Thursday, June 26, 2025

TELEMUNDO Y MÁS (#2): Velvet, La Jefa y más: Week of June 23, 2025

TELEMUNDO WEEKEND EDITION (continuación)

Here's Page 2 for the week.  The current telenovelas are as follows (all times are Eastern Daylight Time):

  • 9-10PM -  Velvet
  • 10-11PM - La Jefa

Everyone is welcome to join in the conversation.   Since discussions of all the Telemundo novelas share the same page, please remember to put the name of the telenovela you're referring to at the top of your post, so readers can easily find the conversations they're looking for.

By common agreement, this group DOES NOT DISCUSS previews, trailers, or any other plot information not found in a current or past episode of the current production.  Spoilers WILL be removed by the admin.  This includes references to earlier productions of the story, and even the original novel. Thanks for your cooperation!

 


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velvet

Will do a quickie on Velvet tonight. I'm off to a two-hour Meetup in my town. It's meant to be an all-levels Spanish conversation group. A friend alerted me to it. I would prefer one hour, but I'm intrigued to see if it works for me.
 

velvet

Ana again tells Alberto she’s seeing someone. She thinks the selling of less expensive clothes in those stores would be a good way to raise money. Kat was right; it’s not a grocery store.

Barbie with the razor-sharp cheekbones insults Clara and tells her she’d never be invited to Mateo's house. Later, after another Clara hissy fit, Mateo invites her to an Air B&B, pretending he’s a biker. What’s up with his house? We see him in the daytime, so it can’t be a vampire’s lair.

Alberto whines to Mateo about Ana and the other guy.

Emilio is so happy to have Isabel in the U.S. He’s behaving like a happy teenager. But later on, the hint we saw earlier when she was still in prison proves true. She’s dying of a heart malfunction. She wants a job at Velvet to be around Alberto. [Ah, for Pete’s sake why doesn’t she just come out with it and tell him who she is?]

Max hooks up with Pepita, one of the seamstresses. Yikes, she takes a video of him in her bed and giggles about it to another seamstress the next day. Who does that? And, of course, she drops her phone and Blanca sees it.

Lorenzo, the unbearable new head of design, turns up his nose at the cheaper line for Velvet. So, Alberto turns the design into a contest for the seamstresses.

ONE MORE TIME Alberto shows up at that rooftop terrace when Ana is there. I’m starting to want her to push him off.

Ramon’s mother shows up worried about her son.

Carlos shows up at Velvet. [This guy doesn’t do a thing for me. He grins too much. I saw him for about a week in Sed de Venganza and felt the same way.] Rodrigo spies him around a corner and then tells Ana his real name is Aristizábal and that he’s a big cheese in NYC.

Lorenzo shows up for his dinner with Blanca. She pleads feeling ill.

Dr. Handsomepants is kind of a jerk. He’s all over Marga at the bar. Pedro returns from his time away. I now remember he went to see Peter, so that’s where he was. Peter and Marga embrace.

Carlos more or less says he’s concerned about people caring for him because of his position and wealth. He enjoys being “normal” and hanging out in Queens.

Francisco shows up at Luisa’s. [Here we go again. This building is supposed to require a key card to get in, but people just wander in all the time.] He hints Ramon won’t ever appear again. He’s come with something for Luisa to wear for their big night. He shows her a video of Michael being watched by a guard and later she comes to him in a sexy dress.

Lorenzo removes Blanca from her job as head of her group [doubtless spite for her not going out with him] and gives it to Marga.

Cris is wheedling Alberto for a double date with Ana and her new boyfriend.
 

OT

That was a bare bones Velvet recap since I was with the Spanish Meetup. Apparently 10 said they'd show, but only 5 did. There were three reasonably fluent speakers, including yours truly. There was a very nice woman with not really fluent Spanish but a terrific personality. And, of course, the woman with one of the worst accents I've ever heard talked 75% of the time. She left about a half hour early. The Meetup was supposed to be 2 hours. The rest of us had a very nice time, with give and take, honest interest in each other, where we've traveled in Spain and/or Mexico.
 

Velvet

Novelera, you got the important stuff. I'm with you on the actor playing Carlos. I suffered through the entire Sed De Venganza show as I recapped it. He did nothing for me either. At least in this show he'll likely remain in long pants. Venganza, being set in Miami, had him wearing shorts a lot, even though he was a rich business man in that one too.

So whoever wondered if Alberto having the fainting spell being a red flag, is probably right. He and his mother likely have similar heart defects.

And I was right, Carlos is the head of the mercantile that Velvet will expand there line into. Ana gave a valid reason to Al. Most people can't afford our clothes, I personally shop at this other chain as do most of the world. I agree with her and Mateo's assessment. But why in the world they didn't go this route with Al's aunt I'll never understand. I still feel she was shoved aside with her ideas because she is a female. Although I think her market is online shoppers.

I really hope Christina stays her mostly sweet self. It would be nice to have the girl that loses the guy be a good person and not a vindictive witch. Of course I'll hope for a great guy for her if al and Ana are end game.

I wonder if Mateo is super rich and has a mansion somewhere and that is why he refuses to bring Clara home. Either that or a crazy mother in the attic! Barbie seems to know his roots.
 

"LA JEFA"
Kat in SC, Novelera & Co: Looking forward to seeing the recap of last night's episode.

 

velvet

Novelera, thanks VERY much for this excellent "bare bones" recap. Actually, I disagree with your calling it bare bones. It's got lots of meat and muscle in it!

I agree with you about Carlos. I was happy to see that Rodrigo outed him (which explains why the cast list I saw had Carlos' last name listed as Aristizábal). So is Rodrigo still in the running? Or will he remain just a good friend? Of the three (Alberto, Rodrigo, and Carlos), I like Rodrigo best.

Wow, Francisco is even slimier and more dangerous than I thought. Do we have a category worse than "sucks"?

And yes, I agree that "Dr. Handsomepants is kind of a jerk." I was hoping that he would provide Marga with a better choice than Pedro, but it's beginning to look like Pedro the Lovable Klutz will be it.

It may be that Alberto may share his mother's heart condition, but even if he does, he's young and able to get good medical care. (Heck, even this late in the game, Isabel might be saved by good medical care.)

What Isabel might NOT benefit from is working at Velvet, where she'd be seen and perhaps recognized by Gloria, who would love to see her dead and is probably willing to make it happen.
 

OT

Sorry I went missing this week. Nothing serious but annoying: heat wave, power outages at work and at home, spotty internet. I need to catch up again. Thank you to the recappers and commenters. I can post Friday recap/highlights for Jefa and Velvet that will be up on Saturday.

 

jefa #85 part 1

Gloria’s family are in a safe house thanks to Estrada.

Duque comes to Luisa’s hotel room after Nacho kicked him out of the cartel.

Nacho goes to Gloria’s house. Everything is gone. He realizes Gloria betrayed him.

Nacho watches the Mexican president’s televised speech. The tunnels are gone and now there’s a big international effort to go after the cartel.

Duque and Luisa watch the speech. Duque gripes that Nacho never believed him about Gloria. He vows never to return to Nacho. Luisa disagrees. She says he needs to go back. The best way to destroy the enemy is to keep him close. Duque plans to dethrone Nacho.

War is coming. Gloria, Estrada, and family and friends talk about their next steps. Glo talks about Nacho’s obsession with her. He won’t rest until he makes her pay. Glo wants to go after Duque. Yadira says Duque still thinks she’s on his side. She can get close to him. Gael insists that she stay away from Duque. Violeta agrees. Glo asks Yadira if Duque did something to her.

Laura tries to contact Glo and friends. No answer. Fercho tells her they will be late for their wedding.

Nacho continues to put together the pieces of Glo’s betrayal. He realizes she’s with Estrada. He smashes a mirror with his head. He takes a shard from the mirror and starts to cut his throat, but he chickens out. [too bad.] He looks at pics of Glo and says, if I go, you’re coming with me.

Yadira tells Glo that Duque raped her. He threatened to kill Gael. Glo blames herself. Glo tells Yadira to stay away from Duque; she will make him pay.

Laura and Fercho find out they needed an appointment and a ton of paperwork to get married. [duh.] They have to wait 15 more days.

Glo calls Laura and fills her in.

Nacho calls Duque. Luisa advises, stay calm and speak to him. Nacho supposes Duque’s seen the news and wants to meet. Duque reminds Nacho he threatened to kill him if he saw him again. Nacho says, don’t play dumb. I’m calling because I was wrong. Duque responds with “I told you so”. Duque says he’ll come and “we’ll see.”

Duque asks Luisa if she knows where Glo is. No, thank goodness. Duque says Nacho will destroy everyone around Gloria. Luisa looks nervous.

Erna does what she does best—worry. Mati does what she does best—hopes that everything will be okay. Justice will prevail. Erna says she’s learned there’s no justice. Mati answers, then divine justice is all we have left.

Nacho is drinking and looking at a projection of Glo on a screen. He flashes back to the fruit seller days. To their date. To his marriage proposal.

Nacho calls Gloria and she answers! How could you have done this after all I’ve done for you? What have you done, she replies, lied to me, treated me like a puppet? I know you hired Mateo, and you never stopped working with Duque. You ordered the deaths of my dad, JJ, and Ed. He’s shocked—no, you’re wrong. Glo calls him disgusting. I’ll never marry you. He answers, I’m going to kill you. She responds, try it. We’re all waiting for you. She hangs up. Nacho shoots holes in Glo’s pic on the screen. Next, he starts burning Glo’s pics. [this narco is muy pathetic.]

Duque arrives and is told Nacho’s not well. He’s locked himself in his room. There were gunshots. Duque wonders if Nacho killed himself. No, the henchie replies, he’s still yelling. [too bad.] Duque says they need to be careful and not let Nacho ruin the cartel.

Duque bangs on Nacho’s door. Open up! He’s too busy burning pics. He throws the lighter and starts a fire.

Are Gael and Yadi back at their house? Aren’t they in danger? Mateo comes over.

 

jefa #85 part 2

Nacho fuels the fire by throwing a bottle of alcohol into it. Duque (with henchies) burst into the room and try to get Nacho out. He resists. Get the fire extinguishers! Duque tries to talk sense into Nacho. Don’t let Glo do this to you! Nacho grabs hold of Duque, and they get out.

Glo and Estrada talk at his place. Glo worries for the safety of family and friends. Estrada understands that terrible things have happened, but the business can’t be forgotten. She knows. Glo is ready to face Nacho. Estrada warns that war is coming. If we lose, Nacho won’t show you or your family mercy.

Yadira won’t help Mateo speak with Gloria. Gael takes Mateo’s side. He thinks Mateo can be very helpful. Mateo is worried about Glo confronting Nacho. He wants Glo and Dani to leave before it’s too late. [I’d say it’s already late.]

Gloria has sent guards for Laura, Fercho, and Miguel. How nice of her. Fercho is worried they will have to postpone their wedding. Laura worries about what the social worker will think.

Nacho and Duque have moved to a safe house. Time to sober up and figure out what to do about Glo and Estrada. Nacho wants to add Montoya to the list.

Glo and Estrada talk about moving merch and avoiding possible sabotage by Nacho. He puts his trusted man, Bocho on it.

Glo looks a pic of Dani on her phone. Then a pic of Mateo. I’m not sure if she deleted it.

Mauricio calls Glo from a secure line. He couldn’t stop the president from breaking the news about the tunnels. He did his part, now Glo must turn in Nacho and Duque. She’ll send the location, but she doesn’t know if they are still there. But she promises to hand them over. [I guess she’ll need Mateo after all.] The only way to stop them is to send them to prison in the US.

Mateo continues to work on Yadira. Gael continues to back him up. Yadira continues to resist. Mateo mentions Dani. He recalls that Nacho wanted him to help kidnap the kid. Yadira wonders what else he’s keeping secret. Mateo says that it’s only for him to discuss with Glo. He begs to see Glo. He leaves. [Ok, I see guards outside Yadi’s house.] Duque’s guy, Mono, is there and he follows Mateo’s car.

Mono follows Mateo to his motel and reports to Duque. He’s been watching Yadira. There are two guards outside. Estrada’s men, Duque says, that bitch lied to me. Mono tells him that Mateo was there, and he knows where he’s staying. Say the word and he’ll kill him. Duque says not yet, and don’t tell Nacho or anyone else.

 

jefa #85 part 3

Alina comes clean to Gloria about Dario. She wants to leave the biz. Gloria and Violeta are very understanding and accept Alina’s decision. Glo warns her not a word of their operation to Dario or else.

Bocho and crew work on getting trucks ready. We see someone sending a text—Estrada’s man is here. Crew is gone and Nacho, Duque, and some thugs appear and corner Bocho.

Glo can’t rest until all the business is done, including handing over Nacho and Duque. She’s happy that Alina and Laura left the biz for love. Violeta asks her, and what about you? Mateo loves you. Glo says, after Eduardo, she swore Dani was the only love of her life. Mateo was nonsense.

Grrr… Mati is guilty about “abandoning” Luisa after she came all the way from Tijuana at her request. Erna is the voice of reason. Don’t contact her! It would put all of us in danger! Luisa can’t be trusted! Think of your grandsons. Would you want them killed because you had to go to Luisa? Mati pouts.

Glo reports to Estrada that Alina, Laura and Fercho have left the biz. But she has others she trusts. The convo is interrupted by a drone with a box heading in their direction. Security guards fire at the drone and the box drops. Is it a bomb? A guard opens it—It’s Bocho’s head. And a sheet with the note—this is just the beginning.

And we are out.

 

velvet

I hope Raul makes a triumphant return to drop a huge anvil on Enrique’s head.

Do we need to have 3 men chasing after Ana? She’s catching up to Gloria Guzman, aka La Jefa.

How did Enrique manage to get an off-premise liquor license in NYC so quickly? Even a temp permit takes at least a month. He must really be connected.

I thought selling beauty products and other high-end items was fine. At first, I questioned selling Velvet clothes in a supermercado. But other famous designers have worked with chain stores, so… Terrible name for the store, though. Sahghattan?

I see Blanca’s hair is back in a pony tail.

Maybe Mateo still lives with his mother and is embarrassed to bring anyone home.

 

"JEFA"
Anon: Is this Kat in SC or Darcy ? Good job with the recap. Lots of twists still coming.

*Mati is ANNOYING: She needs to be put in some damn nursing home & stay there: Contacting Whacky Luisa will put EVERYONE in danger.

*Bocho got the Marie Antionette treatment: Not shocked.

*Laura & Fercho getting married sounds quite intriguing, but I feel like there's more twists coming.

*Yadira & Gael both need to watch their backs. Psycho Duque is gunning for BOTH of them.

*Mauricio & DEA still on the case to taking down Gloria & Co.,
 

velvet

I’m thinking Mateo lives with his mom. But you’d think he’d preview the Airbnb he got before pretending it was his. Or remove the personal pics first. (And who keeps their pictures out when they’re renting their apartment? I’d never trust the public to see those). But I think Clara would think living with mom is sweet, unless mom is really not.

K
 

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