Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Pasión y Poder #24 Martes 12/8/15
Chapter
24: Paterfamilias
One
thing about people with this kind of money and influence that always
gets me is the degree to which they retreat into the past. Thus
women often put up with infidelity in their husbands, some even
endure horrific abuse to some of these megalomaniacs all in the name
of status or security. Some of the men have such delusions of
grandeur that they fancy themselves as paterfamilias, who were a law
unto themselves if they chose to be. They could decree or prevent
their children's marriages and divorce. For a while they even could
decree their deaths although this was said to have been rare in
ancient times.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #53 Monday 12/7/15: Two weddings, two wheelchairs
There was actually a lot of rehash last night and I'm skipping it.
Alicia goes to the orphanage to take Mateo a present. They won't let her see him, but they will let her talk to the social worker, Venus. Venus sees her from afar and ducks out - later telling Roberto that Alicia would have recognized her and a whole scandal would have broken out. She reminds him he promised to come clean to everybody every soon and says Mateo's been much more volatile since he started having memories of his mother.
Mateo loves Alicia's present and is delighted she remembered him.
Luckily for Roberto, Marta loses it completely in the courtroom, screaming and saying that Mateo is her Angelito and should be with her. Roberto kindly says the trial should be postponed till she feels better. Turns out this is the third anniversary of her Angelito's death from cancer. Sobbing, she's folded into the car by her sweet but ineffectual husband. She sees Beto talking to his lawyer and bolts to run across the road and almost get run over but is saved by Beto. She starts confusing Beto with God and says, "I begged you to take me instead of him." Shiver.
Roberto and Alicia continue to sulk about their respective upcoming weddings, which due to clerical error are going to happen at the same church on the same day.
The API guys are pleased with Alex and say he's ahead in the voting and his wedding will push him over the top and they wish him "a marriage as good as your parents' is." Eye roll.
There is a big dinner at the mansion. Roberto tries to beg off, Luciana says, "I pretend like the others but I'm worried, I never see you." He shows up after all, with a ring, she makes him get down on his knee, he looks like he's really making an effort to think this could work out. Luciana shows it to everybody. Alicia: "It's almost as lovely as the one you stole from the Duke." Luciana crows about her dress, which is nicer than Angeline Jolie's. Bea says she and Elsa will go with Alicia next day to get her a dress.
Magos is pushing Ximena down the sidewalk in her wheelchair when the gangster supplier appears, offers more merchandise to sell, and gratuitously makes a point of telling Ximena "your mother is a pirate." Magos says she's out of the game. "Your loss," he says and leaves. Magos lies, saying, "he's a liar," but Ximena says: "You think I know nothing? I know your friend Gerry got fired for selling pirated goods and now it turns out it was your fault and he took the fall for you." She chants "I have a mother who's a pirate" all the way home.
The cafe is doing well financially. Elsa and Nacho think Magos will help them more once Ximena recuperates, but Magos says she was thinking of studying something, Alicia had offered to pay. Nacho thinks she'll take the money and skip the studying.
The first commercial for Oki Oki is enthusiastically approved by the client. Alicia and Roberto have their usual fight about who is doing what por interes - to advance careers etc.
After being kissy with Sandra at the office, Augusto goes to some hotel and has sex with Chuchette, who notices the lipstick on his collar and knows he didn't get it at home, but she doesn't care much. She seems to be spying for him a bit and says that Roberto had been pretending to be in love with Alicia. This interests him for some Machiavellian reason.
Bachelor and bachelorette parties are being organized. There will be dirty games.
Rafael tells Valeria they have a pretty serious offer for the house, they'll pack up and move to San Miguel. Don Augusto has his henchman call the Buenos Aires real estate agent, he wants to buy Rafael's mansion.
Lastly, after yet another shouting convo with Beto moaning about how he's giving up the love of his life, Gumaro later takes off in his wheelchair to visit Nacho and Elsa at their cafe. To be continued!
Tonight: poor Ez will get a lot of bridal shop to recap I think.
Previous: Episode 52
Next: Episode 54
Alicia goes to the orphanage to take Mateo a present. They won't let her see him, but they will let her talk to the social worker, Venus. Venus sees her from afar and ducks out - later telling Roberto that Alicia would have recognized her and a whole scandal would have broken out. She reminds him he promised to come clean to everybody every soon and says Mateo's been much more volatile since he started having memories of his mother.
Mateo loves Alicia's present and is delighted she remembered him.
Luckily for Roberto, Marta loses it completely in the courtroom, screaming and saying that Mateo is her Angelito and should be with her. Roberto kindly says the trial should be postponed till she feels better. Turns out this is the third anniversary of her Angelito's death from cancer. Sobbing, she's folded into the car by her sweet but ineffectual husband. She sees Beto talking to his lawyer and bolts to run across the road and almost get run over but is saved by Beto. She starts confusing Beto with God and says, "I begged you to take me instead of him." Shiver.
Roberto and Alicia continue to sulk about their respective upcoming weddings, which due to clerical error are going to happen at the same church on the same day.
The API guys are pleased with Alex and say he's ahead in the voting and his wedding will push him over the top and they wish him "a marriage as good as your parents' is." Eye roll.
There is a big dinner at the mansion. Roberto tries to beg off, Luciana says, "I pretend like the others but I'm worried, I never see you." He shows up after all, with a ring, she makes him get down on his knee, he looks like he's really making an effort to think this could work out. Luciana shows it to everybody. Alicia: "It's almost as lovely as the one you stole from the Duke." Luciana crows about her dress, which is nicer than Angeline Jolie's. Bea says she and Elsa will go with Alicia next day to get her a dress.
Magos is pushing Ximena down the sidewalk in her wheelchair when the gangster supplier appears, offers more merchandise to sell, and gratuitously makes a point of telling Ximena "your mother is a pirate." Magos says she's out of the game. "Your loss," he says and leaves. Magos lies, saying, "he's a liar," but Ximena says: "You think I know nothing? I know your friend Gerry got fired for selling pirated goods and now it turns out it was your fault and he took the fall for you." She chants "I have a mother who's a pirate" all the way home.
The cafe is doing well financially. Elsa and Nacho think Magos will help them more once Ximena recuperates, but Magos says she was thinking of studying something, Alicia had offered to pay. Nacho thinks she'll take the money and skip the studying.
The first commercial for Oki Oki is enthusiastically approved by the client. Alicia and Roberto have their usual fight about who is doing what por interes - to advance careers etc.
After being kissy with Sandra at the office, Augusto goes to some hotel and has sex with Chuchette, who notices the lipstick on his collar and knows he didn't get it at home, but she doesn't care much. She seems to be spying for him a bit and says that Roberto had been pretending to be in love with Alicia. This interests him for some Machiavellian reason.
Bachelor and bachelorette parties are being organized. There will be dirty games.
Rafael tells Valeria they have a pretty serious offer for the house, they'll pack up and move to San Miguel. Don Augusto has his henchman call the Buenos Aires real estate agent, he wants to buy Rafael's mansion.
Lastly, after yet another shouting convo with Beto moaning about how he's giving up the love of his life, Gumaro later takes off in his wheelchair to visit Nacho and Elsa at their cafe. To be continued!
Tonight: poor Ez will get a lot of bridal shop to recap I think.
Previous: Episode 52
Next: Episode 54
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Pasión y Poder #23 Monday 20151207 Arturo Gives Erick and Nina the Finger
Something is wrong with Blogger. It keeps saying that I logged out and shutting down on me. I can't make this better. Sorry.
Telenovela Dictionary:
angry forefinger: the physical stance in which Arturo Montenegro arranges his body once he has become enraged by the action or words of the idiots in his personal and professional life. The position consists of Arturo Montenegro entering an moron's personal space, and slightly crouching down while jabbing a extended index finger in an upward motion towards the his or her chin. At this stage he is normally screaming and pulling out his hair. This should not be confused with the "I'm about to explode fist".
Telenovela Dictionary:
angry forefinger: the physical stance in which Arturo Montenegro arranges his body once he has become enraged by the action or words of the idiots in his personal and professional life. The position consists of Arturo Montenegro entering an moron's personal space, and slightly crouching down while jabbing a extended index finger in an upward motion towards the his or her chin. At this stage he is normally screaming and pulling out his hair. This should not be confused with the "I'm about to explode fist".
I'm about to explode fist: the physical stance in which Arturo Montenegro arranges his body right before he becomes enraged by the action or words of the idiots in his personal and professional life. The position consists of Arturo Montenegro entering an idiot's personal space, slightly crouching down and lifting a fist with a bent index finger motioning towards the idiot. While the bent index finger is not yet extended, it is positioned higher that the other fingers. It is a warning sign to all idiots before he crosses over into the angry forefinger (see above) stage. In this stage he is still may be attempting to reason with the said idiot, but is beginning to realize that you can't reason with a fool. Please note, that because they are imbeciles, most of the people in his professional and personal life do not take heed to the warning signs and continue to provoke him into the angry forefinger (see above) stage.
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Monday, December 07, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #73 Monday, 12-7-15 (Mex 102) In Which Fiorella Finds a Knife Protruding from the Angeles Family Back
Ciao, Patio Peeps! Are y'all all refreshed from a day away from our dysfunctional bunch of ego-maniacs, vultures, swindlers and sadistic seniors intent on sucking the joy out of young lovers' lives? Well, let's catch up with the madness in Dos Rios, picking up where we left off. Pardon the choppiness, I'm going to try to go scene by scene.
Pedro and Gianluca's yelling goes to blows right inside La Dolce Vita: Pedro is attacking Gianluca for his part in deceiving the poor, dying Vittorio and Luca accuses Pedro of being a typical, cynical rich dude and trying to make Fiorella his personal plaything. Domingo breaks up the fight and Pedro leaves in a huff.
Pedro arrives at ACorp just after Benigno has signed the papers which form the new fused company headed up by the Ass. Benigno asks for a list of ACorps customers so as to insure there is no conflict of interest between the two client bases. Pedro exchanges sharp words with Assvaldo, then leaves with Aitana trailing him. Benigno and his wife discuss the still lost cell phone. The whole group toasts the merger.
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Pedro and Gianluca's yelling goes to blows right inside La Dolce Vita: Pedro is attacking Gianluca for his part in deceiving the poor, dying Vittorio and Luca accuses Pedro of being a typical, cynical rich dude and trying to make Fiorella his personal plaything. Domingo breaks up the fight and Pedro leaves in a huff.
Pedro arrives at ACorp just after Benigno has signed the papers which form the new fused company headed up by the Ass. Benigno asks for a list of ACorps customers so as to insure there is no conflict of interest between the two client bases. Pedro exchanges sharp words with Assvaldo, then leaves with Aitana trailing him. Benigno and his wife discuss the still lost cell phone. The whole group toasts the merger.
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres #102 Lunes 12/7/15
Chapter
102: Crocodile Tears
Maleny
sat in the chair at the desk. She did not look at her mother, her
brother, or the two accomplices in the room.
“I
don't blame you. Now I take in my own hands the only thing I'm
grateful you gave me. My life.”
She
then raised the pistol to her temple and fired. She fell to the
floor, overturning the chair.
Úrsula's
jaw dropped and she cried out. Danny-Boy began to cry. Jacinto
froze. His eyes bugged out. Arango closed his eyes in pain.
“You
didn't do this. It was Daniel!” Úrsula cried. “It was
Daniel.”
Daniel
ran out. Isidro entered the room and stopped dead.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Bajo el Mismo Cielo and Fatmagul: Week of December 7, 2015
Well, thanks to Juanita, last week saw a successful launch for the new team here at Telemundo y Más, full of great recaps & comments Now it's my turn and I'm already grateful for the enthusiastic support you all have shown us. So here's the new page for the week starting out on Pearl Harbor Day.
We continue with Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero (still in últimas semanas), and Fatmagul, which is an Azteca (I think?) show that Vivi kindly synopsed for us recently. As always, we encourage you to join the conversation. Since discussion of all these novelas takes place on the same page, please remember to put the name of the novela you're discussing at the top of your post, so people can easily find commentary about the ones they're watching.
Labels: bajo, fatmagul, telemundo
La Vecina Highlights and Discussion #118-122* Dec. 7-11
*This can be corrected if it is incorrect. With the events in San Bernadino last week, there was an episode missing.
Mariana is the best!
Mariana is the best!
Labels: la-vecina
¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (December 7, 2015)
Friday, December 04, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #72 Thu 12/3/15 (Mex 101) The things we do for love
In the midst of the refrito, a detail catches my ear…Gael says that none of the Angeles can get thrown out of the house until Eloisa's will is completed. Funny how they keep making up new rules for why they're all stuck living together.
Fi's latest argument with Gianluca ends with a demand that he never kiss her again. Boo!
Ramiro gets all dressed up and goes to La Dolce Vita to check out Diana…and he makes it clear to Domingo that he is, indeed, checking out Diana (busy flirting with Vitto). Vitto even wanders over, giving Ramiro the chance to say that the meal is excellent, and oh by the way, that woman over there is his neighbor who he has the hots for. She doesn't know they're neighbors but he watches her all the time…with her son. Well, Vitto is convinced Beto is her nephew, so that gets Ramiro nowhere. He breaks it to Ramiro that Diana's spoken for…ohh, not by him! He's an honorable lech…er, leech…er, man who's about to get married. Fake-sad Ramiro asks for the check.
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Fi's latest argument with Gianluca ends with a demand that he never kiss her again. Boo!
Ramiro gets all dressed up and goes to La Dolce Vita to check out Diana…and he makes it clear to Domingo that he is, indeed, checking out Diana (busy flirting with Vitto). Vitto even wanders over, giving Ramiro the chance to say that the meal is excellent, and oh by the way, that woman over there is his neighbor who he has the hots for. She doesn't know they're neighbors but he watches her all the time…with her son. Well, Vitto is convinced Beto is her nephew, so that gets Ramiro nowhere. He breaks it to Ramiro that Diana's spoken for…ohh, not by him! He's an honorable lech…er, leech…er, man who's about to get married. Fake-sad Ramiro asks for the check.
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Pasión y Poder #22, Thursday, December 3, 2015: The Fall of Erick Montenegro. (And it's SO not fair!)
A Foundation of Cruelty – The Letters
Eladio takes the crumpled paper out of Julia's hands, smooths it out, and realizes it's a letter from Arturo. So she's still seeing him! Julia protests. That letter is 20 years old!
In Eladio's eyes, that's even worse. She has kept Arturo's letters with the photos of her precious son, and after all those years, she is still moping over them.
Julia says she was cleaning house – she was going to get rid of the letters.
"Since you were going to tear up the letters," he says, snatching the small bundle out of her hand, "I'll help you."
He rips each page deliberately, his eyes on Julia's face. Now he looks down at the pieces on the floor. "And if you ever have anything to do with Arturo Montenegro again..."
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres #101 Thursday 12/3/15 Family Trees and Histories
Recap of many things, ending with Pyscho Guard catching MD square in the belly with her nightstick. MD goes down and passes out right next to a panicking Dan, who has suddenly realized that if MD loses the baby, all of his/Ursula's plans are over.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #52 Thursday 12/3/15 The Episode Where Grown-ups Make Bad Decisions and the Children Suffer
Don Augusto, Elias and Sandra discuss Alicia's work performance. Sandra thinks she is super "green" (newbie) when it comes to her position. Elias disagrees, he feels that Alicia is doing wonderfully as a creative director. He also wonders why Sandra and Augusto are referring to each other as "Ud" when they have known each other for 10 years...is it because he is in the room? Sandra believes Elias is singing praises where it does not belong. Augusto has the final say as always and he agrees with Elias more than Sandra this time. His reports show that clients are happy with Alicia.
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Alicia gets a call from a very distraught Magos. Once Alicia calms her down she learns more about the accident. Not so bright Magos and Chanclas the Bozo walked away with mere scratches while Ximena is in a more dire state.
Roberto arrives at the public hospital near the accident. He found out the location because he happened to see Magos climb into the ambulance. The whole family eventually arrive at the hospital waiting to her news of Ximena while Chanclas the Bozo lurks in the background. The doctor informs the family that Ximena is out of critical condition but she has a fractured knee. She needs surgery immediately to enhance her chances of a successful recovery in regards to walking. Unfortunately they do not have a orthopedic surgeon at the hospital. Alicia wants the doctor to tell her the best place (public or private) with the best doctor to do Ximena's surgery. She does not care about the costs. As the doctor and Alicia leaves Roberto notices Chanclas making a run for it. They have a heart to heart and Beto lays everything out. He knows that Chanclas had sinister plans against the Guiterrez family with his accomplice Axilla. Beto also knows that he was never once interested in his own daughter...better yet someone like him does not deserve a family and he needs to disappear once and for all. Chanclas now understands Beto is the "Black Panther" his buddy was referring to earlier. Roberto channels his inner Bond and sternly warns Chanclas to disappear forever.
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| "I can channel scary face just as easily as my puppy dog one" |
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Thursday, December 03, 2015
Antes muerta que Lichita #51 Wednesday 12/2/15 "The Rise of the Black Panther"
Wow! What an episode! So many details! So let's get right to it. . . .
Just when we thought Alicia had gotten into the cab with Pits (El Axilas) it turns out that they played us in the previews and that Roberto appears just in time to prevent Alicia from ever getting into the taxi. He grabs Alicia by the arm and tells her that he has to talk to her about work and he will drive her home. What he says really does not make much sense and he has a hard time convincing her, but he manages to get her away from the taxi after a lot of arguing back and forth. Roberto tells her to wait for him at the reception desk and call her parents as he pays the taxi driver (who is already looking at him warily) a visit. Alicia remembers she did lose her phone and grudgingly goes inside complaining that Roberto always gets his way. So now we have just Pits and Roberto. Pits is afraid because he recognizes Roberto. Roberto grabs Pits by the hair on the back of the head and asks what he was doing with Alicia. Pits lies and says he was just taking her home. Roberto does not believe him one bit and tells him that if he sees him around Alicia and her family, Roberto will make Pits swallow his own fists (better that I stop here with the more than colorful description that follows).
At the Gutiérrez household, Flops (El Chanclas) is installed on the couch when he gets a phone call from Alicia. Boy is he surprised. She explains she forgot her cell phone and was just calling to say she was on her way. Magos comes to chit chat on the couch. Flops starts talking about Magos, Ximena and him, just the three of them in their own house. They wake up Nacho who has had it with their lack of respect for him and his house. He tells them go talk in their own house but not in his at that time of the night. Of course Magos has to complain.
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Just when we thought Alicia had gotten into the cab with Pits (El Axilas) it turns out that they played us in the previews and that Roberto appears just in time to prevent Alicia from ever getting into the taxi. He grabs Alicia by the arm and tells her that he has to talk to her about work and he will drive her home. What he says really does not make much sense and he has a hard time convincing her, but he manages to get her away from the taxi after a lot of arguing back and forth. Roberto tells her to wait for him at the reception desk and call her parents as he pays the taxi driver (who is already looking at him warily) a visit. Alicia remembers she did lose her phone and grudgingly goes inside complaining that Roberto always gets his way. So now we have just Pits and Roberto. Pits is afraid because he recognizes Roberto. Roberto grabs Pits by the hair on the back of the head and asks what he was doing with Alicia. Pits lies and says he was just taking her home. Roberto does not believe him one bit and tells him that if he sees him around Alicia and her family, Roberto will make Pits swallow his own fists (better that I stop here with the more than colorful description that follows).
At the Gutiérrez household, Flops (El Chanclas) is installed on the couch when he gets a phone call from Alicia. Boy is he surprised. She explains she forgot her cell phone and was just calling to say she was on her way. Magos comes to chit chat on the couch. Flops starts talking about Magos, Ximena and him, just the three of them in their own house. They wake up Nacho who has had it with their lack of respect for him and his house. He tells them go talk in their own house but not in his at that time of the night. Of course Magos has to complain.
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #100, Wed 12/2/15: In Which Someone Finally Says the Name of the Telenovela
Julian’s Last Wishes
Adrian, Orlando and Doris sit Fermin down and review Julian’s
last wishes, and loose ends to tie up. Orly will take care of selling his car,
Adrian will take care of selling Julian’s part of their business, and the money
will go to Fermin and Honoria, who will need it more than ever. Adrian also
reveals the life insurance policy Julian took out (to take care of his parents), and
the contract he signed where he paid for a shop for Esperanza’s business—it was
a surprise he had planned for MD’s wedding. He also wanted to invest in MD’s
and Doris’ business. Fermin breaks down in tears over his thoughtful son.
Honoria emerges from Julian’s bedroom just long enough to spew her venom and to
refuse any last wishes Julian had to help his murderer (MD) and her family. She
also curses God once more, and decides she’s no longer speaking to God, but
instead to the dead.
Fermin leaves her to her suffering to go see if he can pull
Jenny from the brink. She’s still drinking in her apartment, but has finally
changed into sweats from her red dress. After he knocks a few minutes and begs
her to let them mutually support each other through this pain, she finally lets
him in. She offers him a drink, because she knows he needs it as much as she
does. Fermin stays strong and refuses. He made a sacred promise to his wife and
son. He wisely points out to Jenny that she just exchanged her addiction to alcohol
for an addiction to Julian—and has fallen back to alcohol now that Julian is
gone. This gives Jenny pause.
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Wednesday, December 02, 2015
Pasion y Poder #21, Wednesday December 2, 2015
Hey Patio Peeps. Sorry but I could only do bullet points for tonight's capitulo. Please let me know what I missed or if you have any questions. Have a great day.
- Arturo wants to interrogate all the employees involved in the business deal to find the guilty person. Augustin thinks he's crazy. He can't see how anyone close to them was involved in the dirty deal because they have all been working there so long and are loyal. Arturo thinks the opposite and tells Erick that he should be taking better care of the company that is his as well.
Labels: poder
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #71 Wed 12/2/15 (Mex 100) Fifi fights for her obsession with marrying Vitto
Ciao, Muchacha Peeps. Well, looks like I've gotten an episode interrupted by mayhem once again. My heart goes out to every family affected by this madness. About forty minutes of the episode was taken up by breaking news bulletins. Here is what I was able to gather. Please fill in the blanks if anyone is able to watch this tomorrow online:
Gael and Roxi have launched their plan to pose as lovers to fake the family out and take them off the trail of her and Benni. There is a scene where Osvaldo tells Sergio, Freddie and Sonia that Roxi and Gael are lovers and he apparently believes it. Sonia is shocked and thinks it's wrong because they are related. Freddie think it's no biggie because she's adopted.
Giana and Gael's little interlude in the garden is interrupted by Roxi and this is when the bulletin broke in. Later in the episode Gigi is bummed out about the fake romance between him and Roxi: she's afraid a real boink is in the future. Gael chills her out and warms her up at the same time with tender caresses and kisses.
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Gael and Roxi have launched their plan to pose as lovers to fake the family out and take them off the trail of her and Benni. There is a scene where Osvaldo tells Sergio, Freddie and Sonia that Roxi and Gael are lovers and he apparently believes it. Sonia is shocked and thinks it's wrong because they are related. Freddie think it's no biggie because she's adopted.
Giana and Gael's little interlude in the garden is interrupted by Roxi and this is when the bulletin broke in. Later in the episode Gigi is bummed out about the fake romance between him and Roxi: she's afraid a real boink is in the future. Gael chills her out and warms her up at the same time with tender caresses and kisses.
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Antes Muerta Que Lichita #50 Tuesday 12/1/15: Enter the Armpit
Luci and her mom arrive at the Santa Clara orphanage (where Alex' announcement will take place, after Alicia's quick switcheroo). They think Alicia is trying to be some sort of stuck-up Evita of the shirtless masses by having the thing there. Luci: "hmm, maybe i should get me one of those miserable orphans so I could become Saint Luciana!"
But before Luci can make her big entrance, Alicia trips on Mateo and they have a face-to-face. She explains the purpose of the rich people visiting (to get money out of them), he says all the orphans had been told to stay out of sight for the duration of the event, and she proposes that they both hide.
Whoah! Luciana is trying to wrangle the press, preening and suggesting they ask her about the wedding, but one reporter says there's a rumor that she's pregnant! Everyone gasps!
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #70 Tuesday 12/1/15 (Mex 99)
Recap by sneaky two shoes:
The Cards Know All *insert spooky music, and Tarot appropriate hand waving here*
(I got a good episode this time(at least I think so) its got suspense and intrigue and not too much of the annoying people or situations)
Ok, where were we, oh yeah; Alina is a huge hypocrite. Roxi throws a fit and Quina gives in as per usual
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The Cards Know All *insert spooky music, and Tarot appropriate hand waving here*
(I got a good episode this time(at least I think so) its got suspense and intrigue and not too much of the annoying people or situations)
Ok, where were we, oh yeah; Alina is a huge hypocrite. Roxi throws a fit and Quina gives in as per usual
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Yo No Creo EnLos Hombres #99 Tue 12/1/15 -- Life Catches Up To Claudio And Alma Stops Playing The Fool
[Briefly as possible, there are only a few highlights in this miserably overlong episodio. --ed.]
- Josefa the angry Jefa knows she is in trouble this time cuz she just bashed Isela's head on the terrazzo floor, and Ise is lying there totally unconscious and bleeding. She raced out to get help from the barrio version of Dumb and Dumber, screaming for a taxi. (I guess ambulances are a luxury.) Of course, Max and Leo, who've just come for Esperanza and Clara in hopes they'd stay a while at mom and pop's palace while the Honoria Horror Show of Hate dies down, helps out the Heffer. Ho-sey lies (natch) about how Ise ended up unconscious and bloody on her floor. "--duh-h, she just suddenly passed out and dropped and hit her head."
- Claudio, who found Alma in pain in the bathroom and nearly passed out from that, takes her to the hospital. She's quickly now becoming a pain herself, getting up and out of bed, schlepping her hanging bags and tubes all around, and thus sneaking up behind Clod in every whispered conversation, getting in the old hubby's face everywhere he turns. She, in this way, manages to overhear the phone call that Leo makes explaining they've found Ise bashed and bloody and wanting to know which hospital is best to bring her to. Clod naturally suggests the one he's at now, and then explains Mom's there taking up a bed also.
Labels: no-creo
Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Pasión y Poder #20 Martes 12/1/15
Chapter
20: Thirty Pieces of Silver
Consuelo
came out of the bathroom with the pregnancy test stick in her hand.
She took a deep breath, hoping for a positive result. This was going
to be the longest thirty seconds of her day. Miguel burst in without
knocking and she dropped it, startled. Miguel apologized and picked
it up. He looked down and told her it was positive. She was
thrilled and he was happy for her. When he said so, though, he
looked away.
“Consuelo,
now that you know this do you want to keep investigating your
husband?”
“Yes.
Now more than ever. I want to know everything. Afterward I'll
figure out what to do with the information.”
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Antes muerta que Lichita #49 Monday 11/30/15: Chanclas shows his true colors and Luciana prepares to hug an orphan
We learn more about Chanclas. He slipped up and let Ximena know: he knew Magos was pregnant before he left town. But, unforgivably, when Magos comes back in the room and Ximena tries to talk about it, he denies and implies Ximena is lying.
Later Roberto surprises Chanclas looking around in his office. Chanclas picked the wrong place to get caught because when it comes to lying bums, "it takes one to know one." Beto, immediately suspicious, later tells Gumaro about the incident and they agree: Gumaro will get his shady associates - "uh, ex-associates" - to look into the guy.
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Later Roberto surprises Chanclas looking around in his office. Chanclas picked the wrong place to get caught because when it comes to lying bums, "it takes one to know one." Beto, immediately suspicious, later tells Gumaro about the incident and they agree: Gumaro will get his shady associates - "uh, ex-associates" - to look into the guy.
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Pasión y Poder #19 Monday 20151130 Once Again, Eladio Proves that Erick Road the Short Yellow Limousine to Prep School Every Day!
Full Disclosure! This recap is totally out of order and I don't know what Dani's post said. I didn't see it. Sorry!
The Day Before
Gomez Luna Clan
Julia asks Eladio for a divorce. Julia tells him that she doesn't care if he resumes boinking Montseratt, as long as he keeps his mitts off of her. Eladio tells her that she will live in fear in this house if she doesn't start being nice to him soon. Julia says that she has always lived in fear. She feared her father and now she fears her husband. You'll have to come at me better than that buddy! Eladio tells Julia that her attitude towards him determines how he treats David. Before he leaves the room, he asks her to think about it.
Eladio checks the GPS on Julia's phone and tells his hunky body guard Efrain, to keep a close eye on Julia. I will be keeping an even closer eye on Efrain 'cause he is so fine. Anyway, Eladio tells Efrain, the hunky body guard, that Julia's life has been threatened and he wants her stalked. If she goes to the bathroom, Efrain had better be in the next stall. He stresses that Efrain's life depends depends on it.
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Monday, November 30, 2015
Yo No Creo en los Hombres #98 Lunes 11/30/15
Chapter
98: A War in Hell
A
newspaper vendor hawked the front page headlines, just like in an old
movie. Honoria stared at the vendor as Julian's coffin was carried
into the church by Orlando, Adrian, and two other guys from the
neighborhood. She paused at the entrance to the courtyard. Her face
was like stone. When the coffin was rested in front of Padre Juan,
Orlando stood beside Doris.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #69 Monday 11-30-15 (Mex 98) Three Bright Ideas on The Battlefield of Luuuurve!
Hola, Ciao and Hey, y'all! Let's dive right in! We begin in Vitto's office at La Dolce Vita. Fiorella is shocked! Luc is asking her not to marry Vittorio when just moments before he was all hunky-dorey with it! Of course, Luc had to fake in front of his uncle but he wants her to swear that she won't marry Vittorio. Vitto enters the room and smells the conspiratorial air. Luc and Fiorella deny that anything is amiss. Vitto doesn't seem to be convinced. Fiorella is saved by a phone call from Gianna telling her of Benito's firing. Fiorella leaves to talk to Gianna about this, Luc stays and Vitto sits him down for a man to man talk.
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TELEMUNDO Y MÁS: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero and Preciosa Perla: Week of November 30, 2015
As of this week, the Telemundo y Más page has some new folks in charge. This has already been graciously announced on the ¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray? page, so I'll just quote a bit from there: Since the end of El Clon, Jean and Novela Maven have devoted five fabulous years of work to maintaining a space for discussion of Telemundo's telenovelas (and those on other networks as well). This week, they are handing the reins over to LXV and Juanita to carry on the tradition. Muchísimas gracias to Jean and NovelaMaven for their invaluable work. They're a hard act to follow, but LXV and I will try our best.
So...here's this week's Telemundo y Más page, where discussion has been taking place about Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero (now in últimas semanas), and Preciosa Perla (which apparently has just ended). Everyone is welcome--indeed, encouraged--to join the conversation. Since discussion of all these novelas takes place on this page, please remember to put the name of the novela you're discussing at the top of your post, so people can easily find commentary about the ones they're watching.
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So...here's this week's Telemundo y Más page, where discussion has been taking place about Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Señora Acero (now in últimas semanas), and Preciosa Perla (which apparently has just ended). Everyone is welcome--indeed, encouraged--to join the conversation. Since discussion of all these novelas takes place on this page, please remember to put the name of the novela you're discussing at the top of your post, so people can easily find commentary about the ones they're watching.
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La Vecina Highlights and Discussion #114-118 Nov. 30-Dec. 4
¿Qué nos cuenta, Caray, Caray!? (November 30, 2015)
Qué culpa tiene Fatmagül?-index
Sunday, November 29, 2015
Yo No Creo En Los Hombres, #97 Friday 11/27/15 The Enemy List Grows
Max and MD exchange rings through the bars of the local jail. They don't need a church or a judge, they consider themselves married.
Orlando returns to Josefa with Doris in tow, to ream her out for destroying his shop. Josefa accuses him of kidnapping her. She said that if he withdraws his report on her involvement of the theft of his stuff from the shop, she will withdraw her report of him kidnapping her. But she’s still furious that he made her miss all the good stuff that happened while she was trapped in the shop. She stomps off and Doris holds Orlando back from following her.
Doris convinces him that he should let it go, they have the money from her Nanis to start a new shop, and after everything that has happened, she can’t withstand Orlando being in jail and having to deal with everything without him being there for support. Orlando feels very guilty for spending the time to take Josefa away because if they hadn’t done that, he would have been there in time to stop what happened and Julian would still be alive. They cry together over the loss of Orlando’s best friend, a very sweet loving scene.
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Saturday, November 28, 2015
Pasión y Poder Episode #18 Friday, November 27th 2015 Who needs matching bath robes when you can have personalized toilet paper
On this Black Friday, I'm not looking for good deals on Smart TV's, iPad's, or a PS4. No sirree, I'm looking for a great deal on personalized toilet paper. It's on my Christmas wish list. *This recapper runs to Walmart and fights the crowd to get the best deal*
Shall we begin...
Julia and Artie's lips are at close range. They are about to smooch like they haven't smooched in a loooong time, when Gabriela walks into the room (without the knocking on the door!) and interrupts them. At that moment when Gabriela walks into the room Julia jumps back, startled. Gabriela apologizes for her lack of manners and tells her aunt that Franky (Franco) is on his way over there. Gabriela leaves. Julia tells Artie that it would best if he skedaddles out of there, but Artie wants to know what she wanted to ask him, and she tells him that she'll tell him another day. Artie leaves and Julia is left alone to absorb what has just occurred.
Erick, the sleazeball, acts nice with Consuelo. He sniffs Consuelo's perfume, and tells her, that he loves the smell. He makes her believe that he's interested in fixing their relationship and even suggests taking couples therapy. At first, Consuelo doesn't know how she should behave around him or even if she should believe in him, but at the mention of couples therapy, she melts and is touched that he'd be willing to go along with the couples therapy, for her. When she leaves the room, the sleazeball shows his true face, and texts The Ratt, telling her that he's about to go and see something about a business deal that will leave him with enough dough to have her as queen.
Franky walks into his madrina's office and tells her that his padrino sent him over there to see if she needed anything. Julia isn't amused AT ALL that Eladio has already started to spy on her. She dismisses Franky, rather rudely, but rightfully so. Franky leaves. Now alone with Gabriela, Julia thanks her niece for alerting her of Franky's visit. Gabriela asks her aunt if Artie will have the DNA test done. Julia explains that she didn't even get a chance to ask him to get it done, because the two started talking, and he admitted that he still felt something for her. And by having Artie so close, she realized that she has never stopped loving him. She admits that she should have never seen Artie, because now that love, has been reborn with a much stronger force.
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Friday, November 27, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #68 Fri 11/27/15 (Mex 97) Italian Stallion 2.0 to the Rescue?
Ciao, Muchacha Peeps! Here's your Friday night and weekend offering. Some scenes have been combined, hopefully for better flow and clarity.
Fiorella offers to go with Pedro and Sergio to the columbarium where lie the remains of Pilar, Pedro's Mother and Sergio's Wife. Fidel helps the still disoriented Sergio and all three exit the foyer, Freddie has listened and spied on them.
Helloisa fires Benito after reminding him how he has violated the cardinal rule of class separation and forgetting his place in the Angeles household. Roxi rushes out and throws herself between Benni and Helloisa and begs for clemency. It's all her fault!
At the columbarium Fiorella tells Pedro that thinking of his Mother makes her think of Tania and that it must be hard for him to know they had the same problem. Pedro says Tania had the problem when he met her and he had hoped he could save her from herself but it was foolish because he couldn't even save his own Mother. Fiorella steers the conversation to something more positive. She thinks Pedro's Mother would want him to be happy. She tries unsuccessfully to get him to promise that he will be happy for both of them. Sher thinks he can be happy with Aitana. He suggests she go back to the car, he wants to spend time with Sergio who is weeping piteously.
Assvaldo confronts Gael who is on his way out to meet Gianna. Assvaldo's tone is bullying and arrogant as usual. Gale lies that he's going to an appointment with Alina. Ass boy insists on going with him.
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Fiorella offers to go with Pedro and Sergio to the columbarium where lie the remains of Pilar, Pedro's Mother and Sergio's Wife. Fidel helps the still disoriented Sergio and all three exit the foyer, Freddie has listened and spied on them.
Helloisa fires Benito after reminding him how he has violated the cardinal rule of class separation and forgetting his place in the Angeles household. Roxi rushes out and throws herself between Benni and Helloisa and begs for clemency. It's all her fault!
At the columbarium Fiorella tells Pedro that thinking of his Mother makes her think of Tania and that it must be hard for him to know they had the same problem. Pedro says Tania had the problem when he met her and he had hoped he could save her from herself but it was foolish because he couldn't even save his own Mother. Fiorella steers the conversation to something more positive. She thinks Pedro's Mother would want him to be happy. She tries unsuccessfully to get him to promise that he will be happy for both of them. Sher thinks he can be happy with Aitana. He suggests she go back to the car, he wants to spend time with Sergio who is weeping piteously.
Assvaldo confronts Gael who is on his way out to meet Gianna. Assvaldo's tone is bullying and arrogant as usual. Gale lies that he's going to an appointment with Alina. Ass boy insists on going with him.
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Antes muerta que Lichita #48 Friday 11/27/15 Engagement party and Alicia tries to pull a 'i can do it all alone!' sprint... very successful with the Mi Can customers... but can she hold the pace?
Braulio tells Lichita (let me share something in your inbox… (LOL!)) that Sandra ordered everyone in the office to boycott her… so she is on her own with ALL the campaign work. Lichita tells us that she then realized that the engagement with Alex did not do anything for her, that she had to EARN her title with her work.
At the café, Nacho and Elsa comment it was good to leave LIchita out of the mess of the coffee cart at the office. Meanwhile Ximena’s dad (can’t remember his nick) is trying to make a tower of donuts and cinnamon rolls for display… too much touching and too little work if you ask me… Nacho and Elsa are glad the coffee shop is starting up… but Elsa wonders who she can get to handle the cart at Iconika… Ximena’s dad offers his services… Nacho says heck no! but Ximena’s dad says it is Elsa’s final word and puts his arm around her… LOL!
Valeria and Luciana are talking to her dad on the web… Luciana assures Rafael that her fiancée is a great guy… Rafael is more interested in showing them his new painting, which looks like a mix of Luciana and Valeria… Luciana is like ‘ah….. well….. hu….. ‘ ‘cute!’ Luciana leaves. Rafael tells Valeria that he feels he deserves that for treating Luciana like he has…
Elias is trying to encourage Lichita… but reminds her she has a LOT of work to do… and asks ‘why are you trying to show this front of ‘I can do it all, you will see!’? Luciana asks if he will watch her or help out… he responds ‘I’ll watch!’ LOL!!
Rafael continues with Valeria, says he feels abandoned over there in Buenos Aires alone… Valeria tells him she does miss a bit of BA, but here she has a much more fulfilling life… so forget it if you are sitting and waiting for her to return. Rafael tells her ‘don’t you feel like you are sitting as permanent guests there? Don’t you feel bad about it? ‘ Valeria says no way with this caseron! (huge mansion) they are staying at… Rafael then gets a bit hopeful ‘you think they are beginning to forgive me?’
Roberto asks Luciana if she does not think their engagement was a bit rushed and they should call it off. Luciana says no way Jose!
Fatima tells LIchita about the guy with the cart was selling pirate merchandise… Fatima also tells Lichita that she had caught Magos doing it when Magos was the one handling the cart… Lichita and her conclude it was Magos doing (or at least the one that started) the pirate selling, not the guy that got fired. Lichita is about to shoot fire out her mouth she is so mad with Magos...
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Antes Muerta que Lichita #47 Thursday 11/26/15: Nepotism, Lies & Backstabbing...Just Another Day in Iconika
Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving yesterday and are enjoying those Black Friday deals today!
Lets get on to the show as the people of Iconika did not slow down with their shenanigans due to the holidays.
Alicia decides to tell half truths to her mother and does a bad job of convincing Elsa she is not marrying Alex for purely business reasons. To Alicia's credit she admits that she is not in love with Alex but he is basically like a best friend. Elsa tries to reason with Alicia that marriage is hard enough as it is. You need to find someone that you can see as your husband...etc. Alicia eventually cuts her mom off saying that she knows what she is doing. She made her decision and Elsa cannot talk her out of it. Elsa walks away with tears.
Luciana is having one of her wash, rinse, repeat scenes with Don Augusto about getting back at Alicia. She wants her humiliation to happen like yesterday and for Beto to go far in the company. Even Don Augusto is tired of her antics and puts her on a timer.
Today, Alicia starts her first day as the general creative director which comes with moving to a brand new office....Roberto now old office. He does not mind that he is moving as he will soon be spending less time at Iconika and more time at API helping Alex with his presidency. As usual they get into an argument about about the usual. Roberto wants to know how far she will go to get where she wants. They commence into a fighting match, like kids, about which person is more horrible.
Sandra calls a meeting with the creative directors, minus Alicia, to make it clear that Alicia she not be given special treatment even though she is the fiance of Alex. She basically wants them to make her job harder...not to help her...etc.
Fatima asks Alicia why she is not at the meeting when all the other creative directors are there. Alicia joins everyone just as Sandra ends the meeting. Alicia holds Sandra back to try to clear things with her. However, Sandra is not ready to let the chip on shoulder thaw. Sandra tries to put Alicia in her place foreshadowing that she has her work cut out for her. Alicia does not cower.
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Lets get on to the show as the people of Iconika did not slow down with their shenanigans due to the holidays.
Alicia decides to tell half truths to her mother and does a bad job of convincing Elsa she is not marrying Alex for purely business reasons. To Alicia's credit she admits that she is not in love with Alex but he is basically like a best friend. Elsa tries to reason with Alicia that marriage is hard enough as it is. You need to find someone that you can see as your husband...etc. Alicia eventually cuts her mom off saying that she knows what she is doing. She made her decision and Elsa cannot talk her out of it. Elsa walks away with tears.
Luciana is having one of her wash, rinse, repeat scenes with Don Augusto about getting back at Alicia. She wants her humiliation to happen like yesterday and for Beto to go far in the company. Even Don Augusto is tired of her antics and puts her on a timer.
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| Don't you want to just pinch my cheeks. I'm so cute! |
Sandra calls a meeting with the creative directors, minus Alicia, to make it clear that Alicia she not be given special treatment even though she is the fiance of Alex. She basically wants them to make her job harder...not to help her...etc.
Fatima asks Alicia why she is not at the meeting when all the other creative directors are there. Alicia joins everyone just as Sandra ends the meeting. Alicia holds Sandra back to try to clear things with her. However, Sandra is not ready to let the chip on shoulder thaw. Sandra tries to put Alicia in her place foreshadowing that she has her work cut out for her. Alicia does not cower.
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Pasión y Poder #17, November 26, 2015: Giving Thanks, or: Who's the real turkey around this table?
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I had a chance to ask some of our characters what they were most thankful for on this Día de Acción de Gracias. You can read their answers below in the recap.
Both Miguel and David suspect that there's something personal underlying their fathers' feud. And they both fear that the conflict will have terrible consequences.
Despite his misgivings, Miguel tells Arturo he will help him take down Eladio. But in the end, Arturo comes to his senses. Attacking Eladio like that would bring Arturo down to the level of his enemy. He begs Miguel to forgive him – what they need to do is figure out how to make their company grow. Miguel agrees. Arturo kisses his son's brow and gives him a real hug.
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres Thursday 11/26/15: What was in that turkey? aka Rerun?
Hey guys, I've checked several times last night and again now (after getting some sleep) and as far as I know, last night's episode was Wednesday's episode all over again. Let me know if that happened to you all too, or if I'm stuck in another dimension. Thanks!
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Thursday, November 26, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #67 Thu 11/26/15 (Mex 96) Gobble, Gobble
As in: that's what my DVR did with this episode, so...gimme the goods! What did I miss?
UPDATE!
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Pasión y Poder #16, Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Lo Nuevo
Eladio's bodyguard seperates Art and Eladio and Eladio leaves with a smile on his face.
Connie continues her talk with Clarita about her doomed marriage. Gisela arrives and disapproves of their friendship and wonders why Connie doesn't at least help out her friend by giving her some money. Clarita tells Connie to not pay attention to her. Connie is willing to give Clarita money but CLarita doesn't want any. Their conversation returns to the doomed marriage and Clarita asks Connie what she will do if she finds Erick with his lover. Connie doesn't know what she would do. Clarita asks if Connie is willing to get a divorce. Connie just wishes that this was all a bad dream, or that Erick would wake up and leave his lover. Connie says she can not live without Erick.
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Eladio's bodyguard seperates Art and Eladio and Eladio leaves with a smile on his face.
Connie continues her talk with Clarita about her doomed marriage. Gisela arrives and disapproves of their friendship and wonders why Connie doesn't at least help out her friend by giving her some money. Clarita tells Connie to not pay attention to her. Connie is willing to give Clarita money but CLarita doesn't want any. Their conversation returns to the doomed marriage and Clarita asks Connie what she will do if she finds Erick with his lover. Connie doesn't know what she would do. Clarita asks if Connie is willing to get a divorce. Connie just wishes that this was all a bad dream, or that Erick would wake up and leave his lover. Connie says she can not live without Erick.
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Muchacha Italiana Viene A Casarse #66 Wed 11/25/15 (Mex 95) Uomo Italiano viene a buscar a su hija
Fi instantly bonds with Santino over being Italian and he…has a moment. Her face…have they met in Italy? Well, he's in Florence and Fi's from Maratea the south. Santino had no idea there was a party going on and Dante's furious he was allowed to enter the house without being on the guest list. He insists he's there "with" Julieta.
Meanwhile, just to make it, like, super obvi…Diana reads the letter AGAIN up to the SAME point where she stopped last time and adds "Are her real parents still alive?!"
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Meanwhile, just to make it, like, super obvi…Diana reads the letter AGAIN up to the SAME point where she stopped last time and adds "Are her real parents still alive?!"
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Antes muerta que Lichita #46 Wednesday 11/25/15
First of all, a very happy Thanksgiving to everyone! On with the recap!
We are back at the awards presentation where Luciana is accepting Roberto's proposal. He is staring right at Alicia with his big sad puppy dog eyes(don't do anything for me anymore). Alicia is not a happy camper. Her reaction is so apparent, Alex asks her if she is okay. Of course, she is. Beatriz is not happy that she did not know ahead of time about Alex's "surprise" engagement and tells Augusto as much. Augusto says they wanted it to be a surprise and that he himself was surprised by Roberto and Luciana's engagement. Alicia is getting the same reaction from her parents who did not appreciate being "surprised" at all. Beatriz comes over with Alex and Augusto to complain to Alicia and Alex that she is angry because they only left Augusto in on the secret. Augusto tries to smooth it all over and gets Nacho to reluctantly agree that the important thing is to celebrate their children's engagement.
Somewhere else in the room Valeria is congratulating Roberto and Luciana and talking about how they have to inform her father. Augusto appears with some champagne to make a toast and approaches Roberto who apologizes for not telling him about the engagement ahead of time. No problem, Augusto is there to make a toast with them all for Alex and Alicia.
Augusto notices a pensive Sandra leaving the room and follows her to a side hall. He wants to know what he can do for her. She understands the promotion for Alicia now that she knows she is going to be Augusto's daughter in law. Augusto asks her not to make a scene because Beatriz is there and she might figure things out. She is sick of being second. Augusto tells her he only loves her and roughly grabs her to kiss her. Surprise! Elías in his top hat catches them. He wonders out loud if Sandra and Augusto are all alone to deal with some work issue or maybe something more intimate.
At the mansion, Dafne is having a good time blogging about her surviving her first day at school, explaining it all to Yesenia the maid, and eating French fries.
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We are back at the awards presentation where Luciana is accepting Roberto's proposal. He is staring right at Alicia with his big sad puppy dog eyes(don't do anything for me anymore). Alicia is not a happy camper. Her reaction is so apparent, Alex asks her if she is okay. Of course, she is. Beatriz is not happy that she did not know ahead of time about Alex's "surprise" engagement and tells Augusto as much. Augusto says they wanted it to be a surprise and that he himself was surprised by Roberto and Luciana's engagement. Alicia is getting the same reaction from her parents who did not appreciate being "surprised" at all. Beatriz comes over with Alex and Augusto to complain to Alicia and Alex that she is angry because they only left Augusto in on the secret. Augusto tries to smooth it all over and gets Nacho to reluctantly agree that the important thing is to celebrate their children's engagement.
Somewhere else in the room Valeria is congratulating Roberto and Luciana and talking about how they have to inform her father. Augusto appears with some champagne to make a toast and approaches Roberto who apologizes for not telling him about the engagement ahead of time. No problem, Augusto is there to make a toast with them all for Alex and Alicia.
Augusto notices a pensive Sandra leaving the room and follows her to a side hall. He wants to know what he can do for her. She understands the promotion for Alicia now that she knows she is going to be Augusto's daughter in law. Augusto asks her not to make a scene because Beatriz is there and she might figure things out. She is sick of being second. Augusto tells her he only loves her and roughly grabs her to kiss her. Surprise! Elías in his top hat catches them. He wonders out loud if Sandra and Augusto are all alone to deal with some work issue or maybe something more intimate.
At the mansion, Dafne is having a good time blogging about her surviving her first day at school, explaining it all to Yesenia the maid, and eating French fries.
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Yo No Creo en los Hombres #96, Wed 11/25/15: Boda de Sangre
Caray! I need a stiff drink
after watching this episode. I’m not going to go into a lot a detail and dwell
on all the rotten things that happened. Pour a strong drink,
and grab a turkey leg! Happy Thanksgiving!
Let’s start with the only good from this episode. All the
ladies looked smashing in their different shades of red for the wedding. Jenny
was almost unrecognizable when she arrived at the church on Adrian’s arm. MD
also ended up wearing red, but that wasn’t intentional…Let’s get to it, shall
we.
MD and Julian have their heart to heart about how they have
been each other’s wind beneath their wings. MD made Julian fight to go further
than anyone thought he would. Julian gave MD courage when she needed it. There’s
a knock at the door, and MD and Julian assume it’s Orlando returned to bring
them to the Church, and not her rapist/homicidal ex-boyfriend/fake husband.
Unfortunately, it IS Dan!
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Muchacha Italiana Viene a Casarse #65 Tue 11/24/15 (Mex 94) The Italian Girl Who Came To Get Married...In Which the Men Stand Up For Themselves...Some of Them Anyway
Recap by sneaky two shoes:
Aitana want Pietro to come to her dress fitting, the dress will look just like his mom’s wedding dress. Pietro is touched, but when she asks if he misses her, meaning his mom, he thinks of Fiorella, and tells her he knows he is marrying the woman who can make him forget (blech)
Quina thinks Fidel doesn’t respect her after her confession, Fidel is cool with her but has lost respect for Max even though he already knew he cheated. Quina tells the whole story; she was young and impressionable, he was powerful and horny, and whoosh Roxi came along, at first he wanted to give her money to go away and he would keep the kid but she didn’t want to separate from her daughter so he handled things his way and she came to work on the day Roxi was adopted, look how well that turned out.
In true telenovela fashion Quina doesn’t want to tell Roxi what she should know because it would make her unhappy (show of hands, anybody who doesn’t think Roxi would be better off, and less annoying, knowing Joaquina is her real mommy -- yeah I thought not)
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Aitana want Pietro to come to her dress fitting, the dress will look just like his mom’s wedding dress. Pietro is touched, but when she asks if he misses her, meaning his mom, he thinks of Fiorella, and tells her he knows he is marrying the woman who can make him forget (blech)
Quina thinks Fidel doesn’t respect her after her confession, Fidel is cool with her but has lost respect for Max even though he already knew he cheated. Quina tells the whole story; she was young and impressionable, he was powerful and horny, and whoosh Roxi came along, at first he wanted to give her money to go away and he would keep the kid but she didn’t want to separate from her daughter so he handled things his way and she came to work on the day Roxi was adopted, look how well that turned out.
In true telenovela fashion Quina doesn’t want to tell Roxi what she should know because it would make her unhappy (show of hands, anybody who doesn’t think Roxi would be better off, and less annoying, knowing Joaquina is her real mommy -- yeah I thought not)
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Antes Muerta Que Lichita #45 Tuesday 11/24/15: The big fiesta
All react to the announcement of Lichita's promotion. Luciana says this is her nightmare.
Magos bumps into an oafish guy. Perhaps he's actually the father? Yes! He's the Dad, he never knew about the kid and didn't flee like Magos told everyone! Chaclas (the oafish dude) is as surprised as Magos' parents! But he rolls with it and seems delighted to be a new part of the family (despite Elsa and Nacho's obvious disapproval.
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Magos bumps into an oafish guy. Perhaps he's actually the father? Yes! He's the Dad, he never knew about the kid and didn't flee like Magos told everyone! Chaclas (the oafish dude) is as surprised as Magos' parents! But he rolls with it and seems delighted to be a new part of the family (despite Elsa and Nacho's obvious disapproval.
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Yo No Creo En Los Hombres #95 Tue 11/24/15--Wedding Bells And Death Knells or, Like a Bad Penney, Daniel Always Turns Up
· Alma
hisses at arrogant Ari to get lost before she calls the police on him. He leaves and Clara and Esperanza put her to
bed. Alma hints at Clara to keep mum
same as before with Leo; that he’s old enough to realize there are times when
discretion is the better part of valor—i.e., it’s more courageous than
outrageous to keep quiet as opposed to blabbing the hurtful truth to all around
you. When Clara and Espy object, Alma
hisses that she’ll handle things herself in this matter because these are
people who’ve been loving and helpful and she doesn’t want to lose their
continued support. Throughout the rest of the episodio she suffers in silence
but doesn’t let on that she knows.
· Josefa
lets Isela know in no uncertain terms that she knows Ise’s trying to steal
something out of the box. The
picture? Why? Because the suicide note has handwriting that
doesn’t appear to be her sister’s and Ise thinks it could be Hosie’s. Hosie writes on the back of the picture so A
the Little Lawyer Man (Arin?) can have it analyzed also. Hosie wants an answer to the “who done it?”
same as Ise does.
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Pasión y Poder #15 Martes 11/24/15
It's
only been a few weeks in Mexico City but they've certainly been
colorful. Far from the deliberate restraint of the Upper East Side
and Newport, these people seem to wear their hearts on their sleeves.
It will be interesting to see how that plays in the long term. At
any rate, it's a refreshing change for now.
I'm
going to need a few more moles to keep up with all this. There
are 20 million stories in the Naked City and Aldo could write half of
them without leaving his building. – D.D.
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La Vecina Highlights and Discussion, #110-113*, Nov. 23-27
*The Thursday episode will likely be preempted.
Happy Thanksgiving Week, Amigas and (lurking) Amigos!
Sara is already off on her Thanksgiving vacation, so I am
posting this week’s La Vecina page. I’m sure things will be a bit slow here on
the La Vecina Patio this week, so let’s just play it by ear. Whoever wants to
recap, feel free to claim a day. If not, we can just discuss.
We ended last week with a few cliffhangers…
Will Sara be able to fly solo, without Antonio in her
ear(piece), and convince the local government leaders to support Conatrol’s
plans?
Will Simon be able to overcome his stage fright and host a
web chat about his rocket?
Will Sabastian escape the clutches of Titina’s muscle-bound
brothers, in one piece, and will he have to marry her?
Will Tonio actually stay in bed long enough to recover from
his Dengue fever?
Will Padre Vicente ever be able to finish eating a meal in
peace?
And the biggest question of all, did Rosa survive the
explosion in El Molcajete????
Let’s get on with this week’s discussion!
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Antes muerta que Lichita #44 Monday 11/23/15: the worm continues to turn
Crazy Marta, in her campaign to steal Mateo from his father, discovered Roberto beat up a guy in jail, just when he was going to be released early for good behavior, and so he had to serve his full sentence. He won't tell his lawyer what happened, it would implicate third parties.
Gumaro, who literally ran into Luciana outside the restaurant where Roberto is meeting with his lawyer, flirts hard with her, partially to save Roberto's ass and partially because he is very attracted to her. She calls him an indio sin gracia (play on her usual idiosincracia) and complains about the hairy guys and human contamination in Nacolandia.
Marlene Garbo wants to be Cleopatra in her own ads, with a few hundred extras, and pyramids. Or, instead, she'll be a Roman emperess and kill Christians in a coliseum. Alicia and Elias point out that these ideas, while undoubtedly magnificent, would be expensive and would not sell her products. Here's what they think:
Elias and Marlene continue their flirtation and are soul-gazing with joined hands when Sandra comes in.
Later Elias tells Sandra: Marlene doesn't like any of our ideas, we are are "un cero a la izquierda," that is, zero, "as our marriage was" - but when Sandra evinces jealousy he lights up and says, maybe our marriage was better than I thought - maybe 0.5 from the left on the meter.
Magos' revolting pole dance wriggling in front of the Guero continues though he says, "I don't want any more coffee! And I love my fiancee and we're getting married soon!" By accident Magos, Guero, and the door collide and he has to go to the hospital with a broken nose. Magos follows and offers him coffee there, too. Just when she tells him Ximena is his daughter, his fiancee shows up (of course), hears all, and leaves in tears.
The Guero finally tells Magos that the night she woke up next to him, naked as Eve, they hadn't had sex. "You were drunk and sad because Chanclas was cheating on you. I was a gentleman, I didn't take advantage of you." She is astounded, has the grace to be embarrassed, and goes to his girlfriend's house to confess her idiot behavior and declare: Guero is completely innocent. He shows up, proposes to Vanessa, they embrace, and Magos has finally done something right.
Augusto asks Roberto to keep Luciana away from the house so the engagement dinner with Alex and Alicia can be peaceful. At a restaurant, Luciana tells Roberto Alicia will soon be fired, confesses her escapade escaping the Duke but keeping his ring, and that she's under a warrant for arrest back home in Argentina. She wants some confessions from him too but he resists. She pries: is Mateo really just your nephew?
At the mansion, during the glacial family dinner, Augusto and Beatriz laud appearances and united families. "It's one thing on the outside and another on the inside," Alex says. "If so, it's for a good cause," purrs Bea. "Lies are a sin," reminds Dafne, who goes off to have a cozy chat with Alicia about how hard school is and how she'll never have friends. Alicia tells her to be strong "and you always have me."
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Gumaro, who literally ran into Luciana outside the restaurant where Roberto is meeting with his lawyer, flirts hard with her, partially to save Roberto's ass and partially because he is very attracted to her. She calls him an indio sin gracia (play on her usual idiosincracia) and complains about the hairy guys and human contamination in Nacolandia.
Marlene Garbo wants to be Cleopatra in her own ads, with a few hundred extras, and pyramids. Or, instead, she'll be a Roman emperess and kill Christians in a coliseum. Alicia and Elias point out that these ideas, while undoubtedly magnificent, would be expensive and would not sell her products. Here's what they think:
Elias and Marlene continue their flirtation and are soul-gazing with joined hands when Sandra comes in.
Later Elias tells Sandra: Marlene doesn't like any of our ideas, we are are "un cero a la izquierda," that is, zero, "as our marriage was" - but when Sandra evinces jealousy he lights up and says, maybe our marriage was better than I thought - maybe 0.5 from the left on the meter.
Magos' revolting pole dance wriggling in front of the Guero continues though he says, "I don't want any more coffee! And I love my fiancee and we're getting married soon!" By accident Magos, Guero, and the door collide and he has to go to the hospital with a broken nose. Magos follows and offers him coffee there, too. Just when she tells him Ximena is his daughter, his fiancee shows up (of course), hears all, and leaves in tears.
The Guero finally tells Magos that the night she woke up next to him, naked as Eve, they hadn't had sex. "You were drunk and sad because Chanclas was cheating on you. I was a gentleman, I didn't take advantage of you." She is astounded, has the grace to be embarrassed, and goes to his girlfriend's house to confess her idiot behavior and declare: Guero is completely innocent. He shows up, proposes to Vanessa, they embrace, and Magos has finally done something right.
Augusto asks Roberto to keep Luciana away from the house so the engagement dinner with Alex and Alicia can be peaceful. At a restaurant, Luciana tells Roberto Alicia will soon be fired, confesses her escapade escaping the Duke but keeping his ring, and that she's under a warrant for arrest back home in Argentina. She wants some confessions from him too but he resists. She pries: is Mateo really just your nephew?
At the mansion, during the glacial family dinner, Augusto and Beatriz laud appearances and united families. "It's one thing on the outside and another on the inside," Alex says. "If so, it's for a good cause," purrs Bea. "Lies are a sin," reminds Dafne, who goes off to have a cozy chat with Alicia about how hard school is and how she'll never have friends. Alicia tells her to be strong "and you always have me."
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