Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Amar a Muerte, 1/14/19, Episode 49: Johny's Alter-Ego Makes an Appearance
You are invited to gather
around Guille’s favorite spot by the fountain on the Carvajál estate while your
intrepid reporter from ALL Chismes ALL the Time checks into the stories
swirling around The Widow of Mexico, her family, business and acquaintances. The Truth
will be revealed in parts by yours truly, Hedda Saltadora.
Part 1
* Just to refresh your memory which made have faded due to non-stop football over the weekend, Friday we left Johny pointing Fabricio’s gun at poor trembling Fabricio in the security office. Johny is certain Fab is involved in this little gaslighting game that’s going on with the photos and notes arriving in León’s handwriting. (NOTE: I was unaware that a soul retains its original handwriting when deposited in another body, but Ok, for the sake of the story, I’m willing to go with it.)
* Waving the gun around, Johny wants an explanation for the hooded guy in the video (Fab admits to it being him) delivering the envelope to Johny’s house, after hours. Fab says it was with the rest of the mail and there was a note with it from Johny himself for it to be delivered right away. He was just following orders. When Johny asks to produce the note, Fab says he threw it away after the envelope had been delivered. So, Johny the unctuous and obsequious, is gone and in his place is the paranoid, menacing real Johny the Crown (rhymes with Clown). Fortunately for Fab, he tosses the gun aside but warns Fab if he learns that he’s no longer his faithful dog and betraying him, after all he’s done for him, and making him crazy with Jacobo, he’s going to kill both of them and eat them in pieces. (All this happened in the first minute.)
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Part 1
* Just to refresh your memory which made have faded due to non-stop football over the weekend, Friday we left Johny pointing Fabricio’s gun at poor trembling Fabricio in the security office. Johny is certain Fab is involved in this little gaslighting game that’s going on with the photos and notes arriving in León’s handwriting. (NOTE: I was unaware that a soul retains its original handwriting when deposited in another body, but Ok, for the sake of the story, I’m willing to go with it.)
* Waving the gun around, Johny wants an explanation for the hooded guy in the video (Fab admits to it being him) delivering the envelope to Johny’s house, after hours. Fab says it was with the rest of the mail and there was a note with it from Johny himself for it to be delivered right away. He was just following orders. When Johny asks to produce the note, Fab says he threw it away after the envelope had been delivered. So, Johny the unctuous and obsequious, is gone and in his place is the paranoid, menacing real Johny the Crown (rhymes with Clown). Fortunately for Fab, he tosses the gun aside but warns Fab if he learns that he’s no longer his faithful dog and betraying him, after all he’s done for him, and making him crazy with Jacobo, he’s going to kill both of them and eat them in pieces. (All this happened in the first minute.)
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Saturday, January 12, 2019
Amar a Muerte, 1/11/19, Episode 48: Everybody Gets Schooled Or Tooled
- Lucia is told by Armenta that tonight she's sleepng in his bed with him and no if's, and's or but's; she tells him at first that she's very disappointed in his manner. A learned and worldly man such as he should realize that ain't the way to seduce the light of León Carvajal's life. "-Are you challenging me?" "--Take it any way you like. But I warn you that if you force me you will be spending the night with an object who feels nothing; and you'll feel nothing either!" He says then yeah, he'll change but then they'll have to see each other more frequently. He storms out of the room at that point.
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
Amar a Muerte, 1/10/2019, Episode 47: Up a Creek Without a Paddle, M' Dear?
Moises (black-shirt goon)
is still pointing his weapon at Lucía when the goon in the front seat tells him
to calm down; if something happens to Lucía, they will be the ones who will end
up getting killed. Moises then warns Lucía that the boss won’t have to find out
about anything….because if he does find out, Moises will investigate LCJ who
calls her so much; she will never see him again because he will kill him. When
he gives her the hood and tells her to put it on, Lucía obliges.
At the company cafeteria,
Teo goes to sit with Keila. After she tells him that his “platonic love” went
to have lunch with her boss, Teo assumes that there is something going on
between Renata and Guille. Keila isn’t sure, but Renata is old enough to know
what she is doing…and Renata doesn’t tell her much. When Teo hopes that it’s
not one of those relationships that only happens in the mind of the one who
falls in love because there will be much suffering, Keila wonders if he is
talking from experience. Teo asks if it hasn’t happened to her; so Keila says
‘no,’ and adds that Renata is an expert at it…she must like to suffer. Teo
sighs and loses his appetite.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2019
Amar a Muerte, 1/9/2019, Episode 46: Don't shoot, I promise I will never wear this again.
Johny
has Machado, the accountant, in his office. Machado spills his guts
that Cardenas gave him an order. Cardenas wants a detailed report of
all the financial transactions that have been made since Don
Carbajal’s death.
At
Eva’s house, Mateo asks Francisca to help him find his keys.
Francisca excuses herself for taking long, but she had to open the
door for some men. As Francisca approaches, she is followed by a crew
of construction workers. When Mateo asks what they are doing, the
leader wants to know if they should start in the bathroom or the
kitchen. Mateo has no clue what he is talking about. Eva, then,
approaches and shushes Mateo. She then tells Francisca to show the
men where to start. After the men follow Francisca, Eva explains to
Mateo that she forgot to tell him they were coming, they are going to
fix the leaks in the bathroom. Mat thinks he could have fixed that
himself, so Eva adds that she has been wanting to remodel the kitchen
for years…and this way they can do everything at once. Mateo
wonders how they will be able to sleep there while all the
construction is going on, so Eva suggests that they stay elsewhere
until the jobs are finished. Mateo wants to find his keys quickly so
he can go make reservations at a hotel, but Eva has everything under
control.
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Tuesday, January 08, 2019
Amar a Muerte, 1/8/2019, Episode 45: United El Chino Saves, Divided (and Clueless) He Remains
Santos and Beltrino
arrive at Mexico City. Beltrino stretches after he gets out of the truck after
the long ride and having his knees practically in his mouth. Both are glad to
be there safe and sound. Beltrino feels like breakfast; so he wakes up Barb who
is still in the bed of the truck. When Beltrino congratulates Santos for
crossing the border the way he did, Santos tells him that he knows that area
better than the gringos and the satellites. Beltrino then bangs on the truck
waking up Barb who complains that she was cold throughout the trip since he was
so insensitive and threw her in the back of the truck. If there were a way to
simply put your mouth back there, you could have ridden up front. Beltrino
again mentions going to breakfast, but Santos wants him to pay up first. After
Beltrino pays him, he gives Santos a little extra to take him to the other
guy…the other transmigrant….Jacobo Reyes. Meanwhile, León/Chino/Jacobo (LCJ) is
at Cami’s getting ready to go to work. When he looks at himself in the mirror
and sees “León,” he no longer flinches or gets scared; he continues to fix his
tie and walks away.
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Monday, January 07, 2019
Amar a Muerte, 1/7/19, Episode 44: By the Pricking of My Thumbs...*
Since
I don't currently have a big screen, if anyone knows what the texts
were, please advise.
Patsyhas
sharpened her claws again, attempting to trap Lucia into revealing
the skeletons in her closet, implying that she might prefer simpler
food than what she wasserving. She comments on how surprising it was
that León would marry a woman of no [snooty] education.
Sanchez-Buena began to get uncomfortable and Johny interjected that
despite her lack of such an education, Lucia is the smartest woman he
knows. Lucia took this ball and ran with it, calling Patsy out on
what she was thinking and rubbing it in that she will owe her [este
qualquiera] for using the network toward making her husband the
next president of Mexico. She then stood up, saying she would prefer
delicious tacos to what was on the table, and took her leave. Johny
excused himself and followed Lucia. Patsy smiled nastily at their
departure as her husband looked like he wanted to disappear through
the floor.
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Saturday, January 05, 2019
Amar A Muerte, 1/4/19, Episode 43: Explanations, Anyone?
- Javier is playing possum and having snit fits because "his daddy" hasn't arrived yet to see him. Nobody will do but DAD.
- Alicia and her friend Christina discuss all the crazy secrets and mysterious goings on with Beltran these days as Lupita is brought into the emergency room at the same hospital (Ya don't say!). Ali notices the woman being brought in, but just.
- Barb is racing down the highway to nowhere as usual.....
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Thursday, January 03, 2019
Amar A Muerte, 1/3/2019, Episode 42: Gunfight at the (Not-So) OK Corral OR Cold Shoulder for Red-Hot Lips
In the company board
room, Lucía asks the three amigos, Barretos, Cardenas, and Requeña, what is
going on, Barretos lies and tells her that they were just discussing getting
together during the week-end and including their wives. When she asks about the
“dirt” on her, Barretos nose grows even bigger when he tells her that they were
just commenting on her interview regarding Armenta; they are hoping that won’t
tarnish her image. After she thanks them for their concern, she asks to speak
alone to Barretos.
In his office, Johny is
questioning the chief photographer who tells him that the entire photography
department was present at the event. When Johny asks if anyone else has access
to those photos, the man assures him that no one has access; the photos were
sent directly to Don Carvajal’s e-mail. Johny suggests that the photo may have
been sent to someone else, but the man (as he reaches for the photo and
practically gets a slap on his hand from Johny) assures him that the protocol
has always been the same.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2019
Amar a Muerte, 1/2/2019, Episode 41: Johny and Lucia Age before our eyes.
At
the scorpion’s nest, Alacrán calls the number from the text El
Chino sent. Beltrino doesn’t answer, but sends back a message
telling Alacrán that he is not going to answer nor is he going to
show up unless he sees Alacrán. After Alacrán reads the message, he
comments that El Chino must think he is stupid…and he isn’t even
sure that it’s El Chino who is sending the messages. As Gancho
looks suspiciously at Mugres, Alacrán gets another message couldn’t
read the message and knows it’s El Chino. As Mugres sweats
bullets, Gancho picks up all the money, throws a bill at Mugres and
tells him he was saved.
In
SA, Barb asks Beltrino what the plan is. Beltrino tells her there is
only one way Lupita will get out of this alive, he is going to have
to kill Alacrán. Barb thinks it’s a horrible plan. Shut Up Barb,
it is a GREAT plan unless Death Chick is feeling playful again.
Beltrino asks what her plan is, but Barb has no idea since she has
never been in these types of situations. If he goes ahead with the
plan, she will not accompany him. Just then, Beltrino gets a message
from Alacrán that he will be in SA that afternoon. Beltrino responds
to Alacrán that if he doesn’t bring Lupita, there will be no deal.
Alacrán agrees to the condition. When Barb warns Beltrino that
Lupita may be hit in the crossfire, Beltrino responds that Alacrán
won’t bring her, that is why he has to kill him. Barb still doesn’t
know why Beltrino has to kill Alacrán, so he explains that if he
doesn’t kill him, Alacrán will kill his wife. You need some visual
aids for her Belt, like stick figures and a hammer.
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019
Amar a Muerte, 1/1/2019, Episode 40: Let the Games Begin!
Lucía
looks up (almost disgusted) at Johny and asks, “Get married?” Johny wants to
formalize it all and be together…and consolidate their power in the Carvajal
Group…that way they kill two birds with one shot. Lucía thinks that Eva will
have both of them killed…literally, but Johny insists that they will be married
by then. Eva won’t be able to do anything about it. They can get married
secretly and avoid a scandal, and when the mourning phase passes, they can tell
everyone. When Johny asks what she thinks, Lucía replies that that is what she
needs to do—think about it, they just can’t do everything at a whim. Johny
argues that they have nothing to think about; this is what they have always
wanted, he loves her, she loves him (Boy, are you clueless, Johny!) and they
want to be together. As he gets menacingly close to her, he questions if
someone or something has made her feel differently. After Lucía assures him
that nothing has happened, he asks her to marry him…and Lucía takes a long
pause…Johny secretly wonders why she is wearing Old Spice lately.
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Saturday, December 29, 2018
Amar A Muerte, 12/28/18, Episode 39: Emotional Torture Takes All Forms
- Dumb as a doorknob crook #2 loses his gun in the all but emptied parking garage to the sure, swift moves of the real El Chino who is still embodied in Beltran. Belchin' and Barbara unceremoniously dump DADC #1 out of his car and bleed tread hightailing it to Mexico by way of the highway.
- Lucia works her wiles on Sr. Armenta and cons him into signing a formal agreement to keep his word regarding what he and she discussed during their interview (I believe). Knowing her true background, she explains, he, as a violent man, must also accept that it costs her a lot of effort to believe he'd keep his word. Politicians don't keep their word, but him, yes. (Guess he figures because he knows his salad fork from his dinner fork, his kind are set apart somehow. Fuchi!) He takes the pen and we assume tries impressing her by putting pen to paper.
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Friday, December 28, 2018
Upcoming Shows: Univisión y Más
Provided by Alex
Velasquez
-Tenias que ser Tu will air on Monday January 14 at 2pm/1c. Univision
Other:
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Novelas to re air soon on Univision/Unimas:
-Sanson y Dalila on
Monday January 7 at 11am/10c. Unimas
-Soy tu Dueña on Monday
January 14 at 1am/12c. Univision
-Una Familia con Suerte will air on Galavision on Monday
January 14 at 10am/9c.
-Yo no Creo en Los Hombres on January 22 at 9am/8c. Unimas
Premiere:
Premiere:
-Tenias que ser Tu will air on Monday January 14 at 2pm/1c. Univision
Other:
-Like "final"
episode will air on Friday January 4. I think this one will be canceled. In MX, it is scheduled to end on Sunday, January 20, with Ringo replacing it.
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Thursday, December 27, 2018
Amar a Muerte, 12/27/2018, Episode 38: Can't Hide the Feeling...or the Past
León/Chino/Jacobo
(LCJ) is in his bat cave getting some money from a small safe. As he looks
through some other documents, his phone rings…Rosalba is calling from the
office but he ignores the calls. At the office, Lucía is told that several
calls have been made to LCJ but he isn’t answering; so Lucía decides to call
him herself. Lucía stomps into her office and calls LCJ, but he still refuses
to answer. He closes the safe and places a document into his inside pocket.
Lucía leaves a message that it is urgent that she talk to him about the dinner
with Servando. She has to be at the restaurant soon and she wants him to take
her…she adds “please.”
Renata
is leaving her desk when Guille runs up and tells her that he wants to finish
their conversation. Renata turns him down citing that she has to deliver some
documents; then she has to leave because she is going to the theater. Guille
thinks that would be perfect; they can go see a movie and then go out for a
drink and talk. Renata again refuses and tells Guille that he should be going
out with his girlfriend; besides, what would the press say if they see him
going out with his…secretary? Teo then approaches and asks Renata if she is
ready; Renata replies that she is quite ready.
Ouch !
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Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Amar a Muerte, 12/26/2018, Episode 37: Catch me if you can....We Did
In
San Antonio, Beltino continues his Oscar-winning performance and asks
Fabián who Alacrán is. Fabián replies that Alacrán is a drug
trafficker and that those men are his sicarios. They are probably
after the same thing he is…they want El Chino. When Barbara asks
what they are going to do, Beltino suggests that they invite them in
for coffee! (Haha!) …and tell them in a civilized manner that there
is no “El Chino” there. Barbara goes with the flow and agrees.
At
the scorpion’s nest in Mexico, Gancho urges Alacrán to eat before
he hands him one of Lupita’s flyers. Alacrán shouts with glee and
is glad that the good news just continue to pile up. When Gancho asks
what they should do, Alacrán tells him they will go grab Lupita and
have a big party with her.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Amar a Muerte, 12/25/2018, Episode 36: A Gathering of (Non)Friends...Make More Coffee, Barb!
Leon/Chino/Jacobo
(LCJ) and Guille continue their talk outside on the patio. LCJ wonders why
Guille didn’t call the cops. Guille questions what they were supposed to
say—that they were drunk and just got the idea to do hold up a liquor store and
shoot a man. LCJ starts questioning Guille about that night; so Guille tells
him that it was Toño who shot the man. He thinks there were cameras, but they
were wearing masks. He confesses that every time he sees one of those masks, he
recalls the man lying there in his blood; it’s was horrible, but the man is
doing well. When LCJ asks if he has seen the man, Guille admits that he decided
to help the man in his recuperation, but he posed as a representative of a
foundation. LCJ thinks Guille did the right thing and would like to accompany
Guille whenever he goes to see the man. After Guille thanks LCJ, he apologizes
for bringing LCJ into the situation; he just needed to let out what he was
feeling. LCJ then asks Guille if he has told anyone about the incident; so
Guille tells him that he confided in his secretary. He trusts her and, in a
way, she is very special. Yes, like in a TN, virtually married if she knows
enough to send you to prison, Mr. Sharing.
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Saturday, December 22, 2018
Amar a Muerte, 12/21/18, Episode 35: A Birthday Burden Bared and Shared
Parte 1~~
Beltran and Barbara are being held at gunpoint in the woods by Sr. T's two henchmen (I believe) who've followed them to the burial site of the briefcase of stolen bills. Belchin' tries to tells them it's his inheritance from his dead daddy but that doesn't fly even with these two toads. So, he warns them it is cursed and if they take it they'll never live to tell anyone. Again the two gunmen don't believe him and walk the two into the woods to murder them.
Juliana arrives to the party and Valentina is surprised at the change her designer dress and shoes have made. She and Jules enter the party room where Renata is still sulking and worrying that there won't be enough food and drink to go around.
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Beltran and Barbara are being held at gunpoint in the woods by Sr. T's two henchmen (I believe) who've followed them to the burial site of the briefcase of stolen bills. Belchin' tries to tells them it's his inheritance from his dead daddy but that doesn't fly even with these two toads. So, he warns them it is cursed and if they take it they'll never live to tell anyone. Again the two gunmen don't believe him and walk the two into the woods to murder them.
Juliana arrives to the party and Valentina is surprised at the change her designer dress and shoes have made. She and Jules enter the party room where Renata is still sulking and worrying that there won't be enough food and drink to go around.
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
Amar A Muerte, 12/20/2018, Episode 34: Stone Cold
In
San Antonio, Barbara continues to nag Beltino that she is tired and not up to
these types of things; she has no idea how he talked her into this. Excuse
Me? You were ready to fly him down here
on your broomstick lady ! Beltino
finally gets fed up and tells her to shut up and to look at where they are.
Barb is relieved to see that she is back in civilization as Beltino tells her
they have the best beer there; he’s going to buy her two so she can shut up.
After they enter, the two goons follow. Beltino calls the owner by name, but
the owner has no idea who he is. Beltino laughs and tells him that his place is
quite known so he feels like he knows him. Beltino is anxious for some good
food since the breakfast wasn’t that great. Barb takes offense and tells him
she will never cook for him again. A threat or a promise? Beltino responds that
she should just accept it; she’s not good in the kitchen…nor in witchcraft or
fortune telling. He wonders what she actually is good at. Barb thinks she is
dumb and remarks that she doesn’t know why she came with him. When he reminds
her of her slice of the money, she points out that she still hasn’t seen any of
it.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Amar a Muerte, 12/19/2018, Episode 33: Something's Burning...and It Ain't Love
Johny
praises León for being a good man—a man with good values and
principles, he was like a father to Johny. After León/Chino/Jacobo
(LCJ) asks Johnny what exactly León was to him, Johny hightails it
out of there. LCJ smirks in satisfaction for getting to Johny.
Camilo
arrives at the club and tries to go in, but is stopped at the door
despite telling the guard that they are waiting for him. After the
guard closes the door, Cami looks around wondering how he can get in.
Inside, Karla is tied up with a bloody nose (probably from that
gruesome ring on El Ruso’s pinkie). She asks El Ruso what else he
wants, they almost killed her father. They can’t kill her just over
a card game, especially after she brought them their money. El Ruso
reminds her that she is a gambler, so she should know the rules…a
bet is a bet. After the goon adds that a robbery is a robbery, Karla
shouts that the money was hers—she won it. As she yells, another
goon points a gun at her head while EL Ruso tells her that no one
makes fools of them and whoever tries will pay dearly. Karla looks at
the goon holding the gun and asks him if he really thinks she is
afraid of death, she has already been there. They can send her back
and she will be waiting for them. She shouts at him to shoot her.
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Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Amar a Muerte, 12/18/2018, Episode 32: Something's Burning
For those who may not have visited a patio for Monday’s
episode, Anita posted this comment:
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And
now for the TN--
JohnyBStalled
is at the gate with Fabricio who wants to talk to him. Fabricio convinces him
to wait by telling him that when he had a problem, he would talk it over with
Don León, but now that he isn’t here…
Johny lifts his collar and agrees to hear out Fabricio. Meanwhile, in the
study, Leon/Chino/Jacobo (LCJ) and Lucía are engrossed in studying their mouths
and necks. (‘Oh Joco, how did you know about that little place on my neck that sends me into OR-BIT?” “Um..duh..er lucky guess sweets.”) Fabricio tells Johny about his father is very ill (Johny is probably
thinking, “And? Do you think I care?); and he isn’t making enough money and he
doesn’t want his father to die. Johny had no idea and gladly agrees to help
Fab…and Johny would be ever so grateful if Fab would keep him up-to-date about
all the goings-on at the Carvajal house, especially anything having to do with
LCJ—what time he leaves, arrives, what he eats (uhmm, Lucía’s tongue right
now!), etc… Fabricio agrees.
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Amar a Muerte, 12/17/18, Episode 31: Close Calls
It's
a bit rough, but I don't like to post too late.
Lucia
got to the office and Johny tried playing mind games by saying that
Montilla probably suspects her.
Jacobo
went into Camilo's office to tell him that cops fromSan Antonio are
in Mexico talkingto the local police and passing photos of himself
around the entire city. He told Camilo to call his friend in San
Antonio to get the contact number for the DA.
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