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:
Vino el Amor, #124/125 (Uni #115), Friday Apr 14, 2017: Operation Blushing Bride
Luci is determined to tell David to his face how she feels about him. Leon, who is possibly even drunker than Luci, is supportive at first. Sonia has difficulty speaking, and following her own train of thought, but she says it's not a good idea. (Sonia calls Luciana "cuñada." Adorable!) Leon agrees with Sonia, but has to ask why. Sonia reminds them that David is with someone else now. This provokes another burst of grief from Luci.
David tries to tell Marta that he's not firing her. He just wants her to take a vacation because she's tired and he's worried about her. Grace backs him up on this, of course. Marta accuses her of plotting with her mother. Grace says all they've ever done is support Marta. Marta scoffs, but grudgingly agrees to take a couple of weeks off. She hobbles away, and Dave tells Grace he's never seen Marta like this. Grace says Marta will be better after she's rested and then she can be with the kids again.
Juan tells Perla they're in financial trouble. He doesn't think they can find new clients. "We" need to get back into the immigration business, he says. Perla is disgusted.
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Friday, April 14, 2017
Vino el Amor #122-123 (Univision 114) Thursday, April 13, 2017: As the Stomach Turns
David and Luciana continue arguing and she leaves her
report with him and walks out.
Marta’s back hurts as she is overworked. Sonia tries to
help her out with the sheet folding.
At the SB Vineyard, Miggy and Adolfo talk about Luciana’s
troubles with David. Adolfo offers to talk to David but Miguel advises against
it.
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Thursday, April 13, 2017
Vino el Amor # 120-121 (Univision #113); Wednesday April 12, 2017: Vino el ayudo
#120
[The Univision
episode was so chopped up I couldn’t make heads or tails out of it and I tried.
So I went back to the Mexican version and even though this is long, I’m really
sorry, it will make a lot more sense.]
Luciana shows up at SB Vineyard to help and she and
Miguel get to work. She gives him a pep talk about what to do and how he needs
to carry on. He says he’s grateful for everything she is doing for him.
Juan and Perla talk about how David wants to get back at
him. He says it’s not his fault that Erica died and it’s her fault that she
started to help with the fumigation. Perla wants him to give it up, but Juan
insists that he’s going to make David pay for all he did in the past. Perla
says, “If all you care about is getting revenge, then why do you want me with
you?” He promises it will end, but Perla
brings up what the sheriff said that this could be homicide with Erica’s death.
He says he is not worried, he’s a lawyer and he did nothing wrong. But Perla is
still scared.
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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Vino el Amor, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, #118 + #119 (Uni #112): Vino el Parasites
In this episode, Juan's parasite takes root and attacks both vineyards. Erika decides to fight for her land, and um, well that doesn't work out (details inside). Duh-vid is an idiot who gets lucky this time with Juan's parasite, but who has taken on some personal parasites in the form of two succubi and his old lawyer.
Since Uni editors are eating this show to shreds like parasites, I did my best to find some advance clips of #118 to watch. So if some of the screencaps look a little funny, that's why. I am pressed for time, so will shorten this recap and probably not have time to watch the full #119, but will do what I can to fill in gaps later. This episode (Uni labeling it #112) starts with episode #118 in Mexico.
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Monday, April 10, 2017
Vino el Amor, Lunes 4/10/17 Chapters 116 & 117
Chapter
116: Sometimes Love is Not Enough, Part II
Back
to where we left off, David is pleased with Luciana's reading of the
Romance ad copy. He embraces her and she in return. Her expression
is bittersweet while his is more like regret and possible sadness at
a decision contrary to his own best interests.
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Saturday, April 08, 2017
Vino el Amor, #114/115, Friday Apr 7, 2017: Gracie Tastes the Rainbow
Episode 114. Fernanda's Party
Cut scene: Luci, Susan, and David (in vest) talk about the winery's success, especially with becoming the Sunset restaurant's house wine. David is excited, and grateful to both of them.
Montage: Juan gives Perla some earrings; Luci, Susan, and Dave work together, and vestless Dave is smiling, but Luci looks sad after he leaves the room; Erika, Miguel, and Adolfo are working together, and they're laughing and cheering; Marta and Ramon work on something together in the kitchen, and shirtless Tano approves.
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Cut scene: Luci, Susan, and David (in vest) talk about the winery's success, especially with becoming the Sunset restaurant's house wine. David is excited, and grateful to both of them.
Montage: Juan gives Perla some earrings; Luci, Susan, and Dave work together, and vestless Dave is smiling, but Luci looks sad after he leaves the room; Erika, Miguel, and Adolfo are working together, and they're laughing and cheering; Marta and Ramon work on something together in the kitchen, and shirtless Tano approves.
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Friday, April 07, 2017
Vino el Amor #112-113; Thursday, April 6, 2017: Fighting for Position
Repeat
from yesterday: Begin with Lu and Dave telling each other their feelings. One
day all their problems will resolve. In time they will find out if they have
made the right decisions. Lu tells him she is happy when they can talk about
the things that come from their heats. Dave says he doesn’t want her to be
waiting for something that may not ever be. But Lu does not want to lose faith
and Dave doesn’t want to lose faith either. He just worries that this is not
fair to Luciana.
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Thursday, April 06, 2017
Vino el Amor #110 & 111; Wednesday April 5, 2017: Vino La Muerte para Mark!
We
begin where we left off yesterday with Luciana crying because of David. Marta
says that DisGrace convinced Fernanda to apologize to Marta and she is happy
for the return of that relationship and is grateful to Grace. Marta tells Lu to
think about whether or not she would have accepted either of her parents with another and to
put herself in Fernanda’s shoes.
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Wednesday, April 05, 2017
Vino el Amor #108 and 109 (107 on Uni), Tuesday, April 4, 2017: Vino el Missing Jobs, Brains and Scenes
At viñedo del incompetents, everyone is jockeying for position, and let's face it, Gracie and Lilian are winning easily. Luciana tries an all-business approach that lasts about two scenes before she totally folds, while Gracie decides to just plain drop her business, at least her income source, and Grumpy David fires the therapist. At viñedo del competency (which had its scenes cut by Uni because we all know Uni loves incompetency), Miguel is visiting the other vineyard to counsel David on his lovelife, Erika hates her inhaler and Adolfo suggests to the other vineyard that maybe they should for reals implement a water source for (as far as we know) the still-turning-into-raisins vineyards.
Speaking of that genius David, there's a real meeting of the minds as those geniuses David and Gut spar over Gut not yet uncovering the dirty dealings of those geniuses Mark and Juan. Meanwhile, Perla looks for a job and Carito interviews at the competent vineyard, which might be the smartest move in this whole episode. All of these plot developments in the preceding paragraph were cut by Uni.
To figure out the cuts, I watched the Mexican episodes #108 and #109 and I looked at the summary of #110 on the Canal de las Estrellas site. So I feel confident that last night was just a combination of 108 and 109. The cuts to 109 weren't as egregious as the ones to 108. I've noted everything in italics that was cut. I am sure I will have missed some things in this recap, especially not having the benefit of captions or transcripts for the cut scenes, so please feel free to elaborate in the comments.
Also my apologies for being somewhat absent as of late. I've barely got time to watch Vino el Amor the American version. Kind of annoyed that Uni is going to force me to watch virus-laden bootleg videos to figure out what was cut. Work and life are just super busy. I really appreciate all who subbed for me with recaps the past few weeks - Thanks!
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Monday, April 03, 2017
Vino el Amor, Lunes 4/3/17 Chapters 106 & 107: Sometimes Love is Not Enough / Hearts of Different Kinds
Chapter
106: Sometimes Love is Not Enough
We pick up with the closing moments of the last chapter, where Juan gloated at Susan and Luciana, calling them all failures and saying that their lands will be his shortly. [Refresh my memory, fellow flies on the wall, but didn't Juan barely make the grade back at university?] Miguel entered the scene to stop this, but Juan didn't hesitate to insult him and his sense of loyalty. Miguel didn't take the bait and neither did any of the ladies, although Susan and Luciana knew that David would be disappointed.
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Saturday, April 01, 2017
Vino el Amor, #105, Friday Mar 31, 2017: Sour Grapes
Fernanda's test results arrive. David is hopeful as he tears the envelope open, but it turns out that she didn't get enough points. The sky falls. Here is a song about that. (I promise it's not the RickRoll).
Fernanda nervously says that she was nervous. Why were you so nervous? You studied. I don't know, I had a lot of things in my head. All you had to do is pass this exam, not to think of other things. Forget about seeing Tano for now. We're going to study until you pass this exam. And to prevent further distractions, I'm going to have your aunt and grandmother leave. NO! She can't leave! I thought your aunt would help you, but I see she didn't. Sorry, Fer, things are going to be that way.
Yes she helped me. I need her, she's the only one who understands me. Evidently that's not so, Fernanda. I can't believe you're not being serious about your future. Don't you understand the importance of going to university? I swear I studied, you saw me, we studied together. You are not taking this seriously enough. Don't you realize you're taking away all I have left of my mother? (You still have her earrings, Fernanda. I promise they're way better than Graciela.) He screams in her face, ENOUGH! Your privileges are over, and that's it!
Grace comes in and tries to calm Fernanda. Grace looks at the test results and praises Fernanda for beating her previous score. She asks Fer what happened. Fer repeats that she was nervous. "That's no excuse! I asked you to concentrate!" David exclaims. Grace points out that Fer did study. "Sure, but don't you see that wasn't enough? AGAIN you've exceeded my patience, and now things are going to start changing for you."
Fernanda is starting to panic and pant. She swears that she studied. David just shakes his head.
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Fernanda nervously says that she was nervous. Why were you so nervous? You studied. I don't know, I had a lot of things in my head. All you had to do is pass this exam, not to think of other things. Forget about seeing Tano for now. We're going to study until you pass this exam. And to prevent further distractions, I'm going to have your aunt and grandmother leave. NO! She can't leave! I thought your aunt would help you, but I see she didn't. Sorry, Fer, things are going to be that way.
Yes she helped me. I need her, she's the only one who understands me. Evidently that's not so, Fernanda. I can't believe you're not being serious about your future. Don't you understand the importance of going to university? I swear I studied, you saw me, we studied together. You are not taking this seriously enough. Don't you realize you're taking away all I have left of my mother? (You still have her earrings, Fernanda. I promise they're way better than Graciela.) He screams in her face, ENOUGH! Your privileges are over, and that's it!
Grace comes in and tries to calm Fernanda. Grace looks at the test results and praises Fernanda for beating her previous score. She asks Fer what happened. Fer repeats that she was nervous. "That's no excuse! I asked you to concentrate!" David exclaims. Grace points out that Fer did study. "Sure, but don't you see that wasn't enough? AGAIN you've exceeded my patience, and now things are going to start changing for you."
Fernanda is starting to panic and pant. She swears that she studied. David just shakes his head.
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Friday, March 31, 2017
Vino El Amor - #104 Thursday 3/30/17 **FULL RECAP** Vino el loneliness and regret.
Miguel panics because
he can't find Erika's medicine and right then Adolfo comes in asking why an
ambulance is there and where is his daughter!
Smuguel tells him it's because Erika is sick. Alfonso demands to know in rather unfriendly
tones why Luciana is there, did she and Erika argue again?
Meanwhile David
storms into the police department and into Brian's office to find he's not
there. An officer tells him that he's
out of the office supervising an operation.
David wants to know where he can find one of his employees who has been
detained, Ramon Flores. The man tells
him that Ramon left with his son and a woman.
David realizes it was Marta and calls her. She tells him that everything is cleared up
and Ramon is getting back to work.
David is still peeved about Brian's abuse of authority and plans to talk
to him, but Marta tells him don't bother.
David tells her the other thing that's stressing him is the pipe
construction has been cancelled and that he needs Ramon to oversee the
rationing of water among the employees and staff until it's cleared up.
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
Vino el Amor #103; Wednesday, March 29, 2017: Vino muchas problemas
León and Marta are chatting in the employees’ house about
her conversation with DisGrace. León warns her to not trust her at all. Then
Miguel comes to visit with the plans he needs to leave with David.
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Vino el Amor #102; Tuesday, March 28, 2017: Vino la trampa (trap)
After breakfast in the Robles house, Marta comes in and
asks Bobby if he is ready for school. Lilian says Marta is late. Bobby says he
had a nightmare but Tiá woke him and took care of him. He says he is liking his
Tía a lot more now. “So where is Fernanda?” asks Marta. “Oh she just got
through with her therapy with Anderson and will spend some time studying
because the exams are tomorrow.” Marta asks, “And who is going to take her to
school?” “I’m taking her to school today”, says Lil. Bobby kisses his Tía and
Grandma goodbye and Marta and Bobby leave. Lil then says,“We are going to have
to put Marta in her place because she is only an employee here. It’s not right
that the children love her so much.” Grace responds, “It’s just a matter of
time and I’ll get Bobby’s love. I have a plan but I’m going to need your help.”
Lil says, “Of course you do.”
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Vino el Amor, Lunes 3/27/17 Chapter 101: Marking Territory
Fernanda said she had no problem
with her father falling in love with someone like her Aunt Gracie.
David was not pleased with this.
“Fernanda, love doesn't work
like that,” he said.
“I thought that would please
you.”
“Don't misinterpret me,” he
said. “but I can't be with whomever you want.”
“Whenever I try to get close to
you to talk you about this and you end up not being happy.”
“Understand this, Fernanda, I
want to be with the woman I love, not with whom you decide.”
“So therefore, what does my
opinion matter if you're just going to do what you want?” [Por
Dios, who is the parent here?]
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
Vino el Amor, Friday Mar 24, 2017 SPECIAL: The Sonoma Yello Pages
No episode tonight due to fútbol, but that doesn't mean we have to take the weekend off from the vino madness. I took a look through the Sonoma Yellow Pages, and here is what I found:
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Friday, March 24, 2017
Vino el Amor #100; Thursday, March 23, 2017: Vino el Bombshell
We begin where we left off yesterday with David and Luciana
sampling the wine. It begins to get romantic, but then they hear footsteps
coming and it turns out to be Fernanda not looking very happy at all. “So what
are you doing here”, says Fernanda. Dave tells her, “We are working”. “Yes I
can see” says Fer. “Well then I guess I will leave.” “And you?” says Dave. “What
are you doing here? Are you looking for Tano?”
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Thursday, March 23, 2017
Vino el Amor #99; Wednesday, March 22, 2017: Vino la Salvadora, Luciana
We pick up where we left off yesterday with David
questioning what she was doing with Miguel. Luciana exclaims, “What are you
distrusting me now?” David responds, “I just can’t believe you have done that!”
Luciana says, “To what are you referring?” David goes on to talk about the
problems and then accuses Luciana of dropping everything to go see Miguel. Luciana
says, “I can’t believe that you’re saying this and I can’t believe your
complaints either because I’m suffering without you. What I’m trying to do is
show you I’m on your side and on your family’s side.” She angrily walks out of
the office.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Vino el Amor #98, Tuesday, March 21, 2017: Vino el Awkward Dinner Conversations
In this episode, there are some really awkward dinner conversations, a (sort of but not really) big revelation, some solutions proposed, and some fights picked. Pour yourself a glass and enjoy another day of vineyard dysfunction!
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