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MONTEVERDE

Is coming!! Starts November 3 airing at 10:00 p.m. ET.

Can't wait!!

Diana
 

MIRADA #6, Part 1

La despedida (The Farewell)

Eloisa stands at Gabriela’s door breathing heavily in and out…we see Octavio walking down the hall bending down to pick up some clothes as he approaches the front door. He opens it but there is no one there; the folder of photos is on the floor. He picks it up and looks at them. “Amor” he calls to Gabriela who is in the shower. He thumbs through them and is not pleased but she calls the pictures “art” …They kiss and collapse on the bed.

A distraught Eloisa pulls in her driveway, managing to stumble out of the car. Octavio’s lies while they were in the shower reverberate through her head. She looks at a picture of her family on the wall and downs a shot. She wreaks havoc on the bed, ripping off the comforter and taking it down the laundry. She starts going through drawers, packing (what I assume) is Octavio’s clothes as she collapses on the bed. Octavio is now dressed for work but Gabriela’s tentacles are around him as he sits on the bed. But he is not out of the woods as after he leaves the building, he is told that Senora Gabriela was there! He is impactada. Octavio calls Gabriela: I’m not sure at what point he realizes Samuel took the picture but he definitely knows now.

Eloisa is soaking in a bath, looking totally out of it as she recalls telling Samuel how wonderful the pictures of Gabriela were. Octavio calls Eloisa’s mother who is making her way through the airport. She will take a taxi.

Pablo goes into the coroner’s office…

Octavio comes home, surreptitiously, walking carefully and attentive to his surroundings. He goes from room to room then sees the open bottle of liquor on the dining room table. He finds pillows strewn around the bedroom floor and clothes pulled out of the closet.

Octavio rushes into the bathroom thinking the worst as he moves toward Eloisa, lying in the tub, eyes closed. She then opens her eyes and chases him out.

At the morgue, we see the deceased’s wife cry. We see it is the same man who met with Pablo previously.

Next we see the man, very much alive, climb over a railing as a crowd gathers below. As we fear, he jumps to his death below. Pablo is attentive and kind but I can’t provide the dialogue. I can only make outa few words his widow utters including “scandal”, “lawyer”, “children”, oh and “Octavio Hildago!!

Eloisa is now dressed, sitting on the bed as she and Octavio talk. She says Samuel took the pictures of the amante of his father, whom he’s been seeing for two years. She hurls accusations at him and he finally looks a bit chastised. He seems to try and mount some sort of pathetic defense but I can’t follow.

Eloisa goes to the refrigerator and pours herself a glass of water. Antonia, Samuel and Matilde all arrive home together. They see her face and immediately know something is seriously amiss. They ask how she is and at that moment, Octavio comes out wheeling suitcases. They stare as he asks them to sit down. “Hijos”, he begins, telling them he and Eloisa are having problems. The children are upset. “There is another woman” Matilde says accusingly. Antonia tries to get her to stop; Octavio looks guilty as sin and Eloisa looks sad. Octavio decides to leave as Matilde spits out that he is mentirosa. Antonia, her father’s favorite, goes after him. Samuel repeats there is another woman as he tries to process. He hugs Eloisa.

Diana
 

MIRADA #6, Part 2

Antonia follows Octavio outside saying “papa” with one big ole solitary tear running down her cheek. She asks if it is true as she looks on wild eyed; I’m not sure if he answers. He holds her face in his hands as she cries and he hugs her, leaving her with a kiss. She tries to compose herself. Antonia seems unsympathetic and after arguing with Samuel stamps off without so much as a single hug for her mother. Samuel reassures his mother that all is well. He asks her if she brought the pictures to Gabriela’s. Oh dear.

Gabriela is venting to Karen.

Outcast Octavio checks into a hotel as we see Eloisa pulling down the covers as she lays on her bed, curling up on a pillow. Octavio checks out his luxurious suite. Eloisa is in bed as eventually we see light filter across the room. Samuel enters and pulls her covers up. She wakes up and he tells her she isn’t alone; she thanks him. She looks at her wedding ring, then takes it off, staring at it as her fingers play with it. She clenches her fist as she puts it in the bedside table drawer.

Renata (with some handsome young man in her bed) calls Pablo. I believe she tells him Eloisa is free. Pablo looks at a picture of Eloisa on the computer.

Eloisa is in the kitchen when her mother arrives. Matilde leaves, putting her snack bar on the table. Eloisa tells her mother Octavio has been having an affair for two years and mentions her dignity. Eloise walks through the house collecting laundry. It’s not easy Eloisa tells her mother. I understood very little but her mother seems like a beyotch. Did I get that right? Eloisa seems to physically crumple up.

Karen tells a beside himself Pablo she is sorry about the death. She walks over and puts her hand on his arm in sympathy. He does mention Octavio during their conversation. But then, he ends up talking about a marvelous, wonderful woman, the wife of Octavio. Karen tries hard not to show her shock but ends up walking away, shell shocked!

I know there was critical dialogue I missed; I feel I should have known more about the man who committed suicide but alas…Kindly fill in and/or correct what I got wrong. Your insights and observations are always appreciated.

Diana
 

MIRADA

Thank you, Diana, for your very fine work.

The story of the suicide. The man’s name was Ismael. He was the one who wanted to crash the wedding reception that Pablo wanted to cover. Ismael was a union organizer. Pablo finds out from his ex Teresa that in order to stop his launching a union at the company, the powers that be put Octavio in charge of changing his mind. Some years earlier, a woman at work accused Ismael of sexual harassment. Octavio weaponized the incident that was long forgotten and turned it into a scandal to use as a reason to make his life hell and fire him. Even Teresa was getting threats. His kids were told their father was a rapist. She feels like Octavio drove Ismael to kill himself. She saw Ismael a few days before he committed suicide. He seemed to be at peace and ready to put that experience behind him but now she thinks that he had already decided to kill himself. She is grateful to Pablo for wanting to let the world know Ismael’s story and clear his name. Later, Pablo tells Karen that he is going to publish Ismael’s story. He has the evidence and witnesses. He knows Octavio, who was responsible for it all, is powerful and influential. He knows that he himself has a conflict of interest because Octavio is the husband of the woman he has fallen in love with. That being said, he is dedicated to finding justice for Ismael and swears that he will never see the woman that he is in love with again in order to get it. Sure . . .

Loved when Eloísa told Octavio she knew something was up like him being in bed with his girl friend because he had burned 106 calories. Also, his heart rate was elevated. Ha! So there for having to monitor the rat’s health! Like the rat couldn’t take care of himself.

Eloísa cannot catch a break. Her mother thinks it is better to turn a blind eye to the whole cheating thing because that is what men do, Renata is always
the bossy drunk, Leticia seems to share too much with her hubby who is Octavio's best friend, her eldest daughter Antonia seems to be on daddy dearest’s side and now her new hope Pablo seems ready to sideline her permanently in his search for justice for somebody else.

I liked that Eloísa made the rat tell the kids he was moving out and that when he said they were not happy for years, she told him he was speaking for himself and not her.
 

MONTEVERDE

Thank you, Diana for delivering this good news! Just seeing Africa Zavala as a nun makes me laugh.
 

MIRADA

Jarifa, the marvelously captured details you supplied, particularly on Ismael's background, were invaluable. How tragic and reprehensible that Octavio ruined a good man's reputation, tormenting Ismael and his family to the point Ismael no longer wanted to live.

I chuckled, shaking my head at Pablo being "...dedicated to finding justice for Ismael and swears that he will never see the woman that he is in love with again in order to get it. Sure . . ." Exactly! :)

And this gem that I hadn't understood" "...Eloísa told Octavio she knew something was up like him being in bed with his girl friend because he had burned 106 calories". Remind me never to get one of those monitors, talk about an invasion of privacy! Way TMI! LOL...

Eloisa's mother seems joyless; spreading her opinion as though it is gospel truth. Cheating "is what men do"? Well than, that explains and excuses everything. Blech.

Octavio saying he and Eloisa hadn't been happy for years was cruel and a lie. Eloisa should be happy she now has the opportunity to rid herself of the 180 pound albatross around her neck.

Thank you for all the marvelous dialogue that added so much!

I can't wait to see how quickly Pablo breaks his vow not to pursue Eloisa!!

Diana