Saturday, March 03, 2012
La Que No Podía Amar #48 Friday 3/2/12 A Matter of Desire vs. Desirability and the Bad News Blues
Capítulo 48
Lo Del Pasado: Efrain has been sent to bring back the old rancher who bought the golden red chestnut, Rio, from Ana Paula. At the same time, Rogelio’s sister, Cinthia, has not lost the opportunity to spite Bro-Hell by throwing AP’s fleeing from the hacienda in his face, and by telling him that in town now they call him The Abandoned One, je-je! Bro-Hell replies with a murderous stare and a Thwap! from the side of his wheelchair that Effer manages to block.
Lo Del Nuevo:
Back at the Locatel Hotel, otherwise thought of affectionately as the Tell-All Motel, Federico promises to stand by Pau as best he can. He’ll give her the chance to try explaining things to Gustavo and if Guscakes doesn’t come to his senses then he, Tía Rosaura and she will leave ASAP for Tuxtla where he’ll break the news to his family about her being his beloved love-child. Pau, though, would rather stay and avoid any further complications with the others. Fine, then they’ll stay also, Papi says.
At Hacienda del Fuerte, Miss Mercy Mercedes and Babycakes brother are bringing down their bags to leave. They’re bickering over why in the world Mersnottys didn’t clarify for Ana that it was their father who died and not him! (Puh-leese. Couldn’t Gus figure that one on his own by now? Maybe he just needs to hear it from the horse’s mouth.) “--Because she wasn’t right for you! --And, if she loves you so much why isn’t she with you now?” (Duh? Shall we define “incognito” for Miss Mercy?) Sinthia shows up to see her friend/s off. (Guess the two siblings can continue sniping at each other at the hotel. I’d be giving Big Sis the cold shoulder, myself. Jes’ sayin’.) Gus explains to Sin that in deference to her hurt feelings and the awkwardness of the situation, he won’t be accepting Bro-Hell’s job offer at the hacienda. Sin lies and says it doesn’t matter to her either way. [Me da lo mismo.] They’re both pretty decent to each other about their break up and the good-byes. Gus heads off to the car. Mersnottys thanks Sin for continuing their friendship, and Sin begs her not to let Gus know how much she’s hurting inside.
Meanwhile, Gus is down just below the upper balcony in the outer yard adjusting a suitcase. He supposedly doesn’t hear or notice Michael and Hugo arguing up top about letting his sister go free since he’s there now (I think) in her place. Hugo tells Mikey to get back to work. Once they find his sister, Hugo adds, she’s being brought back there and nobody will be able to help her then—not her, not either of them! Gus does see Hugo arguing with somebody and walks out into the front. His back is to Mikey. Mikey walks to the back yard to do the woodworking repairs for the hacienda and doesn’t notice Gus standing there, either.
Maripaz and her papi have stopped by at the hacienda to talk something over with Rog. While Consuelo announces them, they have a chance to notice Mikey doing some carpentry work. Ulises asks Mike what the beef is between him and his BIL. Mikey says it has to do with his sister. “—Oh? More likely your drinking I’d think.” No, says Mikey. Rog doesn’t let him drink there. Uli says good, and BTW, I don’t want you hangin’ out with my little girl again. Mike agrees he’s not right for Maripaz and tells her this to her face.
Uli and Maripaz leave then to go in to speak with Rog. The discussion’s about keeping Mikey away from Maripaz. Uli says she’s at a dangerous age and he’d like to avoid her mixing with just anybody, especially with an undesirable anybody like Mikey. Rog doesn’t have any problems with that and tells Maripaz that if that’s what her father wants, then she’ll have to comply.
Later that night, Bruno shows up with Daniela. He pumps her for any information about Paula’s whereabouts that she might have. Dani swears on her mother’s grave that she hasn’t a clue. She’s happy to give him the phone numbers of people they knew at nursing school, etc., but first she’d like to know what’s going on with Michael. Fine, says Rog. He’s locked up here. Dani wonders if she’s heard right. “--Locked up?”
At Locatel Hotel, AP runs into Guscakes just as he’s coming back down to the lobby for something. She tells him they have to talk, but he has nothing to say to her. She won’t take no for an answer and tells him that now that she knows he’s not dating Carmen she wants another opportunity to explain things. He’s puzzled. (Note: he’s knitting his brows together.) “--Carmen?” Sure, AP thought the two of them were dating and it nearly killed her! But, she thought she’d let them alone, if that’s what Gus wanted. Seeing the two of them hugging each other was almost too much! Gus gets on his high horse again. “—What do you think I felt like imagining you in that other man’s bed every night?” Pau insists that’s exactly what she’s been trying to tell him all this time: that her marriage is a sham and there’s nothing been going on between her husband and her--never has been and never will be--because the only man in her life is and always has been Gus! He accuses her of lying, but she insists it was just a contract for only a year and that she is going to get a divorce ASAP. It was a mistake and she did it because she truly thought he was dead! With this, Cupcake finally manages to crack Guscake’s candy-shell of obstinacy. (Note: Gus moves in for The Kiss.) AP and he close in and it’s Houston, we have mouth-meld!
Back at Hacienda del Fue’te, Dani complains that Rog has only taken Mikey out of one jail to put him into another. No, Rog says, he’s only tried to help keep him away from drink. How could she not have known that he drinks? “--I tried keeping liquor away from him, but he didn’t understand because he is sick.” Bruno inserts himself here like the trouble making busybody he truly is and insists the kid isn’t sick. Rog turns around and yells back that he is because he’s started stealing bottles of booze from the hacienda!! Bruno shuts his yammering pie-hole but quick (no doubt after making a quick note of that whip.) Rog turns back to Dani and explains he’d prefer controlling him this way. She tearfully thanks him for making the effort. Faced with her sincerity, Oh- Oh-Jello tells her to let Maria know to show her to Michael’s room. He then turns around to face Bruno and demands to know how he managed to let Rosaura slip through his fingers again!
In the hotel lobby, Pau swears she’ll show Gus how much she loves him. She only married the other guy because he was going to get her brother out of jail. “—So you and he never…er…nada??” “--That’s right. Nothing happened between us because he—“. Gus stops Pau before she can explain anything further about the why-not. He apologizes and says he has no right to pry. (Sure you do!) “--Forget it. You thought I was dead and my sister never bothered to clarify that it was my dad who died and not me. Forgive me.” She tells him again that she’s never been able to forget him or stopped loving him. He asks about what else is included in this contract of theirs (not that she could tell him cuz she’s never bothered to read the darned thing!) “--What kind of guy would contract somebody to marry him?” “—A controlling man who’s used to manipulating others to get what he wants, so much so that he even ordered--.” Pau stops in mid-sentence and Gus asks her if her husband had ever harmed her. She says not at all; he simply married her to get back at another woman who left him a little bit before she was supposed to marry him. “--In exchange for the marriage his attorney got my brother out of jail.”
At the same time, Mentirosie is telling her sob story to Feddy who says if he’d only known he’d have helped them out. Not to worry now, though, cuz AP won’t ever have to worry about things again. Since Rosie “has a bad heart” and “isn’t allowed to work” now, he’ll take care of Rosie, too. (Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Jackpot!) What Fed wants now is simply to see his two daughters happily married and cared for, he admits to her. “--So, tell me if Gustavo really deserves my daughter.” A frown appears on Rosie’s face.
Gus, meanwhile, tries getting details from Pau about her marriage: what was he like? Did he treat you well? Didn’t he want to win you over emotionally? Pau says she won’t lie, that he was very kind and did try to win her over with all sorts of romantic gestures. “—Ah, so he does love you!” “—Yes, but I hate him!! He’s a hypocrite and a liar, capable of doing a lot of harm!” She stops to look at Gus frowning back at her. “--What’s the matter?” Well, admits Gus, she sounds like she’s more hurt and disappointed than full of hate. She explains then that she did think for a while that he simply had a forceful personality, but realized later that he was really an evil person and has distanced herself from him. She’s left him for good! He accepts that. “--Okay, then, so what happens during this contracted year while you’re getting the divorce papers worked out?” (That’s the $64,000 question, Guster! Viewerville’s inquiring minds all want to know the answer to that one!) Hmm. Darling Dimples draws a blank.
Back at the hacienda, Ro-Hell is screaming at Bruno for not bringing back Rosie. She’s the only one capable of telling them directly where her niece is!! If he couldn’t find her, then the least he could have done was to get hold of the rancher who bought the horse!! Bruno’s just useless!! Does he have to think for him, too? Bruno (with his fingers crossed behind his back, no doubt) officiously promises to do all that is possible to bring Paula back and then leaves. Maria comes in as Bruno exits. She tells him to understand that Paula took a powder because she wants nothing more to do with him. Oh-Hell insists she only left because she thinks he’s some sort of murderer; but he’s going to prove to her that he isn’t! Then she’ll love him again. Maria warns him against thinking like that. “—You can’t force that sort of thing.” Oh-Hel reasons aloud. “—Everything was fine, Nana, until this misunderstanding came up. She does care! She will love me once again the same way I love her.” Maria just stares at him.
Ana Paula tells Gus that she’s not waiting the full year. She isn’t going back there! Gus tells her that it’s just all such an unbelievable a story. But he’s got to believe her, she says--he will once he sees her divorce is final! Now Federico walks up with Rosie. Pau introduces Fed to him. “—This is …er…Gustavo.” “—So you are Ana’s former boyfriend.” AP tells him that Fed’s her father--the man she thought was her father died, but he’s her real daddy, adds Feddy. Well yeah, says Gus, he’s her old boyfriend, but complains that a lot of good it does him now that she’s married to somebody else. Feddy reminds him Pau doesn’t love her husband and is ready to divorce him; so he’d better make up his mind fast if he wants to pursue this relationship or not.
Maria tells Oh-Hell that she’d actually started to think that he and Paula were happy together, and that Paula had finally come to love him. “—Why? Did she say something to you?” No, says Maria, but she seemed happy and hopeful. See, Rog insists, I matter to her. “--I hope to show her I’m not a murderer, and to clear my name--to show her that she and everything about her matters to me. I’ll show her that I really do love her.” “--Yes, but you’re going about it the wrong way.” “—What else can I do when I’m left with no other option?” “-- You cannot force somebody to be with you-- not if you love them.” (Umm. I say we’re just chasing our tails here with this line of discussion. Next topic, please.) What exactly does Rog think she’ll feel about him once she finds out he’s got her brother locked up here, she asks.
Rog reasons that he’s only keeping Mikey there till they bring Paula back to the hacienda. She advises him to forget Pau now the same way he forgot Vainessa. How can he, he asks her, if Paula is the only woman who’s ever truly interested him and gotten him to feel this way about a woman? I want to earn her love, really! (Sorry, but IMNSHO unless you can perform your husbandly duties, dude, you ain’t goin’ nowhere with this relationship. You were just lucky this gal was ready to cloister herself and that you presented her the perfect opportunity to stay true to her romantic ideals--without giving up the ghost of Gusmas past!) Maria advises Rogelio then that this better not be some nutty impulsive thing like what happened with Nessa. Rog insists he’s in love and that he’s determined to get Mikey to stop drinking. When Paula sees he’s gotten her brother to stop drinking she’ll be eternally grateful to him. Maria seems to be thinking the same thing Viewerville is by now: you have got to be delusional, dude!
Before Fed and Mentirosie can leave, AP demands an apology from her aunt to Guscakes for the lies she told when Gus and she ran into each other after he returned. Fake crocodile tears roll down Mentirosie’s cheeks as she explains it was for AP’s mental well-being. She’d suffered so and she didn’t want Pau to relive it all over again since by the time they met in the street back then, her niece was already married. (That’s her story and she’s stickin’ to it. Of course, Viewerville knows that her timeline is a bit off cuz Pau was still only engaged and had a couple of days till she’d be getting married.) Gus agrees that Pau has explained all that to him, but he feels she was wrong not to allow them to work things out between themselves. More crocodile tears drop to the carpet. Please believe her that she’s very sorry and whatever she didn’t was done with the best of intentions rather than out of spite or maliciously inspired. Aw, forget it, Gus says good-naturedly. What’s important is they’re together now. He loves Pau more than life itself and wants her back forever and always. (Uggh! He’s such a Boy Scout! Give me a jaded macho man any time!)
Dani gets after Mikey for continuing to drink and allowing himself to be locked up for it. “—You really believe that’s why I’m locked up here? That’s not why. It’s because my sister hasn’t returned. Anyway, it’s better than going back to the other place and being beaten to death.” Dani doesn’t seem to listen. She tells him to get his head on straight, give up the booze and then do something with his life. “—Life? What kind of life? I have no life!” No. All he cares about is knowing that his sister got out all right and is now safe somewhere. Dani remembers that’s what she’s there to tell him. Pau called her and says that she and Margarito are fine and that Gus is alive! Mikey gives Dani a look of you’re-kidding-right? impactado.
Back at Fermin’s place, now, Carmen admits to Fermin that she’s angry at him for telling Ana Paula where to find Gus. He says it wasn’t going to matter. Anyway, she didn’t really think that with the two of them staying at the same hotel they wouldn’t run into each other, did she? Really? Instead of being angry she should be happy that she’s finally realized that she’s able to love a man again and get on with her life. Carmen agrees Gus was good for that at least.
Dani and Mike are both happy for Pau. Dani says she is so relieved to know that Rog really didn’t put the hit out on Gus after all, and that he isn’t a murderous piece of human debris, either. (OMG! I just got a good look at the bowling shirt somebody in wardrobe put Miguel Carmona’s character in. I need a pair of earplugs it’s barking so loud.) Mikey tells Dani that since both his aunt and his sister are safely out of Ro-Hell’s reach, he wants her to tell them that he’s also gotten safely away. He’ll gladly make the sacrifice, staying locked up there for the rest of his life, just as long as he knows they’re both happy and safe.
Pau and Gus, meantime are sitting on the sand by their bonfire, smooching up a storm. She comes up for air and says she’s certain they truly love each other. They agree to make a new start and seal it with another passionate kiss.
Back at the Hell-Fuerte, Dani refuses to lie to Pau, though Mikey begs her to and thus put some meaning to his crappy life. He tells her again that he still wants her to find somebody else, somebody worthwhile. She weeps. It’s obvious that she feels miserable. Yeah, the dopey broad still loves him. (I’d say this group of gals needs an infusion of macho males but quick. All these terrific women and nobody to choose from that any self-respecting yenta wouldn’t turn up her nose at! Sheesh!)
At the coffee shop, Federico tells Rosie that as soon as he gets back to Tuxtla he’s going straight to his attorney to formally recognize AP as his daughter and to give her his last name.
Back by the bonfire, Gus says he likes Feddy and thinks he’s a decent guy. AP is worried how his wife and daughter will take the news that she’s his love-child. Gus admits it won’t be easy for Nessa since he was dating a friend of hers and got to know the “harsh” side of her personality. AP wants to know why they broke off. He realized he couldn’t forget Pau, he explains. They kibbitz back and forth and smooch some more.
Back in her bedroom, Effer and Sinthia discuss Gus’s kicking her to the curb. Effer says he’d be lying if he said he wasn’t happy it happened. On the other hand, he says, they have a thing for each other. They should start up again and this time for keeps. She says their situation is impossible and she knows she really doesn’t love him. He tells her that he loves her and that he wants her. Let the two of them continue like before and he’ll make her forget the little engineer. She shakes her head sadly at him and says no. He declares that any man who rejects a queen like her is nothing but a fool. She appreciates the sentiment and kisses him for it, hoping it’ll be just like old times, but it isn’t. They both know it, too.
More smooches between Gus and Cupcake –till he stops long enough to ask her what was in that contract. Again she tells him she barely read it. He wasn’t around for her and it didn’t matter much. They agree to find out what was in the contract once they get back to Tuxtla. (Something tells me they’re in for one Ro-Hell of a shock once they do.) They agree to forget it now, at least for tonight. The only thing that matters to the Cupcake is that the two of them are with each other now. More passionate smooching ensues.
Effer leaves disgusted and frustrated by his lady love. He says she’ll want him back later on….but he doesn’t really look convinced. Vainessa calls Sin right after. Sin starts crying on phone and tells Vanessa that El Gusto Mío gave her the grand good-bye and a thanks for the grins speech.
A bit later that evening, the Devil comes knock knock knocking on Mikey’s balcony window by way of black-hearted Bruno. “—it’s rough stuff being locked away like this. So I’ve brought the entertainment.” He pulls a bottle of whiskey out of his coat. Michael’s tongue makes a sudden, uncontrollable, irrepressible dive through the bars and towards the bottle.
Back at the beach, Gus has created another handmade little trinket for AP, and by the light of the blazing bonfire, he tells her he’s decided that because all things are now cleared up for them that they are destined to be together. He says he’s decided that he wants to stay with her for the rest of his life and then hands her the ring-trinket he’s fashioned out of dead reeds or some such. “—Once you are divorced I want you to marry me.” Pau looks surprised. (I know it takes a bit of beanie adjustment here to believe she couldn’t see this coming a mile away.)
Bruno buddies up to a very inebriated Mikey now and reminds him that it wasn’t Rog that got him out of jail, but Bruno with his slick legal-eagle-isms. Mikey underscores it with a toast and a trago from the handy foam party cup Bruno must have also had hidden under his coat. “—You can’t trust him. Me yes, but not him.” They toast to friendship. “Bottoms up!”
Pau now accepts with a smile. Gus goes through wedding vows for her and she tells him she’s putting her heart and her life into his safekeeping as he puts the “ring” on her finger. They kiss again. She cries for happiness and then warns him that the man she’s married to is extremely powerful. Gus replies that it doesn’t matter; that he’ll fight whoever it might be to defend his love for her. “—We’re together and together I’m sure we’ll succeed.” They kiss again.
Back at the bungalow, Federico asks Rosaura to tell him all about Pau’s mother during the time she was growing up. He sympathizes with the “difficult time” Mentirosa supposedly had bringing Pau and Mikey up. He tells her how admirable a woman she was. He says then that he doesn’t understand how she didn’t have a chance to find some man to share her life with at some time. Certainly she had many men interested in her [pretendientes]. Sure she did, she admits, but then dares to confess that there was only one man she ever cared about and that he was that man. To say Feddy is anything but pleasantly surprised is an understatement. In fact, Ol’ Feddy looks over at Rosie looking back so expectantly at him. His usually cheery self deflates instantaneously and his smile does an immediate 180. The old guy (along with parts of Viewerville) just threw up a little in the mouth, but he manages to hide it rather well, all things considered. (Blech.)
Luckily, Viewerville is beamed back to the bonfire where talk now turns to living without luxuries and to having children, especially little mini-cupcakes to sweeten their lives up with. The two agree that Mgrito will be theirs as well and they’ll make certain he’s given plenty of love and is well-educated.
Back at Hell-Fuerte, Maria gives rude Rog a few pointers about laughing at the loneliness of old maids like her—and possibly Sinthia! He gets a figurative wrist slap and apologizes. She says she enjoyed taking care of them, though, and sees raising kids as one of the most enjoyable things in life. Too bad in his case because he knows he’ll never have his own for her to raise. So what, she says. He’d enjoy all his nieces and nephews if he'll just lighten up with Sinthia. What good is all his wealth if he doesn’t allow for somebody to share it with? He insists he’d thought to enjoy it all with Paula, growing old with her and taking care of Margarito with her as if he were his own. (Forget Mikey. Those puppy dog eyes and that hangdog expression of his are enough to drive even Maria to drink! Oh well, Oh-Hell. Maybe in the next life…..)
At the beach once more, Gus now promises to exchange that homemade ring he’s just given Pau for a real engagement ring once they are back in Tuxtla. Suddenly Pau has a flashback to the night of the serenade and the wedding ring that Ro-Hell exchanged with the ring she was wearing as part of the contract marriage. She remembers how he told her that he’d personally chosen it for her, and that it was given with all his heart, a heart full of love for her. It’s obvious that the eerie parallel is jarring.
Adelantes: Ana Paula goes all the way for the Gusto.
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Friday, March 02, 2012
El Mundo de Telemundo - Discuss among yourselves: Week of March 5
FLOR SALVAJE: Well, we had the Gran Finale and I think that it was pretty good. As expected, Rafa didn't make it but they avoided novela conventions and didn't have a lengthy death scene. AA deciding to kill himself and Rafa was interesting. AA made a better psychopath than a drug lord. You had to figure Flor would have Rafa's baby - that would be her consolation. I would have liked it better if she had become a famous prostitute after she lost Rafa.
The "where are they now" 10 years later was nice although Zahra and Olga must have portraits getting old in a closet because they looked younger, if anything, than they did 10 years earlier and they were older than everyone else. What happened to Rigoberto?
It's too bad Frigida just disappeared from the story and didn't end up with any punishment for being so horrible. It was also bizarre to see Ana as a happy hausfrau with Titi and grandpa Abelardo but I was right in figuring that Mina wouldn't stick with Mr. Peter for too long.
I guess Mariano just went to prison. He deserved more punishment but he seemed to recognize at the end that his infatuation with Rocío was perverted.
I liked this novela. It was well written and acted and avoided novela clichés. It never got me involved emotionally so that I couldn't wait to see the next episode but neither was I waiting impatiently for it to end.
Looking forward to the start of Corazón Valiente on Tuesday.
Over to you.
The "where are they now" 10 years later was nice although Zahra and Olga must have portraits getting old in a closet because they looked younger, if anything, than they did 10 years earlier and they were older than everyone else. What happened to Rigoberto?
It's too bad Frigida just disappeared from the story and didn't end up with any punishment for being so horrible. It was also bizarre to see Ana as a happy hausfrau with Titi and grandpa Abelardo but I was right in figuring that Mina wouldn't stick with Mr. Peter for too long.
I guess Mariano just went to prison. He deserved more punishment but he seemed to recognize at the end that his infatuation with Rocío was perverted.
I liked this novela. It was well written and acted and avoided novela clichés. It never got me involved emotionally so that I couldn't wait to see the next episode but neither was I waiting impatiently for it to end.
Looking forward to the start of Corazón Valiente on Tuesday.
Over to you.
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La Que No Podía Amar #47 Thursday 3/1/12 The Woman Who Couldn't Get a Man to Stick With Her Despite a Perpetually Bared Midriff
Your recap this morning will be in installments so you junkies…er, devotees?...can get your fix ASAP. When the title is complete, that's your full recap.
Ana Paula lets Rosaura know that she's seen Gustavo and she knows he's alive. Rosaura turns on the waterworks and begs for forgiveness, but AP's having none of it! She only married Rogelio because she knew she'd never be able to love anyone else. Rosaura tries the "I was doing what I thought was best for you" approach, but the unexpected response to that is for the main theme song to play.
Rogelio tells Maria that yes, he did send Efrain out on an errand. He's going to bring back the guy who bought the horse from Ana Paula. And when he gets her back, he'll make her suffer. Nobody betrays Rogelio Montero, blah, blah, blah.
Rosaura seems to be making headway in convincing Ana Paula that when she saw Gustavo AP was already married, so she told her not to hurt her. She hoped AP would come to love Rogelio. AP whines that the marriage was only by contract, and only for a year. Rosaura says she thought it's what AP's mom would have done, to keep her from suffering…"No matter what I do, I'll never be able to live up to your mother." I'm not even going to touch that one!
Gus calls Mercedes, who's having a great time at the hacienda. Gus doesn't want to talk to Cinthia and asks Mercedes not to say anything about him coming back the next day. Mercedes is going home tomorrow, so she hopes to see him before she goes. She thinks Gus sounds tired, but he says he'll talk to her about it tomorrow.
Rosaura says she's going to come clean about something, just to prove that AP's well-being is of the utmost importance to her…she moved heaven and earth to find Federico. She knows one of AP's biggest regrets is not having more time with her father…well, dun, dun, dun, now she gets to spend time with him because her father is…Darth Vader! No, wait, sorry, her father is Federico Galvan. AP is impactada. Can I get a "No puede ser!"? No, apparently not right this moment.
Federico is hanging out with Margarito, who rats out Rogelio for being grouchy and a little too free with his whip hand. Fed doesn't want Margarito OR Ana Paula to go back to the hacienda, and he's going to do what he can so Vanessa doesn't go back either…even though Margarito says she's a tough broad and Rog wouldn’t do anything to her. Margarito is glad Fed cares about his daughter and wishes he had a dad like that. Fed says if he had a son, he'd like the son to be like Margarito. Alas, now he's just going to have to wait on grandkids. They agree that Margarito can be his #1 Grandson, postizo (pretend).
AP asks if Rosaura is sure that Fed, Vanessa's dad, is also her dad. "Where did you get that idea?" Rosaura says she always knew. "Then why didn't you tell me?!" Rosaura says she's always known, but she promised AP's mother on her deathbed not to tell, so they'd never find out their mom had had a fling with a married man. And so instead, she took on the arduous task of raising the two kids on her own. Ay, esa Rosaura! Como se dice "NO-GOOD, LYING, TACKY BEEYOTCH" en español?
Vanessa asks David to keep things quiet, because it's just too painful for her and her mother. He offers to be her shoulder to cry on. As he's leaving, Vanessa's cell phone rings. It's Cinthia, and she's calling to report that Rog told her that AP will be back soon. "Tell me you didn't tell him where to find her?!" Vanessa says no way she did that and the Mean Girls bond over how they both thought they were rid of AP and they just absolutely hate her. Mercedes comes in to report that she brought Rogelio to the dining room, like he asked, though they can't figure out why he wanted her to do it. Cinthia giddily tells her that Rogelio told her that Gustavo called. Mercedes admits that even though Gustavo wanted her to keep it a secret, he's coming back to the hacienda tomorrow "to see you!" And then they braid each other's hair, hold hands, and skip through the cow patties.
Rosaura says that AP's mom fell hard for Fed…he was good looking, rich, kind, a gentleman. Mariana was only married because Miguel's dad wouldn't give her a divorce. Plus he was a violent drunk. Mariana was so good, and wanted to help him join AA, but he never would. "I have no reason to lie to you." *snort* Rosaura tells her to hear Fed's side of the story and try to understand her. "Easier said than done! You know how his daughter's going to take it when she finds out we have the same dad?"
Van's mom counsels her to get Fed back to Tuxtla ASAP, and then convince him to buy the lands for her and put them in her name. "Of course! If Rogelio wants them, he'll have to negotiate with me!" Mami tells her Esteban came looking for her again. Vanessa isn't pleased.
Rosaura tells her not to worry about Vanessa. "It's not just that! It's the idea that Federico is my father…I don't know. I'm so confused!" Rosaura reminds her that Fed can help her in ways she can't. "He's your only way out if you don't want to go back to Rogelio." AP says Gustavo is going to help her (Wait, did I miss something? Why is Gustavo going to help her? I thought he wanted nothing to do with her because he thinks she's a faithless cheater?) and besides, if Fed is her dad, why did he leave her mom alone? Why did he never help when her mom was sick? Why hasn't he had anything to do with her until just now? "Because he didn't know either. I just told him."
Esteban asks Chio when Mercedes is coming back. She asks if they can go pick her up together from the bus station. Chio is still pushing for more, but Esteban makes it clear he think of her as a friend.
Rogelio, Mercedes, and Cinthia have a drink. Rogelio thinks it's a shame Mercedes is leaving so soon, but he hopes she enjoyed her time there. As much as he hopes Gustavo enjoys his time there…because there's a lot of stuff he needs done and he'd like Gustavo to work for him. More giddy laughing and clinking of glasses. Even Rogelio grins. Faker.
Miguel is up in his room moping. Maria brings him some dinner, plus an extra piece of flan from yesterday. Miguel has heard that AP is coming back soon. Maria says Rogelio has a lead, but that's it. Miguel would rather she was far from there. "I should help her, protect her, but all I do is get her into trouble. I hope Rogelio doesn't bring her back to this prison!"
Rosaura goes to get some air and let AP think. She smiles to herself as she leaves. TACKY. Federico comes in, calling AP "hija" (daughter). He's happy that she's the product of the love he and her mother had. "Then why didn't you get divorced and marry her if you loved her so much?"
Rog is disappointed to hear that the guy who bought the horse didn't want to come back with Efrain. He wanted to be reimbursed for the money he spent on the horse. Rogelio berates him for not giving the guy the money and says it's on Efrain's head if anything happens to AP or Margarito.
Fed explains that Elsa threatened to take Vanessa away and he didn't know that Mariana was pregnant. He swears AP was the product of love, not just an affair, and if he'd known about her, he would have found a way to be close to both his daughters. "Your mother was the love of my life." AP has a hard time believing that. Fed gives her the letter her mother wrote: "Federico, my love, you don't know how much I miss you. Even though I was the one who decided never to see you again. I told you I would never see you again because I can't make you choose between our love and your daughter. I can't let Elsa take Vanessa away and never let you see her again. But I want you to know you've left me the greatest gift in the last few days we spent together. A little piece of you that will live forever--I'm going to be a mother, and I'm happy! I love this baby, and I know if you were a free man, you'd be with me to take care of it and raise it. But we met at the wrong time and we can't base our happiness on the unhappiness of someone else. I hope she's a girl, the way we both would have liked. I promise I'll always care for this baby and I'll see you in him or her. I love you and I'll always love you, Mariana." "Ana Paula…I am your father! I swear if I had known before, I would have found a way to be with you. I hope you'll give me the chance now. Daughter, can I give you a hug?" They hug…awww!
Maria brings Miguel in to talk to Rogelio. He asks Rog not to bring his sister back there. "I'll stay in her place. I'll work, I'll do whatever you want, but leave my sister alone." Rogelio said what AP did was wrong and she's going to pay for it. He calls Maria to take Miguel back to his room.
AP is worried about a lot of things, but primarily Vanessa. Fed says it won't be easy, but he'll get her to accept it. He says Vanessa is good (*snort*) and loves him. He'll work it all out. He can't waste this opportunity. He wants everyone to know she's his daughter and he wants her to have his name, like she should have. AP says they'll talk more tomorrow. She needs more time to take it all in. Fed says he feels freer now that she knows the truth, and he hopes she knows she can count on him.
Vanessa assures Fed she's on her way to the office. She tells Elsa that he sounds better. Elsa pressures her more to get Fed back there, get him to buy the land, and keep him from looking from his other daughter. Ha!
Bruno calls Rogelio and reports he's on his way with Dany, but Rosaura has gone AWOL. He thought maybe Rosaura went back to the hacienda to see Miguel. He doesn't know where else she could be. Rogelio assumes this means she's probably with Ana Paula. Bruno tells Dany that Rog is furious, and Rosaura better be going back to the hacienda.
Fed and Rosaura walk along the beach. Fed muses he never got to travel with Mariana. Rosaura says Mariana's sacrifice was worth it if Fed's marriage was saved by it. Fed says not really, Elsa's been torturing him since then. "Aw, Fed, you're such a good guy. You have a right to be happy! You sacrificed yourself for Vanessa, but she's a grown woman now." Fed thinks it's too late for him to find someone else. He can never forget Mariana. He calls Rosaura the best sister-in-law. HA!
AP is happy to have a father, but she's thinking about Gustavo. Even if he helps her get a divorce from Rogelio, that doesn't mean she can get back together with Gustavo. She thinks he's started a thing with Carmen, but Margarito gives her the real story--that's just what Melina wanted, but Gustavo is still in love with AP and even left Carmen's house. AP is giddy, thinking she's got a chance.
Gustavo is show in by Consuelo. Cinthia hugs him enthusiastically, calling him "mi amor" and tells him she told Rogelio they're dating and Rogelio is very interested in him. He wants Gustavo to work at the hacienda for a while. Oops!
AP was going to back off, but if Gustavo's not dating someone new…"They you can be back together again! Melina heard Gustavo tell her mom that he's in love with you!" He advises her to "descasate" (un-marry yourself) from the boss and "casate" (marry) Gustavo. Ah, if only it were that easy. AP's willing to give it a try.
Cinthia tells Gustavo that her brother's opinion is important which is why she…Gustavo cuts her off and says they have to talk. He's sorry to have to say this, she's a great gal, he likes her a lot, but he doesn't love her and he can't stay with her.
Fed and AP get together. AP is feeling better, but still being a little formal with him. He hopes she'll get over that. Too bad they have to share this meal with Rosaura. AP just kept remembering so many things, and she couldn't sleep, but he sees things differently today. She's happy to have a father. Margarito chimes in and says she's also happy to be getting back together with her boyfriend, alarming Rosaura.
Cinthia doesn't understand. She thought he cared about her. "That's why I need to be honest with you. I found my ex. I'm not back together with her, but I realized I can't forget her, and that's not fair to you." Cinthia warns him she won't give him a second chance. "Well, did she break up with her other guy?" Rogelio comes in and tells Cinthia to go get Mercedes while he talks to Gustavo about the jobs. Gus says he can't work for him. He doesn't know if Cinthia will like it since he just broke up with her. He's not back with his ex, and she's with someone else..."The woman who would do that to you would do it again, so think about what you're doing. When you doubt the person you love, your life turns into a living hell," opines Rogelio.
AP is determined to get back together with Gus, despite the short time they were together before. Rosaura disapproves, but Fed is all about the power of true love and approves of her trying to get Gus back.
Cin tells Mercedes that Gus broke up with her and went back to his ex. Mercedes thinks he's a dumbass for doing it. Cinthia is furious, but she says she'll get over it. Mercedes comforts her and says she still wants them to be friends, but she understands if Cinthia doesn't want to.
AP goes to talk to Fermin. Melina takes Margarito to show him something. Carmen comes in just as AP asks where to find Gustavo. Carmen tells her to leave him alone and quit hurting him. "I didn't do it on purpose! I need to tell him my marriage is just a contract!" She tells Carmen it's a long story, but she's not sleeping with the guy she's married to. Carmen thinks it's bull. AP appeals to Fermin and he tells her that Gus didn't go back to Tuxtla. He's staying in the same bungalows she is. Big resort town like that and there's only one hotel?
Gus tells Rog he'll think about it, but he's got to finish the jobs he has right now. Cinthia and Mercedes come in and Rog asks if Cin is ok with Gus working there. She says it's fine. Rog doesn't like goodbyes so he says he's taking off. Cin takes him to his office and Mercedes rips into him. Gus says his feelings for Cinthia aren't that deep, so it's better to break up with her. He says he won't discuss this with her, but they do have some things to talk about. "Why didn't you tell Ana it was my father who had died and not me?" Mercedes looks guilty.
Ana goes to the front desk and gets Gustavo's bungalow number, but also hears he's not coming back until later that night.
Vanessa is impressed with David, but advises him to use the money he'll get for the land to pay off Rogelio. She also thanks him for coming with her to an audit, which he says she handled really well. Van is being pretty heavy handed, oozing sex appeal all over the place. Elsa comes over to see if they reached an agreement on the land, which they did. All they need is Fed to close the deal. David looks disturbed by Vanessa's kiss on the cheek. Elsa seems to approve. Vanessa tries to get her to be more involved in the business, but Elsa is more concerned with haranguing Vanessa about getting Fed back to Tuxtla. They hit on the idea of telling Fed he's needed to help her with the audit. Vanessa whines to him on the phone that she can't handle it. Fed says she's done well and he's proud of her, but if she needs him then he's on the way. Fed tells AP and Rosaura about the call. Rosaura suggests they all go back together, but AP won't leave until she's talked to Gustavo. "I have to clear things up with him!" Fed understands. "Go back without me, dad." Rosaura is worried Rogelio will find her, but AP brushes it off, saying she'll hide in the bungalow if she has to. Fed decides that AP is more important than a business problem and he's going to stay until the next day, so he can meet Gustavo.
Rogelio tells Cinthia he's sorry things didn't work out with Gustavo either. "That makes 3." He insists he's not making fun of her. Cinthia reminds him that one woman left him at the altar and the other one ditched him right after marrying him. Efrain comes in and says the guy with the lead has disappeared. "See! Gustavo doesn't want me, but at least he's not my husband. Do you know what they call you in town? El Abandonado!" (The one who was abandoned.) Rog starts to go after her with the whip, but Efrain gets in the way again…just for a second, then he walks out.
Tomorrow: AP and Gus smooch; AP and Gus hang out on the beach while the announcer hints at impending nookie.
Ana Paula lets Rosaura know that she's seen Gustavo and she knows he's alive. Rosaura turns on the waterworks and begs for forgiveness, but AP's having none of it! She only married Rogelio because she knew she'd never be able to love anyone else. Rosaura tries the "I was doing what I thought was best for you" approach, but the unexpected response to that is for the main theme song to play.
Rogelio tells Maria that yes, he did send Efrain out on an errand. He's going to bring back the guy who bought the horse from Ana Paula. And when he gets her back, he'll make her suffer. Nobody betrays Rogelio Montero, blah, blah, blah.
Rosaura seems to be making headway in convincing Ana Paula that when she saw Gustavo AP was already married, so she told her not to hurt her. She hoped AP would come to love Rogelio. AP whines that the marriage was only by contract, and only for a year. Rosaura says she thought it's what AP's mom would have done, to keep her from suffering…"No matter what I do, I'll never be able to live up to your mother." I'm not even going to touch that one!
Gus calls Mercedes, who's having a great time at the hacienda. Gus doesn't want to talk to Cinthia and asks Mercedes not to say anything about him coming back the next day. Mercedes is going home tomorrow, so she hopes to see him before she goes. She thinks Gus sounds tired, but he says he'll talk to her about it tomorrow.
Rosaura says she's going to come clean about something, just to prove that AP's well-being is of the utmost importance to her…she moved heaven and earth to find Federico. She knows one of AP's biggest regrets is not having more time with her father…well, dun, dun, dun, now she gets to spend time with him because her father is…Darth Vader! No, wait, sorry, her father is Federico Galvan. AP is impactada. Can I get a "No puede ser!"? No, apparently not right this moment.
Federico is hanging out with Margarito, who rats out Rogelio for being grouchy and a little too free with his whip hand. Fed doesn't want Margarito OR Ana Paula to go back to the hacienda, and he's going to do what he can so Vanessa doesn't go back either…even though Margarito says she's a tough broad and Rog wouldn’t do anything to her. Margarito is glad Fed cares about his daughter and wishes he had a dad like that. Fed says if he had a son, he'd like the son to be like Margarito. Alas, now he's just going to have to wait on grandkids. They agree that Margarito can be his #1 Grandson, postizo (pretend).
AP asks if Rosaura is sure that Fed, Vanessa's dad, is also her dad. "Where did you get that idea?" Rosaura says she always knew. "Then why didn't you tell me?!" Rosaura says she's always known, but she promised AP's mother on her deathbed not to tell, so they'd never find out their mom had had a fling with a married man. And so instead, she took on the arduous task of raising the two kids on her own. Ay, esa Rosaura! Como se dice "NO-GOOD, LYING, TACKY BEEYOTCH" en español?
Vanessa asks David to keep things quiet, because it's just too painful for her and her mother. He offers to be her shoulder to cry on. As he's leaving, Vanessa's cell phone rings. It's Cinthia, and she's calling to report that Rog told her that AP will be back soon. "Tell me you didn't tell him where to find her?!" Vanessa says no way she did that and the Mean Girls bond over how they both thought they were rid of AP and they just absolutely hate her. Mercedes comes in to report that she brought Rogelio to the dining room, like he asked, though they can't figure out why he wanted her to do it. Cinthia giddily tells her that Rogelio told her that Gustavo called. Mercedes admits that even though Gustavo wanted her to keep it a secret, he's coming back to the hacienda tomorrow "to see you!" And then they braid each other's hair, hold hands, and skip through the cow patties.
Rosaura says that AP's mom fell hard for Fed…he was good looking, rich, kind, a gentleman. Mariana was only married because Miguel's dad wouldn't give her a divorce. Plus he was a violent drunk. Mariana was so good, and wanted to help him join AA, but he never would. "I have no reason to lie to you." *snort* Rosaura tells her to hear Fed's side of the story and try to understand her. "Easier said than done! You know how his daughter's going to take it when she finds out we have the same dad?"
Van's mom counsels her to get Fed back to Tuxtla ASAP, and then convince him to buy the lands for her and put them in her name. "Of course! If Rogelio wants them, he'll have to negotiate with me!" Mami tells her Esteban came looking for her again. Vanessa isn't pleased.
Rosaura tells her not to worry about Vanessa. "It's not just that! It's the idea that Federico is my father…I don't know. I'm so confused!" Rosaura reminds her that Fed can help her in ways she can't. "He's your only way out if you don't want to go back to Rogelio." AP says Gustavo is going to help her (Wait, did I miss something? Why is Gustavo going to help her? I thought he wanted nothing to do with her because he thinks she's a faithless cheater?) and besides, if Fed is her dad, why did he leave her mom alone? Why did he never help when her mom was sick? Why hasn't he had anything to do with her until just now? "Because he didn't know either. I just told him."
Esteban asks Chio when Mercedes is coming back. She asks if they can go pick her up together from the bus station. Chio is still pushing for more, but Esteban makes it clear he think of her as a friend.
Rogelio, Mercedes, and Cinthia have a drink. Rogelio thinks it's a shame Mercedes is leaving so soon, but he hopes she enjoyed her time there. As much as he hopes Gustavo enjoys his time there…because there's a lot of stuff he needs done and he'd like Gustavo to work for him. More giddy laughing and clinking of glasses. Even Rogelio grins. Faker.
Miguel is up in his room moping. Maria brings him some dinner, plus an extra piece of flan from yesterday. Miguel has heard that AP is coming back soon. Maria says Rogelio has a lead, but that's it. Miguel would rather she was far from there. "I should help her, protect her, but all I do is get her into trouble. I hope Rogelio doesn't bring her back to this prison!"
Rosaura goes to get some air and let AP think. She smiles to herself as she leaves. TACKY. Federico comes in, calling AP "hija" (daughter). He's happy that she's the product of the love he and her mother had. "Then why didn't you get divorced and marry her if you loved her so much?"
Rog is disappointed to hear that the guy who bought the horse didn't want to come back with Efrain. He wanted to be reimbursed for the money he spent on the horse. Rogelio berates him for not giving the guy the money and says it's on Efrain's head if anything happens to AP or Margarito.
Fed explains that Elsa threatened to take Vanessa away and he didn't know that Mariana was pregnant. He swears AP was the product of love, not just an affair, and if he'd known about her, he would have found a way to be close to both his daughters. "Your mother was the love of my life." AP has a hard time believing that. Fed gives her the letter her mother wrote: "Federico, my love, you don't know how much I miss you. Even though I was the one who decided never to see you again. I told you I would never see you again because I can't make you choose between our love and your daughter. I can't let Elsa take Vanessa away and never let you see her again. But I want you to know you've left me the greatest gift in the last few days we spent together. A little piece of you that will live forever--I'm going to be a mother, and I'm happy! I love this baby, and I know if you were a free man, you'd be with me to take care of it and raise it. But we met at the wrong time and we can't base our happiness on the unhappiness of someone else. I hope she's a girl, the way we both would have liked. I promise I'll always care for this baby and I'll see you in him or her. I love you and I'll always love you, Mariana." "Ana Paula…I am your father! I swear if I had known before, I would have found a way to be with you. I hope you'll give me the chance now. Daughter, can I give you a hug?" They hug…awww!
Maria brings Miguel in to talk to Rogelio. He asks Rog not to bring his sister back there. "I'll stay in her place. I'll work, I'll do whatever you want, but leave my sister alone." Rogelio said what AP did was wrong and she's going to pay for it. He calls Maria to take Miguel back to his room.
AP is worried about a lot of things, but primarily Vanessa. Fed says it won't be easy, but he'll get her to accept it. He says Vanessa is good (*snort*) and loves him. He'll work it all out. He can't waste this opportunity. He wants everyone to know she's his daughter and he wants her to have his name, like she should have. AP says they'll talk more tomorrow. She needs more time to take it all in. Fed says he feels freer now that she knows the truth, and he hopes she knows she can count on him.
Vanessa assures Fed she's on her way to the office. She tells Elsa that he sounds better. Elsa pressures her more to get Fed back there, get him to buy the land, and keep him from looking from his other daughter. Ha!
Bruno calls Rogelio and reports he's on his way with Dany, but Rosaura has gone AWOL. He thought maybe Rosaura went back to the hacienda to see Miguel. He doesn't know where else she could be. Rogelio assumes this means she's probably with Ana Paula. Bruno tells Dany that Rog is furious, and Rosaura better be going back to the hacienda.
Fed and Rosaura walk along the beach. Fed muses he never got to travel with Mariana. Rosaura says Mariana's sacrifice was worth it if Fed's marriage was saved by it. Fed says not really, Elsa's been torturing him since then. "Aw, Fed, you're such a good guy. You have a right to be happy! You sacrificed yourself for Vanessa, but she's a grown woman now." Fed thinks it's too late for him to find someone else. He can never forget Mariana. He calls Rosaura the best sister-in-law. HA!
AP is happy to have a father, but she's thinking about Gustavo. Even if he helps her get a divorce from Rogelio, that doesn't mean she can get back together with Gustavo. She thinks he's started a thing with Carmen, but Margarito gives her the real story--that's just what Melina wanted, but Gustavo is still in love with AP and even left Carmen's house. AP is giddy, thinking she's got a chance.
Gustavo is show in by Consuelo. Cinthia hugs him enthusiastically, calling him "mi amor" and tells him she told Rogelio they're dating and Rogelio is very interested in him. He wants Gustavo to work at the hacienda for a while. Oops!
AP was going to back off, but if Gustavo's not dating someone new…"They you can be back together again! Melina heard Gustavo tell her mom that he's in love with you!" He advises her to "descasate" (un-marry yourself) from the boss and "casate" (marry) Gustavo. Ah, if only it were that easy. AP's willing to give it a try.
Cinthia tells Gustavo that her brother's opinion is important which is why she…Gustavo cuts her off and says they have to talk. He's sorry to have to say this, she's a great gal, he likes her a lot, but he doesn't love her and he can't stay with her.
Fed and AP get together. AP is feeling better, but still being a little formal with him. He hopes she'll get over that. Too bad they have to share this meal with Rosaura. AP just kept remembering so many things, and she couldn't sleep, but he sees things differently today. She's happy to have a father. Margarito chimes in and says she's also happy to be getting back together with her boyfriend, alarming Rosaura.
Cinthia doesn't understand. She thought he cared about her. "That's why I need to be honest with you. I found my ex. I'm not back together with her, but I realized I can't forget her, and that's not fair to you." Cinthia warns him she won't give him a second chance. "Well, did she break up with her other guy?" Rogelio comes in and tells Cinthia to go get Mercedes while he talks to Gustavo about the jobs. Gus says he can't work for him. He doesn't know if Cinthia will like it since he just broke up with her. He's not back with his ex, and she's with someone else..."The woman who would do that to you would do it again, so think about what you're doing. When you doubt the person you love, your life turns into a living hell," opines Rogelio.
AP is determined to get back together with Gus, despite the short time they were together before. Rosaura disapproves, but Fed is all about the power of true love and approves of her trying to get Gus back.
Cin tells Mercedes that Gus broke up with her and went back to his ex. Mercedes thinks he's a dumbass for doing it. Cinthia is furious, but she says she'll get over it. Mercedes comforts her and says she still wants them to be friends, but she understands if Cinthia doesn't want to.
AP goes to talk to Fermin. Melina takes Margarito to show him something. Carmen comes in just as AP asks where to find Gustavo. Carmen tells her to leave him alone and quit hurting him. "I didn't do it on purpose! I need to tell him my marriage is just a contract!" She tells Carmen it's a long story, but she's not sleeping with the guy she's married to. Carmen thinks it's bull. AP appeals to Fermin and he tells her that Gus didn't go back to Tuxtla. He's staying in the same bungalows she is. Big resort town like that and there's only one hotel?
Gus tells Rog he'll think about it, but he's got to finish the jobs he has right now. Cinthia and Mercedes come in and Rog asks if Cin is ok with Gus working there. She says it's fine. Rog doesn't like goodbyes so he says he's taking off. Cin takes him to his office and Mercedes rips into him. Gus says his feelings for Cinthia aren't that deep, so it's better to break up with her. He says he won't discuss this with her, but they do have some things to talk about. "Why didn't you tell Ana it was my father who had died and not me?" Mercedes looks guilty.
Ana goes to the front desk and gets Gustavo's bungalow number, but also hears he's not coming back until later that night.
Vanessa is impressed with David, but advises him to use the money he'll get for the land to pay off Rogelio. She also thanks him for coming with her to an audit, which he says she handled really well. Van is being pretty heavy handed, oozing sex appeal all over the place. Elsa comes over to see if they reached an agreement on the land, which they did. All they need is Fed to close the deal. David looks disturbed by Vanessa's kiss on the cheek. Elsa seems to approve. Vanessa tries to get her to be more involved in the business, but Elsa is more concerned with haranguing Vanessa about getting Fed back to Tuxtla. They hit on the idea of telling Fed he's needed to help her with the audit. Vanessa whines to him on the phone that she can't handle it. Fed says she's done well and he's proud of her, but if she needs him then he's on the way. Fed tells AP and Rosaura about the call. Rosaura suggests they all go back together, but AP won't leave until she's talked to Gustavo. "I have to clear things up with him!" Fed understands. "Go back without me, dad." Rosaura is worried Rogelio will find her, but AP brushes it off, saying she'll hide in the bungalow if she has to. Fed decides that AP is more important than a business problem and he's going to stay until the next day, so he can meet Gustavo.
Rogelio tells Cinthia he's sorry things didn't work out with Gustavo either. "That makes 3." He insists he's not making fun of her. Cinthia reminds him that one woman left him at the altar and the other one ditched him right after marrying him. Efrain comes in and says the guy with the lead has disappeared. "See! Gustavo doesn't want me, but at least he's not my husband. Do you know what they call you in town? El Abandonado!" (The one who was abandoned.) Rog starts to go after her with the whip, but Efrain gets in the way again…just for a second, then he walks out.
Tomorrow: AP and Gus smooch; AP and Gus hang out on the beach while the announcer hints at impending nookie.
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El Talismán #22 Thu 3/1/12 A crazy fox gets outfoxed by a foxy flower, an old dog is hounded by a pup, two dogs leading a dog’s life put on the dog with a dog's chance of success
Bear with me here, I went from feeling totally copacetic and listening to a light jazzy version of Perfidia on the radio straight over to the hot mess that is El Talismán. (Actually, as segues go I suppose it could have been a lot worse.) In short, the bard has left the building and I’m feeling a little surly. Shout out to Kelly for her conversations which I totally used (also Sara, Julia, Anita, probably more). Let’s see what our favorite dummkopfs are up to tonight...
I Hate Yous!
We left off with Doris, star of the Harlot’s Tale, having a face-off with the Belt Buckle, aka Antonio Negrete, over at the police station. He stupidly threatens her right there in front of the police and guess what? She calls the hunky policia over to watch her back as she gives Tony the stink eye. Gagorio waddles in and he gets in Tony’s face saying if it weren’t for Doris and Panchito he’d still be stuck in jail. He says Tony is useless as always. Tony sneers. Gag says he’s off to the hospital to put a stop to this “show” (yep, he said it in English). LooKrazy’s gonna have to listen to him! More sneering.
Meester Renato is talking himself out of falling in love with Elvira. “Just the money, dude,” he coaches himself. Just then Tracy blasts through the door accusing him of stealing her money. She’s gonna call the cops (hopefully the hunky one) and get all the women he conned to back up her story. “Good luck with that,” he calmly snarls.
Conversation spread out over several scenes:
Pedro: LooKrazy is obsessed with me. What can I do about it?
Camila: You never tell me the whole truth. I think you don’t trust me.
Pedro: Uh Doy.
Pedro: Do you really think I killed Mariana?
Camila: I don’t think I know who you really are.
Pedro: Oh yeah, well I think you don’t trust me, so there.
Camila: Why didn’t you tell me you were arrested?
Pedro: I was waiting for the right time.
Camila: You’re a manipulator.
Pedro: Uh Doy.
Crazy Evil Scheme #1
Elvira brags to Armani (in lame disguise) that Meester Ren is nuts about her, is eating out of her hand and will soon be her husband. Meanwhile Meester Ren is telling his novia Rita that if crazy Tracy stirs up the coop (alborota el gallinero) it could cause problems for him. Elvira calls to ask if she can borrow his car. He doesn’t seem too thrilled about this. Rita is behind him “Say no, say no!” He makes up some lame excuse, car’s in the shop, he’ll call her later. Renato kvetches to his squeeze that he doesn’t have enough money to pay off the car. His bright idea, marry Elvira right away. Rita: QUE QUE QUE???
Cejijunto (Unibrow)
Gagorio waddles into LooKrazy’s hospital room to bleat that he got his fat a** thrown in jail and she put him there! Loo cries she didn’t tell the police anything but dad’s on a rampage and starts bullying her right in front of the doctor. Doc tells Gagorio to cool it or he’ll call security and have his big butt thrown outta there*. (*100% empty threat)
Gagorio waddles into LooKrazy’s hospital room to bleat that he got his fat a** thrown in jail and she put him there! Loo cries she didn’t tell the police anything but dad’s on a rampage and starts bullying her right in front of the doctor. Doc tells Gagorio to cool it or he’ll call security and have his big butt thrown outta there*. (*100% empty threat)
Gag demands to know who pulverized Loo’s face. Was it Pedro? Loo whines it happened in the street, she can’t remember. Stoopid doc pipes up “I thought you said your dad hit you.” Uh, thanks doc. Gag is all “See? She’s a nut job. She needs a shrink.” Doc agrees to a parent/teacher conference in his office. Gag hisses to Loo that he’s gonna have her thrown in the manicomio.
Obey the Belt Buckle
Antonio marches home in a royal snit and tries to get into the wall safe but somebody changed the combination. “Drat! I’ve got to find mommy’s will! I know, I’ll kill the safe!” Pulls gun out and starts shooting safe. The safe door swings open, Tony finds the will and looks for the clause where Mom left him the ranch. Poor maid runs in and Tony starts chasing her around the room with the gun. Ha ha just kidding, he sneers. He’s not about to kill the woman that takes care of his daughters and he won’t risk going to jail for a lowly maid like her. Yep, our Tony’s a real winner.
I Don’t Trust Yous!
Pedro and Camila still talking about being lying manipulators.
Pedro: Every time I tried to talk to you Antonio was sniffing around.
Camila: Oh yeah? Well everytime Tony was with me it was because LooKrazy was with you.
Pedro: Ah, so when you make a mistake it’s because of Tony and LooKrazy, but when I make a mistake it’s all my fault.
Camila: I never hid anything from you or gave you reason to doubt me.
Pedro: If you don’t have confidence in me there is nothing for us. Enough of this crap. No más!
Tony finds the clause: I, Teresa de Negrete, leave to my children the half of the ranch that belongs to me. “Drat! Ever since she died dad’s been tricking me.” Tony sneers he doesn’t want to play sharesies, he will be the only dueño of El Alcatrash. Doris finds him and asks if he’s loco. Yep, he says, loco with happiness because now he can free himself from her and be the head honcho.
Smirk
Tony calls Loo to tell her their problems are over. He’s got the proof they are half owners of El Trash. Cool, she sez, I was worried dad was going to throw me in the nut house but now I know exactly what to do. Hey wait a minute, sez Tony, Cool your jets I’ll be right there. Doris hears all this since Tony is standing in the hallway talking at volume 11.
Gagorio tries to convince the doc that Pedro Ibarra most definitely messed up Loo’s already kinda squashed-looking face. Doc says funny, Pi was here earlier and Loo didn’t seem afraid of him. Doc promises to do something right away but I couldn’t understand what it was and I don’t really care.
Cami runs into Sarita and Geno and gripes that she and Pedro terminaron and she doesn’t want to hear another word about him. Geno gets a good double eye-roll in before the commercial.
Elvira, clad in go-to-meetin’ headband, takes a cab to El Tal and stands out front talking to herself, “So many memories...Esteban. Oh wait, forget Esteban, he killed himself. My future is with Renato. Gosh I hope Camila’s got lots of money to loan me. Oh hello there Camila, I came to visit you.” Camila tells mom to cut the crap (dejate de rodeos) and get to the point. Of course mom needs a little dinero. Camila suggests she move back to Davis (Hooray! Good idea.) Mom says she wants to be close to Camila and anyway, she’s not going anywhere until she marries Renato. Cami’s all “in your dreams, you can’t find a millionaire on every corner.” Elvira’s stays on subject: when will she get the loan? P.S. Forget about Pedro, he’s a loser.
Sacadineros (scams)
Meester Ren’s hottie is pithed off and being a super nag about him marrying Elvira. Meester Ren can’t figure out any other way to get Elvira’s money because she doesn’t even know she’s rich yet. He says he’s not going to lose his little gold mine. Dang, girlfriend’s face is kinda ugly when she doesn’t get her way. Tracy huffs up behind them and says that’s it, she’s outta there Meester Thief, and get ready because she’s about to call all his exes. Meester R says he didn’t steal her money, he uh...invested it. Yeah that’s right, he invested it. No? Not buying that. Tracy starts to leave and Meester R sweetly says she’d better not make him mad because she knows how he gets. “What, you’re going to kill me?” she asks. Nope, something better. He’ll have her family deported. Oh, nasty old Meester R.
At first I thought Camila was talking to some guy but it’s Geno decked out in her stylish man-wear. I wonder what she did to pith off the wardrobe staff? Geno asks Cami if she ever actually asked Pedro about the details of when he was accused of Mariana’s murder. Uh, No. Cami frets what if the charges were true, that would mean Pedro is a murderer. Uh Doy.
What happened to Tracy? All of a sudden she’s a sniveling mess, begging Meester R to forget about the money. He tells her she’s not going anywhere, she’s going to work for him and if she’s a good girl he’ll let her leave before he marries Elvira. And she’d better not try to flee because he’ll find her. Our harmless gigolo has turned into Meester Eevil.
Panchito and Valentin are in the hospital waiting room when the elevator door opens and out walks the Belt Buckle. Val tells Tony that Gag and the doc have been behind closed doors but nothing else to report. Panchito tells Val he can’t stand Tony; Val tells Panchito to cool off because before he knows it the Belt Buckle is going to be the top dog/big shot (mandamás) at El Trash.
Tony looks for Loo but her room is empty so he yells at Valentin. Gag shows up and Tony blames him for Loo running away which of course she did since Gag beat her up. He yells this like he really believes it. (Check out the two ladies in the waiting room who are witnessing this. Their faces are priceless.) Dad tells Tony to get hospital security to look for her pronto! Tony gets all up in dad’s face and informs him when he finds Loo they’re going back home to their half of the rrrrrancho!
Crazy Evil Scheme #2
Camila shows up at Pedro’s door all contrite and wanting to talk. Uh oh, phonus interruptus and it’s LooKrazia crying that daddy is going to lock her up in the manicomio. “Come for me Pedro and hurry before daddy finds me!” Cami asks what’s so important that he has to leave before they talk. “I have to go get LooKrazia” he says with a perfectly straight face. Camila: Que que QUE?
She follows him outside and says they’re not done talking. Yes we are done, he says. He is only helping a nut-job, there is nothing else going on between them. For him love and trust go hand in hand. He loves Camila with all his heart but if she doesn’t trust him well then...
Camila’s brain speaks: Everything that comes out of this chick’s mouth is incredibly stupid and she keeps saying the same thing over and over again. Trigger the kiss impulse NOW!
Camila lunges in for a kiss and Piedro responds about as passionately as a rock. Geno and Sarita, on the other hand, are spying and appear quite excited. Does anyone actually work on this ranch?
Gagorio’s not happy to hear Tony’s news. He’s all “Wah, You’re crazy. El Trash is mine all mine and I’m not going to share!” Then it’s Tony’s turn to have a meltdown and one of the lobby ladies runs away, hee. He tells Gag that he’s got proof that half of the ranch is his. “Come on Valentin, let’s go and leave this old fart to die.”
Oh man, it sucks to be an employee at El Trash. Gag goes ballistic on Valentin but Panchito breaks it up. Looks like the teams are Gag and Panchito vs Tony and Valentin.
En la inopia (clueless)
What is up with Pedro? First a half-a$$ed kiss and now he gets kinda mad at Cami and drives off to pick up LooKrazia. Sarita and Geno are still excited and spying. Cami gripes ad nauseum to Geno about the same old crap.
What is up with Pedro? First a half-a$$ed kiss and now he gets kinda mad at Cami and drives off to pick up LooKrazia. Sarita and Geno are still excited and spying. Cami gripes ad nauseum to Geno about the same old crap.
Pedro finds LooKrazia, believes her obvious lies and says he’ll take her to El Tal. Weird editing, all of a sudden he is visiting his doctor pal (Mariana’s old doctor) to ask him how LooKrazy is doing. Doc says that he thinks Gagorio also had something to do with Mariana’s disappearance.
Oh wait, here comes Loo happily prancing through the office in her short hospital gown. Doc must have examined her. Doc warns Piedra-for-brains to be careful of the crazy woman and her crazy family.
Gagorio gets home in a rage and finds the open safe. He confides in Panchito and asks him to keep an eye on Valentin and all the other goings-on at El Trash. Panchito warns Gag about nut job Tony and tells him to be careful. Gag says Tony is nothing more than a puppet (títere) of his sister.
El Viral’s such a deadbeat she doesn’t even have cab fare. (I forgot to say that Cami's not bringing the money to mom until later tonight.) She’s in a huge fight with the cabbie when Armani runs up. Elvira insists the cabbie is a robber. Armani rolls his eyes and
whips out his wallet. Elvira blathers on about marrying Renato and avenging herself on Gregorio.
Meester R’s cranky novia is still hounding him about marrying Elvira. If he marries la vieja then he can kiss Rita’s butt goodbye. “OK, bye then,” says Meester R. Rita presses but Ren stands firm. Elvira might be old but she’s hot, and more importantly she’s very rich. Ren is sick of poverty and like it or not he will marry El Viral.
Drat!
The fox is in the hen house. As Pedro escorts LooKrazia upstairs she turns around and smiles very sweetly and triumphantly at Auntie. Ooh, auntie looks like she wants to squash Loo like a cucaracha.
But wait! Camila steps out from behind the door and announces to Pedro and Loo she’s no longer staying in the casita. She’s moving into the big house to keep LooKrazia company.
Pedro: Que que QUE?
Pedro: Que que QUE?
Labels: Talisman
Una Familia Con Suerte #145-146 Thu 3/1/12 Tomás goes to the hokey pokey. That’s what it’s all about.
We’re back at Avon, where Enzo has dropped his papers all dumbstruck upon coming face to face with Chela. They exude enough heat to kill all the polar bears, but then Enzo just walks away. Boo.
Ado seizes the phone from Freddy to blubber to Pina. She’s so worried and misses her so much! Unfortunately, in her discombobulation Ado hangs up, and phones only work once so we don’t find out how Yuyis and Marido de Yuyis are faring. Freddy decides Ado needs a project to distract her (she momentarily seems to think he is propositioning her). Later, we see that Ado had a LOT of energy to burn, as she has made about a million posters d’amor and lined the whole house from the front door to Freddy’s Love Lair with candles, flowers, and arrows for Ana to follow. Ana finds the prize at the end of the treasure hunt, and…
Tomás asks the jail guard to let him make his call. The guard is rude and taunts him about spending 30 years in prison, but lets him go to the phone. On the other end, the phone rings and rings and rings while Elena blubbers to the long-suffering Virgen. Finally she answers, but the guard hangs up. Lupita walks in and Elena sneers at her claims of worry. She says she has no idea where Tom is. Lupita knows she’s hiding something but gets thrown out.
In the office, Chela catches Pancho up and, seeing that he’s tired, tells him to come home and get in his PJs and she’ll give him a foot massage.
Fortunately, we skip right to the next morning. Pancho goes jogging past a news stand where Cristian’s death is the front-page story. While he’s at a pay phone reacting to that, he sees a trashy mag with the photo of Mike and Rebe’s pathetic kiss on the cover. Woe is him. Why any magazine reader would care about Mike is anyone’s guess. Pancho runs home to hug La Burra and indulge in some muy ugly crying. He’s about an 11 on Ferro’s 1 to 10 scale.
Pancho goes inside for brekky and Lupita can tell something’s wrong. She’s more worried about Tom and Elena, though. She tells Pancho that Tom still hasn’t appeared.
The guard lets Tom try to call again. Elena answers this time and he tells her he’s in jail and asks her to tell Pancho and Pepe.
Moni tells Enzo she’s worried about Violenta’s attacks and memory lapses. He thinks this is too much for her to deal with and she should move back in with him. Moni feels obligated to stay and watch out for her mother.
Candy and Vice bicker about the ownership of the apartment. Napoleon’s mystery sidekick calls Candy and she drops the phone. Candy tells Vice Napoleon’s after her. Oh noes.
Mike brings Rebe a latte and tries to use all the tips from “Wooing for Dummies” on her. Soft voice, hair patting, saying “te amo” a lot…why isn’t this working???? Rebe is cold to him. She’s saved by Lidia interrupting for a private chat with IckyMicky. Apparently they used to date, and she isn’t over him and is furious that he’s still trying to get back with Rebe. He thinks she should get over it. Only HIS hopeless crushes matter.
Pancho, Chela, Lupita, and Pepe swarm the casa popular for a word with Elena. She sobs that Tom’s in jail for murder. Elena claims that Cris was totally not dead when she left him. Also, of course she didn’t stay out all night. Tom just didn’t notice when she came home. Pancho gets on the phone to get a lawyer. Chela and Lupita don’t believe Tom would kill anyone. Pepe calls Moni and asks her to meet them at Licenciado Mendoza’s office.
Evileta calls Moni and screeches when Moni thinks it’s Jose. Moni can’t talk now. She hangs up and Vio has a tantrum, though her behavior is not nearly as bad as her earrings. Bows, chains, diamonds, AND feathers, and they hang way down to her chest.
Lupita makes tea for Elena. Remembering the drug-riddled hotel scene, Elena drops the teacup. Lupita knows she knows more than she’s saying. Elena rambles on about Tom’s violent temper…maybe he DID kill Cris. Lupita says no way. Elena has a cow about everyone always judging and blaming her.
Lawyer Mendoza tells the gang that Tomás signed a confession. They are shocked; he couldn’t have done it. Mendoza tells them he was caught red-handed in the room. They still don’t believe it. He will see what he can do. It doesn’t look good.
Vins takes Candy to Jimenez’s office and asks him to use his mad P.I. skillz to find Napoleon Villarreal’s address. Jimenez is terrified. A Mafioso?! Are they sure?! They are.
Tomás gets some smokin’ hot mug shots taken. On his official form, we find out he is 21 years old, 1.85m tall, and 80kg. Also, his nose is noted as “aguileña.”
Fernanda accompanies Octavio on a hot date to the operating room, where he is doing an appendectomy. She’s not sure her agreement to be part of his life meant they had to share EVERYTHING. When he starts to cut, she nearly passes out and has to leave. Still, she thinks it’s sweet that he invited her.
Pancho cries on Pepe’s shoulder and Pepe says there, there, don’t cry. Ana skips by and they kill her exuberant mood with the news.
Napoleon’s curly sidekick shows the Napobot a dossier on Vice. She says she’s at his orders, whatever he needs.
The execs are waiting, but Pancho doesn’t show up for their meeting. Typical, sez Vice. Ketita calls Pancho and he tells her to postpone, but Chela tells him he may as well go to work; there’s nothing he can do.
Ado’s beating duster feathers all over the sofa and Freddie and she asks him how things went last night. “Metiche!...but…heavenly!” he smiles. Chato rings the bell and offers a little bunch of flowers and the news that his supposed son is black. Ado doesn’t care if he’s orange, yellow, or green! SLAM! Chato barges back in but Freddie’s right there to push him back out. Chato hands over the flowers and Freddie chucks them at him and slams the door again. Ado thanks him and they hug. Awww.
Pancho arrives at the office and apologizes to Rebe but she is nasty to him. Then she boo-hoos to Mike. He thinks a trip to the opera will help. It’s Tosca, so she accepts and leaves with him. Chacho sees them and reports this to Pancho. Pancho tells him about Tomás so Chacho cancels his date with Sandra to be with them, taking a little time for flirting first. Sandra is smitten…he kisses her on the cheek!
Elena’s at the big house to ruin everyone’s dinner with her screechy lies. Chela still invites her to sleep over. Elena stomps upstairs. Chela’s nice enough to bring her tea in bed, sympathy not included. Elena boo-hoos some more. She wants a hug. DENIED.
Downstairs, the kids argue about what might have happened. No one believes Elena. Pepe is in a lot of pain but insists it’s nothing. Violenta calls and yells at Moni for ignoring her the whole day. Moni’s probably thinking, “I’ll see your one day and raise you 20 years.” Violenta does not care about Pepe’s problems!!! Unfortunately for her, Moni does. Gotta go. Vio rages to herself that she hates them all.
Tom is transferred to the prison, where the others celebrate the arrival of fresh meat. His cellmate is El Tanque, a That Guy who always plays the scary prison cellmate. Another prisoner (Victoria’s right-hand-man from TdA) is excited at the prospect of getting money out of this pretty new dude. I bet Tom’s regretting his fancy makeover now. Some little joker dude serenades Tomás.
Lupita cries and Pancho assures her they’ll get Tomás out. He tells her about the magazine cover. She tells him not to give up, but he says it’s over with Rebe para siempre. Chela overhears him saying something about being inseguro.
Rebe is in rapture taking in the opera. She doesn’t even seem to notice IckyMicky pawing her and sniffing her hair. After he takes her home and is denied entry, she collapses on the floor crying about Pancho.
Pepe unwraps his gross festering hand and fights back screams. He washes it and rebandages it. Qué in heck is the point of this? Why doesn’t he just go to a doctor?
Enzo spaces out in a meeting with Lidia and remembers happier times with Chela. Lidia asks what’s on his mind and he tells her he’s in love but let the lady go because she’s in love with someone else. Boy, can Lidia relate. Moni calls and reports on Violenta’s bizarre behavior, and he offers to go check up. He goes to Parking Lot and knocks on the door and calls on the phone, but there is no answer. He gets the super to let him in and finds Vio unconscious on the floor, surrounded by pills. Super calls for an ambulance and Enzo is somehow able to determine through Vio’s inflated chest that she is still alive.
Later, Enzo makes it to the mansion, where Chela is polite to him. How she can hold herself back, I haven’t the foggiest idea. Moni asks what’s up with Ma.
Chacho and Pancho convene. Pancho is all, “So how are you, Chacho? How’s business? Things going well with Sandra? What’s on YOUR mind?” Hahahaha, no. He just unloads his own problems, as usual. He says Mike is Rebe’s media naranja. {MEDIA?! That dude is ALL naranja, and then some!} He says Mike is of Rebe’s class, all sophisticated and smooth-talking. So he may as well just get with Chela, who is his own type, or whatever. “What about Tranzeti?” Chacho asks. “Nah, not my type,” says Pancho.
Napoleon’s operative follows Candy as her hot bodyguards escort her home. She calls Nappy to report that she knows where Candy lives. She seems to get a great deal of satisfaction from her job.
Octavio and Fernanda go to a party with ballroom dancing. It isn’t exciting but they’re happy, which is nice. Everyone starts clapping and chanting for them to kiss. Eh? Is this their wedding?
Avances: No more Mrs. Nice Lupita. She lets Elena have it. Mafiosa Moll goes on a leather-clad rampage. Micky and Rebe go on a romantic limo ride.
Labels: familia
Corazón Valiente-index
Thursday, March 01, 2012
La Que No Podía Amar #46 Wednesday 2/29/12 MentiRosa AND a Quitamaridos
Lower your expectations m'dears. It's late and I didn't give a box of bayou beans about most of the story lines tonight.
El Refrito
El Refrito
- Rohell has a fit and takes it out on his wedding pictre.
Lo Nuevo
- Tía admires Elena's new jewelry arrivals and discusses all her money connections.Cupcake is married to a powerful man who provides all the cattle for the empacadora of her real Daddy. Through Ana, Tía is going to milk both business for dough!
- Eat Doña María brand Bayou Beans! They're tasty and so easy to prepare. Just cut open a box and plop them in a preheated pan. Saves you so much time, you will be able to pay closer attention to the spoiled brat you work for! While you listen to shallow insipid people whine about not being able to eat on the terrace, your bayou beans will slowly simmer to perfection. When the selfish adults preen and gush over their new love interest you can be all ears. Bayou Beans will practically cook themselves. You can even engage in conversation! You can act surprised when a certain cold woman-child admits that it was Guscake behind the recent split from David....and all the while, the succulent aroma of bayou beans will fill the air. You won't even notice the stench of the whining, abdomen baring shrew whining about being an old maid without her inheritance.
- Fede calls and tells Tía he found the Cupcake. Tía is thrilled. She wheedles a company driver out of Fede so she can go to Boring del Cielo. She thinks he should wait to spill the baby daddy bayou beans. After getting off the phone, she tells Elena about a letter that proves Cupcake is Fede's daughter. Tía also plans to swoop in and take Fede away from La Vaca.
- Fede apologizes to Ana about misjudging her. He says Vainy and Cupcake have much in common. Ana just wants Fede to leave her alone. He thinks her marriage to save her brother was very noble. Information he got from Dany. He is applying butter frosting to the Cupcake so his news will not come as such a shock. Cupcake just can't figure out why he wants to help so much. Vainy is his daughter and boy does that chick hate the Cupcake. Fede hopes Vainy will come around. He asks her to accept his help. He tells her to stay in the Bungalow and not leave since Vainy and David are prowling about.
- Maria tells Rohell to chill. Same conversation as usual. Rohell crumples a picture.
- Conned is still mad at Effer and his love for Sin. They fight. Effer wants to know que diablo she was thinking when she blabbed to Maria about him loving Sin. Did she want to get him in trouble? Conned said if she wanted that, she would have informed the Patrón as soon as she discovered Cintavo canoodling in the bedroom. Maria overhears. Conned leaves and Maria wants to have a serious talk with Effer.
- Carmen knows the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, but Gus just wants to be friend. Meli lobbies for team Cartavo (or would Gusmen be better?) Fermin explains you can't change novi@s like you do dresses. Unless you are Sinthia. Haven't we had this conversation already?
- Effer confesses to Maria he loves Sinthia. He says he was with Conned in the hopes of forgetting Sin. We get the standard TN un clavo saca a otro clavo cliché (one nail drives out the other.) María forbids to talk to Sin unless it's hacienda business. Oh would that Effer would follow her instructions! Then I wouldn't have to watch them together ever again!
- Vainy and Vaca plot the land purchase in Boring del Cielo. Vaca tells Vainy to get all the lands put in Vainy's name so the illegitimate daughter can't get her grubby little hands on them.
- Fede tells Cupcake that he, Vainy and David will be checking out the land so she can get out of the bungalow for a bit since they won't be back until after dinner.
- Miguel is still drunk and Rohell still doesn't like it according to Maria.
- Cupcake runs into Guscake on the beach (actually he was running, she was strolling.) He still won't listen, so Cupcake returns the necklace and tells him adiós and que seas feliz.
- Tía and Elena search for the letter Mariana wrote informing Fede of his paternity. Too bad Mariana never had the guts to send it. According to Tía this letter is her passport to a life of luxury.
- M-grito asks about the necklace and Ana yammers on about it. I'm so tired of that friggin' thing.
- Gus tells Carmen he's seeing someone in Tuxtla, but sill in love with Ana. He's leaving Boring del Cielo so both Carmen and Meli get the idea he is a FRIEND. Carmen is dense. (An aside: Gus is cute, but QTH? Why does every woman who crosses his path fall in love with him?)
- Vainy, David and Fede. Fede is called back to Tuxtla for an audit, but Vainy doesn't want him traveling so much and she offers to go. A stupid, time wasting scene just so Vainy has reason to get up and get ready and see M-grito.
- Gus says good-bye to Boring del Cielo take two.
- Vainy sees Ana. Vainy tattles to Sin via the cell phone. Vainy wants to to tell Rohell ASAP. Sin tell her no. It really will be better for Vainy with Cupcake out of the picture. They scheme.
- Dany has no news for Bruno about Cupcakes whereabouts. Rohell calls and tells him to return to the hacienda with Dany and Tía in tow.
- Ana feels la llamada de la sangre...though not in those words. She just feels safe and protected. He misses Gus and loves him, but alas he is with someone new.
- Sin and Effer FF>> I felt a little pity for Sin last week, but this week she has shown herself to be shallow, stupid, spoiled and one dimensional.
- Bruno can't find Tía and he's having a fit.
- Sin tells Rohell she wants Gus and doesn't care what Rohell says.She gives lip service to wanting Gus money or not. I'm not holding my breath. Rohell gives his blessing and likes Gus for a cuñado.
- Bruno calls Gusano (Rutilio) and finds out Mersnotty is still in San Gab. Bruno tells Gusano to keep an eye out for Tía too. A bit of a deal was made about Gusano not knowing what Tía looked like and Bruno giving a description. This may or may not be important.
- Maria is happy Rohell approved the Cintavo pairing. Rohell is just out for free Hydraulic engineering work.
- M-grito whine about being bored. Cupcake has lines. The most important one: What does freedom matter if I can't have the one I love?
- Gus calls to talk to Sin. Rohell wants to talk hydraulics with him. Gus wants to talk to Sin first, but since she's in San Gab at the moment he'll call back.
- Sin and Mersnotty in San Gab acting like twits and saying cuñada over and over. How old are they? FF>> Oh, there's a brief Debbie Downer Ernesto reference.
- Ana and Fed have the same conversation. She wants to know why he's helping and he tells her to keep her heart and mind open.
- Effer found the horse Cupcake fled with. Rohell wants the old man brought to him, but the guy is being questioned by the police...but he ain't talking. Rohell wants to know if Effer at least found out which way Cupcake and M-grito went. Old guy lives in St Lazaro
- Tía arrives in Boring del Cielo and gives Fede the letter. Fede has a weird attack. Is he laughing or crying? He kisses the letter a couple times. He has no doubt Cupcake is his.
- Vainy tells David about Fede's illegitimate daughter (since, you know, that's apparently *her* business and she has the right to blab.)
- Cupcake enters lobby and sees Tía. Cupcake is a little mad that Fed blabbed. She was supposed to trust him! Tía convinces Fed to leave them alone. Tía explains that she knew Fed 20 years before when she worked in his office. She mentions Rohell and Cupcake says she's not going back. Tía claims ot only care about Ana's well-being. Tía has so much to tell the Cupcake! Cupcake doesn't want to hear it because Tía KNEW Gus was alive and KNEW he was looking for Ana.
Avances
- Gus breaks up with Sin
- Ana learns Fed is her Dad.
Excuse all the typos. No time to edit!
Labels: no-podia
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Una Familia Con Suerte #143-144 Wed 2/29/12 in which Berto gives advice everybody should take (breath deeply and get over yourself)
I missed the first bit of the show. By the time I got the machine working, Enzo was trying to get Vince to tell a secret. Vince sympathetically (!) notes, "you're really broken up about Chela."
Vince tells Enzo that Pancho is Fer's son. And that he falsified the DNA results. "Actually I didn't do it, I paid a tech to do it. Now you see why I need your - discretion." If Pancho is Fer's son, he will inherit her Avon holdings.
Enzo's stunned by Vince's bold skulduggery. "What if your aunt finds out?" "How can she? The tech is now living happily in Australia with koalas and kangaroos. But the worst of it is, Pancho and I are cousins!" Enzo laughs. Luckily Candy is not really Pancho's brother or Vince would be in love with his first cousin. But Ana and Freddie -- are they cousins for real?
Speaking of the King of Rome, Freddy is beaming at Ana at the Lopez dinner table. A big pink box is carried in; Ana lifts the box and there's a cake under it, and on the cake is her new cd called "Una Familia Con Suerte," with pictures of: Laura, Pancho, I dunno who, Rebe, Chela, Pepe and Moni, Sandrucha, Candy with somebody behind her I can't recognize, and Ana. I would have thought her BAND members would get on the cover not her random family members. But I don't make the news, I just report it. Freddy is proud of Ana, she is looking forward to touring and press coverage etc. Candy decides to help out and appoints herself manager and representative of Ana Lopez.
Tomas is in jail thinking his sister killed Dud. Elena has - wait for it - AMNESIA! She is calling Tomas but he can't answer - because he's in jail, duh.
Chela admits to Pancho she liked kissing him.
Fer's doctor must have proposed to her and she must not have said yes (yet). Lupe tells the doc there seems to be a cloud of love around them. "I adore Fer, I've loved her for years," he says - and for once somebody overhears something to their advantage! Fer creeps in and tells the doc she loves him too.
Rebe is not enjoying dinner with Mike and is drinking a lot of Tequila. She's pissed thinking Pancho is lovin' Chela (must have seen them kissing). Rebe drinks more tequila. "Remember our first kiss, at the beach," Mike mutters revoltingly. He makes Rebe close her eyes. "Remember the sun, the ocean, our love..."
He closes in with his pink lipstick and she doesn't pull away, but she doesn't reciprocate with enthusiasm. Yuk, he's a terrible kisser! Somebody hiding behind a handy column is taking pictures.
Finally Rebe recoils and says, "Wouldn't you have preferred kissing a corpse? With this, you've killed the memory of our first kiss. I'm angry and confused and I don't want to be here." She stalks out. Mike calls his assistant Lidia Hot Pants and she joins him at the restaurant. When he tells her he kissed Rebe, she gets mad, says she's jealous, and leaves.
Pancho is staggering around disturbed by Chela's love.
Vince asks Enzo to put the love-nest apartment in Candy's name, because she wants it that way. Enzo gives him 'egg eyes.'
Arnold can't get in touch with Pina in Brussels, he's worried about her. He notices Rebeca is in the dumps. "A few days ago I was excited about marrying Pancho, now I want to forget him."
In the meeting, Enzo tells Pancho he broke up with Chela. They're very chummy now that they got blotto together. Rebe comes in and won't look up.
Tomas is let out of his cell and taken to a guy in charge who points out Tomas was caught with a bloody towel, cleaning some murder weapon (boy, this is all new to me, I haven't watched since last Wednesday). I guess Tomas thinks his sister (an amnesiac, remember...) killed the Dud: Tomas therefore "admits" he killed the guy (to save his sister from hanging for it).
The Avon and Belle Face meeting is no laugh riot. Everybody is formal and nobody looks up. The real value of Belle Face has been established. Vince says Pina can't be at the meeting. Mike admits (I'm not sure why) that he committed fraud in the past and let Rebe take the blame; he praises her and says she is honest etc. Vince complains it isn't relevant.
Vince and Pancho shout childishly at each other in the meeting. Arnold tells everybody to breathe deeply and relax.
Elsewhere, Lupita has evil foreboding while, in prison, Tomas signs his confession and cries.
Rebe coldly informs Chela: "Now you have a clear field to get what you've always wanted." But on her way in to see Pancho, Chela runs into Enzo; he drops his papers, their hands touch, they have a long moment nose to nose. And, I am thrilled to see, the episode ends, it's just one hour tonight! Hurrah!
Vince tells Enzo that Pancho is Fer's son. And that he falsified the DNA results. "Actually I didn't do it, I paid a tech to do it. Now you see why I need your - discretion." If Pancho is Fer's son, he will inherit her Avon holdings.
Enzo's stunned by Vince's bold skulduggery. "What if your aunt finds out?" "How can she? The tech is now living happily in Australia with koalas and kangaroos. But the worst of it is, Pancho and I are cousins!" Enzo laughs. Luckily Candy is not really Pancho's brother or Vince would be in love with his first cousin. But Ana and Freddie -- are they cousins for real?
Speaking of the King of Rome, Freddy is beaming at Ana at the Lopez dinner table. A big pink box is carried in; Ana lifts the box and there's a cake under it, and on the cake is her new cd called "Una Familia Con Suerte," with pictures of: Laura, Pancho, I dunno who, Rebe, Chela, Pepe and Moni, Sandrucha, Candy with somebody behind her I can't recognize, and Ana. I would have thought her BAND members would get on the cover not her random family members. But I don't make the news, I just report it. Freddy is proud of Ana, she is looking forward to touring and press coverage etc. Candy decides to help out and appoints herself manager and representative of Ana Lopez.
Tomas is in jail thinking his sister killed Dud. Elena has - wait for it - AMNESIA! She is calling Tomas but he can't answer - because he's in jail, duh.
Chela admits to Pancho she liked kissing him.
Fer's doctor must have proposed to her and she must not have said yes (yet). Lupe tells the doc there seems to be a cloud of love around them. "I adore Fer, I've loved her for years," he says - and for once somebody overhears something to their advantage! Fer creeps in and tells the doc she loves him too.
Rebe is not enjoying dinner with Mike and is drinking a lot of Tequila. She's pissed thinking Pancho is lovin' Chela (must have seen them kissing). Rebe drinks more tequila. "Remember our first kiss, at the beach," Mike mutters revoltingly. He makes Rebe close her eyes. "Remember the sun, the ocean, our love..."
He closes in with his pink lipstick and she doesn't pull away, but she doesn't reciprocate with enthusiasm. Yuk, he's a terrible kisser! Somebody hiding behind a handy column is taking pictures.
Finally Rebe recoils and says, "Wouldn't you have preferred kissing a corpse? With this, you've killed the memory of our first kiss. I'm angry and confused and I don't want to be here." She stalks out. Mike calls his assistant Lidia Hot Pants and she joins him at the restaurant. When he tells her he kissed Rebe, she gets mad, says she's jealous, and leaves.
Pancho is staggering around disturbed by Chela's love.
Vince asks Enzo to put the love-nest apartment in Candy's name, because she wants it that way. Enzo gives him 'egg eyes.'
Arnold can't get in touch with Pina in Brussels, he's worried about her. He notices Rebeca is in the dumps. "A few days ago I was excited about marrying Pancho, now I want to forget him."
In the meeting, Enzo tells Pancho he broke up with Chela. They're very chummy now that they got blotto together. Rebe comes in and won't look up.
Tomas is let out of his cell and taken to a guy in charge who points out Tomas was caught with a bloody towel, cleaning some murder weapon (boy, this is all new to me, I haven't watched since last Wednesday). I guess Tomas thinks his sister (an amnesiac, remember...) killed the Dud: Tomas therefore "admits" he killed the guy (to save his sister from hanging for it).
The Avon and Belle Face meeting is no laugh riot. Everybody is formal and nobody looks up. The real value of Belle Face has been established. Vince says Pina can't be at the meeting. Mike admits (I'm not sure why) that he committed fraud in the past and let Rebe take the blame; he praises her and says she is honest etc. Vince complains it isn't relevant.
Vince and Pancho shout childishly at each other in the meeting. Arnold tells everybody to breathe deeply and relax.
Elsewhere, Lupita has evil foreboding while, in prison, Tomas signs his confession and cries.
Rebe coldly informs Chela: "Now you have a clear field to get what you've always wanted." But on her way in to see Pancho, Chela runs into Enzo; he drops his papers, their hands touch, they have a long moment nose to nose. And, I am thrilled to see, the episode ends, it's just one hour tonight! Hurrah!
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El Talismán #21 Tue 2/28/12A Lesson in Hubris, or Doris Speaks
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Doris speaks…
It is called hubris, I think. I will have to ask Brigitte,
my mentor in most things, certainly in all things philosophical. That
overweening pride that provokes the Gods to take action, to bring a human down
to a certain level, to exact justice on a man or woman for the sin of thinking
too much of themself.
Call it what you will, I still argue that Don Gregorio
Negrete is just a man, and therefore, he can be managed.
Last night, when he saw her at the GAGG Ball, Gregorio
became somewhat interested again in Elvira Najera, his old lover. They traded
words, and Gregorio insulted her in front of that gigolo Renato. I know what
Renato is all about—money, but if I didn’t know better I would guess that
neither of those two has seen the bank statements of the other. When we got
home after the Ball, Gregorio said that the best thing about the ball was
meeting Elvira and he swore to begin things again with her, referring to her as
beautiful and classy. He talks to himself sometimes, even when I am in the
room, and he was getting himself really worked up about Elvira before he said,
“Goodnight, daughter-in-law.”
This development does not fit with my plans and I will have
to consider it carefully. The first step I took was to call Brigitte and tell
her to move up my (Catherine’s) date with Gregorio. Now, I do not deny that
Gregorio Negrete is capricious, and his moods are dangerous. He seethes with
rage and any perceived slights to his dignity are met swiftly and with violence. Still, he is a man, as other men, and I
predict he after his night with Catherine, he will be under my sway.
Notice that I do not need overt control of Gregorio. That would take too much energy and I
have, perhaps fairly, been called somewhat lazy. The point here is to have him
under my influence, to get him to offer me what I have already decided to have,
and then, for me to receive what I want with feigned indifference while tying
it up in legal red tape so tight that I have control of it forever. What I
want, of course, is controlling interest in Gregorio’s business
enterprises. Having been personally
bought and paid for by Negrete as a young child I consider this no less than my
patrimony.
Meanwhile, over at the
Only Hotel Inn ™, Elvira returns to room after the GAGG Ball and rhapsodizes
out loud about Renato. He is handsome, rich…She wants to amend her plan and
marry Renato quickly. Armando overhears
his wacky mother. “Is Renato really that great?” demands Armani. “This was only
your first date and appearances deceive.”
Elvira responds with a
non sequitur, “We saw Gregorio Negrete at
the Ball. You cannot imagine the horrible things he said about me.
Mama Marmota is clear,
she will move up her plans with Renato. What about Armani and the special project
for torturing the Negrete sisters? Armani tries on some fake glasses that I
believe to be part of his disguise as he woos F2. He shows his Mom but she
comments critically that they don’t seem like enough of a disguise to her.
Doris on her
background
It was Brigitte who got me interested in business matters.
Such a fine businesswoman herself, she soon taught me to see the advantage of
having control over my own resources—no victimhood for Brigitte! After my girls
were born, I needed something to do. I completed my GED at home and began
looking for more to interest me. Fresno State University was a close commute and
it was there I met Brigitte. Math was always easy for me and in three years I finished
a degree with highest honors in Economics. I got a few articles published, had
an affair with the professor who was head of the department and, at Brigitte’s
suggestion, when he moved to Stanford, I followed him there for business
school.
While I was in grad school I was able to invest in some high
tech start-ups; including Facebook. I had access to some of my own money by
then and, by being a little frugal around the house with my allowance; I soon
amassed a nest egg with which to invest. It was also at this time that I became
a strong proponent of vertical integration as an investment strategy, and,
through this lens (and with Brigitte’s urging) I began to take a serious
interest in the business of harlotry. I invested in Indonesian rubber
futures, latex refineries and aluminum foil packaging plants. Naturally, I came
to own clothing companies that sew lingerie in China, distribution
organizations and I keep a finger in the aphrodisiac trade. At this time, I am
proud to say I have grown my net worth to something approaching $300 million
dollars. Yes, I am a very wealthy woman and I could buy and sell Gregorio Negrete
10 times over, but half my fun in this life is watching him bluster his crude
way around the house, kicking his own furniture and throwing his considerable
weight around El Alcatraz imagining that he has everything and everyone in
complete control. Fool.
I admit it, Gregorio fascinates me. I sometimes ask myself,
“How could such a brutal, cruel and ugly man be the avocado and raisin king of
Fresno?” He certainly did not gain his
kingdom through his finesse or expertise in business. He is somewhat careless
in business matters. For example, he has not even noticed that the mortgages on
all of the lands abutting El Alcatraz have quietly changed hands in the last
five years—each is now owned by one of my offshore corporations. All adjacent
lands (except for El Talisman, that lovely ranch on our northern border) are
owned and controlled by me. Yes, I have him completely hemmed in.
No, Gregorio Negrete’s is inherited wealth and what matters
most to me is that some day I will control his every penny. Only then will I
feel I am fully able to act out a slow, meaningful revenge on Gregorio—and my
father.
I am not terribly close to my daughters. I want you to know
that this is really not their fault. They are attractive enough girls, though
no beauties, but in intelligence they take after the Negrete side of their gene
pool, more’s the pity. I was so young when they were born and their birth was
so painful that I am afraid I blamed them for my misery and failed to bond
deeply with them. I left most of their rearing to nannies and to Antonio, who
always took a ridiculous amount of interest in them. When I was attending
B-school, and traveling back and forth between Palo Alto and Fresno, I never
neglected to bring them toys and gifts. My biggest commitment to them was to
keep them safe from predators. Still, they have always been somewhat boring to
me, and now that they are old enough to have real conversations all I ever
overhear them discussing is boys. Truly an enervating topic, as men are
obviously a means to an end. It is dangerous to ever let them be anything more.
Sleep just wasn’t happening last night in Fresno. I could
hear Gregorio talking out loud to himself. He said that he doesn’t love his
children but he has always admired Lucrezia. She is crazy and will do anything
to get what she wants. Antonio, well Gregorio despises Antonio. He said that
Antonio doesn’t even look like his son. He called Antonio weak. I guess he
wanted Antonio to ‘fight him like a man’ about the gift of the girl’s cars, but
when Antonio humbled himself to Gregorio, G. hated him even more. He ended his
little self-talk by referring to me, “Antonio doesn’t even divorce his wife who
he cannot stand.”
Now my mind was troubled and I couldn’t stop thinking about
my conversation with Gregorio. He really is taken with this Elvira! And Antonio
is interested in her daughter—I heard the girls gossiping about Camila being
Antonio’s lover. That is just speculation on my daughter’s part. The Negrete
men belong to me.
This thought leads me to my bête noir, my husband, and the
love of my life—Anthony Negrete. His
father calls him Antonio, but to me he will always be Anthony, the one man I
want that I have never really had. That isn’t to say that we have not been
lovers. After our first furious coupling when he was just 14, he stayed with me
for many years. But as my powers of sexual persuasion grew, so, too, did his
wariness of me. Now he treats me like a pariah, using the phrase, “¡No me toques!”,
if I ever come near him.
I think Anthony became suspicious when I took the International
Business internship placement in Mumbai, India. Of course, that, too, was
Brigitte’s doing. “India is a huge country, my dear”, she told me. Learn a
little Hindi, make friends and take the placement because I have a surprise
waiting for you in India.” It took some persuading for Gregorio to let me go,
but when the Mumbai Dried Fruit and Spices Company in India said it wanted to
strengthen relationships with it’s major American partner—Negrete the Raisin
King—I was soon allowed to go as a family representative.
What an awakening I had in India!—A magnificent place in
both its wealth and squalor. Brigitte
had arranged quite an internship for me. In the day, I worked with the
executives at Mumbai Dried Fruit and Spices Company, but at night, I had
another apprenticeship. For one year, every night was spent with Sri Blowba
Jobba and his wife Handa in his Kharjeraho Academy.
Here we were trained in the ancient traditions of the Kama
Sutra, how to use the giving and receiving of pleasure as a means to higher
states of consciousness. The Academy was named after the ancient temple site in
Khajeraho, Madya Pradesh, where fully ten percent of the sculptures in this
complex depict acts of love. Many famous courtesans, housewives and spies
trained here before me, including the great Mata Hari. Here I learned to drive
men mad with pleasure and to bend them to my will. But my special advantage, the one that sealed
the deal with Sri Blowba, was the fact that I had unlimited access to the most
important ingredients in his complex aphrodisiacal concoctions-raisins and
avocados.
Naturally the Blowbas and I formed a joint venture when I
graduated from the Academy and I am delighted to say are products are selling
like tortillas in China.
My sister-in-law, Lucrezia, might have thrived in such an
environment. She has natural sexual talent and is quite good looking. It is
certain that she and Anthony have been lovers for many years. But Lucrezia is
not very bright, lacks discipline and she has no real goals in life. Most
disappointing, to my point of view, she is a whore—she gives her great
commodity away for free. Honestly, I know this will sound unkind, but this
makes me doubt if she is even a capitalist.
Lately, she has turned her obsessive-compulsive yearnings onto
the owner of the neighboring estate, a tall, gallant man originally from Mexico
named Pedro Ibarra. He is handsome (although I see no evidence of sensuality
around his mouth), but he has NO money of his own and no facility for making
any. Hopeless, really.
I believe he is too-good-for-his-own-good and is completely enamored
of the young agricultural engineer we recently had working here at the ranch,
Camila Najera.
Camila’s family once owned El Talisman, but Gregorio wanted
the property and set her father up in a rigged card game to “bet the ranch” so
to speak. Najera, being both a fool and a gambling addict, fell into Gregorio’s
hands like a ripe avocado after a heat wave.
The poor fellow, Esteban Najera, lost his home that night
although not to the Negretes! Surprise, surprise! It was the good guy next
door, Pedro Ibarra who won the Talisman property and Camila and her family were
forced out after her father suicided in the master bedroom the next morning. It
was most unpleasant.
It’s just as well for Camila, she managed to get a decent
University degree up at UC Davis and has a chance to make something of herself
in that straight-career sort of way. But I hear that she and Ibarra are
hopeless romantics and are mad about each other. We’ll see what Miss Crazy
Lucrezia has to say about that.
Lucrezia’a most recent stunt has landed her in the hospital
and it may ruin us all.
At the Hospital
In her hospital room
Lucrezia begs Pedro not to leave her. He tells her over and over again that
nothing will happen between them because he loves Camila. Pedro won’t play. He
is not looking for another love.
Camila stands outside
the hospital room and seethes that it is clear that she won’t let Lucrezia have
Pedro. (What is Pedro, the prize pig to be auctioned off at the county fair?)When
Antonio comes along he stirs the pot with Camila. Pedro comes out into the hall
with Antonio and Camila and they repeat several identical exchanges in which
Antonio and Pedro circle one another and sniff butts.
Pedro goes back into
Lulu’s room and she gets him to promise that he will visit her tomorrow. Pedro
promises. (Dolt).
Out in the hall
Antonio admits to Camila that Lucrezia has serious mental illness. Uh huh. Psychiatrists
cannot cure it. Pedro comes out to join the conversation, and interrupts them
with, “What are you talking about? The only crazy person here is you, Antonio,
in your plans to separate us (he and Camila)! Nothing will separate us! (at
least not for five minutes).”
Now Antonio drops
another bomb into the conversation—Pedro killed his wife Mariana to get her
inheritance. Camila immediately believes the worst of Pedro, while Antonio
smiles at the camera and encourages continued misunderstanding between Camila
and Pedro.
Pedro finally admits
that he was accused of killing Mariana, but acquitted. Again, Camila stomps off
and gets in the elevator alone. “All these secrets will end our relationship.”
What relationship, viewerville asks?
Antonio goes into Lulu’s
room and repeatedly reminds her to deny everything about her beating when she
talks to the police. He threatens her with more battering if she doesn’t
comply. Lulu meets with her doctor who
tells her she was lucky she did not have serious head injuries—or none that
have shown up YET. Lulu thanks the doctor for giving her an idea and tells
Antonio she has a new plan.
Antonio restates his
belief that if she denies that her father beat her the police cannot arrest
Gregorio. Lucrezia meets with the police and lies that a stranger attacked her.
But Antonio is wrong.
The police come to El Alcatraz and arrest Gregorio Negrete. He goes to the
county jail overnight.
Meanwhile, Pedro and
Camila’s endless and boring misunderstandings continue. Camila goes back to El
Tal where Pedro calls and tries to talk to her, Tia tries to talk to her and
Genoveva tries to talk to her. To no avail. Camila announces that her
relationship with Pedro is all business. (This is so friggin’ stupid it gives
me a headache).
Next Morning
Everybody finds out
that Gregorio spent the night in jail.
-Gabriel ( I think)
tells Pedro and Tia.
-Sarita tells Camila
and Geno.
Pedro and Camila
fight, again. Each of them blames a different Negrete sibling for their
differences.
At the hospital, Lulu
tells Antonio what she told the police, that a stranger attacked her. Lulu is
worried that there will be hell to pay after Daddy spent the night in jail. Antonio
tells Lu that she should not worry, daddy dearest will soon fall ill.
Antonio calls Elvira
and tells her to up the poison dosage. (Whaaat— is she poisoning the meds one
pill at a time?)
At The Only Inn Armani
hears his mom use the word poison and asks Elvira about it just as he comes out
to model the latest in spy wear. She is getting ready to borrow Renato’s
SPORTSCAR (Corvette that we saw yesterday) and to return to El Talisman in a
blaze of glory.
Elvira compliments him
on his ‘fit—a new pair of glasses and a white sleeveless hoodie— will turn this
mild-mannered weakling into Jose, lover
of the other F. sister! Lord, this is funny.
Doris visits the jail
The next morning Panchito and I visited Gregorio in jail.
Panchito is a pathetic creature, one of G.’s illegitimate sons and he worships
his Dad. I must admit I was a little shocked by what I overheard of their
conversation.
G. promised to give Panchito more attention and invited him
to sit down at the jail picnic table. Panchito, groveling as usual, says he
would do anything for Gregorio. Gregorio asked if Antonio is there to see him
and Panchito says no, just he and I. Then G. really surprised me when he said
to Panchito, “I think we should talk about something very important. You know
you are my son? I cannot acknowledge you now but I want you to do me a favor.
Be my eyes and ears inside my own family. One day, you will be over all my
other children.”
You could have knocked me over with a feather. Of course,
Panchito agreed to the deal because all he wants is to be acknowledged as a
Negrete. Poor bastard.
The best part of what I overheard was the last thing
Gregorio told Panchito, “Doris is the
only other person that I can unconditionally count on.” I have got to call
Brigitte, right now.
Call it hubris, or call it what you will, but I think I have
Don Gregorio Negrete right where I want him.
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