Caray, Caray!

Labels: abismo

Tonight was the first time I heard that the show is in "ultimas semanas" (last weeks). By driving us all to distraction with these double episodes they have been burning through it! Our recapper hell will be over soon. Anybody know just when?


The only time I'm going to say it: I swear by my dead mother, even though Frida moves my needle, it's you I love and I'll do right by you.

Ana and Lupita are both feeling good and enjoying Adrian with stuffed dog and flowers. They're very cute, I'm glad to see Lupita playing puppets with her doggie (saying if Adrian wants to kiss Ana, she'll pretend she's asleep). He tries to press his suit but Ana says stop the car! But she tells Lupita later that she likes him! They'll get out tomorrow. Ana says she's learned her lesson and will never do it again.

Auditor-Barbie is flapping papers around with her badly-hatted assistant when Candy shows up with flowers, flaunting her boobs and introducing herself as Vince's WIFE. She knows her husband and how to manage him. She doesn't want any problems. She sashays out. The auditor is amazed - crazy encounters with two women associated with Irabien.

Pepe's back with his Sirena, but he's a bit sad for Frida. Pancho jokes that Frida is "not of our class."

He's upset that Frida lied and implied "something" happened the night she spent at his apartment. And Frida admits to her boss that she lied because she was desperate.

Vince tells Enzo about Candy's plan to be never boring. "You better not lose her." "But I can't control the seductor inside me!"

Auditor-Barbie sucks up to Pancho a lot. He says he'll take her on huge long tours of Avon. She makes a simpering face and agrees. Her assistant mocks her.

Chela, Candy, and Rebe gossip about Auditor Barbie. FF

Freddy tells Ana he's going to work at Avon, be more independent, cut the umbilical cord, also, he and moms are going on vacation so he wants to say goodbye. Ana tells Lupita his insecurity and his kiss with Karen , she hasn't forgiven him. But Adrian is grown up. "Are you ready to be a stepmother?"

Frida doesn't want Pepe's pity - if she can't have his love she wants nothing. Stomps off.

Enzo tells Pancho about being offered the job in Monterrey. Enzo's waffling about it - he thinks the baby is too young to move - Pancho suggests he try out the new job temporarily, see how he likes it.

Once again it's a full moon in Mexico!!

Lupita and Ana are home. The incredibly handsome Tomas shows up with flowers. Pancho's jealous that Lupita is so happy to see her BF. "That's life," Tomas advises him. FF He is amazed at how wonderful she is. "I admire and love you more than ever." FF

Adrian and his daughters show up unannounced in Ana's bedroom! Daughters Irasu and Melanie meet Temo. FF

Monica has worn the WORST clothes since she came back from Paris! And her neon hair! Frida shows up AGAIN and threatens Moni with her crutch!! Moni says "you lost. And I'm not in Paris, I'm here!" On one foot Frida wants a punching match! It's just pathetic. Pepe drives up and sees the end of this ridiculous scene. Frida is hysterical. Moni is secure enough to leave and let Pepe take sobbing #2 to her home. He gives a very strong, careful explanation to her. She stumps off to her shack.

In her skintight dress Auditor Barbie slinks through the plant with Pancho, whose shirt is unbuttoned most of the way to his belly button. Boxes come crashing down and crush Pancho right on top of Auditor Barbie! She strokes him, he pulls himself away. That wasn't a very good demonstration of good practices on anybody's part! She hugs him in front of all his employees.

Leaving for the airport, Freddy calls Ana to tell her he loves her. She can't say much with Adrian sitting right there on her bed waiting for an answer to his daughter's question: "Do you like my daddy, Ana?" He continues to press his suit. FF

The gossip about the hug is sweeping through Avon. Sandra spreads it to Quetita at the very moment when Auditor Barbie and Pancho, holding hands, go into his office.

Meanwhile at home Rebe is sobbing "I am as lonely and deserted as a fat dog." I liked that one. She and Candy decide to go visit Pancho at work, where Pancho served booze to Auditor Barbie to serve her nerves after almost being crushed by boxes of perfume. She massages his hand very thankfully. Many employees mass outside his door waiting for them to come out. Quetito decides to go in - "I really love Rebe! I didn't know my boss was like all other men!" Auditor Barbie is leaning in closer, closer...

Enzo tells Chelo the plan: to go and give being president of Company X a try - while he's gone, they'll try out various candidates for his job.

Candy and Rebe hear the gossipping Avon girls - "Pancho and Isabella are ... they kissed in the warehouse..." Rebe sobs. Pancho and Isabella have a goodbye kiss witnessed by horrified Sandra and Quetita.

I think Rebe is pretty hysterical as a hysterical pregnant woman infuriated and miserable because she's too pregnant to compete with Auditor Barbie. She asks for a lot of treats and continues crying. He does a good job of reassuring her. Him, and the donuts.

Meanwhile Candy, after warning Sandra not to gossip, spreads the gossip about Auditor Barbie and Pancho to VInce, who isn't happy to hear it.

Chacho is happy with Viagra.

Adrian is, reluctantly leaving, but he and the girls will return tomorrow. He's such a barnacle!! They kiss for a very long time. She accepts his offer to be novios but they have to go slow because she still has some feelings for Freddy.

Good God, Auditor Barbie has actually barged into Rebe's bedroom while she's in her jammies eating treats! Candy leaves. How do you feel? "Do you really want to know? After a productive working life, now I'm in bed feeling like a gigantic milking yard (dairy farm, jail, wayside inn are other translations offered by wordreference.com) and everybody at work thinks you're having an affair with my husband and you ask me how I feel?" After repeating herself several times she asks Auditor Barbie to leave. then she apologizes to Pancho. I think Auditor Barbie has cheek transplants.

Napoleon! And a transvestite named Salome! I guess she's not a transvestite, she just looks like one. She gives him an itty-bitty statue. Or is it a voodoo doll? He has some machinations in the works which are very expensive. She says she's his, unconditionally. It's vengeance on Candy he wants - "we'll make her sorry she was ever born." Fear.

Pancho cheers Rebeca by saying there are some things she can do besides cry. Fix up the baby's room! Decorate the house for Christmas!

Tomorrow: Napoleon has a spy camera in Vince and Candy's bedroom and he watches them play policewoman and suspect. Auditor Barbie blubbers over Pancho.

Labels: familia

Previously on El Talisman:

Tonio goes to see Dr. Manuel about Mariana.

Panchito warns Claudio not to go to El Alcatrash.

Today on El Talisman:

Panchito tells Claudio he knows about how Claudio likes Flor and not to go to Alcatrash cause if he gets caught, Pigorio or Tonio will kill him.

Army and Angel talk about Fabi and what happened in the hotel room when El Viral caught them.

Panchito and Claudio continue to talk. He asks Claudio if he is in love with Flor and how was it to see his Papa in LA? Claudio tells Panchito it went badly with his Papa and that Margo was helping Pedro look for Mariana in LA. Panchito thought bubbles how he will tell Pigorio about this.

Fabi and Flor are talking about El Viral and what happened when she caught Fabi and Army.

Tia Maria and El Viral are talking about what El Viral did when she caught Fabi and Army together and what El Viral did. Tia Maria tells El Viral you are so cruel how could you do this to your own son and his poor girlfriend? Tia tells El Viral she shouldn't punish the poor girl for the sins of her Grandpapa and her Papa. She says you should apologize to Army and Fabi and you need to concentrate on what you are going to do with your life and on your son and daughter. El Viral tells Tia that she is upset because she has little money and she needs to start looking for another man with money. Maria tells her to stop doing that and to look for a man she loves instead of money.

Rennie and Rita are talking and they can't wait to get that money from Tonio. Rita tells Rennie she wants to be Tonio's new girlfriend. Rennie thinks she is crazy and that Cameela will never give up Tonio. Rita basically tells Rennie where there is a will there is a way. She wants Tonio all to herself with his hacienda and all his money and his handsome self.

Padre Sebastian, Cameela and Pedro talk. Pedro tells Padre they are going to go back to Fresno now that they are back together and haven't found Mariana. Pedro says that he will take care of that paperwork so he and Cameela can finally get married. Padre warns Pedro he needs to tell Lucrazy and to be firm about it. Also Cameela tells Padre she can't wait to tell El Viral they are getting married.

Valentin and Pigorio are talking. Pigorio wants to know where Tonio is? He isn't answering his cell phone. Pigorio sends Valentin to look for Panchito.

Fabi and Flor are still talking about Army and what happened, and Fabi thinks she ought to break up with Army over what happened with his Mama. Panchito kind of listens at the door and hears the gist of what they are saying. He is filing this away in his memory banks for future use. He tells the girls he doesn't gossip (yeah right) and won't breathe a word of what he heard. He sees Fabi is very sad.

Tonio is talking to Dr. Manuel. He wants to know if he knows where Mariana is. Manuel plays dumb, and Tonio tells him the sad story of how Mariana married a man that doesn't love her and what this man, Pedro Ibbara, wanted was her hacienda and her money. Pedro is a very bad man. Manuel doesn't look like he beleives him, he is giving him the puzzled look. Mariana is listening outside the door and is upset that twice in one day some man is looking for her. She really doesn't want to know anymore about Pedro. Tonio tells Manuel if he sees her or needs more info to contact him at mio rancho El Alcatrash. Tonio leaves.

Army and Angel are still talking about the debacle at the hotel, when Tia Maria overhears. She encourages Army to talk to Fabi and tell her not to be upset cause El Viral is loca. Angel encourages Army to go find Fabi and explain.

Fabi and Flor are talking about Army too. Flor encourages Fabi to go look for Army and talk to him. Fabi thinks she ought to break up with Army. Flor just rolls her eyes.

Pedro, Cameela and Margo are all driving back together to El Tal. They stop at a pastry shop, and while Margo is inside they look at the wedding cakes the shop also makes. Margo comes back out and says he needed to stop to get something for them to eat, and they laugh and say hey this one with the cakes. Many smoochies between Pedro and Cameela and Margo laughs.

Pigorio is talking to that guy again (don't know his name) about Doris's divorce from Tonio.

Bridgette and Doris are also talking about the divorce and Brigette tells Doris to be careful she doesn't end up in the street with nothing.

Lucrazy and Tonio take a meeting. She tells Tonio about Cameela and Pedro being back together and how they are getting married. Tonio says don't worry about that. We found Mariana and that will put the kibosh on that. Lucrazy wants to activate the Yenny plan with the pics and the gaslight of Pedro. They are in agreement they will do this. Tonio tells her about the meeting he had with Manuel and that he told Manuel that Pedro is a very bad man. They are very happy to stop Pedro and Cameela.

Manuel and Mariana talk. Manuel tells her she needs to confront her past in Fresno and to find out what is true, what isn't and also who is good or bad. Mariana doesn't really want to go, but she says Manuel is right and they need to go to Fresno and find out what is what.

While on the road Pedro takes a call from Padre who tells him he is sending someone named Beatrice to pick up those papers from Pedro about either the divorce from Mariana or declaring her dead. He tells Pedro a flight number she will be on and also to give the papers to her. Pedro calls Tia Patty to tell her this info about the papers and the flight number of Beatrice and to have everything together when he gets back so they can deliver these papers to the airport. Tia Patty repeats the flight number. Panchito is also listening to this and puts this in his memory banks to tell Pigorio.

Panchito meets with Pigorio and tells him about the papers, the flight and about Mariana and Pedro and what he overheard Tia Patty talking about with Pedro. Pigorio is freaking out. He tells Panchito to find Valentin and not to ask any questions. He says Valentin is better equipped to take care of this. Panchito told Pigorio that he thinks Mariana is coming back to Fresno. Pigorio and Valentin meet again, and Pigorio tells Valentin he is to kill Mariana tomorrow at the airport when she arrives! Valentin doesn't want to do this for fear of the police presence and Pigorio says too bad find a way cause I ain't going to the carcel! Pigorio wants Valentin to kill both Mariana and Pedro at the airport.

Army and Angel break into El Alcatrash again! The find Nana outside and put a hand over her mouth so she won't scream. They tell her they won't hurt her they are only looking for Fabi and that Army really needs to talk to her. Nana agrees to be quiet and they ask her to go find Fabi. She does and tells Fabi Armando is outside. Fabi is so happy. She goes outside, Angel introduces himself to her and goes around the corner so Fabi and Army can talk. Army apologizes up and down about what happened at the hotel and that his Mama had no right to do what she did. Fabi accepts his apology and tells her his Mama will have to deal. Angel tries to hurry Army along before they get caught. Flor is so worried about what is taking so long. She wants to go out there to see, but Nana tells her, let Fabi and Army have some alone time. Finally Flor is tired of waiting and calls out to Fabi that she is coming out. Army wants to leave, but Fabi wants him to meet her sister. Army is panicked.

Margo, Cameela and Pedro make it back to El Tal. Pedro tells Margo to get some rest, and Cameela too. Pedro is bringing the bags up to the room when here comes Lucrazy. He tells her she has to leave. Lucrazy is not happy. He tells her he and Cameela are back together, and he will give her money to rent an apartment, but she can't live at El Tal anymore. She tells him about how Cameela is the one that set up the Mariana phone calls to him and he can meet the woman that called if he wants too. Lucrazy tries to tell Pedro that Cameela is the crazy one.

While at Madame Brigette's Pigorio asks if Katerina is there. Madame I think tells him not. Pigorio runs into the Notary there, and the Notary (who is also the PI) tells Pigorio that Pedro wasn't only in LA to find Margarito, he was there to find Mariana as well. Pigorio is very pithed off.

Mariana is having nightmares about Fresno. She asks God to aid her in her quest for her past. And there we end.

Advances:

A hodgepodge of scenes of Mariana, Pedro, Pigorio and Tonio.

Labels: Talisman

Oficina Tovar:

Carmina still has her tongue in the Doc’s ear. Between pants & gasps, she repeats that if he really loved her he’d falsify the blood test. At least tell me why, he says, but she refuses. The Doc carefully weighs his training, career, professional ethics and reputation against Carmina’s bazongas, and…the bazongas lose! Go figure! Guess they didn’t weigh quite enough.

“You’ve lost me forever,” snarls Carmina. “And you’ve lost ME forever,” says Ed. Good doctor!

On her way out, Carmina takes advantage of Paloma’s lunch break to steal the address of the clinic in Mérida. Hey, it’s only strike one – she’s not out yet.

Procesadora La Anita:

Damián snags Braulio to show los Landuchi around the factory. Florencia’s first observation is that the workers just look so tacky in their little outfits – couldn’t Dam make them wear something cuter? It’s not a casa de modas, he snaps. Really, girl.

Everybody puts on hair nets and dust masks for the Learning Channel tour of habaneros getting bathed & fluffed. Even with only their eyes showing, the Italian contingent looks bored to tears. Zesty Damián looks like he could pinch peppers all day.

Finally Flo starts whining about the heat and runs on home, while Paolo heads to the procesadora office to visit his new bestie Gabino. While Braulio fills Damián in on the real story behind Don Lucio’s “retirement,” Gabino spins Paolo the Arango-approved tale of Eliza coming onto him in the street. (OK; Blue Lass has changed her mind – he can’t be redeemed, no matter how nice he is to his horsey.)

Casita Azul:

Gabino shows up for a rendezvous with Carmina, “right on time,” he points out, just as she asked. But I thought you didn’t want anything to do with me? She circles him like a jungle cat and asks exactly what he would be prepared to do “to have a woman like her.” “Anything,” he says, and somehow he manages not to look like a whipped dog when he says it. (Dr. Tovar, take note.) I think we see where this is going…

But no! He wants trash-on-the-barrelhead, while she wants to run a tab. Scuffle, hiss, lárgates-all-around. Strike two for Team Orange!

Casa Padrino:

Damián drops by to visit Don Lucio and oh, by the way, offer him his old job back. Don Lucio demurs – are you really sure it’s your place to do that? Why are you going back to Mexico anyway – just to prove that mama's not the boss of you? Damián, in a confessing mood, admits not only that Lucio’s partly right, but also that he always dreamed about returning home and taking over the procesadora…but he has another reason to roll besides cutting the apron strings: he’s afraid he might fall in love with Eliza.

This is a telenovela, so of course Eliza is just about to come through the door with a pitcher of water. Cara muy impactada de Eliza, pitcher muy impactada on the floor. Eliza rabbits off. Oopsie, says Blanca – clumsy me!

Casa Castañon:

Paolo shows up to mack on Eliza, who asks him what part of “not even remotely interested” he doesn’t understand. After he leaves, Carmina keeps her part of their little devil’s bargain by telling Eliza she should think twice. After all, she doesn’t have a lot of options in this town. Heckuva marketing plan there, tía.

Assgusto™ sort-of apologizes to Eliza about his latest outburst, but she wants to talk peppers. What if Doña Alfonsina really means it about buying up? Why can’t we plant the fallow fields, Daddy? Why? Why? Assgusto bahs, humbugs, and storms out as usual.

Casa Arango:

Damián walks in the front door and is greeted by Lady A, who demands to know where he was, what he was doing, and who he was with. Unsurprisingly, this gets up his nose, and he tells her he went to offer Don Lucio his old job back. You QUE QUE QUE??? He looks Mommy Dearest full in the face and enunciates very carefully: yes, his old job. At the pro-ce-sa-do-ra.

She squawks that he has no business hiring useless people. Oh, you mean like Paolo? Anyway, I thought you wanted me to take an interest. Alfie gets a gleam in her eye. Well, if you move back here, you can make all the decisions you want…once you’re married, of course. She’s not taking any chances. He says he’ll think about it. (Well, she didn’t say married to whom!)

The Only Restaurant in La Ermita

Damián joins Florencia and Begoña’s brats for dinner out, arriving just in time to keep Enrique from admiring Flo a little too much. The kids switch into rapid-fire gossip mode, running through all the latest scandals, real and imagined – the slap at the party, Eliza coqueteando a Gabino, the altercation with Don Lucio – they are amazed that Damián knows none of this. (Well, maybe he has other things to do -- like be a grown-up.) Then Enrique laughs that no one should be surprised about Eliza and Gabino: after all, she goes with everybody.

Uh-oh.

Dam elbows aside all the incensed middle-aged women in Viewerland and goes to the head of the smackline, where he picks up that pup and tosses him across the cantina like a sack o’ habaneros. He then storms out, with Flo following in tears – would you defend me like that? Would you? Damián can’t answer, which is answer enough.

Casa Arango: The Big Finish

Eliza makes a formal visit to Doña Alfonsina to talk business. Were you serious about buying up our crop? It doesn’t matter, says Alfie smugly, because your father would have to agree, and he doesn’t. We don’t need my father, says Eliza, holding her pointy little chin high: I will be planting my own fields. You go, girl!

More happenings around town:

Useless Vicente has his first day of actual real work at the procesadora. It doesn’t go well.

Ramona warns Carmina to lay off her niece. Listen here, witchy – no, you listen, slutzy – the conversation goes nowhere, and even the mule doesn’t think it’ll do any good.

Eliza fondles her amulet and looks all goofy. [Ai Virgencita, thank you for not giving me the dueling-amulets scene! I promise to be very, very good until my next recap.]

Irritating Ingrid™ pretends to sprain an ankle in front of Gael to gain access to the house. Padre Lupe is not best pleased but misses a chance to come clean – one of many, no doubt.

Carmina tries unsuccessfully to bribe the nurse at the blood lab with a string of pearls. Strike three!

Avances:

Lots of amulet action, and Enrique lobs a soft grounder to Flo on first base.

Labels: abismo

La que no podía amar (LQNPA) April 17, 2012, Cap 80
That darn blabbermouth kid

This is another short bulleted recap, which hopefully will be expanded later. (UPDATE: It's been as filled out as it's gonna get!)

We start out with a screencap:

Rohell, garbed in fetching hospital gear, looks serious after hearing from that blabbermouth M-Grito that Cupcake is bedridden.

RECAP IN BRIEF (Events are not necessarily listed in order)

* It looks like Rutile is believed now to be the culprit for Maripaz's demise and Miguel is (finally!) off the hook. Macaria and Ulises apologize to Miguel. Consuelo does too, and she and Miguel hug and make up.

* Sinthia is now officially the Weakest Link. She has messed up the cattle thing soooo badly. She's told by the officials that this doping the cattle thing could land her (or someone) in jail. She begs Effer for help, but he tells her to accept the blame for messing up. She took the guards off the cattle, just to defy Cupcake and now she (Sin) is going to have to accept the consequences for that.

Sin is desperate for Effer's help, but it's not forthcoming, since she's been such an idiot. She also earns points with Effer by calling him "stupid."

* The Gustavito gives Cupcake a rose and tells her some mushy stuff about how he'd die if anything were to happen to her or the hijo. Then he tells her about Miguel's good news. She's thrilled. Gustavito moves in for a kiss but Cupcake doesn't seem all that eager to be kissed by him. Tia walks in on this (interrupting the almost-kiss) and rips the Cupcake a new one for allowing all this to happen.

Prince Charming . . . NOT.

Cupcake really isn't totally into getting this kiss, but she doesn't resist it either. Fortunately Tia comes in to save the day. (Seriously, Cupcake? This is in your HUSBAND'S house. True, he's been a douche, and true, he's not a "real" husband . . . yet . . . but he's trusting in YOU. Use some decorum. And you too Gustavito! You eat Rohell's food, boink his sister, and now are putting the moves on his wife, while he blissfully is unaware and trusting.  Sheesh!)

* Sin complains to Bruno about the clenbuterol. Somehow it's Cupcake's fault, she thinks. Really, she is too much.

* Mersnotty freaking out by the Gustavito's near miss with Rutile and his gun. Shrieking and carrying on as I FF>>>

* Sin thinks that when the clenbuterol crap (however you spell it) clears from the cattles' bodies (a few days) that they should be good to sell. Vainessa, however, says no way, that the cattle are contaminated and she's not buying them! Sin tries to play the friendship card with Vain, but Vain, who is for the moment showing common sense, is not going along with this. She even threatens to sue Sin if she doesn't sort out this mess. Impactada look from Sin. Vain says she'll get her meat somewhere else, she's not going to let her business suffer because of Sinthia's idiocy. (Remember, Sin ordered the guards off of the cattle, which then allowed them to be tainted yet again with clenbuterol crap.)

* Vain even goes on to say that she now sees why Rohell never allowed Sinthia to handle her half of the Hacienda—she's incompetent! Also, it's revealed that if they lose this account, that the Hacienda could be out half of their profits. Vain also reluctantly admits that when Paula was in charge, things were going okay. So this is all Sin's doing. Sin responds to all of this by kicking Vain out.

"Don't put the blame on Cupcake!" Vain yells at Sin.

* More crap with Team Evil. The Gustavito knows that Rutile worked for Bruno. The Gustavito also knows now that Bruno was the guy that Mersnotty saw kissing Cupcake. Gustavito now connects the dots and figures that Bruno sent Rutile to beat him up, thus separating him from the Cupcake, and threatens Bruno and says if he ever finds out that it was Bruno that was behind his beating . . . Bruno tries to imply that Rohell ordered Rutile to beat up Gustavito. He leaves in a huff and Bruno displays a sh*t-eating grin.

Sneaky Bruno smirks as a huffy Gustavito leaves.

* Tia comes in and puts in a word for Team Rohell. What a great guy he is, generous, blah blah blah. She tells Cupcake that she loves Rohell. Cupcake claims that she loves both guys. More claims of confusion. FF>>

* Effer talks with Ulises and Macaria about that Rutile guy. They're trying to connect the dots more about him being the culprit for Maripaz's death. After Macaria leaves, Ulises and Effer talk about Ulises's marriage. Yeah, right. Ulises says that at some point it feels like he and Macaria became less of a couple and more like Maripaz's parents. He's afraid that Macaria doesn't love him anymore. Effer looks concerned about this.

* Sin cries on the Gustavito's shoulder about being such a complete and utter loser and hopeless at running the business. Gustavito gives her encouraging words, not aware of what a complete dipshit she really is.

* Cupcake writes Rohell a very lovey-dovey, touchy-feely letter to Rohell, hoping for the best outcome for the operation, telling him that she "querers" him, and ending the letter by giving him a "strong hug." All very affectionate, so you know Rohell's going to lap that up.

* Cupcake gives this letter to Maria (who will relay it to Ernesto). She and Maria have a nice little chat where she thanks Maria for her support, even though she knows that her complicated situation (impregnated by the Gustavito) will affect Rohell when he finds out. Maria smiles and says she doesn't see any reason to make things more difficult for Cupcake. Then it comes out how Sin is treating poor Maria like crap, even though Maria raised her from infanthood. Maria is very hurt by this and cries that Sin makes sure to remind her that she's just a servant. Cupcake comforts her.

Sin, you bruja, you made your NANA cry. That is seriously not okay.

* More with Sin and Gustavito. She can count on him to help; he thinks it's troubling that there's someone trying to sabotage them.

* Bruno spins some BS tale to Ulises, saying that he didn't know what Rutile was up to and that he's told the police everything he knows, but it wasn't enough to help. Ulises has no reason not to believe this.

* Rohell is writing a letter to Cupcake, while wearing black satin jammies. He displays his dimples to great advantage and he remembers (as we are shown flashbacks) all the good times with Cupcake—her offering him a taste of her ice cream cone, the many kisses they shared, and so forth. He remembers her saying that if she fell in love with him, all she'd care about was him. This brings on even more dimples as he smiles, all hopeful and oblivious to what's really going on at home, thinking good thoughts of love about his blushing bride. Then the nurse comes in to ask him how he's doing. He says he's fine, but nervous, since tomorrow he's having an operation that will change his life forever. Then he gives another dimpled grin. Aw, Rohell, bless your heart, your trusting, hopeful heart!

Writing a letter in his satin jammies.

Remembering some of the good times with Cupcake, while also remembering what she told him about if she falls in love with him, he'll be the only thing she'll think of.

Hopeful and dimpled.

* Sin and Bruno talking about the cattle problem. She tells him all her concerns. He advises her to suck it up and ask Vain for help.

* Chio appears and I hit the FF button. Sorry. (Okay, I didn't hit the FF button but I felt the need to check my email just then. Just saying.) Actually, she's looking for a good carpenter. Gus does know of one, as it happens.

* Mersnotty tries to make nice with Cupcake, since Cupcake is the incubator for Mersnotty's niece or nephew. She also tells Cupcake that the Gustavito would "die for" the kid. Cupcake is touched, I guess.

* Tia gets into an argument with Bruno about all that's going down. Bruno has a plan, however. Rohell will be gone for a while, Cupcake can have her baby (or not) and in the meantime, they can conspire to get everything signed over in Cupcake's name, and then Bruno can get his lands back, and then start to manage the Del Fuerte Hacienda. He has a lot of contacts and can repair the soon-to-be-trashed reputation of the Hacienda by saying that it's no longer in the hands of the Monteros.

* Tia enjoys rubbing it in with the Gustavito how his single (cheapskate LOL) rose does not compare favorably with Rohell's (hideous) large floral arrangement. She makes a big production of finding somewhere to put Gustavito's lone rose, making sure the Gustavito sees Rohell's lavish gift in the process. The Gustavito gets the message loud and clear.

* Sinthia approaches Cupcake in her sickbed and asks Cupcake if she really cares for Rohell, and if so, Sin will help clear the path for Cupcake, encourage Rohell to accept Cupcake and her kid, as this will leave the field clear for Sin to swoop in on the Gustavito and marry him. Cupcake looks a bit incredulous at hearing this offer.

* Things are going bad for Sin, who is now regretting her arrogant mishandling of the cattle thing. Vain just isn't in the mood to let her business suffer due to Sin's idiocy. David looms in and says to Sin that he's the only one who is left supporting her. Sin replies that it's a lie; had he been truly "supportive," he wouldn't have cut off water to the Hacienda. Ouch!

* Rohell is about to go to be operated on, and he calls home. Big mistake. He gets that blabbermouth kid M-Grito, who lets slip that Cupcake is bedriddin and too ill to come to the phone. Rohell tries to act like he's not concerned, and M-Grito immediately realizes that he blabbed where he shouldn't, but the DAMAGE IS DONE, DAMMIT!!! You can see the wheels spinning in Rohell's mind as he digests this news.

Rohell is shocked to hear about Paula's mystery illness.

Little blabbermouth realizes too late that he's stuck his foot in it.

* Later, Cupcake, M-Grito, and Maria all pray for Rohell's well-being as they wait for news on his operation. Which never comes. Night falls and still no news. 

Many prayers for Rohell's wellbeing.

Avances: Rohell returns to the Hacienda, STILL IN HIS WHEELCHAIR. That darn kid! He's ruined everything! We see Rohell talking with Cupcake, his face at first hopeful, but then she drops the bomb and you see Rohell looking shocked and striken. I think she's going to make Rohell cry.

Here are some select screenshots:

Still hopeful, Rohell rolls into Cupcake's room.

She drops the bomb. . .

. . . and I think she made him cry!

Poor Rohell, still absorbing the shock.

That is all I've got in me. Put a fork in it, I am done!

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We get a busy intro, mostly focused on the hospital, where Doc Oc rehashes the details of the transplant and lets them know that Lupita is compatible. Frida has a little tiff with Monica, and Freddy shoots some evil eyes at Ana's other guy. Pancho is extremely upset and Rebe, stuck at home with a mega-belly, emotes and asks her friend to bring her chocolate. Pancho really has a cow.

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We are free to discuss among ourselves. There may be bullets later.

Big excitement at El Tal. Gabriel has purchased a brand new red car, some cute litte hatchback thingie. (A commercial advertised a Ford Focus so maybe that’s it.) He wants to surprise the catwoman. When he goes inside Sarita is pithed off until Tracy spills the beans.


Fabi wants to go to the hotel room with Army. He kvetches silently about his perfidy.


Doris wants to tie one on with Tony to celebrate their last day of marriage. She fondles the belt buckle and jumps on him for one last farewell f...you get the idea. He wants to pretend Doris is Cameela and gets slapped for it. She snarls that everyone hates him including his father. He pushes her on the bed but Pigoria shows up and tells Tony hands off.


Pedro meets with Doc Benitez and tells him about Mariana Aceves, his amnesiac wife who disappeared. Doc wonders why Mariana fled from her husband. “Is that what she told you?” asks Pedro. Doc doesn’t commit and tries to figure Pedro out. (Good luck with that Doc.) He is incredulous when Pedro explains their wedded relationship was that of  “hermanos”. Doc recommends that Pedro just live his life but Pedro says he’s been looking for Mariana for too many years. Doc insists that Magaly is not Mariana. (How he can be so sure is beyond me because he hasn’t even seen a picture of her.) Pedro brings up Cameela and the doc gets more practice making the confused face. Pedro explains what we already know. 


Smarmy Lucas enters the waiting room. He smirks when Mariana asks if  he needs help, then he sneakily confirms she is *the* Mariana.


Doc calls Mariana and asks her to retrieve some records from his car. But there is nothing in the car, so Doc must have called just to get rid of her. 


Pedro finally shows Doc a picture of Mariana and asks if the Doc hears anything about her to call him. Doc tells the pic that it’s time for her to face her past.


Camila presses Claudio for Mariana’s whereabouts but Claudio doesn’t know. Camila whines and frets about Mariana and Pedro for several scenes. She and Padre Matchmaker run into Margarito and the guys advise her to cool down, finding Mariana has long been a dream for Pedro.


Pedro goes to a church and prays to find Mariana alive and well. 


Meanwhile Camila sits on her bed and prays that Pedro will find Mariana. Pedro walks in the door and says it’s another dead end, let’s go back to Fresno. He reports that the doc didn’t seem to recognize her photo. He figures at this point it’s best to assume she’s dead.


Sarita and Gab are outside jumping around the car. “Just imagine everything we can do inside of it,” grins the little horndog, and I’m talking about Gab, not Sarita. She’s ready to christen that car right now. Aw, they’re cute.


Fabi and Army slowly enter the hotel room. He doesn’t want to do anything she will regret. He goes for the gold and seems to have forgotten about telling her the truth, although he does mention he loves her.


Mariana knows Doc faked the errand to get her out of the office. He admits that is was Pedro, her husband, who was there with him.


Back in Fresno Pigorio and Tony are still going at it. Tony says Doris is still his mujer, not the pig’s. El Pig, with Doris cowering behind him, orders Tony out. “Keep her, I give her to you as a gift,” snarls the Belt Buckle. Pigorio embraces a smug Doris.
 

Tony sees LooKrazy out on the porch. She’s come to tell him Cami and Pedro are going to marry. He has a fit but insists he’ll marry Cami, he’s even got the rings picked out.


Darn, I was hoping we’d have an Elvira-free episode. She shows up at the apartment and she looks down her nose at everything. She wants Army but hears he’s out with his girl. “Which of the two?” she asks. She goes to her room and comes out in a state, Army has forgotten to bring over her beauty creams! She dashes off to The Only Hotel Inn to retrieve them.


Doc and Mariana go back to The Only Bar In LA so he can tell her about Pedro, that he married Mariana to protect her (at which he failed miserably I might add), but that he really loves another woman named Camila. 


Oh gross, Fab and Army have done the deed. Fab is dressed but Army’s still in bed nekkid just as ElViral flounces in, “What’s going on here?”


ElViral is exceedingly annoyed that Army just boinked the pig’s granddaughter. Elvira calls her a little tramp and NOOOOOOO, Army jumps out of bed. Whew! He’s still scary but at least wearing undies. Fab bolts. Elviral is pleased, he has humiliated a Negrete, next in line is the little sis.

Mariana assumes this Camila is to blame for coming between her and her husband. Doc’s not exactly what Cami’s role was. Mariana is so confused. (Franky dear, so are we.)

Cami and Pedro smooch under the anvils, making up for lost time.

Lucas calls Tony to tell him Mariana is alive. Tony asks if Lucas is betraying El Pig how can he be sure Lucas won’t betray the Belt Buckle? No guts no glory, says Lucas. He reports he followed Pedro, but Pedro never saw Mari.  They make an appointment to discuss terms.

Pigorio tells Doris that tomorrow is her divorce and he doesn’t want to see her flirting with anyone else.  She convinces him she no longer cares for Tony, he is her past. He says he wants Tony far from the ranch. Doris smiles victoriously.

Tony goes after Valentin. He wants the truth about what happened to Mariana. Val says El Pig made Val abandon Mari in LA. Tony asks why didn’t they just kill her? Val explains the pig wanted her to suffer. Tony doesn’t know who is crueler, The Pig or The Belt Buckle. Val whines about going to jail. Tony says he’s going to LA first thing, he wants to find Mari first.

Flor frets to Tracy about her parent’s problems. Yawn.

Fab runs home in tears and cries that La Marmota caught them in bed and insulted her. It was the biggest shame of her life.  Tracy runs right down to the kitchen and blabs it to Alberta. She says this Armando sounds very weird to her.

ElViral and Army get back to the apartment. He’s pithed. Elvira snarls that the Negretes must pay for what they did to her. Maria rolls her eyes.

Next morning Doris and Pigorio kiss to celebrate her divorce. The lawyer shows up and announces Tony is a no-show. Pigorio orders Valentin to find Tony. Doris gripes if Tony doesn’t show she’ll nix the divorce. Pig tells her she’ll do what he says.

The Belt Buckle arrives in LA and meets with Lucas. He shows Tony proof and Tony hands over a wad of cash. Lucas gives Tony the address of Doc’s office. Lucas says as long as Tony keeps paying he’ll work for him. Tony says it won’t be long, the Pig’s gonna die soon.

Pedro and Camila run into Margarito and report that the woman he saw was not Mariana. They tell him they are on their way to Fresno to get going on their marriage. Margarito doesn’t think he’ll go back with them because Claudio is still mad.

Fab mopes about Armando.

Armando gripes to his cousin about mom treating Fab like dirt. He blabs that it was Fabs first time and he really truly loves her.


Mariana tells Doc she’s ready to be brave and face her past. Tony walks into the office and she stares at him. Does she know him? Is he Pedro? Doc walks back in and Tony says he’d like to talk to the Doc alone.

Cut to a close-up of Geno kissing that guy she likes, with Claudio in the background. Weird. Panchito runs to Claudio and tells him to beat it because he’s got orders to kill him.

Pig and Doris decide she should go ahead and sign the papers. He decrees that from this moment she is divorced and now she belongs to him. She says now nobody can criticize him for bedding his daughter-in-law. (Hack, spit, gargle!)

That’s it folks. Kind of leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth, doesn’t it?

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