Friday, May 12, 2017
Vino El Amor 5/12/17 Alternate Ending is Finally Dunne
It's
been a little while since I've visited wine country. It was time to
catch up with some of the people I've met there. While it's usually
a little more relaxed than the social scenes in the major cities,
it's not without tales with more juice than the grapes in Napa
Valley. Here is a section from my forthcoming book, More Grapes
of Wrath.
–
D.D.
It
was 1 AM and David Robles could not sleep. Most would think that
normal for a bridegroom, even one who had previous experience of this
event. The truth was he had looked for any excuse to not marry Graciela.
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Vino El Amor: Alternate Endings 5/11/17
Note: This will have multiple endings added as they come in. Mine is posted on its own only because I am extremely verbose. My apologies if that looks narcissistic. Julie's has been added.
Delilah's
ending
Luciana
realizes that the best thing is for her to finally put HERSELF first.
She tells her family that she realizes she needs to be away to grow
and pursue her love of wine and so she is going to travel through
Europe and taste wine, maybe work at a vineyard. It's heartbreaking
for David especially who begs her not to leave, but alas she does
anyway vowing to always love him.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Vino el Amor y Se Fué, Postmortem, 5-11-2017
ALONG CAME LOVE, PASSED THROUGH
AND KEPT ON GOING
Disgraced Came Along and Ruined Everything
FIRST AND FOREMOST
Julie: Here are
some lessons I've learned from VEA:- Women are hopelessly fickle.
- Men are hopelessly fickle.
- True love is a fantasy.
- People really can change...they can get meaner and dumber.
Susanlynn: So many lessons learned via this show....all of them depressing . In most telenovelas in the past, women viewers want to be with the galan and male viewers want to be him. In this show…not so much.
Now, presenting a DisGraced Graciela with a few Dudveeds thrown in for variety. This round-up is not comprehensive or complete. Many of the contributions come from 4 of our wordsmiths, Kirby, Susanlynn, Lila and Julie. The Patio thanks them for the diversion and helping us through this show.
Urban: on Graciela: “She is a legend in her own mind. She thinks she is All That and a Bag of Chips.
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Monday, May 08, 2017
Vino el Amor, Lunes 5/8/17 Chapter 142, el Gran Final: The Curse Is Lifted
This
finale would be completely right if the rest of the series had been
better-written. I have thus given it a mostly straight retelling.
Gracias to my fabulous team – dy77, Cynthia, Julie, Delilah, Sonia,
and Anita – for doing better than justice to this mediocre novela.
This is the wrap-up episode to Friday's action-packed one and I wish
they had been shown together as the producers meant them to.
Univision, take note of that.
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Friday, May 05, 2017
Vino el Amor, #141a, Friday May 5, 2017: Sideways
A Fall from Grace
Grace Under Pressure
Lil and Grace
The Many Faces of Grace (thanks RC)
Juan says to Lilian, "your daughter Lisa didn't die in an accident like everyone thinks. Graciela killed her!" Graciela slowly turns to face her mother.
Lil asks Juan to clarify. Juan explains that he saw Grace coming back from the river after killing Lisa. Grace lamely tries to deny it, but by now she's so nervous she sounds like a chipmunk and has no credibility at all.
Juan reminds Lil of the time Grace abruptly went back to Spain, and the time she agreed to a pact for the three of them, and has always done whatever Juan told her to do, including defending Juan when David was going to fire him, and getting out of the way when Juan wanted to buy Los Olivos. She always helped Juan in exchange for his silence. Grace calls Juan a liar, but Juan continues calmly, "you never let me down until now!"
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Vino el Amor #140 (Univision 129); Thursday, May 4, 2017: Vino la Verdad (The truth has arrived!)
[This is my last recap
for the series. I have very much enjoyed this group of followers and all the
comments. You all have been great. Hope that many of you join us for “La
Candidata” when it begins.]
Repeated scene: Luciana arrives in front of David’s
office in hopes of talking with him. But before she even can get close to the
door, she sees David and DisGrace together, locked in embrace, kissing each
other. In tears, she runs out.
DisGrace is in semi-meltdown and asks why the papers he
was supposed to sign weren’t on his desk. She is wondering now if he just said
he needed to go to his office to sign something just to be alone and get away
from her. Dave says, “That isn’t true, Susan was supposed to leave some papers
here.” Grace begins her frantic little act again and starts acting very
insecure and tells David how much she loves him and kisses him some more.
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Thursday, May 04, 2017
Vino el Amor #139 (Univision #128); Wednesday, May 3, 2017: One Very Happy Couple
Repeated scene: Miguel apologizes to Luciana for his
previous possessive behavior. She says he does have a point and he says it was
just not the way to do things. He feels badly about the way he treated her. Then
Luciana says she needs him to help her completely forget David.
“So what can I do to help you forget about David”, says
Miguel
“Oh I don’t know.”
“Well, I am going to have to get you to think about
something else. Hey I have an idea. How about if I organize a trip for us to
present this wine in other countries?”
“I love the idea”, says Luciana. “You always know how to
make me feel good.”
“And other times, we can just work in the vineyard, with
the soil and tending the vines, just like you love to do. In fact, why don’t we
go outside and start now?”
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Wednesday, May 03, 2017
Vino el Amor #138 (Univision #127), May 2, 2017: Vino el Killa Bridezilla
In this episode, we've got blackmail, regrets, worries, dumb moves, and a whole bunch of killa bridezilla faces!
This is my last recap. I had high hopes for this show, but ultimately the writing just was not good and the main promoted couple was probably the worst couple I've ever seen on a telenovela. So it's definitely not going down for me as a favorite. On the plus side, the villains were fun and the supporting characters were fairly fleshed out. There were some good performances in the cast. I really thought Kimberly Dos Ramos stood out as Gracie - one of the more intriguing and crazy villains I've seen in one of these. She gave great screencap face, so for my last recap, I am going to salute those crazy faces one last time.
In the end, I had a good time laughing at the whole thing and I guess in that sense, I was entertained! Which is all I ask of the telenovelas I watch. Thank you to all of the fellow recappers and to all of you who posted nice words for my recaps and had a good time commenting on the show.
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Monday, May 01, 2017
Vino el Amor, Lunes 5/1/17 Chapter 137: Head-Scratchers
Juan watched the video on the
cell phone, horrified at the shooting of Perla, whom he had cared
about after all. He almost collapsed on the bed next to the dead
girl, crying and shouting, “You will pay for this, Graciela! You
will pay!”
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Friday, April 28, 2017
Vino el Amor, #136, Friday Apr 28, 2017: Cell Phone of Doom II
Sorry, Lisa's phone. We liked you. But we like Perla's phone better. Because sometimes the sequel is better than the original.
Grace's phone says "UNKNOWN," and she doesn't take the call. She says it's probably a vendor for the wedding and she can't deal with any more of those calls today. (Do a lot of reputable businesses like to show up as "UNKNOWN" on caller ID? I doubt it. UNKNOWN means Rachel from Card Services, or one of her friends. If it's important, they leave a message!)
David takes the liberty of picking up and is surprised to hear Juan. "Why the hell are you calling Graciela?" David asks. "Why don't you ask her?" replies Juan. But clever, vestless David says he won't take that bait a second time! Juan says he has something to work out with Grace. David tells Juan to leave her alone. "You don't know what you're doing," Juan says. David warns Juan that the police are closing in. Juan says he'll resurface when David least expects it.
Grace is grateful to David and "admits" that Juan has called her multiple times, always from a different number (how can she tell, if it's unknown... never mind...) and that's why she didn't want to pick up. He tells her that Juan's a coward and won't come here. With dewy eyes, Grace says, "for the first time in my life, I feel protected." (Maybe she should try a different deodorant.) "I will always protect you and my whole family," he promises. Grace is afraid Juan will do something to David. David says no he won't, and if he calls again, tell me. She SWEARS that she will.
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Grace's phone says "UNKNOWN," and she doesn't take the call. She says it's probably a vendor for the wedding and she can't deal with any more of those calls today. (Do a lot of reputable businesses like to show up as "UNKNOWN" on caller ID? I doubt it. UNKNOWN means Rachel from Card Services, or one of her friends. If it's important, they leave a message!)
David takes the liberty of picking up and is surprised to hear Juan. "Why the hell are you calling Graciela?" David asks. "Why don't you ask her?" replies Juan. But clever, vestless David says he won't take that bait a second time! Juan says he has something to work out with Grace. David tells Juan to leave her alone. "You don't know what you're doing," Juan says. David warns Juan that the police are closing in. Juan says he'll resurface when David least expects it.
Grace is grateful to David and "admits" that Juan has called her multiple times, always from a different number (how can she tell, if it's unknown... never mind...) and that's why she didn't want to pick up. He tells her that Juan's a coward and won't come here. With dewy eyes, Grace says, "for the first time in my life, I feel protected." (Maybe she should try a different deodorant.) "I will always protect you and my whole family," he promises. Grace is afraid Juan will do something to David. David says no he won't, and if he calls again, tell me. She SWEARS that she will.
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Vino el Amor #135 (Univision 124); Thursday April 27, 2017: Vino el Chantaje (Blackmail)
Repeated scene: The Bodega’s reorganization and new
assignments.
There was a musical montage of what appears to be time
passing. People are working, Carito taking care of Bobby, Tano receiving texts
from Fernanda, Susan and Ramón meeting with David, successes at the SB
Vineyard, David disinterested in the wedding, León making plans, Lil staring at
a photo of Gutierrez, Ramon and Marta walking hand in hand, Susan and Cesar,
and Juan with Perla looking very unhappy.
After the montage is over, the heading is “Months later.”
So we have a time jump here.
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Thursday, April 27, 2017
Vino el Amor #134 (Univision 123); Wednesday, April 26, 2017: Cooperating Together
We begin where we left off yesterday with Juan’s phone
call to Lilian and Lilian telling Juan that she will do everything in her power
to destroy him. He warns her by reminding her that she was once in cahoots with
him embezzling from David. She says, “Oh well that was a long time ago.” Juan
says it still matters because he kept records of all the transactions they did
together. He says something like, “Why, did you think I was some idiot?” Before
he hangs up he tells Lilian that she had better stay quiet if she does not want
to ruin herself and her daughter, she’d better not mess with him!
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Vino el Amor #133 (Univision #122), April 25, 2017: Vino el Escape but Not Yet for Viewers
In this episode, Juan is on the lam with Perla, but there's no escaping:
- David's stupidity
- Juan's stupidity
- Gracie's manipulations
- Marta
- Bobby
- I still have one more recap to go and we've got 8 more episodes.
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Monday, April 24, 2017
Vino el Amor, Lunes 4/24/17 Chapter 132: Women in Black
David told Ramón and the others
that Marta would have to decide whether to apologize to Lillian or to
leave. This had nothing to do with the vineyard work. León and
Tano looked at him as though he had lost his remaining IQ points.
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Saturday, April 22, 2017
Vino el Amor, #131, Friday Apr 21, 2017: Between a Rock and Another Rock
Lilian tells Marta, "you're a hussy just like your damned daughter!" This brings out Marta's little fists of fury. Bobby walks in and asks what's happening. Marta tells him everything's fine! David comes in and wants to know what's going on. Lil pulls herself up and says that Marta attacked her, she doesn't know why. David wants an explanation.
Bobby is very upset about what he just witnessed. Lilian says that Marta is a savage and was screaming at her like a crazy person. Marta yells at her not to lie. She demands that Lil tell the truth. (Marta, if YOU would tell the truth once in a while, it would be better for everyone. Like that time she overheard Lilian in the coffee shop.) David sends Marta to the employee house.
Alone with David (and Bobby), a trembling Lilian repeats that Marta came in angry and crazy. Then she announces that the sheriff was killed, and starts to cry. Although her grief is real, it also appears as though she is putting on a little show for David and Bobby as she mentions again that Marta came in and attacked her. Bobby tries to comfort her. David pulls Bobby away and tells him to watch TV (which is probably being pre-empted with coverage of the sheriff's murder). David says to Lil in English, "I'll be right back."
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Bobby is very upset about what he just witnessed. Lilian says that Marta is a savage and was screaming at her like a crazy person. Marta yells at her not to lie. She demands that Lil tell the truth. (Marta, if YOU would tell the truth once in a while, it would be better for everyone. Like that time she overheard Lilian in the coffee shop.) David sends Marta to the employee house.
Alone with David (and Bobby), a trembling Lilian repeats that Marta came in angry and crazy. Then she announces that the sheriff was killed, and starts to cry. Although her grief is real, it also appears as though she is putting on a little show for David and Bobby as she mentions again that Marta came in and attacked her. Bobby tries to comfort her. David pulls Bobby away and tells him to watch TV (which is probably being pre-empted with coverage of the sheriff's murder). David says to Lil in English, "I'll be right back."
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Friday, April 21, 2017
Vino el Amor #130; Thursday April 20, 2017: RIP Sheriff Brian Gutierrez
We begin where we left off yesterday with a little more
information. Brian tells Marta that he didn’t know Marta’s family was in town
that day Marcos was arrested. He admitted that Lilian told him to deport them.
She forgives him and tells him she loves him too.
Paramedics finally arrive after what has seemed like
forever to come get Brian’s body and tape up the crime scene. Marta continues
to cry and tell Carito that she lost her family for so many years because it
was Lilian’s fault.
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Thursday, April 20, 2017
Vino el Amor #129; Wednesday April 19, 2017: The Bad, the Ugly, and it just gets Worse!
We begin where we left off yesterday, with DisGrace and David
telling the family that they are now engaged to be married as they are so in
love (according to DisGrace).
Still at dinner in the restaurant where David proposed to
DisGrace, Miguel and Adolfo talk winery business, Adolfo asks for Lu’s opinion,
but Luciana is not listening to their conversation. Of course Lu is depressed
and thinking about what just happened with David and his engagement to
DisGrace. Adolfo in a fatherly way is very understanding and tells her she
really needs some relief from all this and it’s just better that they just all
leave the restaurant. Adolfo says, “You don’t know how badly it hurts me to see
you suffering. Now why don’t you finish what you were eating and you’ll feel
better soon.”
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Vino el Amor #128 (Uni # 117) - Tuesday April 18, 2017 - Vino el Plans for the Future
Miguel has got big plans for vinedo del competency. Vinedo del incompetency is falling apart and we're supposed to think that's because Luciana quit. Sure...
The real reason for vinedo del incompetency's incompetency, Duh-vid, is making another incompetent decision by planning a surprise proposal for everyone's favorite aunt Succubus.
As for the rest of the villains, Lilian is planning to destroy Gut, Gut is planning to destroy the illegal traffickers, and Perla is stewing about Juan and plans to get Carito to stew with her. Only Carito has other plans... to help Gut catch Juan and Perla.
Hang in there, we're almost at the finish line (which is episode #141/142 in Mexico and who knows with Uni since they are stretching this out to May 5). Looks like I should plan to have one more recap next week...I think we only got episode #128 in this one, based on the summary at Canal de las Estrellas. If it turns out I'm wrong, I'll edit accordingly.
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Monday, April 17, 2017
Vino el Amor, Lunes 4/17/17 Chapter 126: When All Sex Fails, Play the Victim & Chapter 127: Surrogate and Departing Daughters
When we last saw the madness in
the vineyard, Luciana had knocked on the door and seen the deliberate
deshabille of Gracie, who did this deliberately to vex her. Luciana
apologized to David, said she would not seek him out again, wished
them happiness, and left. David started to follow her only to be
shrieked at by Gracie, who gave herself credit for such sexual
witchcraft that she could not believe that he would still think that
way of Luciana.
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Saturday, April 15, 2017
Weekend Discussion 4/15/17: Vino el Amor Karmageddon comes to Sonoma
Who
would have thought that the snake from the Garden of Eden really
lurks in a vineyard? Well, it's time he bites the evil ones in this
pastoral tale. As usual we will ask the
following two questions:
What
do you think the writers will do to them?
What
do you think they really deserve?
Let's
start with the self-styled queen and her spawn:
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