tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253949922024-03-29T02:28:08.997-04:00Caray, Caray!English language recaps of Telenovelas.Rgv Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08920684509923445590noreply@blogger.comBlogger351500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-75734128771740755432012-01-21T10:01:00.002-05:002015-10-17T02:06:38.869-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of January 23 2012: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Bienvenidos a todos! I guess Monday is the big finale for La Casa. I'm not sure if I'll try Relaciones Peligrosas. Over to you. I have to go out and shovel snow!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-30795547687626203052012-01-14T00:57:00.004-05:002015-10-17T02:05:50.697-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, week of January 16, 2012: Discuss Amongst Yourselves!LA CASA DE AL LADO – as of FridayIn the beginning. this show was delicious. There was so much nervous energy, so much sly malice, so many people we loved to hate. It was great fun trying to guess what crazy secrets would be revealed from one night to the next. And then there were the stylized and stylish sets, each one with its own story to tell. Now, with Relaciones peligrosas slated to NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-70284132371919391412012-01-07T08:55:00.003-05:002015-10-17T02:05:50.716-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of January 9 2012: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Felix Día de Tres Reyes Magos! Ok, that was last week but whatever. I'm filling in for NovelaMaven this week. Over to you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-14057904240907497162011-12-31T17:09:00.002-05:002015-10-17T02:05:50.678-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of January 1 2012: Discuss Amongst YourselvesDos mil doce is here! ¡Feliz año nuevo a todos!There was no Flor Salvaje Friday night and I presume no Una Maid or La Casa either. We'll start up again on Monday. Over to you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-21800156729073332602011-12-23T23:58:00.002-05:002015-10-17T02:05:50.684-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo: Week of December 26, 2011 -- Discuss Amongst YourselvesWishing you all a joyous holiday! See you in a week!NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com65tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-69625904585987817642011-12-17T10:42:00.004-05:002015-10-17T02:05:50.710-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of December 19, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Feliz Navidad!Telenovelas seldom seem to observe the holidays probably because they are broadcast starting at different dates in different countries. This is good because on American soap operas, the holidays always seemed rather dreary with tacky decorations and people always arriving with large wrapped gifts.FLOR SALVAJE - viernesLast night's episode was rather depressing - mostly bad things Unknownnoreply@blogger.com71tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-24150039735873738862011-12-10T13:55:00.005-05:002015-10-17T02:05:50.691-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of December 12, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesLA CASA DE AL LADO – capítulo 135, viernesSo the writers had some surprises for us last night:Renato’s caller forces us to reexamine the suspect pool; and we learn that Ignacia sí era mamá! – or so it appears!Ignacia Conde died the way she lived – a selfish fool and a coward. Instead of alerting the cops to Adolfael’s plan – and she knew very well he was a serial killer and a continuing threatNovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-53863617725826078302011-12-03T18:38:00.001-05:002015-10-17T02:05:50.703-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of December 5, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesSorry for the delay in posting. I also haven't had a chance to see any of the novelas so over to you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com88tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-10463164529377837042011-11-26T12:44:00.002-05:002015-10-17T02:05:50.671-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of November 28, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves.LA CASA DE AL LADOThe casa of the title can refer to the Conde mansion with its stylized black and white interior; or it can be the Ruiz digs, where no one talks about the elephant in the room. Literally. It depends on the perspective of the speaker. This shifting perspective is especially evident now that Javier Ruiz inhabits the Casa Conde and Pilar has moved in to keep an eye on him and NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com103tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-57041533502706058002011-11-19T09:05:00.002-05:002015-10-17T02:04:00.493-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of November 21, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Feliz día de acción de gracias!MI CORAZÓN INSISTE: viernesI think most of us watching this show are thankful that this turkey is almost over. Since I'm super busy right now, I'm thankful that the filler and flashbacks leaves only about 10 minutes of story in a 42 minute episode. Anyway, Vicky and Soledad are successful in getting free without waking up Felix. They get his gun, car keys and theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-70605777655869958842011-11-12T10:34:00.002-05:002015-10-17T02:04:00.537-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, week of 11/14/11: Discuss amongst yourselves¡Hola amigos! Como siempre, voy a empezar con mi novela preferida, Las familias sin suerte: LA CASA DE AL LADO – as of FridayWho is Anderson Chuncler? --or-- The Trail of the Red HerringsEarlier this week:It’s Adolfo!In Ismael’s hideout, a snapshot of Ismael himself and “Anderson Chuncler” falls out of a copy of La Casa de al Lado. (Also let’s not forget: it was Ismael who many months earlier NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-66927808711155193722011-11-05T07:02:00.003-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.519-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of November 7, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hola a todos! Welcome to the wacky world of Telemundo novelas.Empezamos con Mi Corazón Insiste, capítulo de viernes:Another episode where not much happened and what did happen was silly. There was silliness in the hospital between Sofía, Camilo and some of his ex-girlfriends.Rodrigo's boss tells him to stop investigating people like Diana and Andres' former lawyer. The lawyer filed a complaint Unknownnoreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-11462954827591969022011-10-29T13:19:00.002-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.413-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Halloween Week: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hola a todos! Since every day is Halloween at la casa de los Conde, it’s fitting to start our conversation in everyone’s favorite haunted house:LA CASA DE AL LADO – viernesThose Fabulous Mora Boys, Iñaki and Ismael, were each left in a cliff-hanger on Thursday. What happened last night?Well, in Ignacia’s taller, with Gonzo’s portrait looking on, Ismael waves a gun in Javi’s face. As usual, NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com90tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-76497102194127583592011-10-21T21:51:00.003-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.552-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of October 23, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hola a todos! Bienvenidos á una semana nuevo de discusión de las novelas de Telemundo.I'm running a little late today so I'll post this and do the recap of Corazón later. So over to you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-38372830256873046762011-10-15T14:18:00.006-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.472-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, week of October 17: Discuss amongst yourselves¡Hola a todos! Hope you’re all enjoying the weekend. We have another glorious, sunny fall day – my favorite time of the year.La Casa de al lado – viernesOkay. I admit it. I was faked out by Thursday’s teaser scene of Ignacia waiting in the shadows of her taller for ... Ismael! Well it turns out that he’s stringing her along just as he was doing with Carola. She’s not so much his accomplice NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-21760901290026025382011-10-08T15:05:00.002-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.434-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of October 10, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hola a todos! Bienvenidos to another wonderful week on Telemundo. Just FYI, Telemundo has been advertising something called Confesiones de Novelas on Sunday at 6:30 EDT. It might be amusing. I will recap the two Telemundo offerings I am watching:MI CORAZON - viernes:Débora accuses Ángel of killing her father. He feigns innocence. Débora then asks what Ángel knows about a beef between a cop andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-90829011072583451152011-09-30T23:14:00.000-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.564-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of October 3: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hola a todos! Here’s a fresh page for chatting about the primetime shows on Telemundo: Mi corazon insiste, Flor salvaje and La casa de al lado.It’s all yours!NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com65tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-86419577098818286472011-09-24T06:51:00.003-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.557-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of September 26, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hola a todos! I can't believe it's already the end of September. Below are recapettes of Friday's episodes of Mi Corazón Insiste and Flor Salvaje. Now over to you.MI CORAZÓN INSISTE - viérnesThe big news is that Lola and Ándres got together. The bad news, of course, is that they pledged never to let themselves be separated again, which, unless it is happening in the gran final means trouble is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-17338403805711887022011-09-17T09:53:00.003-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.427-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo – Week of September 19, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesA note to new readers: Jean and I set out a page each week to talk about the primetime novelas on Telemundo. Right now we’re following: Mi Corazón Insiste, Flor Salvaje and La Casa de al Lado.How our page differs from most on CarayCaray: 1. The recaps are, for the most part, in the comments and not in the text above. (One exception: whoever starts the week’s page has the option of putting NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-63668827691736470522011-09-10T10:44:00.001-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.513-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo - week of September 12 - discuss among yourselves¡Hola á todos!
Thanks for all the great comments. In particular, thanks to Hombre, Novela Maven and Novelera for helping me out with the phrase, 'Si pedir por fuera.' It seems like a handy phrase to know.
MÍ CORAZON: It seems like we ought to be getting near to últimas semanas with this one. We're up to 80 episodes so I suppose there are another 50 to go if it runs 130 episodes so maybe we're Unknownnoreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-58850790373175777932011-09-03T14:47:00.003-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.499-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of September 5, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesLA CASA DE AL LADO -- viernes
Gonzalo is frantic.
He is furious at Adolfo for kidnapping Renato. In spite of Gonzalo's objections, Rebeca has called the police to look into Renato’s disappearance. She openly challenges Gonzalo’s decisions and behavior. It seems...
...como si hubieras querido que Renato Conde no apareciera.
(...as if you didn’t want Renato Conde to be found.)
And further...
NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com74tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-63004917084296463672011-08-27T09:45:00.003-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.506-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of August 29, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHello from the disaster central - the Northeast. We had an earthquake on Tuesday and are now battening down for a hurricane. But back to the crisis-ridden world of telenovelas.
FLOR SALVAJE - viernes
Flor reunites with Sacto. He tells her that he never went far away. He tells her that he sent Pablo to Nueva Esperanza to give her the message that he doesn't care what happened with Urrieta and he Unknownnoreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-39958394201843361732011-08-20T09:30:00.004-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.479-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of August 22-26: Discuss Amongst YourselvesLA CASA DE AL LADO
Let’s start by importing the terrific comment Hombre made last night on last week’s page:
I couldn't post earlier, because I spent the day at a bluegrass festival (it was fantastic!). But I just wanted to put out my suspicion (which is even more likely after tonight's show) that Gonzalo a) is the older brother to Ismael and Ivan, b) killed Rosa, because he's protecting IsmaelNovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-2461470354594691342011-08-13T09:12:00.003-04:002015-10-17T02:04:00.459-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of August 15, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hóla a todos! A new week begins.
MÍ CORAZÓN INSISTE viernes - This had to have been the shortest novela pregnancy ever! As we saw on Thursday, Lola decides to go to Panama to try and find traces of her mother. When did Soledad escape from Tiberio and presumably leave Panama? Lola must be at least 22, if she spent 4 years in an adult prison. It has to have been a long time ago so it is not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-38379980740663717522011-08-06T00:01:00.002-04:002015-10-17T01:57:47.409-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of August 8, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesI’m going to post the page so we can get the conversation going. I’d especially like to hear what everyone thinks of the latest primetime novela, Flor Salvaje. (I’m not sure I love the premise of the show, but I guess I’m still on the fence.)
In La Casa de al Lado, everything is spinning out of control for both the Conde and the Ruiz families. Adolfo is a terrorist who kills without a NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-55643113126665373232011-07-30T08:14:00.002-04:002015-10-17T01:57:47.418-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of August 1, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hóla a todos! Bienvenidos a agosto. Flor Salvaje starts on Tuesday. I am going to check it out. I read that the lead actress in Flor, Mónica Spear, was the star of three successful novelas in Venezuela and has now signed an exclusive deal with Telemundo. Ya veremos.After Herederos and Clon, my new standard for a novela is: does the story move along? I can take about anything else (not the hammy Unknownnoreply@blogger.com65tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-29001564606809662172011-07-23T12:38:00.005-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.232-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of July 25, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHola, Telemundo fans. Last week we said goodbye – or maybe good riddance – to Herederos. One week from next Tuesday, we’ll be welcoming the latest primetime novela, Flor Salvaje. This August 2 debut is no accident. Univisión starts its latest 9pm/8C novela, La Fuerza del Destino, on that date as well. (Interestingly, La Fuerza’s protagonista, Sandra Echeverría, is a Telemundo actor – Jade,NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-63102918489790035222011-07-16T15:21:00.003-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.270-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of July 18, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHEREDEROS - Gran FinalThis train wreck finally ended. Can you believe that this was the one day my TiVo failed to record the program? I had to go over to my Mom's to watch it. But I had to turn down the sound at the end, it was so ghastly. This was perfect example of how bad writing can ruin the advantages of a talented and attractive cast and a beautiful setting. And they didn't really have anyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-8918547257288724722011-07-09T07:27:00.004-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.300-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of July 11, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hóla a todos! I had a great time in Iceland. Thanks to Novela Maven for taking my turn to do our weekly post.Here are some pics from my trip.A seaside town in western Iceland.Everybody's favorite: a Puffin! You can't tell in this picture that the Puffin is on the edge of a cliff where the wind was blowing 50 miles/hour.Typical Iceland scenery.Ditto.A Red-throated Loon and her chick. Red-throatedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-14790203406035375502011-07-01T23:11:00.001-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.225-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of 7/4/11: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHave a wonderful and safe Fourth of July, everyone! Jean is off on a birding adventure in Iceland. And I’m not. Oh well. The page is yours!NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-66620016619229602622011-06-25T10:30:00.001-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.278-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo – Week of June 26, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHerederos del Monte is in its últimas semanas and according to the station promos, Flor Salvaje is on deck as its replacement. The new novela is being produced jointly by Telemundo and RTI in Colombia. Starring Mónica Spears, a gorgeous former Miss Venezuela, the novela also features several actors familiar to fans of El Clon, most notably Roberto Manrique (Alejo in El Clon). Further down the NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com48tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-6046454328114754532011-06-18T09:00:00.002-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.262-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of June 20, 2011: Discuss Amongst Yourselves¡Hóla a todos! Happy midsummer! It seems like the folks that are watching Casa and Corazon are enjoying them. Thanks for the recapettes. I'm only watching Herederos right now. Let the discussion begin!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-35557067904291276542011-06-10T23:10:00.000-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.239-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of June 13, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesHola a todos! Here’s a new page for your commenting pleasure. I’ve fallen a bit behind but hope to join the conversation later on in the week. Enjoy!NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-68219298011251188102011-06-04T06:35:00.004-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.286-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo - Discuss among yourselves, Week of June 7Hóla a todos from Minneapolis where I went to my niece's high school graduation last night.REINA- My final thought is that I wish they would do an interview with the writers because the actors were good but without the great writing, this would not have been the fantastic novela it was and there is no better example of that than...HEREDEROS through Thurs.- Things are picking up slightly here as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25394992.post-83777345228774489982011-05-28T13:39:00.004-04:002015-10-17T01:57:06.293-04:00El Mundo de Telemundo, Week of May 30, 2011: Discuss Amongst YourselvesLa Reina del Sur – as of Friday, May 27We viewers are having almost as much trouble as Teresa in saying our goodbyes to this amazing story. In its last full week, we see Teo finally exposed for the rat he has always been. When Flores and his men lead a raid on the decoy ship, Teresa knows without a doubt: Teo is the Judas. Teo has to die. When Pote takes Teo from his home and forces him to NovelaMavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12990028700278795104noreply@blogger.com64