Thursday, August 23, 2012
Por ella soy Eva #26 8/22/12
Por Ella Soy Eva – August 22, 2012We begin our show in Helena’s office. Helena has just watched the video left to her by Juan Carlos and finally lets her feelings out to Eva. She admits to Eva that she loves Juan Carlos and that if he were alive, she’d let him know it. Tough Helena is quite vulnerable at this point. Eva tries to comfort her and offers friendship and loyalty. Eva and Helena begin talking and getting along better. Helena lets Eva know about the problem with Diego Fonticoda. They talk about how hard it is to be a woman in a male dominated company and business. Helena offers a sincere apology to Eva. Helena then looks for Santiago and Fernando to offer them an apology and to ask if they could work as a team to find a solution to the problem they’re facing. At first, Santiago and Fernando are tough guys and inflexible. Leave it to Juan Carlos (Eva) to put them in their place, making them agree to be a team. Of course, he almost gave himself away by divulging secrets that only the three knew (Juan Carlos, Santiago, and Fernando). He covered his tracks though. Thanks to Eva, the four became a working team. Right when they’re about to get to work, Helena asks Eva to help her find a solution to the problem. Eva calls Diego and annoys the hell out of him. Nonetheless, she is able to get another meeting set up with Diego and Helena. Diego makes it clear that Helena needs to go alone. Eva has other ideas. At the same time, Adriano puts some pressure on Helena to have the signed contract on his desk by the next day. Marcela offers Helena help as well. At first, she offers to go with her to the meeting with Diego. Helena asks for an alternative. She asks Marcela to tell her all she can about Diego. Marcela confides in Helena that she knew Diego in her youth and that they were a couple at one point. At the homestead, Helena asks Lalito to help with some chores. He does but is somewhat cautious about it because if Eduardo were to see him, he’d get a scolding. Helena assures Lalo that it is good for him to be a responsible kid who helps around the house. Silvia agrees with and supports Helena. The Contreras storyline is an interesting one. Fernando continues to show a lot of jealousy and insecurity regarding his wife’s promotion and abilities at work. He feels as if she’s showing him up. His pride, and even his manhood, are being challenged. He also continues to be jealous or hurt over the fact that Marcela had someone else before him. Fernando gets home and lets Marcela know he’s hungry. Marcela lets him know that thanks to a bonus, she set aside a bit of money to invite Fernando and the kids to a nice restaurant for dinner. Again, Fernando is uncomfortable but relents. Another storyline that is interesting is that of Eduardo and Silvia. Silvia may have confronted Eduardo with some uncomfortable topics and feelings he may have about Helena and Lalito. Silvia theorizes that Eduardo is afraid that Helena will one day make her own life, marry, and take Lalito from the house. She pleads with Eduardo not to fight for the kid’s custody and argues that Helena has all of the rights as Lalito’s mother. Eduardo gets furious and insults Silvia, letting her know that she’s worthless and that all she’s good for is to keep the house clean. Silvia is frustrated with Eduardo. We then have a scene involving Antonia, Plutarco, and Rebeca. While Plutarco and Rebeca are in a Jacuzzi, Antonia calls to let Plutarco know how much she’s looking forward to their romantic evening. Of course, Plutarco dashes her hopes and dreams by letting her know that he can’t make it due to an emergency meeting. Antonia isn’t buying that story any more. She has a sixth sense that Plutarco is cheating on her. Heartbroken, Antonia calls Eva and asks her to come to her house. She needs a friend. Eva is in a hurry to go to Helena’s meeting with Diego but agrees to pay Antonia a quick visit. Diego calls Helena and changes things on her. His excuse is that the day got complicated and that he was not able to return to the office. He asks if Helena would mind meeting at his house. Of course, she says that there’s no problem. After all, Helena is all business and figures Diego is the same way. At Antonia’s house, Antonia shares her suspicions regarding Plutarco with Eva. Eva (Juan Carlos) knows Plutarco and knows what he’s capable of doing, but has to be calm and comfort Antonia. Antonia is encouraged to do some research and get proof before saying anything to Plutarco. Antonia is convinced that her sixth sense is always right. Throughout this entire time, Antonia continues to eat. Eva notices this and tries to stop her from overeating. At that time, Helena calls Eva and lets her know about Diego wanting to meet at his house. Eva freaks out and leaves to try and catch up to Helena. She has a hard time getting there. At Diego’s house, Diego does everything he can to turn on the charm and seduce Helena. She isn’t going for it and is pretty direct and tries to focus on business with him. Helena is smart and will have some ammunition to use on Diego, and that is whatever Marcela shared with her. Back to Plutarco and Rebeca. She plainly lets him know that she wants him far from Helena. She’s not happy and shows it. She demands a promotion, and Plutarco comes up with a lame excuse why that can’t happen. Plutarco is messing with the wrong gal here. Eva finally gets to Diego’s house, and she needs to find a way of getting in. She has some challenges, including some seemingly ferocious dog activity. Diego and Helena talk, and Diego continues to try his best to seduce her. She lets him know that she is only there for one reason and that he has no reason or right to try anything else. In fact, she warns him that she could get him for sexual harassment. Diego is also smart and uses the argument that people wouldn’t believe Helena, a female who came to his house on her own. In fact, Diego uses his reputation as a womanizer to strengthen that argument. He lets Helena know his conditions for signing the contract. In her own way, Helena stands her ground. She is actually very gracious and classy about it, and although Diego tries to mock her arguments, he’s taken aback. Helena lets him know that by abusing his power as a womanizer, he shows insecurity and actually denigrates himself as a man. And, although she remembers Adriano’s words regarding the future of the company being in her hands, Helena chooses to keep her dignity and self respect over having the contract signed by Diego. Diego ends up capitulating and asking for Helena’s forgiveness. She taught him a valuable lesson. He signs the contract. He seems sincere. Helena did it on her own…she got the job done. Poor Eva had to go through an unnecessary challenge. Back at Mimi’s, Juan Carlos and Mimi talk about the evening events. He tells Mimi that he’s actually grateful to this whole experience of being Eva because he understands women much better. At that very minute, Helena calls Eva and invites her over to her house for a celebration. Juan Carlos is thrilled and does his best to transform himself back into Eva. He wants to get to Helena’s as soon as possible. Mimi warns him not to let his emotions get the best of him. At Helena’s house, Juan Carlos almost gave himself away again. Helena wanted to have a toast, and Juan Carlos (as Eva) reminds Helena that she doesn’t drink. Helena pauses and asks how Eva knew. Eva comes up with some lame explanation. Helena also remembers something that saddens her. Eva notices her. I’m sure she remembered toasting with Juan Carlos. At Grupo Imperio, Antonia looks for Plutarco. He’s not there, but she uses his absence to begin looking for proof that he cheats on her. She finds some paperwork and jumps to the conclusion that Helena is the “other woman.” Someone’s going to need to cover the last scene at Helena’s house, because I got an important call that I had to take, and I didn’t tape the episode. I just saw something about a celebration and a mosquito. Sorry.
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Refugio Para el Amor #97 Wed 8/22/12 Gala Puts on the Pressure and Pato Almost Confesses
No Puede Ser
Luciana tearfully reacts to a Double Whammy: Refugio married AND Gala’s pregnant! Pato
apologizes for the way they (the Torreslandas) treated her. She doesn’t deserve this suffering and mostly
because it was caused by his brother.
He’s wrong, says Luciana. It’s
not his fault, or mine. Blame it on this
love. This blind love that wouldn’t
accept this just couldn’t be. Pato
observes she’s speaking of love in the past tense out of bitterness, but her
love for Rod *still not dead to me, btw* is eternal. Luci tearfully responds, “What good is it to have this love in my
heart when he’s not here with me, now that we’re separated, now that he’s
married another woman! Rodrigo’s
forgotten me…..he’s forgotten me.”
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Amor Bravío #12 (Uni 7) Tue 8/21/12 The Great Escapes: Daniel, from the chains of an unjust prison sentence; Camila, from the chains of the Kimodo!
Abraham tells Daniel he’ll be in jail the rest of his life –
İMiriam está muerta(muerta, muerta)! İİNO PUEDE SER!! Daniel denies killing her
and their child and begs to see her.
Abraham tells him that’s not going to happen because he killed her and
now he’d love nothing more than to kill him with his own bare hands.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Abismo de pasión #113 8/21/12: Guido’s A Goner and Everybody Left Better Have An Alibi
Abismo 113 – Guido’s A Goner and Everybody Left Better Have An Alibi
A short bulleted offering from your recapper Elna June
Hacienda Arango
· We start out where Novela Maven left us yesterday, in the tense atmosphere of a Damian-Alfonsina encounter in the sala of Hacienda Harrangue-0. After his little tete a tete with Gabino, Damian asks his Mother is he has half-brothers out there, just waiting to be found. Rosendo could have had more sons, NO? Alfonsina dismisses this inquiry with a filthy look and tells Damian not to speak nonsense.
La Quinta Castañon
· Elisa comes into her room to find a white dress on the bed. It is lovely. Delores comes in and asks if Elisa likes the dress. Elisa says Yes, it is darling. Delores explains that the dress is hers—she had it made years ago by Blanca for her intended wedding with Braulio. She never used it and now Elisa can wear the dress in six months for her wedding with Gael. Hrumph. Elisa/ Gael. A perfect waste of a lovely dress, I say.
Hacienda Arango
· Flo and Damian are getting ready for bed. Flo tells Damian she is worried about their relationship. Damian seems cold and distant to her. Damian tells her that he already TOLD her that she needs to be patient with him. She tries another tack.
· Looking lovely and moving in for seduction, Flo rubs her body against his like a cat looking for it’s missing Fancy Feast, lowers her voice and says she misses his hot Lips, and his hot other stuff, too.
· Damian seems repulsed by her and after a kiss he pushes her away and says that they should not have relations until the baby is born. He is not ABLE…She should return to her room. A shocked Flo gets the beddie-bye boot for the foreseeable future, since we know she is never going to have the fake baby.
Hacienda Beltran
· Gabino has settled in to his new office at the beauteous Hacienda Beltran. I must say that he looks quite comfortable in the palatial looking room, leaning back in the chair, chewing his cud or some other unmentionable object, and making a phone call to Alfonsina. The camera angle is priceless, shooting Gabino at a low angle from between two large objects on his manorial desk, a giant brass dollar sign and a large hourglass. The sand has run down in the hourglass. This heavy-handed art direction may suggest that Gabino’s time is up, but I don’t believe it, not yet. Not with 40 capitulos to go until the end of AdP.
· Gabino calls Alfonsina and, in a familiar tone, reminds her of his talk with Damian. He summons her to see him, early tomorrow morning at his new house—Hacienda Beltran.
· Alfonsina looks like she has a whole habanero stuck in her throat. Did she hear correctly? Yes, she heard him correctly, says Gabino, he’ll see her early tomorrow AM at the Hacienda Beltran. Now who is summoning whom, Alfonsina?
Ingrid + Needs Alibi=Trouble for Doc Tovar
· Ingrid wakes up in Doc Tovar’s hotel room as ominous music plays. He is still sleeping. She gets dressed and grabs her bag and Guido’s briefcase full of cash. On the way out she runs into the maid, who is delivering fresh towels to Guido’s room.
· The maid knocks, enters Guido’s room and finds him dead in the shower. Drat! I liked Guido and the Cap’n had first dibs on him.
· The maid calls for help and Dr. Edmundo Tovar comes into the Guido’s Hotel room. He declares Guido dead but hangs around the room before the police arrive. He suggests that Guido probably fell and hit his head, only an autopsy will show for sure.
Paolo’s Room at Hacienda Arango
· A bitter Florencia visits her Uncle Paolo to complain that Damian gave her the Beddie-bye Boot. Plo asks her if she still wants to continue with this (STOOPID) fake baby plot. She replies that she doesn’t have any choice; the writers cannot think of anything else for a beautiful, talented young actress to do—other than serve as a fake brood mare. Also, Damian would dump her for Elisa if her knew she wasn’t pregnant.
· Plo now turns sagacious and reminds Flo that in a fake baby plot it might be a GOOD thing if no one was touching her, or peeking behind the curtain, so to speak. What was she planning at 5-6 months fake preggers to do to keep Damian at bay? Aha! Light dawns on Flo’s lovely brown eyes. Now Alfie will be less suspicious, as well. (Huh?) Plo asks her again if she wants to continue with the program without Sabrina’s baby. Flo will talk to Dr. Manrique and figure out how to proceed…she tells her uncle that she is determined to continue with the half-assed idea.
Sabrina Visits Elisa to Blame Her for Alienating Paolo’s Affection
· Really, Sabrina? Elisa tells her that she had nothing to do with that patan Paolo. Her tia is more likely to be the problem.. She tells Sabina not to be a fool—open her eyes! Sabrina cries and looks miserable Elisa sort of comforts her.
Don Lucio Feels Guilty For Having A Nice Time At Maru’s
· Lucio comes home from his date with Maru and remembers Blanca. He feels guilty.
Hacienda Beltran
· Alfonsina comes into Gabino’s new abode. Gabino asks how she likes it—she ignores him. He offers her a seat. She says she would rather stand on her own two feet. She tells him to shut up/ He reminds her that he is in no way an employee of hers any longer. Alfie repeats her recent accusations of Gabino—he is an embezzler! He replies that they should not fall into ugly words. For years he was her ‘perro mas fiel’. She disagrees; Gabino was not faithful at all.
· Gabino reminds her not to interrupt him . He has a business proposition for her, a 15-year contract for La Anita to buy his habaneros. Alfie says Damian is the one who takes such decisions.
· Gabino isn’t buying it. He starts in with some clear threats to disclose issues Alfie doesn’t want discussed: hijos de Rosendo, and all the things he, Gabino, has done for Alfonsina all these years. He reminds her that if she says anything she will completely damn herself! Alfie takes Gabino’s business proposal and leaves.
Casa Tovar
· Sabrina repeats her conversation with Elisa to her Mother. Begoña doesn’t believe it! She knows Carmina quite well! This is Elisa lying again. Sabrina doesn’t think so. Paolo is done with her and she knows it. Begoña now gets a little scary—if this is how it is going to be with Paolo he will pay very dearly. This, she swears, to Sabrina and we believe her. Paolo now has a new enemy—Begoña—and she has a very big mouth.
Blue House
· Gabino comes into the Blue House nattering on at Ingrid. She is unresponsive to his chatter. She stares ahead, apparently dazed.
o Ingrid says, “Gabino, I killed a man.”
o Gabino, “Who did you kill?”
o Ingrid, “Guido Landucci.”
o Gabino, “You killed Guido Landucci.”
o Ingrid, “Yes, with your pistol.”
o Gabino goes a little crazy looking for his pistol. Ingrid is mumbling about the papers. She seems to be saying that she had to get the papers BACK from Guido. (I can’t understand her and I have no closed captions. Help!) He finds the pistol in her bag.
Hacienda Arango
· Alfonsina walks into a full house, everyone is gathered in the living room. “What is going on”? Damian answers that Guido was found dead this morning. Alfie says it cannot be. Damian tells her that the police have some questions for her.
· A policeman tells them that they have discovered that Alfie had an appointment to meet with Guido Landucchi at 8:00 PM in the Hotel L’Ermita at the exact same time as Guido died. Alfonsisna says, “¿Pardon?’ and asks if he is accusing her of something. “Of course not, Sra.” replies the officer. The police just want to know if she talked to Sr Landucci. No, Alfie replies, she was not able to see him because he did not answer his door. She wasn’t there for five minutes and she asks Edmundo as a witness to back her up. Edmundo agrees with her, and says that he still thinks this whole thing was an accident.
· Paolo pipes in helpfully that it is a stupid time to for Guido to die, at this exact moment. Damian snaps at Paolo that if he can’t say something intelligent, then shut up.
· Now the questions are for everybody. Does anyone know if Sr. Landucci has any enemies in this hacienda? No, says Alfonsina. But Flo jumps up and calls Alfonsina a liar. Her father had an enemy here—Gabino Mendoza!
Blue House
· Gabino mumbles to Ingrid that he just had this conversation with Alfonsina this morning…It seems his best laid plans may not be going exactly the way Gabino hopes.
· Ingrid says it is obvious, Gabino. It was Paolo who gave Guido the incriminating papers. After all, Guido was his brother…
· How are you involved in this, Guido demands. She retells a story about going for a walk, meeting Guido, hitting him on the head with the gun…Guido suspiciously regards Ingrid.
Casa Arango
· Alfonsina tells the police that Gabino is no longer in her employ. Her son fired him from the procesadora. Flo pops up again, yelling at Alfie. Her father always suspected Gabino!
· Alfonsina claims the embezzlement as an administrative error, Paolo says that Guido WAS the embezzler. Of course it was he.
· But Flo rounds on her uncle. Guido swore on the grave of her Mother that he was not a thief and she believed him!
· The police leave to talk with Gabino Mendoza. Damian says that Gabino was here at the Hacienda, last night, talking with him. Gabino has an alibi!
· But today everybody is showing up at Casa Arango. Begoña now comes in to the house. She walks past the two white shirted policemen and leads Sabrina by the hand toward the rest of the group.
· The police now turn to Edmundo Tovar. They say that this morning a woman was seen leaving his room. Who was that?
· Edmundo hems and haws, but Begoña steps up and lies for him. "Tell them Edmundo", she says, "Tell them that your wife was with you last night".
Casa Castañon
· Elisa is being sad for her godfather, Lucio, when Gael come in bringing her a check from the Santa Maria procesadora, in her name. Yeah! She can pay Alfonsina! Gael also gives her his life savings. Elisa says Gracias.
· Elisa still worries about Don Lucio and Maru. Lucio needs a companion but he is still in love with his dead wife.
La Procesadora
· Maru waits for Don Lucio outside the procesadora. She is worried about him because he is late. He is usually so punctual.
· Gabino goes into the procesadora after insulting the guy at the gate.
Casa Arango
· Edmundo Tovar gives Begoña the news about Guido’s death. He explains that the police are at Casa Arango investigating. He reiterates that he thinks Guido’s death was an accident. ( I think he has expressed this opinion just a little too loudly, just a little too often). Begoña offers her sympathies to Alfie, knowing, as she says, that Guido was important to her. Edmundo wants to know why Begoña and his daughter Sabrina are there.
· Begoña says she is sorry to have come at such a tragic moment, but she there because what happened to Sabrina is terrible and sad. She is glad that she encountered the police here. She asks them to take into custody, in this very hour, ‘ese hombre’, pointing at Paolo, for violating her daughter!
La Quinta Castañon
· Carmina, otherwise known as Gabino’s Tangerine Dream, enters the house like a hurricane. She screams at Elisa about the check from the procesadora Santa Maria, it was in Elisa’s name! Elisa says she doesn’t have it…But Carmina screams at her not to lie. Carmina wants her piece of the Pepper Pie!
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Por Ella #25b 8/21/12. Introducing guest recapper Tablet Jefa
Tablet Jefa volunteered to recap tonight. Thank you!!!
Licenciada, Licenciada- can you hear me now??? Does anyone speak with their inside voices? A second honeymoon?
We start at the Grupo Imperio (GI) offices- with Pluto and Helena talking about Eva and that she helped him with his wife, Antonia but the next time that she messes up, he will fire her. Helena asks about her friend Lucia, and Pluto assures her that she will work for GI.
Helena gives Pluto a little gift, a box of candy. Something to thank him for yesterday at the ranch. He is very appreciative and the vixen-oops Rebecca bursts in. What? There is no protocol here, no knocking of doors, just boots. It's great that you are here! Licenciada Lopez, bring us 2 coffees an espresso and a cappuccino. Rebeca is delighted.- meow!! If looks could kill. Pluto remembers that today is the day that the contract agreement is to be signed by Diego Fonticoda. It's vital to the company that we get that agreement because I want to surprise you. The gift card read--In appreciation of the beautiful day that we had!!
In Helena's office -Eva annoyingly keeps calling Helena, Licenciada like he/she is a 5 year old. She yells that her appointment with Diego is confirmed, do you need me to jot it down on a notepad. I don't want to be a noisy body but Juan Carlos always reviewed everything at the last minute. Be careful with the stipulations that he may put in the contract. Hmm- FEA moment - Letty calling Don Fernando from her back closet- oops office. I digress-sorry. Helena lets Eva have it; she is never to bring up Juan Carlos' name in her presence. Can you hear me now?? Eva keeps pressing Helena's buttons because she can hardly hear her since she is so far away.
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Por ella soy Eva #25a 8/21/12: As Mentioned, Your Recapper Is in the Boonies...
... and there is no TV here. And nobody volunteered to sub for me. So talk amongst yourselves. Back next week.
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Refugio Para el Amor #96 Tue 8/21/12 Certain Women Should Be Struck Regularly Like Gongs* (*Noel Coward)
No doubt Noel Coward was kidding-- but
let's admit it, we're all beginning to feel like boffing Gala. She's
the one we love to loathe, along with Roselena Julie and Brigida
(who's the down market version of the materialistic mother-daughter
duo). So sit back and imagine whom you'd like to hammer tonight
because we have several wicked candidates.
No 1. ROSELENA. Not content with
making Luciana's life a living hell, she now moves to get Lorenzo
arrested, and out of Jana's romantic range, by complaining at the
police station about the illegal food vendors operating in her
high-class neighborhood. Those nacos are selling contaminated food
and if the maids get sick, they might pass it on to us elite! She
goes, she snitches, she triumphs, she stomps out. (I would dearly
love to give a major swat to that self-righteous backside exiting the
station.) And Lorenzo and Fabian are arrested, hauled off to the
pokey and both the basket and the bike are confiscated until our poor
broke taco boys can pay the fine (multa).
And when Roselena isn't dumping on
Lorenzo, refusing to take her medicine, patrolling the house checking
for dust on the furniture, or ragging on poor Padre Honesto, well
she's conspiring with Julie and Gala for more mayhem. Her “work”
for the afternoon will be to go out with Julie who wants to spend a
wad of Roselena's money (or Rodrigo's) buying baby furniture,
strollers and décor décor décor for the infant-to-be. A brief
gong-worthy swat for Julie in passing. And another big one for
demented Roselena.
No. 2 Meanwhile GALA'S burning up her
credit card buying racks of exclusive, imported and expensive baby
clothes, all in blue. IT. WILL. BE. A .BOY.-- according to her
Rule-the-Universe-expectations. Gala's certainly not going to go
through a pregnancy and labor for just a sniveling girl child. Even
worse, she gleefully informs Rodrigo that from now on, he'll be
footing all the bills for her purchases, right mi amor? His
response-- a raging Sergio Sendel phone slam. Evidently our handsome
sinner's Calvary is just getting started. While meditating on how
she's going to squeeze (exprimir) every last dime out of him, she
also decides to barge into his office, throw the multiple shopping
bags down, complain when he doesn't gush over the mass of over-priced
clothing and is hustled out with the plea that he has to work. Fine,
I'll amuse myself until the ob/gyn appointment, but you'd better be
there for that, mi vida, sez she. Gong, Gong and Gong!
Clearly our long-suffering hero is with
the wrong lady (did I say lady?) but we viewers sagely nod our heads
and say yessss, he still has a lot of groveling and growing up to do.
Not ready to be rescued from his dreary consequences yet. Let's
strike Rodrigo like a gong while we're at it. Whoops. No need.
Gala's already beaten us to it. His head is going to be ringing for
the next nine months.
Our writers love contrasts so the next
scene is Luciana and Linares shopping is a simple and rather jumbled
San Francisco el Alto store for baby clothes as well. But she
doesn't want very many. After all, Paz and Magda will be knitting up
a storm, and hand-made clothing, especially clothing made with love,
is all her baby really needs. Point taken.
Later, as Luciana and Claudio continue
their walk around the pueblo, he considers buying a big house whose
absentee owners never visit any more. It's quite large and he would
love for all of them....Paz, Madga, Luciana, the baby, and he to live
together.
Not only that, but he gently encourages Luciana to call
him Papa, or at least Claudio. But please, no more “licenciado”.
Luciana blushes and reminds him that she doesn't even use the
familiar form of address with her mother, but sticks with “usted”.
How could she possibly call him Claudio.? A sweet scene that reminds
us that part of Luciana's charm, apart from her natural loveliness,
is her old-fashioned shyness and respect.(this scene was not in the
Univision broadcast).
BACK TO THE BIG BAD CITY AND OTHER
GONG-WORTHY FOLKS
No. 3 BRIGIDA Our Lady of
Frankenstein is worried about her income now that Rodrigo seems to be
safely in Gala's clutches. Who in the heck is she going to sell
information to, now that he's been sold, sealed and delivered?
Nothing dramatic going on in the Torreslanda household now. Feeling
sorry for her? Or ready to administer a well-placed thump on the
noggin. You choose.
Anybody else you'd like to strike like
a gong tonight? I know, you'd still dearly like to bash Rod. But,
as I noted, Life With Gala is going to do that for you. She's
snipping and sniping at him all throughout the ob/gyn visit, in a
huff because he forgot to bring along all the shopping bags of baby
clothing she splurged on earlier. And her only interest at the doc's
office is to know how quickly she can get her figure back and when it
can be confirmed THAT SHE IS HAVING A BOY . Rod listens to all this
drivel with a just-kill-me-now face....the same one he's been wearing
ever since she told him she was pregnant. All that awaits him later
is heading home to a miserable evening with her in a dark, dismal,
over-decorated apartment.
How about a good swat at MAXIMINO ? He
continues his take-no-prisoners management style at the corporation
and plots with Oscar on how they're going to handle Linares' lawsuit
against them in the next few days when they're face to face. He'd
like to somehow stack the odds in his favor but upstanding Oscar
doesn't think it's necessary. Surely the evidence is on their side.
On the other hand, Max is showing some
concern for Roselena, asking Connie to go along to every doctor's
appointment, since the doctors, while needing further tests to
confirm, think it's clear that Roselena is suffering a “ grave
trastorno de sus facultades mentales”(a disorder of her mental faculties). Connie agrees to accompany her sister to each and every appointment. She and
Oscar kiss (who'd like to kiss Oscar as well?...Me!) and she heads
off, leaving the men to continue discussing their legal strategy.
So what else went on last night? Back
in the barrio, the girls are discussing Ofelia's predicament. True
to form, Lastre was coming on to the new recruit, so clearly another
sort of employment must be found for sweet Estellita's daughter.
So hey, let's strike the lecherous
LASTRE like a gong while we're at it. Several times.
In the midst of this discussion,
Violeta gets the phone call that the boys are in deep trouble down at
the delegación (police station). Girl power is in evidence as the
gals swarm the place, scream to high heaven about the injustice of it
all, and Violeta, bodacious cleavage at the ready, leans into the
counter and gives the officer a couple of good reasons to change his
mind. He's dazed and confused by all the brouhaha but the boys are
still without their means of support. No money for the fine, no
bikee.
MORE INCIDENTALS
Paz and Magda leave church, excited
about the new Padre. And he's young! So he'll be around for a
while. Don Aquiles accosts them and they blow him off; but Paz does
confirm that el licenciado Linares is indeed Luciana's father. So
watch your step Buckaroo!
Roselena invades Padre Honesto's
peaceful office to gush about how happy she is that Rod and Gala got
married. In such a hurry there was no time to invite the good Padre,
but how wonderful that they're expecting! He gently points out that
given her concern with church values, a rushed ,hurry-up civil
wedding with a baby on the way( and with the ink barely dry on
divorce papers!) hardly seems appropriate. She sparkles though with
the knowledge that Luciana can't get her mitts on Rod now. But wait!
Pato is now in danger of falling under Luci's spell. Oh Woe!
(please Lord, another gong-worthy swat for Roselena.)
In a park, Aldo is plotting with Vicky
to get his own back with Tio Max. She's terrified of Max and doesn't
like any of Aldo's ideas, but he's determined to work Max for all
they can get from him. Hmmmm. Don't think Mama Connie would approve
but Aldo still has a little larceny in his soul. How about working over Max for a new car, and maybe a set-up for her own beauty parlor. After all, he's crazy about you. Pressure him! (Maybe a swat
for larcenous Aldo, upside the head. And a wee swat for Vicky for being so
goldurned wet and victimy all the time.)
Jana asks Melissa why she never comes
to the house any more. Was Mom rude to her? Melissa continues to
maintain she's just too busy studying but Jana doesn't buy it. (not
really swat-worthy but not great either.)
LET'S GET SOME FRESH AIR UP NORTH
Finally, we see Pato and Marcos
preparing to leave Mexico City, taking needed supplies up to the
mission in San Francisco de Alto. Rod is hanging around, mewling and
wishing he were going with them. Pato fixes him with a stern eye and
says “Cada uno decide su destino.” (Each one chooses his destiny)
And clearly, Rod has chosen the short straw. Ay yi yi, Consequences.
Again, no swat needed here. Life with Gala (and without Luciana)
will take care of that.
Yes, Pato has arrived on a mission of
mercy, bringing furniture and school supplies as part of his
charitable project in the area. But his real mission, no doubt, is
to see Luciana and when she hugs him, the look of painful bliss on
his face is hard to miss. Magda and Paz both see it and exchange
worried looks. They tell him about Luciana winning the concurso
(competition) and he tells her that Gala and Rodrigo are married.
She reels as if punched. “So he loved her all along, “she
whispers. “ No,” replies Pato. “ He didn't marry her for love,
he married her because she's pregnant.” Now Luciana looks really
devastated. One woeful tear rolls down her lovely cheek. And on
that sad note we end.
Vocabulario:
- todo sale a pedir de boca = everything is going just fine (not hardly, but we can hope)
- la cenefa = the border, frieze (what Luciana painted on the wall of her mother's house)
- vasijas (de barro) = earthenware pots (the pots with butterflies that won Luciana first place in the competition
- el fin justifica los medios = the end justifies the means (not really folks)
- la resortera = slingshot (Ariche is planning to teach Luciana's baby how to shoot one)
- tus baños de pureza = your purifying ablutions (Maiti ragging Brigida about her supposed innocence.)
- exprimir = squeeze (can be squeezing an orange...or in this case, Rod's billfold)
- cantar sus verdaderes = tell you off, give you what for (Paz to Don Aquiles)
- cada uno decide su destino = each one decides his destiny (Pato to Rodrigo)
- un auditorio = a legal hearing
- investigar los datos de los dueños = get some contact information about the owners, like eemail address, telephone number or residential address (what Linares wants Luciana to do)
- un sonaja = a rattle (Ariche plans to make the baby one that sounds like rainfall)
- enrarecerse = to become strained (Paz notes that the atmosphere is becoming strained when Don Aquiles is badgering her about Luciana's parentage)
- mantitas = little blankets (another project of Madga and Paz, the “two grandmothers” as Papa Linares calls them)
- están resabrosos = very tasty (Lorenzo, touting the tastiness of his wares “re” added to a word means “very”-- slang only)
- un pedido = order
- el tramite = procedure (police official explaining that it's procedure to pay a fine before Lorenzo and Fabian can get their confiscated goods back.)
- volante = can mean flywheel or referral note or slip (the latter is what Lorenzo and Fabian don't have....and need to get the bike back as well)
- llevar a cabo = to take place
Dichos y proverbios
El amor con amor se paga = Love is
repaid with love. (Pato explaining why he wants to do charitable
missions...he has been so blessed in life lately, especially with his physical rehabilitation)
No hay más de temer que una mujer
despechada” = Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. (Watch out
Rodrigo, I'm sure Gala has more humiliation and discomfort planned
for you.)
Previews:
Luciana tells Pato she is also
expecting Rodrigo's baby.
Labels: refugio
Abismo de pasión #112 8/20/12: As he lay dying ...
[NM subbing for Sara tonight.]
Don Lucio reproaches himself for lying to Elisa. Dam takes responsibility -- he will make things right with her.
He follows her to Casa Castigo where she and Gael have retreated. Gael snaps and growls at Dam like an irritable rat terrier. Dam warns him he won't get in a free punch like before. Elisa puts on her wide-eyed ooh-ooh mouth Shirley Temple face.
Flor begs Padre Lupe to talk to Dam on her behalf. She is disappointed that he won't advocate for a loveless marriage just because she is fake pregnant. What kind of priest is he anyway? And what kind of mother is she, he counters, who would sacrifice her child's happiness to meet her own needs?
Dolores manages to keep Dam and Gael from coming to blows. Before Dam leaves, Elisa writes out a check returning all his money to him.
Sabrina tells her mother that Paolo broke up with her -- he never loved her in the first place! And it's all Begoña's fault. On the contrary, says Begoña, she has it on the best authority -- it's Elisa's fault.
In the Blue House of Shame, Curls and Gab enjoy a post-canoodle snuggle that ends, as usual, in an argument. He's sure he has Alfie eating out of his bandanahand; Curls isn't so sure. He leaves and she hurriedly stuffs some folders in her bag.
Elisa holds out the check and Gael intercepts it and stuffs it in Dam's plaid shirt pocket. Dam vows he was only acting out of the immense love he feels -- and will always feel -- for her. Gael prates that he will see to his woman's needs. Dam can just shut up and get out.
Elisa turns her back to them both. When Dam finally leaves, she falls into Dolores's arms.
Carmina meets Paolo in the fonda. It was fun while it lasted, she tells him, but it's over.
Gabino savors the memory of coupling with the Blood Orange. "Siempre supe que por algo tenía loco a Rosendo pero me quedé muy corto." (I always knew there was a reason she drove Rosendo crazy but I didn't know the half of it.) He chews on a twig and reflects -- he'd go to hell itself to possess her.
[Be careful what you wish for, Gabino Mendoza!]
Gael promises to collect the money that the Santa María ProCe owes Augusto so it can go towards paying off the debt to Alfie. Their own plans will have to take a back seat.
Don Lucio shows up on the porch of Casa Castigo wearing a beautiful dress suit. (She thanks Lucio for dressing up to come to see her. He admits the glad rags are for his date with Maru. Not everything is about you, Elisa.) She apologizes to him for being a jerk and then acts like one again by saying she'd rather lose her mother's lands than accept Dam's money. He reproaches her for being so proud. But they end up with a love-in, throwing kisses at each other.
Ingrid enters Gweedo's hotel room with her bag full of damning documents. Gweedo learns not only that Paolo and Gab were accomplices but that, in the past, Paolo had driven Gweedo's Mexico City businesses into ruin by embezzling funds.
Before Alfie leaves Hacienda Harango for her rendezvous with Gweedo, she tells Toña that Gabs doesn't work for her anymore. There IS a God, murmurs Toña through tears of joy.
Gweedo demands evidence of the stolen money and the bank documents. Ingrid pulls out yet another folder and hands it over. She is getting frantic now. She wants her money so she can leave. Now. But Gweedo is suspicious. She must have been an accomplice in the fraud, right? All Curly wants is out. But Gweedo says not so fast, there is someone who has to hear the story from her mouth -- Alfonsina Arango!
Gabino is lolling near the stables waiting for him when Dam rides his standoffish white horse back home. Gabs chews his twig and confides what he feels is the secret of La Anita: since Dam's great grandfather's day, there has only been one descendent each generation so there has never been conflict over management of the ProCe. Or at least one official heir. It's just that ... Well ask your mother. Rosendo's infidelity was no secret ... there have always been rumors ... that Rosendo had another son.
Damián is skeptical: "Si ese hijo existiera, hace mucho que hubiera aparecido, no crees?" (If that son existed, he would have shown up a long time ago, don't you think?)
Maybe, agrees Gabino -- unless the boy doesn't even know who his father is. And it's funny your ma never told you about his other affairs. Only Estefanía.
Ingrid has lost whatever cool she possessed. Alfie is coming and she'll call the police! Where's the money???? Gweedo picks up the phone. "I'm calling the police right now!" Ingrid holds a gun to his head. "Put down the phone!"
Gweedo's eyes are bright with terror. Ingrid squeezes the trigger. And again. He flinches. The gun doesn't fire. She pistol-whips him, incapacitating him with the first blow. Then she strikes him repeatedly. He falls to the floor, bloodied and unconscious. Is he dead?
Alfie walks into the hotel and crosses paths with Begoña who is there to see Edmundo about the Paolo Problem. Now Edmundo enters and Alfie walks on to Gweedo's room.
Inside that room, Ingrid is leaning over her victim and muttering about an accident. (Maybe in Ingrish, "accident" and "murder" are synonyms.) Alfie knocks on the door. When there is no answer, she asks a maid to let her in. The maid refuses.
Edmundo is not only unsurprised at Paolo's jilting Sabrina, he is relieved. Yes she's unhappy now, but a marriage to that infeliz would buy her a lifetime of unhappiness. He doesn't want a marriage like theirs for their children.
Alfie comes back to the hallway area and tells the Tovars that Gweedo wasn't in. The doc heads to his room and Begoña heads home vowing not to let Paolo off the hook.
Enrique arrives at the consultorio. Doc is gone but Paloma is still finishing up. She refuses his offer to walk her home. He doesn't understand why she pulls away every time he comes close. Paloma says: "Enrique, te me estás declarando?" (Are you declaring yourself? [saying you love me?])
Quique isn't sure what he feels. He just knows he enjoys being with her, facing up to things with her, being close to her ...
Paloma feels wounded by her experience with Gael and is reluctant to enter into a relationship in which she can't reciprocate the affection being offered. Then she realizes she is saying roughly what Gael said to her.
Enrique isn't asking her to feel what he feels. He just wants a chance to be close to her, to go out with her, to be open to the possiblity of something more serious. Paloma recognizes that Enrique's words sound like what she said to Gael. The problem is she can't seem to get Gael out of her head.
Ingrid finds the attaché case, and loads up the folders back in her bag. She tidies up hastily and slips out the door of the hotel room. And there is Edmundo coming down the hall. He invites her into his room.
Despite spending the evening talking about Elisa's problems, Lucio has been good company for Maru. They exchange a sweet goodnight peck on the lips.
Edmundo senses that Ingrid is upset and is sure it has to do with Gabino Mendoza. She falls weepily into his arms. At first he pulls away from her. But she makes a move toward him, they kiss, and she reaches back to loosen her hair in order to conceal her repulsive side curls.
Paolo, shirtless in his darkened bedroom at Hacienda Harango, is loosening his pants when Flor's voice startles him (and the viewer): "Did you go to see Sabrina?" He switches on the light. "Yes" he says, adding meanly: "And guess what? The fool (la estúpida) miscarried!"
Dam tells his mother that Elisa returned the money he gave her and that she intends to pay off Alfie's loan as soon as possible. Alfie says she'll never forgive him for putting Elisa's needs first. He counters that he will never forgive her for many things -- for sending him away from her when he was a boy; for trying to manage his life; for insisting that Estefanía Bouvier ruined her marriage when it is obvious she and Rosendo never got along. According to Gabino Mendoza, Rosenda had a complicated love life. How is it she mentioned only Estefanía as a rival?
"Because she's the one who took him away from me and because of her, he is dead!"
Dam isn't finished. What about other children fathered by Rosendo? Does Alfie know if he has a half brother?
Avances: Dam sends Flor to her room for the next seven and a half months.
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