will decide to come too.

I’m glad Yazmin and Fabian are now getting along. And she lights up when Oliver is there.

The mystery deepens with Gabriel. He did not want to deal with his former friend. Diane, it never occurred to me Gabriel might not be the father! I was trying to figure out how the guy could have helped him. I was thinking the mother was not a nice person and he left with Iker. Guess we’ll have to be patient.

In the. beach scene with Valentine watching Perla I was struck by her beauty. I thought she was pretty but she’s really beyond that. I can see her with Pascual, as they both are shy and probably haven’t gone out with others.

Liz
 

Juegos

Thanks Kat, that was excellent. I could almost feel sorry for Enrique. He still thinks he’ll win with his crazy wife and son, and sister-in-law isn’t living in reality either. She has no idea how crazy her son is. And thinks Enrique can fix everything.

I think Memo also plans to kill Roberto and Luciana. We know what happened to Francisco when he went after Luciana!

I was surprised Enrique ordered the hit on Karina. I’m thinking he was a decent man at the beginning of his campaign, but maybe I’m wrong. I know he was in on the coverup for the car accident, but thought cheating on his wife was his worse sin. But we didn’t know then that he was a serial cheater!

Liz
 

"JUEGOS"
Liz: I'll be shocked if this doesn't have a happily ever after. Memo is determined to increase the Body Count by any means necessary.

Jarifa: Enrique is hell-bent on winning the Presidency. Roberto & Luciana still in danger.

 

Karsu

I heard something about building a tree house for Deniz, or fixing one that was there. It really made no sense. But I guess they’re doing that.

I also understood that Atilla was ordered to kill his brother. I like the exile interpretation better!

Reha did seem to feel bad when he heard Deniz’s “dad” was missing. He seems almost gleeful that Imek is divorcing Annan. When he made the phone call in the restaurant to his henchmen I thought he was calling Annan to talk about the divorce. That would let the household know there’s a spy among them!
But I can’t see divorcing your husband, that’s not going to change what she did in the first place.

I agree that Reha is moving into the neighborhood. How uncomfortable for Karsu. And not to good for Atilla either. Reha will be sticking his nose in everybody’s business.

Regarding the bookstore, it seems like people on the street would notice the store and walk in. Are they planning to pay people daily to walk in and buy books! They need a better business plan!

Liz
 

Karsu

Kat – thank you so much! I too was wondering how they were going to do tree-house work in the middle of the night. Particularly with Filiz so vigilant. Not much escapes her.

I’m thinking the conversation between the two henchman went like this: Our budding scholar said he wished it had been them in the car when Ozan was getting beaten up, and then the older guy said the outcome would have been the same because Ozan recognized el jefe. But yes, if Attila had stayed in the car it could have played out that way.

I’m wondering how thugs find their target so easily. Reha probably knows only Ozan’s first name and wouldn’t know where he lives. He wouldn’t have a picture of him. And yet the thugs found him on very short notice!

I like Lale too! She’s one of my favorite characters. I love her good-natured pragmatism. Can you imagine having that jerk staying in your apartment?

That was funny, the guys having to clean up before the cleaning lady came. I get it though. I have a cleaning lady every other week and the day before I have to clear the decks – get all the papers off the counters, etc. Of course I don’t have a broken mirror in the bathroom. My friends with cleaning ladies joke about all the work they do before they come. Still, it’s good to have to do that so that things don’t pile up.

No wonder you don’t have more time for crafts! Babysitting and then whipping up the fabulous recaps! Amazing!

Liz – I don’t get the divorce idea either. I was surprised when Attila came up with it, and even more surprised that Imek is considering it. I don’t see how that will remedy anything.


 

OT
Maggie, my passion is actually gardening so the housework seriously suffers. I'm still adapting to this SC climate. I try not to water (only one outside spigot on our 1917 home and I leave too early in the morning to do much. The roots develop better if they go deep looking for water). This year I'm actually getting a successful crop. I have green beans and cucumbers coming out my ears. I make sweet bread and butter pickles that I like, I do not like dill pickles but my daughter's family does so I may try my hand at them this weekend. I prefer frozen beans so they get blanched and put in freezer bags. I'm actually experimenting putting them in used spaghetti sauce mason type jars to cut down on plastic usage. Hoping that is a success. I've also picked and put up 6 quarts of blueberries so far. At this rate my freezer may not be big enough! If we have another week long + power outage this year I'll be mad.
 

OT

Kat – the heck with housekeeping! Your other projects are way better. Plus we need you here on Caray.
When do you actually sleep?



 

A.MAR

Diana, so true : “ Expect the Unexpected”. it had never occurred to me that Gabriel might not be Iker’s father although I was starting to have questions about the story about his mother. Gabriel looked like he had broken out in a cold sweat afraid and was guilty of something if nothing else, of keeping a serious secret. Yazmín’s change in attitude was a little too quick for me to believe but hey, this kinder version is easier to watch.

Liz, “Sergio is just slimy.” I hope he doesn’t try to get custody of Azul either but am afraid that the harder Estrella fights to keeps him away the quicker he will go in that direction but first there has to be those paternity test results. Probably won’t take long. I, too, was happy that we didn’t have to wait too long for Estrella to find out who contacted Sergio. Now, what will Estrella do?