Thursday, September 22, 2011
Teresa Wed 9/21/11 #143 Torn Between Two Sugar-Daddies
REPRISE
When we last left our little arribista, she was thrown in the middle of Arturo and Fernando, as they argued over her. They beseech her to affirm once and for all, which Sugar-Daddy she wants.
Teresa nervously ponders and says, “Arturo, you know, you and I are getting divorced.”
“Then your ambition carries more weight than your love for me”, Arturo says, dejected. “If you had told me that you fell in love with another, perhaps one day I could understand, but you’re leaving me for your [financial] interest..."
Fernando interrupts, “Teresa LOVES ME, is that so hard to understand?”
Arturo warns Fernando to enjoy her while he can: when she’s being pampered, Teresa will be by his side. If that changes, she’ll abandon him. Arturo throws the keys to the penthouse at Fernando, and then storms out.
Fernando and Teresa embrace and kiss, as she secretly agonizes for Arturo.
LUCIA'S HOME
Arturo has arrived at Lucia’s home. Luisa is staying there too. Arturo vents about what a bastard Fernando is and what just happened at the penthouse. Arturo says he needs a drink but Lucia intervenes.
PENTHOUSE
Fernando says, “Teresa, many think you're with me just for your financial interest. My mom insists that you...“
Teresa angrily interrupts, “Fernando, ENOUGH! Frankly if your money is going to be a problem, rather than a means to give pleasure and satisfaction, I’ll be WORSE OFF with you then I was with Arturo!!” She just can’t believe Oriana’s bad attitude! (Why, it’s giving her the vapors!)
Fernando says it’s a good thing that Teresa’s love for him is genuine because Oriana is separating her business holdings from Fernando and disinheriting him. Teresa is horrified!
Teresa regains her arribista composure, “It is unfortunate that your mother does not respect your decisions and treats you like a child who is punished for not doing what she wants.” Fernando totally agrees. Teresa feigns encouragement and promises to stand by her Sugar-Daddy.
GENO'S HOME
Geno is berating Ruben for being gone all day and not answering his phone. Geno warns him not to mess with her – when she calls he better answer, and she does not want him doing business with Fito.
Ruben says Geno only gives him crumbs and he can’t continue this way. Geno asks if this means he’s leaving her. Ruben says he has to look for work. Even if he has to defend criminals, whatever it takes.
Ruben dramatically pretends he’s leaving. He says his son is the only thing they had in common. He loves Geno, but can’t stand her attitude any longer and how she is always against him, as he starts to walk out.
Geno, begs him to wait and not to be angry, as she offers to give him back his testicles. Ruben says he’ll stay, but needs her to support him.
PENTHOUSE
Our favorite gata is having a gata nightmare. Teresa dreams she is surrounded by Mariano, Arturo, and Fernando as they pass her around to each other. (So many Sugar-Daddies, so little time). In her dream, Fernando says, “Now you're mine, Teresa, you are my prisoner”. Then she hears her father saying “Do the right thing”.
She wakes up bitterly crying as she reaches for her picture of her father, saying “Forgive me pappito. You know I love you. I love you very much...”
CHAVES HOME
Juana and her new brain-dead husband Sapberto come over to comfort Refugio. Actually Juana came over to comfort her. Jerkberto came over to say inappropriate things and make an ass of himself. Mission accomplished.
PENTHOUSE
Arturo arrives the next morning to pick up his belongings and doesn’t want to run into Fernando. Teresa tells him Fernando doesn’t live there, which he doesn’t believe, and of course they start arguing.
Arturo says he will have the divorce papers delivered today. Teresa’s anguish is evident. He gives her a card with his new address. She asks if it’s a rental home, but no, he’s going to be staying with Lucia.
Teresa practically bursts into flames with anger. She can’t believe he’s going to live with her. Arturo says he’s not like Teresa, managing multiple relationships. He accepted her offer to stay there and after the divorce, who knows, he may go for it, because she has shown an interest in him.
Teresa walks off in a huff, leaving him to gather his clothes. She lays on the sofa fuming, and crying.
Arturo sees that she’s very upset.
LUCIA'S HOME
Lucia confesses to Luisa that she sees Arturo in a romantic way, not just as her brother. She says he’s a great person. She tells Luisa that Arturo kissed her the other night when he was drunk, thinking she was Teresa.
Luisa supports the idea of a relationship budding between Arturo and Lucia. Their conversation is interrupted by a call from Fernando. Luisa wants nothing to do with him, so Lucia takes the call.
Fernando wants to give Luisa the mansion, as it has been in her family for generations. Fernando has a notary standing by to put the home in Luisa’s name. Lucia tells him Luisa wants no part of it. She doesn’t want Fernando trying to make up for what he did.
HECTOR'S OFFICE
Hernan is confiding in Hector that Esperanza refuses to be happy and is becoming more distant. He’s beginning to wonder if Esperanza agreed to be his wife just to give her child a father. Hector suggests that Hernan get her into therapy.
The subject changes to Aurora and Mariano. Hector doubts Mariano has changed. Hernan tells him not to be so rigid. Based on what he saw at Armando’s funeral, Mariano has gotten over Teresa.
LEDESMA HOME
Ruben is at the door and Esperanza tries to keep him from entering. He forces his way in. Ruben says he has been researching the baby’s whereabouts on his own and has clues. He can’t tell the police because the baby’s life is at risk.
He says this is her last chance to see her son. He promises he can get her son returned, but in exchange he wants her to leave Hernan and once again be with him. Ruben says he still loves her and “knows” she loves him. He is under the delusion that Esperanza only married Hernan for convenience. Esperanza tells him it’s not like that.
Ruben continues his delusion and says he wants Espe, Rodrigo, and he to be a family. He forces a kiss on her and then leaves. Esperanza wipes her mouth in disgust and is confused about what to do.
CHAVES HOME
Aurora and Mariano stop by to visit Refugio. FF>>
PENTHOUSE
Teresa tells Arturo he still loves her, even if he is living at Lucia’s house. She kisses him passionately. Arturo pulls away and says that may be, but he will forget her. He grabs his suitcase and leaves. Teresa cries and chases after him, to no avail.
HECTOR'S OFFICE
Mariano enters and tries to assure Hector that he loves Aurora. He explains they are novios. Hector objects for the thousandth time that Mariano is going to chase after Teresa and hurt Aurora. Mariano doesn’t want to cause problems between Hector and Aurora, especially since she no longer has her mother. Mariano proposes a truce: can they just get along for Aurora’s sake. The ball is in Hector's court.
CHAVES HOME
Teresa visits Refugio. They talk about Refugio starting over in life and Teresa says she will help take care of her. Teresa even suggests that Refugio could become more cultured – travel, go to concerts, get some schooling - which gives Refugio a good laugh.
The subject changes to Arturo and Teresa explains she’s getting a divorce. She lies that Arturo fell in love with another woman and went to live with her.
Teresa calls Fernando who is at the fancy Tennis Club. Fernando is upset that Teresa didn’t let him stay with her last night. She rolls her eyes like he’s such a schmuck. She says it’s just because she was depressed about her dad. She fakes some kissy-kissy affection for her new Sugar Daddy and says she’ll meet him at the club.
VECINDAD
Juana tells Patty that she is moving forward in earnest to adopt a child.
LUCIA'S HOME
Arturo is working from Lucia’s home. He and Lucia seem to be starting a friendship. He mentions that Teresa was furious about him living there. Lucia says she is obviously still jealous.
Lucia suggests Arturo think about rebuilding his life. She tells him they are a good team and she wants to work with him on that. They start playfully putting a list together of activities to help Art get back on track.
TENNIS CLUB
Oriana and Fernando argue about separating their business interests. Fernando wants to minimize the impact and keep the business growing. Oriana is willing to lose money so that Teresa has less. She would rather her money went to stray dogs than to Teresa.
Fernando has had enough, gets up, and yells, “Okay. As you want, mama. Prepare a proposal for the separation.”
Oriana gets in one more jab before he leaves. “If you are so sure that Teresa loves you, why were she and Arturo comforting each other at her father’s funeral?” she snarls. Fernando shakes his head in disbelief and leaves.
Oriana is heartbroken.
She can't believe it has come to this.
Aida arrives as Oriana is choking down pills. Aida asks what’s wrong. Oriana explains that Fer won’t give up Teresa, so she’s going to have to take extreme measures.
LEDESMA HOME
Hernan and Esperanza apologize for their dust up in the previous episode. Esperanza agrees to try therapy, but doesn’t want to lose time looking for Rodrigo. She doesn’t mention Ruben’s visit.
GENO'S HOME
Geno agrees to fund the “hit” on Mariano. (She still thinks it’s just to beat him up). She also gives Ruben a check for his expenses. He’s very disappointed at the amount. His Sugar-Momma tells him he shouldn’t need much, as he was talking earlier about getting a job as a defense attorney. Ruben looks mortified as Geno has apparently called his bluff.
Geno hopes Ruben will earn a lot and then they can move far away and start a new life. Ruben tries to tactfully restrain that idea by saying he doesn’t want to be away from Aida until she’s gotten over what’s about to happen to Mariano. (By the way, I call dibs on Aurora!)
MARIANO'S OFFICE
Aurora tells Mariano her exam is tomorrow.
Luisa walks in and wants to thank Aurora for her support. She behaved like a true friend; such a difference from Teresa. She also apologizes to Mariano. She now sees that Mariano was not at all the way Teresa portrayed him.
TENNIS CLUB
Teresa has arrived at the club looking for Fernando. Oriana spots her and insults her for being out having fun when she just buried her father. Oriana growls, "So what else should I expect from someone like you, Teresa, who has no regard for anyone."
Teresa innocently says everything would be so different if Oriana would just accept her.
Oriana is seething. She says she’d rather be DEAD first than to accept Teresa as part of her family and warns that SHE'S NOT PLAYING AROUND!
Teresa gives her phony line that she doesn’t care about Fer’s money because her love is greater.
Oriana snarls, “We’ll see if you still love now that Fernando will lose my money, and I will fight him for the inheritance his father left for him.”
“WHO SAYS??!!” growls our astonished arribista.
...and now you know what happened in episode 143...
Labels: Teresa
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Teresa Tue 9/20/11 #142 Eeeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo – Teresa must choose her Hunka, Hunka burning love!
Rehash from Yesterday:
-Refugio tells Teresa of hers and Armando’s wishes to be buried side by side
-Mariano gives Aurora The Ring.
-Fito teases Geno & Ruben with the Medalla
Now for the new stuff:
Rubigote has another job for Fito el Maldito: teach Mariano Sanchez a lesson!
ARMANDO’S WAKE: Johnny/Pati drag Teresa away in tears as Arturo speaks with Refugio (who continues to call him El Licenciado). They speak of Armando and she says he had great affection for Arturo. She realizes he and Teresa continue to have problems due to his alcoholism but she knows Teresa loves him very much. She suggests he get help from AA so they can return to the happiness they shared when they returned from Europe. He must realize that life will take away that which is most precious to you when you least expect it. She sobs over the casket. He hugs her and swears to her he loves Teresa more than life itself.
RESTAURANT: Aurora tells Mariano he has no idea how happy this ring makes her. It’s beautiful but she’s not sure about getting married just yet. He understands she’s not ready to take that step now and is willing to wait until she is. He tells her to keep the ring because it’s his way of telling her that he plans to spend the rest of his life with her. He says the day he sees her wear it, he’ll know she’s ready to get married.
THE FOLLOWING DAY IN MARIANO’S APT, shriekster Aida has come by for coffee and they’re talking about the TER/FER/ART situation. She can’t believe Teresa has the nerve to dump Arturo for someone with more money. She thinks Mariano should speak to Fernando to help him understand how conniving Teresa is. Mariano explains he already tried to speak to Fernando, but he misunderstood, thinking instead that Mariano is interested in Teresa. Frankly, he doesn’t want to risk his relationship with Aurora by getting mixed up in this mess. Aida asks if he’d be willing to try again if she’s able to convince Fernando to listen. Would he tell all? Mariano refuses, saying he doesn’t want to become embroiled in gossip. Wow, Mr. Buttinski is refusing to get involved – I’m amazed. He says Fernando is in lurve and won’t listen to reason. He doesn’t understand why Aiiiiida would want him to get involved. Aida doesn’t think Teresa should get away with this. Mr. Buttinski tells the Shriekster to butt out. He thinks this is just another one of Aida’s plots of revenge. As her friend, he tells her she should get on with life and forget about Teresa. She’ll never be happy if all she thinks about is revenge.
SALON DE BELLEZA: Luisa gets her hair done and Lucia tells her she looks beautiful but she’s worried Luisa may getting her hopes up. Luisa tells her not to worry. Fernando’s the one who called, saying he wanted to see her, asking for forgiveness and saying he never intended to hurt her. She wants to show up looking beautiful, strong, and confident. Oriana has suggested this is how Fernando must see her. Lucia asks if she needs her to go along. Luisa prefers to go alone. Oh my, like a little lamb on her way to the slaughterhouse!
ARMANDO’S WAKE: The priest prays over the casket. Mariano and Aurora arrive and she goes to Teresa. Aurora tells her she’s seen the way she looks at Arturo and can tell she loves him and that he adores her. If he’s here despite everything that’s gone down with Fernando, it must mean something. She pleads with Teresa that if she loves Arturo she should stay with him. It’s possible the relationship between Luisa and Fernando can’t be fixed, but her relationship with Arturo can still be saved. Teresa always finds a way to justify her actions and get what she wants. She tells her not to do to Arturo what she did to Mariano.
Meanwhile, Arturo takes Mariano into the other room to talk. He knows Mariano warned Luisa about Fernando and now asks him to tell everything he knows. They take the conversation outside.
CASA DE FERNANDO: Meathead is on the phone talking to someone about whether or not to continue with the Luna Turqueza project. Luisa walks in and she tells him she wasn’t able to sleep after what he said. He tells her he meant everything he said. He’s very sorry he hurt her. She admits it was terrible but she’s so happy he’s taken it all back (recapacitado). He tries to interject but she stops him. She’s willing to forgive him because she loves him and nothing matters more to her than to be with him. She suggests they go somewhere far away from everything and begin anew. She’ll talk to Arturo and knows he’ll understand. They don’t even need to get married. They can continue living together and do all those things they had planned. He gently takes her hands and asks her to stop. She’s apparently misunderstood, he only wanted her forgiveness. Luisa’s impactada!
VECINDAD: The Suckers in Solidarity strengthen their bond: Arturo and Mariano are now outside as Mariano explains he wanted to warn Luisa after what he found out in Zacatecas. Then he heard Teresa talking to Fernando on the phone at Espe’s house and that’s when he told her she should talk to Arturo. The important thing now is that he now knows everything. Arturo finds it ironic that he now finds himself in Mariano’s place. He can now fully understand how Mariano felt back then. Mariano agrees but says the outcome shouldn’t be the same. It took a long time for him to understand everything Teresa did. At least Arturo now knows what’s going on. It’s much worse for him – it involves his best friend and his sister is caught in the middle.
CASA FERNANDO: It’s now dawning on Luisa that Fernando didn’t call her here to mend their relationship. He tells her there’s no use. She pleads with him, saying their love was too great for him to just end it from one day to the next. She loves him. He pleads with her not to continue. He tells her he no longer loves her. “No puede ser,” is all she can say. She wonders what she did wrong, how did she disappoint him? Of course she did nothing wrong, it’s just that he fell in love with Teresa. She grabs him by the lapels and demands to know how that happened. He doesn’t know how it happened. He only knows that his feelings grew stronger each time he saw the Sharkster. He knows he should have talked to her about it, but he couldn’t. She wishes he had told her. At least then she could have fought for him and shown him what she’s capable of doing to show her love for him. **I cringe** He doesn’t understand why she doesn’t hate him. She says she can’t hate him, her love for him is stronger than any resentment. She tells him that’s true love and what Teresa feels for him is not.
ARMANDO’S WAKE: Arturo and Mariano return but Arturo has one more question: How did Mariano get Teresa out of his heart? Mariano admits it wasn’t easy but he thinks it was when he realized she loved Arturo, or at least that’s what it appeared to be. It took some time, but he eventually fell in love with Aurora and she makes him happy. Teresa walks in just then, wondering what is going on. Aurora follows just behind her to tell her the representatives from the funeral home (funeraria) have arrived.
CASA FERNANDO: Nando feels badly about what’s happened. He knows he’s hurt her but in the end, it’s just his nature **the cad!** he just wasn’t able to resist the temptation of another woman. Luisa tearfully asks if this is why he called her here. He’s sorry if she misunderstood. He only wanted to apologize again and tell her he’s leaving the house, he bought it for her. She lashes out at him, reminding him that was because they were getting married! He can keep the house; he can keep everything. She wants him! She could care less about anything else he could give her!
ARMANDO’S WAKE: Refugio opens the casket to say her final farewell to her beloved husband. As everyone begins to cry, she gives thanks to God for having been with such a good man, for everything they built together. They had many dreams. Not all of them came true but he was always there for her and their daughters. He was a good husband and father. She’s going to miss him so much. She falls on the casket and Teresa pulls her back and they cry together. She continues by saying she and Teresa are now alone, but they will honor his memory by living a dignified life as he himself taught them. She cries out “Armando! Armando!” , Teresa cries out “Papa! Papa!”. The other mourners are also caught up in the grief and crying while Johnny scratches his head.
BACK AT CASA FERNANDO, Luisa angrily asks why he didn’t have the courage to tell her. When he asked her not to control him like his mother he could have told her then that he had doubts or that he no longer loved her. Why did he allow her to continue to get her hopes up? While she was here happily trying on her wedding gown, he was running after Teresa in Zacatecas. She asks if he slept with her there. He swears by his mother that he hasn’t slept with her. She accuses him of lying and says Teresa is the worst. He disagrees, saying Teresa had already decided to get a divorce because of the way Arturo treated her. Luisa angrily disagrees, saying Teresa decided to divorce Arturo only after she’d taken in Fernando (embaucar). She now understands why Oriana warned her about Teresa. She takes the engagement ring and places it on his finger. Then she places his hand on her chest, dramatically asking if he can feel that. It’s her heart, and he’s destroyed it! She’s lost him but there’s no use in cursing (maldecir) him or hating him. His sin will be his penance because she doubts he and Teresa can possibly be happy now that they’ve destroyed her and her brother. He can only stand there, speechless. PERRO!!!!
CASA GENOVENOM: The Rat Pack has convened and Genovibora says she’s fixed it so a rumor will start circulating about faulty construction at Luna Turqueza. Rubigote thinks they need to take more drastic measures. Geno is on it even though she may need to travel to Cancun. The idea is to cause much greater problems for the condos and then make them public. Aiiiiiiida takes this all in and hopes their plans work in their favor but thinks it can be done another way. Geno wonders if Oriana will continue to support Fernando after he dumped Luisa for Teresa. This is all news to Rubigote and Aiida confirms it. She also says karma’s a b!tch because Teresa’s father died yesterday. Life always hits where it’ll hurt most. Armando was the only person Teresa truly cared for and now he’s no longer by her side. Ruben seems happy to hear that.
CASA LEDESMA: Hernan and Esperanza talk about Teresa and Refugio’s loss. He’s sure her presence there helped ease their pain. He thinks they should forget about that for now and he begins to kiss her.
HOSPITAL: Juana visits Hector to talk about Aurora. She doesn’t feel it’s right for him to reject Mariano after Aurora waited so many years to finally be happy with him. He feels Aurora’s just fooling herself by justifying his actions. She forgives him just so she can keep him near. He will not support Aurora’s failure to take her proper place. Juana disagrees, saying that because Aurora has taken her proper place is precisely the reason Mariano fell in love with her. Hector says he will not change his mind and Aurora needn’t send her to talk to him. Juana says she came on her own because she thought she could change his mind. She sees now that she can’t. She’s not sure it’s because he disapproves of Mariano or
because he’s still angry with her for having married Jughead.
CASA LEDESMA: Hernan is trying to get frisky with his lady love but she pulls away saying that since Rodriguito’s disappearance she just doesn’t feel like doing anything. He feels they’ve done everything possible to find him but they must continue with their life. He tries to get close again and again she pulls away saying, “Maybe you’d understand if the baby had been taken from you!” He tells her to relax and repeats they must go on with their lives. He goes on to suggest they have a baby. Ohhhhh, bad move Hernan. She accuses him of thinking another a baby would replace Rodriguito. It’ll never happen. NUNCA!
MARIANO/ARTURO APT BUILDING: Fito is dressed as a handyman and is talking to the doofus parking attendant who gives him Mariano’s apartment #209 and verifies he’s not there now. Fito walks away as if to wait for Mariano when Arturo and Teresa walk up. He turns away so they won’t see him, pretending to clean the lightpost.
CASA CENOVENOM: Geno is on the couch with “Paulito” leaving an angry message for Ruben, telling him to call her back. Aiiiiida turns up, apparently picking her up for a trip to “el Club”. Geno quickly tells the maid to take the baby to his room before Aiiiiida can get too close. Geno gives the maid instructions as Aiiiida eyes her suspiciously. She knows something’s smells around here and it’s not “Paulito’s” pañal!
VECINDAD: Pati attempts to get Refugio to lie down but she refuses to lie down without Armando. Juana talks her into resting on Teresa’s bed.
MARIANO’S APARTMENT: Yikes! “Handyman” Fito is attempting to open Mariano’s door when doofus attendant shows up. Fito pretends he’s knocking at the door then asks when the good doctor is expected. Attendant tells him Mariano doesn’t have fixed hours. He walks Fito out, worried now that someone may find out he gave out Mariano’s apt # AND let Fito in the building. Knucklehead!
VECINDAD: Juana’s chattering away about the Luisa/Fernando breakup. Boboberto has his back to her, not joining the conversation. Oh, I thought he was going to spill the beans on the Fer/Ter affair but all they do is talk about his jealousy of Hector, the possibility of adoption, etc. etc. zzzzzzzzzzz
CASA FERNANDO: Oriana has come by to see if anything came of Nando’s discussion with Luisa, has he changed his mind? He explains nothing has changed. He only wanted apologize again and hand over the house but this only worsened things. Luisa doesn’t want the house. She thought he had called to reconcile which Oriana thinks would be best. He quickly nixes that idea and warns her not to start in with her threats. He has his own businesses and his inheritance and that’s enough to for him to continue to live in the style he’s grown accustomed to for the rest of his life. Even if it weren’t so, he’s not going to give in to her blackmail. She can take away her businesses, even those they began together, go for it. But, he warns her, if she doesn’t accept Teresa, he will be the one to walk away from her! Bam! He walks away from her and Momma looks like she’s trying to think of Plan B.
FITO AND RUBIGOTE meet out on the street somewhere. Fito tells him he’s already scoped out Mariano’s place and assures him he’s a pro and it will happen as promised. Ruben’s called him out here because there are certain things he prefer they not discuss in front of Her Rootness, for example what is REALLY going to happen to Mariano. Fito gets all serious, “Like what?” Ruben explains he doesn’t just want Mariano beat up, he wants that infeliz dead!
HOSPITAL: Smarmy scene with Mariano and Aurora smooching in his office (how unprofessional). They both talk about how happy they are. She’s nervous about her upcoming exams and he tells her that’s why he’s agreed to help her study although he doesn’t know how he’ll get through the whole session without kissing her.
BACK TO FITO/RUBIGOTE: Fito wants to know why Rubigote is so hot to have Mariano whacked. (Funny, in this segment he calls Ruben ‘lic’, pronounced ‘leek’)Ruben almost says it’s about his hija but changes gears and says he doesn’t want Mariano anywhere near his loved ones. Fito assumes he’s speaking of Espe. Ruben tells him to just do as he asks and not ask questions. Furthermore, he wants his son’s medalla returned unbeknownst to Geno. Fito asks if Ruben is going to pay him for the medalla and the whack job. He only asks because as they both know, the one with all the lana is the Rooted One. Ruben says, “let me worry about that. That’s my problem.” Fito explains Ruben’s problems become his problems if Ruben doesn’t have the money to pay him. Ruben tells him not worry, everything can change. But in order for that to happen he needs Fito’s help. If Fito sticks with him, he’ll have plenty of work. Yeah, he gets to do all the dirty work but he can do anything, for a price. And much more for his loyalty (lealtad). Ruben reminds him this contract is between the two of them. Geno doesn’t need to know about it.
PENTHOUSE: Arturo has taken Teresa home with him. He tells her to rest and they can talk later. She’s very tired and wants to sleep. She asks him to join her and not leave her alone. Her cell rings and he grabs it first, seeing it’s from Fernando. He demands to know if it’s true Fernando didn’t marry Luisa because of her. When she doesn’t answer, he lifts her by the shoulders and says he already knows she was cheating on him with Fernando, who was like a brother to him. He wants to know if she’s in love with Fernando, or is it his money she’s after. CONTÉSTAME!!!!
CASA FERNANDO: When Teresa doesn’t answer his call, Ferneanderthal tells Oriana the three of them must talk this through. Oriana has nothing to say to her. She can’t believe he’d turn his back on his own mother for that arribista! It’s not love he feels for her, it’s passion. She slept with him and drove him crazy…..because she’s an expert at that. Oriana starts to call her a cualquiera but Fernando stops her telling her not to dare insult Teresa and for her information, he hasn’t slept with her. Oriana doesn’t believe him, saying Teresa didn’t respect his relationship with Luisa or her marriage to Arturo. He needs to admit that Teresa enticed him and now he’s driven by desire. That’s what that type of woman does and if he likes it that much he can sleep with her as many times as he likes, but he shouldn’t marry her.
PENTHOUSE: Arturo’s waiting for an answer. Does she love Fernando or did she seduce him in order to enjoy his fortune. She tells him he’s hurting her and finally breaks away from him and falls back on the bed. He already knows the answer: It was for “interés”! Just like she left Mariano because he (Arturo) had money, now she’ll leave him for someone who give her all the luxuries that she loves sooooo much! But this time she really had no limits. She showed no consideration for the fact that he is Arturo’s BFF or that Luisa is supposedly her BFF. If she had to leave him for someone, couldn’t she have found someone else? Why did she have to destroy Luisa and the friendship he’s had with Fernando since childhood? She tries to tell him she didn’t go looking for that. LIES! He accuses her of calculating every move as though they are all pieces in her game of chess (ajedrez). He had reason to be jealous. He knew she was involved with someone else but he could not imagine his rival would turn out to be Fernando! How could he when he considered him his brother. How they must have laughed at him. He will NEVER grant her a divorce. She’s his woman because he bought her, right? For her it was only a financial transaction. Teresa’s heard enough! She admits she wasn’t in love with him when they got married but she was fascinated by him. She was deslumbrada (dazzled) by everything he could offer her. She mistakenly thought that was love. She did eventually feel true love for him – when she discovered he had slept with Paloma. She realized through her jealousy that she truly loved him. Then when they traveled she discovered so many new things about him. She fell in love with him when she saw how much he tried to win her back. “Win you back?” he asks. He never won her in the first place, his money did. “But,” she tells him, “I fell in love with you. I want you to see it clearly that I love you and you have no idea that when I touch you, when I kiss you……” They lock lips in a passionate kiss but he breaks away first, asking if she loves him why did she cheat on him with Fernando. She shouts at him, “It’s all your fault! I told you you needed to come out ahead and accept Fernando’s help!” Arturo puts his hands to his face in frustration and says sarcastically that because he didn’t do that she clearly had to get involved with Fernando.
EL CLUB: The Rat Club (less Rubigote) meet with Oriana. She tells them she’s never seen Fernando so aggressive. Geno blames it on Teresa’s bad influence and Aiiiiiida says that rrrrrrrrata de vecindad bewitches men and makes them lose all reason. Oriana can only hope Fernando doesn’t commit any more locuras in order to be with her. There’s nothing more Oriana can do. Fernando’s accustomed to doing as he pleases as well as enjoying any woman who comes near him but she will not allow him to bring just anyone near her. Problem is, Geno says, he inherited so much money father that he doesn’t care what Oriana thinks. Oriana would like to teach him a good lesson (escarmiento). Aiiida sees Oriana has joined the I Hate Teresa Club. To begin with, they’d like to see that the remaining Luna Turqueza condos don’t sell. Oriana doesn’t think that’s such a bad idea. This way Fernando will see all the bad luck Teresa has brought upon him, just as it did with Arturo. She’s going to do what she can to make her son realize this. Fernando has declared war, and war is what he’ll get. As for Luisa, she’s worse off than before and now even refuses to take the house he bought her. Geno feels this shows how dignified Luisa is. Aiiiida feels for Luisa then tells them Mariano tried to talk to Fernando at Armando’s wake. Oriana’s surprised to hear this. She spots Mariano walking by and calls him over. When he asks how she is, she complains that her blood pressure has shot up as a result of all this Fer/Ter mess. It’s impossible for her to relax to think her son is following in Arturo’s footsteps and may even end up the same, betrayed and penniless. She asks him to please talk to Fernando and tell him of his experience with Teresa. He explains he already tried. As he told Aiiiiida, Fernando is not in the right mindset to listen to reason. Oriana thinks Teresa still loves Mariano. Mariano says he’s in love with Aurora and he wants to remain as far away as possible from Teresa. Besides, he’s convinced she’s in love with her husband. Aiiiida finds that hard to believe. Teresa only loves money. Mariano agrees she’s very ambitious but it’s also true she loves Arturo. One can’t hide love or money. He cites the loss of a loved one as an example. People in mourning will draw strength from someone they love. It was obvious to him that person was Arturo for Teresa. Oriana is surprised to hear Arturo attended the wake.
LUCIA’S APARTMENT: Luisa arrives and tells Lucia what happened between her and Fernando. She was an idiot to get her hopes up. She hadn’t even considered he had purchased the house where they lived. She doesn’t know where she’ll live now. Lucia immediately offers to take her in.
PENTHOUSE: Teresa tells Arturo he pushed her away with his drunkenness and by testing her loyalty and that’s why she was drawn to Fernando. He was there for her. DING-DONG!!!! It’s the Fer-shark! He walks in asking if she’s ok, “mi amor”. ARTURO: “I’m talking with my wife.” FERNANDO: “More like bothering her. She’s already made her choice now why don’t you step aside. Learn to accept your loss.” Oh yeah? ARTURO: “If you’re so sure you’ve won, then why did Teresa kiss me just now?” FERNANDO: “Mentira. You’re only saying this to make me angry. Teresa chose me. She prefers me!” Arturo drags Teresa and puts her between them asking her to choose here and now --- “which of the two do you prefer?”
-Refugio tells Teresa of hers and Armando’s wishes to be buried side by side
-Mariano gives Aurora The Ring.
-Fito teases Geno & Ruben with the Medalla
Now for the new stuff:
Rubigote has another job for Fito el Maldito: teach Mariano Sanchez a lesson!
ARMANDO’S WAKE: Johnny/Pati drag Teresa away in tears as Arturo speaks with Refugio (who continues to call him El Licenciado). They speak of Armando and she says he had great affection for Arturo. She realizes he and Teresa continue to have problems due to his alcoholism but she knows Teresa loves him very much. She suggests he get help from AA so they can return to the happiness they shared when they returned from Europe. He must realize that life will take away that which is most precious to you when you least expect it. She sobs over the casket. He hugs her and swears to her he loves Teresa more than life itself.
RESTAURANT: Aurora tells Mariano he has no idea how happy this ring makes her. It’s beautiful but she’s not sure about getting married just yet. He understands she’s not ready to take that step now and is willing to wait until she is. He tells her to keep the ring because it’s his way of telling her that he plans to spend the rest of his life with her. He says the day he sees her wear it, he’ll know she’s ready to get married.
THE FOLLOWING DAY IN MARIANO’S APT, shriekster Aida has come by for coffee and they’re talking about the TER/FER/ART situation. She can’t believe Teresa has the nerve to dump Arturo for someone with more money. She thinks Mariano should speak to Fernando to help him understand how conniving Teresa is. Mariano explains he already tried to speak to Fernando, but he misunderstood, thinking instead that Mariano is interested in Teresa. Frankly, he doesn’t want to risk his relationship with Aurora by getting mixed up in this mess. Aida asks if he’d be willing to try again if she’s able to convince Fernando to listen. Would he tell all? Mariano refuses, saying he doesn’t want to become embroiled in gossip. Wow, Mr. Buttinski is refusing to get involved – I’m amazed. He says Fernando is in lurve and won’t listen to reason. He doesn’t understand why Aiiiiida would want him to get involved. Aida doesn’t think Teresa should get away with this. Mr. Buttinski tells the Shriekster to butt out. He thinks this is just another one of Aida’s plots of revenge. As her friend, he tells her she should get on with life and forget about Teresa. She’ll never be happy if all she thinks about is revenge.
SALON DE BELLEZA: Luisa gets her hair done and Lucia tells her she looks beautiful but she’s worried Luisa may getting her hopes up. Luisa tells her not to worry. Fernando’s the one who called, saying he wanted to see her, asking for forgiveness and saying he never intended to hurt her. She wants to show up looking beautiful, strong, and confident. Oriana has suggested this is how Fernando must see her. Lucia asks if she needs her to go along. Luisa prefers to go alone. Oh my, like a little lamb on her way to the slaughterhouse!
ARMANDO’S WAKE: The priest prays over the casket. Mariano and Aurora arrive and she goes to Teresa. Aurora tells her she’s seen the way she looks at Arturo and can tell she loves him and that he adores her. If he’s here despite everything that’s gone down with Fernando, it must mean something. She pleads with Teresa that if she loves Arturo she should stay with him. It’s possible the relationship between Luisa and Fernando can’t be fixed, but her relationship with Arturo can still be saved. Teresa always finds a way to justify her actions and get what she wants. She tells her not to do to Arturo what she did to Mariano.
Meanwhile, Arturo takes Mariano into the other room to talk. He knows Mariano warned Luisa about Fernando and now asks him to tell everything he knows. They take the conversation outside.
CASA DE FERNANDO: Meathead is on the phone talking to someone about whether or not to continue with the Luna Turqueza project. Luisa walks in and she tells him she wasn’t able to sleep after what he said. He tells her he meant everything he said. He’s very sorry he hurt her. She admits it was terrible but she’s so happy he’s taken it all back (recapacitado). He tries to interject but she stops him. She’s willing to forgive him because she loves him and nothing matters more to her than to be with him. She suggests they go somewhere far away from everything and begin anew. She’ll talk to Arturo and knows he’ll understand. They don’t even need to get married. They can continue living together and do all those things they had planned. He gently takes her hands and asks her to stop. She’s apparently misunderstood, he only wanted her forgiveness. Luisa’s impactada!
VECINDAD: The Suckers in Solidarity strengthen their bond: Arturo and Mariano are now outside as Mariano explains he wanted to warn Luisa after what he found out in Zacatecas. Then he heard Teresa talking to Fernando on the phone at Espe’s house and that’s when he told her she should talk to Arturo. The important thing now is that he now knows everything. Arturo finds it ironic that he now finds himself in Mariano’s place. He can now fully understand how Mariano felt back then. Mariano agrees but says the outcome shouldn’t be the same. It took a long time for him to understand everything Teresa did. At least Arturo now knows what’s going on. It’s much worse for him – it involves his best friend and his sister is caught in the middle.
CASA FERNANDO: It’s now dawning on Luisa that Fernando didn’t call her here to mend their relationship. He tells her there’s no use. She pleads with him, saying their love was too great for him to just end it from one day to the next. She loves him. He pleads with her not to continue. He tells her he no longer loves her. “No puede ser,” is all she can say. She wonders what she did wrong, how did she disappoint him? Of course she did nothing wrong, it’s just that he fell in love with Teresa. She grabs him by the lapels and demands to know how that happened. He doesn’t know how it happened. He only knows that his feelings grew stronger each time he saw the Sharkster. He knows he should have talked to her about it, but he couldn’t. She wishes he had told her. At least then she could have fought for him and shown him what she’s capable of doing to show her love for him. **I cringe** He doesn’t understand why she doesn’t hate him. She says she can’t hate him, her love for him is stronger than any resentment. She tells him that’s true love and what Teresa feels for him is not.
ARMANDO’S WAKE: Arturo and Mariano return but Arturo has one more question: How did Mariano get Teresa out of his heart? Mariano admits it wasn’t easy but he thinks it was when he realized she loved Arturo, or at least that’s what it appeared to be. It took some time, but he eventually fell in love with Aurora and she makes him happy. Teresa walks in just then, wondering what is going on. Aurora follows just behind her to tell her the representatives from the funeral home (funeraria) have arrived.
CASA FERNANDO: Nando feels badly about what’s happened. He knows he’s hurt her but in the end, it’s just his nature **the cad!** he just wasn’t able to resist the temptation of another woman. Luisa tearfully asks if this is why he called her here. He’s sorry if she misunderstood. He only wanted to apologize again and tell her he’s leaving the house, he bought it for her. She lashes out at him, reminding him that was because they were getting married! He can keep the house; he can keep everything. She wants him! She could care less about anything else he could give her!
ARMANDO’S WAKE: Refugio opens the casket to say her final farewell to her beloved husband. As everyone begins to cry, she gives thanks to God for having been with such a good man, for everything they built together. They had many dreams. Not all of them came true but he was always there for her and their daughters. He was a good husband and father. She’s going to miss him so much. She falls on the casket and Teresa pulls her back and they cry together. She continues by saying she and Teresa are now alone, but they will honor his memory by living a dignified life as he himself taught them. She cries out “Armando! Armando!” , Teresa cries out “Papa! Papa!”. The other mourners are also caught up in the grief and crying while Johnny scratches his head.
BACK AT CASA FERNANDO, Luisa angrily asks why he didn’t have the courage to tell her. When he asked her not to control him like his mother he could have told her then that he had doubts or that he no longer loved her. Why did he allow her to continue to get her hopes up? While she was here happily trying on her wedding gown, he was running after Teresa in Zacatecas. She asks if he slept with her there. He swears by his mother that he hasn’t slept with her. She accuses him of lying and says Teresa is the worst. He disagrees, saying Teresa had already decided to get a divorce because of the way Arturo treated her. Luisa angrily disagrees, saying Teresa decided to divorce Arturo only after she’d taken in Fernando (embaucar). She now understands why Oriana warned her about Teresa. She takes the engagement ring and places it on his finger. Then she places his hand on her chest, dramatically asking if he can feel that. It’s her heart, and he’s destroyed it! She’s lost him but there’s no use in cursing (maldecir) him or hating him. His sin will be his penance because she doubts he and Teresa can possibly be happy now that they’ve destroyed her and her brother. He can only stand there, speechless. PERRO!!!!
CASA GENOVENOM: The Rat Pack has convened and Genovibora says she’s fixed it so a rumor will start circulating about faulty construction at Luna Turqueza. Rubigote thinks they need to take more drastic measures. Geno is on it even though she may need to travel to Cancun. The idea is to cause much greater problems for the condos and then make them public. Aiiiiiiida takes this all in and hopes their plans work in their favor but thinks it can be done another way. Geno wonders if Oriana will continue to support Fernando after he dumped Luisa for Teresa. This is all news to Rubigote and Aiida confirms it. She also says karma’s a b!tch because Teresa’s father died yesterday. Life always hits where it’ll hurt most. Armando was the only person Teresa truly cared for and now he’s no longer by her side. Ruben seems happy to hear that.
CASA LEDESMA: Hernan and Esperanza talk about Teresa and Refugio’s loss. He’s sure her presence there helped ease their pain. He thinks they should forget about that for now and he begins to kiss her.
HOSPITAL: Juana visits Hector to talk about Aurora. She doesn’t feel it’s right for him to reject Mariano after Aurora waited so many years to finally be happy with him. He feels Aurora’s just fooling herself by justifying his actions. She forgives him just so she can keep him near. He will not support Aurora’s failure to take her proper place. Juana disagrees, saying that because Aurora has taken her proper place is precisely the reason Mariano fell in love with her. Hector says he will not change his mind and Aurora needn’t send her to talk to him. Juana says she came on her own because she thought she could change his mind. She sees now that she can’t. She’s not sure it’s because he disapproves of Mariano or
because he’s still angry with her for having married Jughead.
CASA LEDESMA: Hernan is trying to get frisky with his lady love but she pulls away saying that since Rodriguito’s disappearance she just doesn’t feel like doing anything. He feels they’ve done everything possible to find him but they must continue with their life. He tries to get close again and again she pulls away saying, “Maybe you’d understand if the baby had been taken from you!” He tells her to relax and repeats they must go on with their lives. He goes on to suggest they have a baby. Ohhhhh, bad move Hernan. She accuses him of thinking another a baby would replace Rodriguito. It’ll never happen. NUNCA!
MARIANO/ARTURO APT BUILDING: Fito is dressed as a handyman and is talking to the doofus parking attendant who gives him Mariano’s apartment #209 and verifies he’s not there now. Fito walks away as if to wait for Mariano when Arturo and Teresa walk up. He turns away so they won’t see him, pretending to clean the lightpost.
CASA CENOVENOM: Geno is on the couch with “Paulito” leaving an angry message for Ruben, telling him to call her back. Aiiiiida turns up, apparently picking her up for a trip to “el Club”. Geno quickly tells the maid to take the baby to his room before Aiiiiida can get too close. Geno gives the maid instructions as Aiiiida eyes her suspiciously. She knows something’s smells around here and it’s not “Paulito’s” pañal!
VECINDAD: Pati attempts to get Refugio to lie down but she refuses to lie down without Armando. Juana talks her into resting on Teresa’s bed.
MARIANO’S APARTMENT: Yikes! “Handyman” Fito is attempting to open Mariano’s door when doofus attendant shows up. Fito pretends he’s knocking at the door then asks when the good doctor is expected. Attendant tells him Mariano doesn’t have fixed hours. He walks Fito out, worried now that someone may find out he gave out Mariano’s apt # AND let Fito in the building. Knucklehead!
VECINDAD: Juana’s chattering away about the Luisa/Fernando breakup. Boboberto has his back to her, not joining the conversation. Oh, I thought he was going to spill the beans on the Fer/Ter affair but all they do is talk about his jealousy of Hector, the possibility of adoption, etc. etc. zzzzzzzzzzz
CASA FERNANDO: Oriana has come by to see if anything came of Nando’s discussion with Luisa, has he changed his mind? He explains nothing has changed. He only wanted apologize again and hand over the house but this only worsened things. Luisa doesn’t want the house. She thought he had called to reconcile which Oriana thinks would be best. He quickly nixes that idea and warns her not to start in with her threats. He has his own businesses and his inheritance and that’s enough to for him to continue to live in the style he’s grown accustomed to for the rest of his life. Even if it weren’t so, he’s not going to give in to her blackmail. She can take away her businesses, even those they began together, go for it. But, he warns her, if she doesn’t accept Teresa, he will be the one to walk away from her! Bam! He walks away from her and Momma looks like she’s trying to think of Plan B.
FITO AND RUBIGOTE meet out on the street somewhere. Fito tells him he’s already scoped out Mariano’s place and assures him he’s a pro and it will happen as promised. Ruben’s called him out here because there are certain things he prefer they not discuss in front of Her Rootness, for example what is REALLY going to happen to Mariano. Fito gets all serious, “Like what?” Ruben explains he doesn’t just want Mariano beat up, he wants that infeliz dead!
HOSPITAL: Smarmy scene with Mariano and Aurora smooching in his office (how unprofessional). They both talk about how happy they are. She’s nervous about her upcoming exams and he tells her that’s why he’s agreed to help her study although he doesn’t know how he’ll get through the whole session without kissing her.
BACK TO FITO/RUBIGOTE: Fito wants to know why Rubigote is so hot to have Mariano whacked. (Funny, in this segment he calls Ruben ‘lic’, pronounced ‘leek’)Ruben almost says it’s about his hija but changes gears and says he doesn’t want Mariano anywhere near his loved ones. Fito assumes he’s speaking of Espe. Ruben tells him to just do as he asks and not ask questions. Furthermore, he wants his son’s medalla returned unbeknownst to Geno. Fito asks if Ruben is going to pay him for the medalla and the whack job. He only asks because as they both know, the one with all the lana is the Rooted One. Ruben says, “let me worry about that. That’s my problem.” Fito explains Ruben’s problems become his problems if Ruben doesn’t have the money to pay him. Ruben tells him not worry, everything can change. But in order for that to happen he needs Fito’s help. If Fito sticks with him, he’ll have plenty of work. Yeah, he gets to do all the dirty work but he can do anything, for a price. And much more for his loyalty (lealtad). Ruben reminds him this contract is between the two of them. Geno doesn’t need to know about it.
PENTHOUSE: Arturo has taken Teresa home with him. He tells her to rest and they can talk later. She’s very tired and wants to sleep. She asks him to join her and not leave her alone. Her cell rings and he grabs it first, seeing it’s from Fernando. He demands to know if it’s true Fernando didn’t marry Luisa because of her. When she doesn’t answer, he lifts her by the shoulders and says he already knows she was cheating on him with Fernando, who was like a brother to him. He wants to know if she’s in love with Fernando, or is it his money she’s after. CONTÉSTAME!!!!
CASA FERNANDO: When Teresa doesn’t answer his call, Ferneanderthal tells Oriana the three of them must talk this through. Oriana has nothing to say to her. She can’t believe he’d turn his back on his own mother for that arribista! It’s not love he feels for her, it’s passion. She slept with him and drove him crazy…..because she’s an expert at that. Oriana starts to call her a cualquiera but Fernando stops her telling her not to dare insult Teresa and for her information, he hasn’t slept with her. Oriana doesn’t believe him, saying Teresa didn’t respect his relationship with Luisa or her marriage to Arturo. He needs to admit that Teresa enticed him and now he’s driven by desire. That’s what that type of woman does and if he likes it that much he can sleep with her as many times as he likes, but he shouldn’t marry her.
PENTHOUSE: Arturo’s waiting for an answer. Does she love Fernando or did she seduce him in order to enjoy his fortune. She tells him he’s hurting her and finally breaks away from him and falls back on the bed. He already knows the answer: It was for “interés”! Just like she left Mariano because he (Arturo) had money, now she’ll leave him for someone who give her all the luxuries that she loves sooooo much! But this time she really had no limits. She showed no consideration for the fact that he is Arturo’s BFF or that Luisa is supposedly her BFF. If she had to leave him for someone, couldn’t she have found someone else? Why did she have to destroy Luisa and the friendship he’s had with Fernando since childhood? She tries to tell him she didn’t go looking for that. LIES! He accuses her of calculating every move as though they are all pieces in her game of chess (ajedrez). He had reason to be jealous. He knew she was involved with someone else but he could not imagine his rival would turn out to be Fernando! How could he when he considered him his brother. How they must have laughed at him. He will NEVER grant her a divorce. She’s his woman because he bought her, right? For her it was only a financial transaction. Teresa’s heard enough! She admits she wasn’t in love with him when they got married but she was fascinated by him. She was deslumbrada (dazzled) by everything he could offer her. She mistakenly thought that was love. She did eventually feel true love for him – when she discovered he had slept with Paloma. She realized through her jealousy that she truly loved him. Then when they traveled she discovered so many new things about him. She fell in love with him when she saw how much he tried to win her back. “Win you back?” he asks. He never won her in the first place, his money did. “But,” she tells him, “I fell in love with you. I want you to see it clearly that I love you and you have no idea that when I touch you, when I kiss you……” They lock lips in a passionate kiss but he breaks away first, asking if she loves him why did she cheat on him with Fernando. She shouts at him, “It’s all your fault! I told you you needed to come out ahead and accept Fernando’s help!” Arturo puts his hands to his face in frustration and says sarcastically that because he didn’t do that she clearly had to get involved with Fernando.
EL CLUB: The Rat Club (less Rubigote) meet with Oriana. She tells them she’s never seen Fernando so aggressive. Geno blames it on Teresa’s bad influence and Aiiiiiida says that rrrrrrrrata de vecindad bewitches men and makes them lose all reason. Oriana can only hope Fernando doesn’t commit any more locuras in order to be with her. There’s nothing more Oriana can do. Fernando’s accustomed to doing as he pleases as well as enjoying any woman who comes near him but she will not allow him to bring just anyone near her. Problem is, Geno says, he inherited so much money father that he doesn’t care what Oriana thinks. Oriana would like to teach him a good lesson (escarmiento). Aiiida sees Oriana has joined the I Hate Teresa Club. To begin with, they’d like to see that the remaining Luna Turqueza condos don’t sell. Oriana doesn’t think that’s such a bad idea. This way Fernando will see all the bad luck Teresa has brought upon him, just as it did with Arturo. She’s going to do what she can to make her son realize this. Fernando has declared war, and war is what he’ll get. As for Luisa, she’s worse off than before and now even refuses to take the house he bought her. Geno feels this shows how dignified Luisa is. Aiiiida feels for Luisa then tells them Mariano tried to talk to Fernando at Armando’s wake. Oriana’s surprised to hear this. She spots Mariano walking by and calls him over. When he asks how she is, she complains that her blood pressure has shot up as a result of all this Fer/Ter mess. It’s impossible for her to relax to think her son is following in Arturo’s footsteps and may even end up the same, betrayed and penniless. She asks him to please talk to Fernando and tell him of his experience with Teresa. He explains he already tried. As he told Aiiiiida, Fernando is not in the right mindset to listen to reason. Oriana thinks Teresa still loves Mariano. Mariano says he’s in love with Aurora and he wants to remain as far away as possible from Teresa. Besides, he’s convinced she’s in love with her husband. Aiiiida finds that hard to believe. Teresa only loves money. Mariano agrees she’s very ambitious but it’s also true she loves Arturo. One can’t hide love or money. He cites the loss of a loved one as an example. People in mourning will draw strength from someone they love. It was obvious to him that person was Arturo for Teresa. Oriana is surprised to hear Arturo attended the wake.
LUCIA’S APARTMENT: Luisa arrives and tells Lucia what happened between her and Fernando. She was an idiot to get her hopes up. She hadn’t even considered he had purchased the house where they lived. She doesn’t know where she’ll live now. Lucia immediately offers to take her in.
PENTHOUSE: Teresa tells Arturo he pushed her away with his drunkenness and by testing her loyalty and that’s why she was drawn to Fernando. He was there for her. DING-DONG!!!! It’s the Fer-shark! He walks in asking if she’s ok, “mi amor”. ARTURO: “I’m talking with my wife.” FERNANDO: “More like bothering her. She’s already made her choice now why don’t you step aside. Learn to accept your loss.” Oh yeah? ARTURO: “If you’re so sure you’ve won, then why did Teresa kiss me just now?” FERNANDO: “Mentira. You’re only saying this to make me angry. Teresa chose me. She prefers me!” Arturo drags Teresa and puts her between them asking her to choose here and now --- “which of the two do you prefer?”
Labels: Teresa
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Teresa Mon 9/19/11 #141 Three Gálans And A Funeral, or Four Interventions and a Marriage Proposal
There’s a lot of wailing and renting of clothes at Juana’s apartamentito as first Refugio and then Juana herself arrive to find Teresa in tears over her daddy, Armando’s, lifeless body. All that’s missing is ashes and sackcloth. Everytime somebody asks Tersa what happened and what could have possibly led to his sudden [fulminante] heart attack, she washes her half truth with a great deal of white: they were just talking and he suddenly keeled over.
Aurora calls Mariano at his apartment to give him the sad news and lament over Teresa’s lamentations. He instructs her to give Refu her medicine before she gets the news, and he’ll see about giving the news to Arturo.
Across town at Aurora’s, Odiosa Oriana, who still is too proud to realize her part in all of this, has taken the morose and mousy Luisa out in the back gardens for a walk, trying to talk her out of her depression. Luisa says she wishes she were more like Odiana, strong and decisive. (I say careful what you wish for!) Odiana explains she got this way because life dealt her numerous blows, beginning with the loss of her mother at four and being sent away to a boarding school. (Yeah, sounds harsh to me, too—NOT! Considering the Brits do that on a regular basis.)
Aurora returns to Juana’s just as Refu has an attack and she and Teresa have to talk Refu into taking her medicines as it seems Refu would rather join her hubby in Heaven than remain alone on terra firma with Tere. (Many in Viewerville at this point are wondering who could blame her.)
At the same time, in the penthouse formerly affectionately referred to by some as Fernando’s Hideaway, Art of the Achy Breaky Heart is drinking like a fish, hoping to drown his sorrows in Scotch. The doorbell rings and it’s Mariano. Art drags him inside and babbles boozily about Mariano coming to make fun of him because he got screwed over the same way Mar did. Of course, that makes them buds instead of rivals! Teresa’s soused spouse then grabs Mariano and gives him a sozzled hug as Suckers in Solidarity. Why? Because they both made the same mistake of falling in love with Teresa, the wickedest woman of all!
Back at Aurora’s, Luisa and Odiana continue their heart-to-heart. Luisa finds out that Odiosa was never truly happy with Fernando’s daddy, only with Fernando. Hubby was too old fashioned [chapado a la antigua] and “tough guy” [macho] for her taste. She thus excuses herself for raising her son so badly. Luisa agrees it must have been a really rough life for her (though this part of Viewerville is still not convinced) and Odiana agrees. She girded herself with courage to keep from being defeated and so must Luisa! She has to make an effort to confront her son and Teresa!
Mariano leaves Art in an inebriated heap on the living room floor in sotted slumber.
Aurora gets the same story from Tere about what led up to Armie’s death as everyone else. Aurora races off to get her a tranquilizer also. She meets up with Mariano outside and they agree to put aside all that’s happened in order to care for both Refugio and Teresa as best they can. Inside, Refu wails that it should have been her to go first; what will she do without Armando now?
Odiana cautions Luisa not to think this is the end of the world. Instead of lolling around in bed and refusing to eat, she should forget Fer and concentrate now on how to keep Teresa and him apart so she doesn’t get her own way again.
Back in the vecindad, Johnny brings Juana a bag of collected cash from all the neighbors to help with the funeral expenses and then leaves to get Pati.
Tere cries on Juana’s shoulder. Nobody in the world understood her like Daddy and he was her whole world. He did all he could to help her get ahead in life, but she was unable to do anything for him. (Ok. Ok. She did selfishly keep the cash he needed to keep from losing his house and furniture for herself, but eventually did hook him up with Art’s law office and helped him pay his way out of debt with that gem of generosity, Gema. So, I’d say she evened out the score somewhat, considering her stunted and twisted world view.) “—I’m a bad daughter!!”
Meanwhile, Nando is sitting at a chic-chic watering hole, wearing his wounds like a badge of honor, and thinking back woefully about his first encounter with Teresa, his first passionate embrace and kiss with her, his resulting break-up with Luisa, and the beating he willingly took from Arturo for it all.
The wake finally begins at the Chavez’s. Mariano arrives and Tere, finally dressed in a more modest black button-down designer shirtdress, races over to him as Aurora anxiously observes from the sidelines. “—Oh, Mariano! If anybody’s sympathies [pesame] are sincere, it’s yours.” He tells her how sorry he truly is and walks over to join Aurora. Teresa then takes a call from Fer in one of the bedrooms.
Fer is angry at Teresa for keeping him waiting all afternoon after they agreed to spend the night together. What’s she trying to pull? Is she just toying with him? (Ohmanohman! On a sexual frustration scale of 1-10, this guy’s at least a 15+.) She begins crying uncontrollably and tells him she won’t be coming because of her father. What???!! Yes, Daddy died and she’s at the wake now. He asks what her dad died from, but she won’t go into it. “—What does it matter now [¡qué más da!] He’s no longer here with me! So, like I told you, don’t wait for me!” Click! Cara de impactado de Fernando.
Back at the penthouse, Art’s awake again and knocking down a beer. The doorbell rings again. This time it’s Lucia, but in his drunken haze he thinks it’s Teresa. He grabs Lucia and lays a lip-lock of lust and love on her. Lucia makes a half-hearted effort to correct the error of her bodacious and besotted boss, then decides to go for the gusto.
At Armando’s funeral, Cutberto tells Juana to stay strong for Refugio’s sake; they must remember what a good man he was! Buttberto especially will remember how Armie always won against him at dominoes. (Really deep guy, Bertie.) And, while the others pray, Aurora and Mariano have escaped into the kitchen for a little sidebar discussion about how decent the adult Chavez’s had been to her. Just then Daddy Director—Hector—walks in and he immediately spies the two of them canoodling in the kitchen. He races over to give Mariano a piece of his mind. Aurora tells him to back it down a bit because she realized she was wrong and it was all a big misunderstanding on her part. Tere has managed to finagle her way over while hugging her madrina, to get a good ring-side seat of the dust-up. Mariano swears that he’s never before felt what he does for Aurora and if he’d allow it he’d marry her right now! Tere is suck-it-in impactada at the double-dose of dolor.
Back at Art’s, Lucia drags Art into the shower and gets him to sober up a bit. He finally recognizes her, and she ends up slipping and falling into his arms. Neither fights it much—Lucia in particular. She smiles as he appreciatively caresses her face and the warm water envelops them both.
Tere, in between bouts of heartfelt tears, mentions to Juana that she still hasn’t let Arturo know about her father’s death. They are so angry with each other still, she says, that she’d rather Juana make the call for her. She really needs him with her now. (Whether it’s for really realz or for appearances’ sake is not quite clear to Viewerville). Just then Fer shows up at the wake and Tere panics. She runs over to Juana and says she’d probably better make the call herself instead. Juana sees Fernando and naively says he probably already knows if Fernando’s here. Mmm-hhhhhm. Tere races over to Nando and falls into his arms.
In the kitchen, Hector is giving heck to Mar and Aurora. No way he’d allow Mariano to marry his daughter! Aurora may be fooled, but he’s not! Juana notes the ruckus and pulls Hector away for a chat. Mar tells Aurora that he was dead serious about wanting to marry her. Aurora says she loves him but wants to take it slow still. They look over just then in unison and notice Tere making good use of Fernando’s overly broad shoulders. Aurora looks away in disgust and says it just takes the cake that Fernando would have the gall to show up here. Mar mentions that Art was so drunk he just left him lying asleep on the floor. He didn’t have a chance to tell him about Teresa’s dad. Better the guy doesn’t make an appearance!
Across the room, Nando is feeling guilty and asks if her father catching them together precipitated his heart attack and his sudden death. Teresa definitely can’t deal with the guilt. She tells him absolutely not! It had nothing to do with what he saw. “--Daddy was already ill.” Tearfully, she begs him not to talk any more about it.
Arturo now is out of the shower and fully dressed. He begs Lucia’s pardon and says he hopes there weren’t any other silly stunts [desfiguros] on his part. Lucia discretely says to just consider it all in the past. She mentions that he really needs to stop the drinking. Art’s cell rings and it’s Esperanza to apparently inform him about the wake.
In another part of Elite Estates, Odiosa has stopped by Aida’s to give her the bad news about the cancelled wedding and the root cause: Teresa!!!!! Odiosa says she hasn’t time to waste on tears right now. She’s got to help Luisa and Arturo get over this tragedy and to try talking some sense into her son. Aeeeeda says she can’t understand how Teresa manages to cast her spell over [embrujar=bewitch] all these men! God willing [¡Ojala!] Mariano will get a chance to speak to Fernando and tell him about Teresa and what happened to him! La Odiosa says that’s a pretty good idea. Let him hear it from the horse’s mouth.
Art tells Lucia he doesn’t know whether to go or not to the wake all things considered. Teresa really screwed him over royally (or better stated, gave him the royal screwjob). At times he really feels such hatred for her but then he realizes he’d die without her because he loves her so much! Lucia tells him that he can’t let the likes of Teresa demoralize and destroy him [hundir] this way! He says she’s right, but he just can’t imagine his life without Teresa. Lucia advises him to get off the booze and go back to courting basics with her. Win her back.
Meanwhile, the love of Art’s life is with his BFF as her mother thanks him for coming to the wake and offers her best to Nando and his bride-to-be. She hopes that they’ll be as happy together as she was with Armando. Tere breaks into this semi-soliloquy to let Mama know that Luisa and Art have recently broken off their engagement. Refusio’s eyes go saucer-size. “—But why???” Teresa quickly brushes over that, telling Mama they’ll talk about that later before abruptly dragging Fernando off to another part of the room.
Art tells Lucia then that he doesn’t want to, and that he can’t give up Teresa. He’s got to keep her from getting her way with this. Lucia says, no, more than that he’s not going to divorce her because he LOVES her. Think things through! If he truly loves her he’s got to make an effort to fight for her.
Nando gets an urgent text from Oriana that they need to see each other. Tere tells him to try to calm her down and make her see that what they have is really luhhhhv. He says he will try. He whispers “I love you” in her ear as she looks cautiously around the room for the umpteenth time.
Mariano is aparrently two steps ahead of Aeeeeda and La Odiosa. He races outside after Fernando and yells for him to stop. “--What’s up?” Mar says he wants to discuss something with him. “--Like?” “--Like you know what! “ “--Come again?” “--Like what you and Tere are doing to Arturo and Luisa.” “--Hey, I got no reason to discuss my private life with you!” “--Seems you do know what you’ve done.” (Ok, Mariano. I’m about up to here with your holier than thou attitude de metiche! Course, I realize it’s all a part of the Brotherhood of the Screwed Dude, but still…..) “--What’s it matter to you? Why are you sticking your nose in where it doesn’t belong?” “--For Teresa! So she doesn’t make the same mistake again!” “--No, more like you still have the hots for Teresa! And what in Hell gives you the right to say that having fallen in love with me is a mistake!!” “–It’s obvious that you feel conflicted about falling in love with your BFF’s wife.” (Not fair, Mariano, using those psych classes you took in med school. It’s really rubbing me the wrong way, man!) “--What gives you the right to involve yourself with me, Teresa or Arturo??” “--I only want to warn you--“ “—I don’t need yours or anybody else’s opinion! Got it?” He storms away. Mariano shrugs.
Inside, Aurora tries the same intervention with Teresa. She asks Teresa what kind of relationship she has with Fernando. Tere says she thought Aurora could’ve cared less about her. Yes, they haven’t been close lately, but only because of Teresa’s attitude. Well, says Teresa, it turns out that Aurora doesn’t understand the way she is. Lord knows she tried to often enough, says Aurora. She asks Teresa again about her and Fer. Tere says that this isn’t the time or the place to discuss the subject. Aurora cautions her not to go do something that she might be sorry for later as Arturo loves her and Luisa is her best friend. “—Besides, think of your mother!” Teres just gives her the evil eye.
Outside, Hernan and Espe arrive. They chat with Mariano. Yeah, Hector’s upstairs and in a rotten mood because he and Aurora are back together again. Hernan goes on up. Espe stays back a moment. Mar admits he’s really in love with Aurora and so happy. “--This is going to be forever and always. You’ll see!” Espe says she’s glad to hear it. He encourages her to have faith that her baby will be back with her soon. FF>>
Teresa tells Aurora that she’s thinking of taking her mother away from the vecindad and all the bad memories, maybe on a cruise. Aurora tells her she’s nuts to do that. The woman’s whole life and all her friends are here in this place. Doesn’t she realize that she’s only doing what she would want to do and not what her mother would be happiest doing? It’s not that everything Teresa does isn’t for the best of intentions, says Aurora, it’s just the way she goes about it most of the time is where she goes wrong. "--Again, think of your mother and then think about what you’re doing to Arturo because it’s just not right!"
Art and Lucia are still in deep discussion. It’s now about Fernando’s betrayal. No he doesn’t hate him, counsels Lucia, it’s only that he’s hurting cuz the guy’s like a brother to him. Well, he still can’t assimilate all that’s happened. Everything was going so well. When did it all change? He still doesn’t understand why Teresa’s doing this to him. Only she can answer that, says Lucia. He needs to make an effort to find out why. She’s right. He hasn’t had a chance to talk to her about it yet, but he will. She’s an angel, taking the time to support him this way. Lucia just cringes as if she’s thinking “always the bridesmaid but never the bride.”
That night, while Hernan and Espe talk about being strong for Refugio’s sake despite the kidnapping, Fito the Maldito Kiddie Bandito, pays a visit to Ruben and Genoveva looking for hush money. He tells them about the numerous fliers and news bulletins offering a boatload of bills for the return of Espe’s baby. El Bigotes lipfur begins to convulse. “—You’re crazy!” Fito pulls out the gold medallion and suggests that could be, but it would be interesting to see the expression on Hernan’s face when he sees that medallion and Fito tells him he knows where Espe’s baby is. Duhn-duhn-duhnnnn!
Back at the wake, Art finally arrives. Tere races over to him and kisses him on the mouth. He responds, tho’ pained about it. Aurora notes it a bit skeptically but when Espe mentions that it’s obvious Teresa does love Arturo, she’s quick to agree. Espe is surprised that Aurora knows about their personal problems. Aurora says she’s tried to talk some sense into her, but Teresa just refuses to listen to her. Maybe, since she and Espe are childhood friends, she can persuade Teresa to stop the self-destructive path she’s on. Maybe she could convince her not to leave Art over money. WTH? Espe wasn’t expecting that from Aurora.
Tere takes Art into the bedroom. “—What’s going to become of me now that my daddy’s gone? He was the only one who ever totally understood and supported me.” Art tries to comfort her. She kisses him again and holds on for dear life. Art starts off a bit puzzled that she’s kissing and hugging him as if she really loved him, but then the bit with Fernando-- Teresa begs him not to talk about that right now. She really needs him--and that shoulder of his.
In the meantime, Fernando gets back to the casota where Mama is waiting to intervene for Luisa and their financial empire. She expects him to speak with Luisa who’s extremely upset and very depressed. She doesn’t blame her either for not comprehending what’s happened between them. He tells Mama it’s not exactly rocket science. He simply fell in love with another woman. “--What a disappointment you are, Fernando! Just look at what’s become of Arturo!” You don’t command the heart, he tells her. “--NO, but reason and decency do!” So, is he calling to cancel or what? He answers that he’s already had the company secretaries calling to explain it’s been cancelled due to forces beyond their control [por causa de fuerza mayor].
Oriana insists in making Fernando reconsider his situation; she tells him that he has to think things through because he could end up being hurt. He angrily tells her not to start with the blackmail. His mind’s made up and he’s not about to change it! The best thing for her is to respect it and to accept Teresa. (Yeah. Good luck with that!)
Back at the wake, Dr. Magpie, aka Magda, being that cardio is her specialty, is put in charge of Refugio, while Mariano and Aurora take a break before returning to stick it out for the night there.
Again at the casota, Odiosa suggests that Nando at least take precautions where Tere’s concerned. He loses it and screams back at her to stop treating him like a child! She’s always second-guessing every step he takes. The woman he loves is Teresa! Too bad about Luisa! Odiosa sniffs at that with a supercilious eyebrown and then threatens that tho’ she doesn’t seek to “control” him (riiiiight) she is the majority stockholder in their joint businesses. Not only will she pull out and take what’s hers with her, but she’ll advise her friends to do the same and to shun him. Later on, Odiosa Oriana tells Fernando that if he insists in having a relationship with Teresa she is going to break up her business association with him and all their business dealings they hold together, especially since she prefers giving all she has to stray dogs [perros callejeros] before letting a gold-digger like Teresa get her hands on it all! Is this what he wants?
Aurora and Juana have a little chat where it’s agreed that they will treat each other still like step-mother and step-daughter despite her having married Buttberto. Hector has even given the idea his blessing. FF>>
Tere tells Mama that she wants to cremate Daddy and keep some of his ashes with her. Her mother refuses because they’d decided that they wanted to be buried together. Art talks her out of it. (Whoo! Another scene avoided.)
Mariano, meanwhile, has invited Aurora to meet him at some fancy restaurant for a late dinner. He brings her another white rose. Tonight he’s going to prove that there’s nothing and no one more important to him than her. She says she has no doubts now. This rose has a sparkling diamond ring in the center of it. He has her look more closely at it and then uncovers a bottle of wine. “--Shall we offer a toast?” The bottle has a message printed where the label should be, asking her to marry him. She allows him to put the ring on her finger and smiles back at him with the biggest dimples ever.
Labels: Teresa
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Teresa Fri 9/16/11 #140 What did the shark say when she hit the wall?
Dam!
Meanwhile in the vecindad, Armando and Refugio offer support and ask their tiburoncita what she plans to do. For the first time in her life, Teresa says, she isn’t sure. Refugio urges her to listen to her heart. “But I don’t have a heart,” says Tere’s confused face.
Over at Casa Genovenom, Ruben blames Mariano for all his family’s troubles and swears to get even.
And finally back to where we left off last night: Arturo goes to Aurora’s house and hears from a still-sobbing Luisa that Good-Fer-Nada Fernando will not marry her because he’s fallen in love…with TERESA!!!
Fresh hot dish: Does. Not. Compute. No. Puede. Ser. Arturo is surprisingly calm. No way is his best friend in love with his wife. Luisa assures him that Puede Ser and, indeed, Está. Fernando most definitely made it quite clear that he’s ditching her for that traitor she thought was her best friend. “Do you think they...actually…have been seeing each other?” Art puzzles. Luisa thinks he wouldn’t have risked announcing his feelings if they hadn’t been reciprocated.
Hospital: Cutberto is on his best behavior and awkwardly polite to Héctor. He and Juana say they’re worried about Esperanza’s baby and Cutberto also pretends to care about Teresa’s divorce, but otherwise they’re on cloud nine. Cutberto says “voy a ver si ya puso la marrana” (I’ll just take a hike) so they can talk privately. Juana tells Hector she couldn’t have been so happy without his understanding and graciousness.
Aurora’s bedroom: End of the fuse, and we’re back to raging Arturo. He’s furious and realizes he was stupid to think Mariano was the problem. Luisa cries that Mariano actually tried to warn her; he didn’t want her to suffer like he did. Arturo thinks back and realizes that at Espe and Hernán’s house, Mariano was actually trying to get Teresa to quit cheating on Art with Fernando, not to leave him for Mariano. He’s irate, but when Luisa says she wants to die, Arturo hugs her and assures her they’ve suffered through worse, and they’ll get over this, too. He leaves to have words with Fernando.
Vecindad: InTeresa pre-emptively reinforces her tentacled grip on her father’s good graces (I’m such a cynic) by affectionately listening to him rhapsodize about how happy he is having been with Refugio so long, through good and bad and ups and downs. He tells Teresa he’s so proud of her, getting so far in life through nothing but her own hard work and now look at her, such a classy and upstanding young lady. Tere asks what they want for an anniversary gift. Armando says they have everything they need. Tere tells him one of these days she’ll make sure he has his very own auto shop, and he and Refugio will live like kings.
Hospital: Juana thanks Hector for being so nice to Cutberto. Hector says it isn’t Cutberto’s fault Juana is in love with him (that’s certainly true; one might almost say his behavior over the years was specifically designed to repel her. And yet…there’s no accounting for taste). Juana asks Hector if he minds if she continues to see Aurora as a daughter. He says not at all; she’ll surely need motherly advice and comfort to deal with the inevitable fallout from her relationship with that scumbag Teresa-seeking-missile Mariano. Juana says she really doesn’t think Mariano is interested in Teresa still, but Hector is not convinced.
Casa Genovenom: Geno tries to convince Rubigoat not to do anything stupid. Oh, the irony. Rube is all worked up and can’t do NOTHING. He wants to go give Mariano a paliza (beating). Well, you know, send some thug to do it. Geno convinces him he shouldn’t cause any trouble while the police are still investigation Rodriguito’s disappearance, and tells him absolutely under no circumstances to contact Fito.
Da hood: Fito el Maldito Bandito strolls amongst the graffiti, admiring the gold medallion and getting updates from the other members of the Thug Association via phone.
Chez Cheater: Arturo slams into Fernando’s saloon office, ready to rumble. He says they need to speak, but he lets his fists do the talking. The camera is so scared it has to hide behind walls and on the balcony. Art delivers a heck of a beatdown, and Good-Fer-Nada doesn’t fight back. His best defense is, “I didn’t mean to…it just happened!” POW!
Hospital: Juana and Cutberto greet Esperanza and Hernán and mention that they came back from their honeymoon in time to celebrate Armando and Refugio’s anniversary. Juana and Espe wander off and Cutberto offers Hernán any help possible to find Rodriguito. He doesn’t have much money, he says, but it’s all theirs if it can help. Hernán says they don’t need money, but he asks him to hang out with Espe and help distract her so she isn’t so hopelessly depressed.
Lucha Libre ring, aka Chez Cheater: Smackdown continues into the parlor. Various knicks and knacks are sacrificed. Fernando limply makes like a punching bag and Arturo doesn’t let up, while growling that he WARNED (BAM!) Fernando not to play around (WHAM!) with his SISTER (ZOWIE!). Fern swears that when they got engaged, he really intended to marry Luisa. Wrong answer.
Juana’s house: Teresa tells Armando she knows there won’t be an anniversary party because of the missing baby, but she wants to take her parents to dinner, at least. Hugs and kisses. Armando leaves, and seconds later there’s a knock at the door. Oriana! SMACK! to Teresa, right across the face. She calls Teresa a slut and says she’s back where she belongs, in the sewer she crawled out of. Tere tells her to keep her hands off. Oriana says it’s her duty to put inTeresa in her place. Tere says she has no right to do any such thing. “I warned you fair and square not to mess with me!” “So you did all this just for revenge against ME?!” Tere just raises her sharky marker eyebrows.
Back to the brawl: Fernando is a bloody pulp, but Arturo isn’t quite done. He’s got him pinned to the floor with his hands around his throat.
Fernando chokes out that this is kinda Arturo’s fault. He was totally a meanie to precious Teresa, after all. Arturo admits he made mistakes but insists Teresa would never have left him if Fernando hadn’t come between them. And all the while he was THANKING Fern for taking care of her! “You are worth NOTHING, Fernando! Not as a friend, and not as a man!” Arturo finally walks away from the chum.
Juana’s: Tere says if she’s with Fernando, it’s for love. Annoying Oriana is just a bonus. “You don’t know anything about love!” Oriana shouts. After all Arturo has done for Teresa, putting her through school, giving her a respected name, this is how she repays him?! And Luisa! She’s been so sweet and loyal to her sharky friend! Teresa tells her she has no right to judge; after all, she’s had an easy life with a rich husband and knows nothing about carencia (needs, poverty). Oriana says maybe not, but she knows plenty about decencia (decency), which is something Teresa will NEVER understand. And, BTW, if she thinks she’s getting her greedy fins on Fernando’s dinero, NOT HAPPENING.
Hospital: Cutberto’s trying out the litanies on his knees, in case that might help get the baby back. Espe tells Juana she must be very happy with Cutberto; he’s very caring. She doesn’t even remember the last time she laughed herself. Juana says she’s going to be happy again, most definitely. After all, even Juana is happy now although her baby died, and they’re going to get Espe’s baby back safe and sound.
Aurora’s bedroom: Lucía tells Luisa she deserves better than that rat Fernando, and if he’s the type to mess around with another woman, it’s best they didn’t get married. “Not just another woman! My best friend!” Luisa wails. Lucía says she’s got another friend right here, and she’ll never betray her. They sympathize with poor Arturo. Lucía says he must be suffering so much. Luisa says he left in a rage to find Fernando, and she’s worried about both of them. In spite of everything, she still loves Fernando.
Penthouse: Arturo torments himself with memories and breaks out the booze.
Casa Juana/Current shark tank: Fernando the Chum didn’t even bother to change his shirt before drifting over to Tiburoncita. She asks him how Arturo is and plays Nice Nursie, dabbing him with a handkerchief. He says the physical wounds don’t hurt as much as knowing he betrayed Arturo. Tere mentions Oriana paid a social call and Fern says he can imagine how that went. Tere says poor Oriana just doesn’t understand how awful Arturo has been, and she likes Luisa so much. Tere reminds Fern that she was present when Oriana coerced him into an engagement to Luisa, and she knows he didn’t really want to get married. Fernando hesitatingly says Oriana has suggested inTeresa is only interested in him por interesa. She says of course not. She admits that she likes that he has money, but more importantly, she likes the kind of person he is, the kind who always gets what he wants and keeps achieving, unlike Arturo, who gave up (my translation: he’ll ALWAYS have money). Fernando seems to take this as an attraction to himself rather than to his bank account, and they smooch gingerly through the blood and gore.
Casa Aurora: Lucía has convinced Luisa to at least go out to the garden and get some fresh air and sunshine while she cries. Luisa still thinks her life is over, Lucía says buck up, etc. etc.
Hospital: Aurora gives a white rose to Mariano and apologizes and asks for forgiveness.
Claro. Smoochy smoochy smoochy.
Garden of Aurora: Luisa’s still crying and she doesn’t think she can be as tough as Lucía, who got over a truly abusive relationship.
Shark Tank de Juana: The gruesome twosome are sucking face, but Terror’s reminiscing about gettin’ busy with Arturo. She pulls away, claiming she doesn’t want to hurt his clobbered cuerpo. Fernando finds that raging hormones make an effective analgesic, so they liplock and go horizontal on Juana’s poor abused sofa once more. In walks Armando. Busted!
Hospital: Mariano says he never ever wants to be apart from Aurora again. She says she was foolish; it was like the “Pedro y el Lobo” (Peter and the Wolf) story. He says it’s his own fault; he was such an idiot for so long. But his interest in Teresa is dead and buried; this time he really just wanted to save Luisa from more hurt. Aurora catches him up on the news of that battle front.
Juana’s House of Now-Ill Repute: Armando is VERY DISAPPOINTED.
Fernando tries stupidly to explain that he cancelled his engagement because he’s in love with Teresa! Love! Just listen! They throw him out and Teresa tries to convince her dad that it’s not as bad as it looks! Arturo is such a meanie, and Fernie is so sweet! Armando is not having it. Refugio is right about Teresa, she’ll do anything for money. Teresa insists it isn’t like that! They fell in LURVE! Finally she admits that it’s true she will do anything to get what she wants. The ends justify the means. He begs her not to do this, so dishonestly. He clutches his chest and collapses on the floor. Teresa panics.
Penthouse: Arturo drinks and smashes pictures. WHY?! WHY?! The doorbell rings. He lurches over and finds Oriana acting uncharacteristically sweet and sympathetic. Ranting continues, second verse same as the first…
Juana’s: Armando is still conscious but in pain. With his remaining breath he tells Teresa to do the right thing, then he goes blank and still. Teresa shakes him and screams.
Penthouse: Oriana’s back to her cantaleta. It’s all Teresa’s fault; she’s a social-climbing golddigger and always intended to get her claws in Fernando. Arturo blames Fernando for taking advantage of his misfortune. He would like to strangle him with his own hands.
Juana’s: Teresa calls for an ambulance. Armando isn’t looking so good. Teresa runs outside and finds Aurora and they rush back in.
Penthouse: Arturo sobs and Oriana hugs him and says there there, cry it out. She claims she’s hurt as much as he is, which seems presumptuous and blatantly untrue.
Juana’s: Aurora tries to revive Armando, but can’t. He’s a goner. Teresa screams and wails. Aurora stands back and observes possibly the only genuine emotion she’s ever seen in Teresa.
Sidewalk: Refugio walks home from the market with Juana and Cutberto, and they say they hope they’ll have such a long and happy marriage as Armando and Refugio. Cutberto says something about cutting a flower from Teresa’s garden that I cannot comprehend and they all laugh.
Juana’s: Teresa’s still wailing, and the dirge choir has reported for duty on the music soundtrack. Aurora still stands there like she isn’t sure what to do.
Penthouse: Oriana helps Drunky to the couch and he tells her where to find Luisa.
Juana’s: Teresa’s a little calmer, and Aurora asks her what happened. She remembers Armando’s shock at finding her with Fernando, but doesn’t mention this. She says he just showed up but fell ill before they could talk. Ramón rushes in and says there’s an ambulance here and is stunned to find that Armando is dead. Aurora says Teresa should be the one to tell her mother and she goes off to talk to the ambulance people. Ramón offers condolences.
Penthouse: Arturo can’t stop thinking about Teresa and Fernando rolling in the hay, behind his back (what? Would he rather watch?). It’s making his blood boil (me hierve la sangre). Oriana assures him that Teresa doesn’t love Fernando, she just wants his money. So she asks for a favor: don’t divorce Teresa, so she can’t marry Fernando and get her way. Meanwhile, she’ll try to beat some sense into her sharkbait son.
Juana’s: Teresa lights candles and holds Armando, who is bathed in a heavenly glow. She tells him he was the best father ever, even though she wasn’t the best daughter. There’s so much heavenly glow in the room, one might think this was the beginning of a redemption for Teresa. She wails and says she isn’t as strong as she seems and begs his forgiveness. Refugio walks in and gasps.
Avances: Mourning. Teresa makes out with Arturo at the wake, in front of God and everyone.
Voy a ver si ya puso la marrana/voy a ver qué puso la marrana – I’ll get out of here. As a command: Ve a ver qué puso la marrana – get out of here (lit. go see what the pig is wearing).
Carencia – a need, a lack
Decencia – decency (inclusion in today’s vocab is for Teresa, since she’s unfamiliar with it)
Paliza – thrashing
Cantaleta – same old story
Me hierve la sangre – it makes my blood boil
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