Saturday, January 14, 2012
La Que No Podía Amar #10 Friday 1/13/12 The Golden Handcuffs Come Out
Cap. 10
Holy frijoles, telenovela fans! Ana Paula’s left the building and Rogelio’s turned into a green-eyed Grinch. The arrogant Iberian ice queen, Vanessa, has refused to apologize to Nana Maria and, furthermore, she refuses to leave the premises until she’s good and ready despite Regelio Mont-ogro’s ordering it. Vainessa waits for him to roll in front of her and then bends over, laying a major lip-lock on RoHellio. She tells stone-hearted Rog that she loves him, but she’s done begging him any longer. She struts off leaving Cinthia as flabbergasted as all get out.
Cynthia feels the need to plead Nessa’s case if she’s not about to do it herself since, now that Ana Paula has left like all the others, it’s her only chance of getting out of being Big Bro-Hellio’s nurse-maid the rest of her natural born life! Ro-Hellio growls at her to stop meddling in his affairs. Oh-Hellio tells his kid sis that he didn’t feel a thing when Vainessa kissed him. “I stopped feeling things a while ago.” (Viewerville knows he’s lying cuz we all saw that tortured look on his face when she was giving him a neck rub the episodio before. Yeah, I’d say this guy definitely had all his parts purring when Vainessssa laid that lip-lock on his kisser. His motor runs a sound enough engine—just can’t get past the mental image of not being the one on top and “in control” I s’pose.)
Sinthia races off to the slave quarters looking to find a bit of consolation with Efrain. Consuelo (“Consolation” in English, and an apt name for a gal who’s Efrain’s babe-on-the-rebound) is there ahead of Sin and begins giving Effer a back rub with ointment. Effer makes it clear that he’s hoping the back rub leads shortly to a mutually acceptable exchange of front rubs. The door accidentally slips open and Sin sees Effer and Connie in a most compromising position; however, she thinks better about making a scene. Instead, she turns on her heel and races off just as Connie remembers she’s supposed to be a good girl and, thus, races back out the way she came—and just in the nick of time to avoid losing her "vertudes". Connie starts back towards the main house and sees La Senorita Sinthia angrily racing back on the path to the house just a few yards ahead. Suddenly Consuela remembers that tall tale tripping readily off Efrain’s ever-ready lips, that the scarf Connie found in Sin’s room was left while he was moving furniture for Sin, helping her find an expensive earring she’d dropped.
Maria finds RoHell in bed, not wanting to come down for dinner. She offers to give him his therapy session since Paula left her a drawing [dibujo] which shows her how to do the leg exercises. He refuses and says he sees no reason since he’ll never walk again. He calls Bruno to make sure that they haven’t missed something in the contract with Federico and to see if Bruno’s found AP yet. Bruno’s at dinner and takes a moment after hanging up to think about good times with Ana Paula. She’s got to come back, he tells himself, because his future happiness depends upon it.
Maria hands Oh-Hellio the letter that AP left her in her cookbook. Oh-Hell wants to read it cuz he’s sure it says something about him in it. He takes his medicine for Maria and she’s suddenly happy as a clam. He waits till Maria leaves before opening Paula’s letter.
“I can’t put up with it any longer, Maria! I fear that I won’t be able to control myself the next time he beats someone and that he’ll end up whipping me! I tried speaking with him but he was totally obnoxious. Make sure that he takes his medicine and that he continues his physical therapy.”
Oh-Hellio sighs sadly and tells himself that Paula must return to Hacienda Hell Fuerte.
AP and Gus are still at Fermin’s granddaughter’s (Melina) house. Paula is asleep on Gus’s shoulder while he chats up the girl’s mom, Carment, who turns out to be a widow. Gus says he’ll sleep on an easy chair. That means that AP will end up on the couch or something.
AP arrives home, her virginity in tact, with Gus. Rosaura is furious when Ana Paula returns though, especially with Gustavo in tow. She slaps her a good one across the chops without even giving her a chance to explain why she left or what she’dreally been doing with Gus. You’re a slut and an ungrateful girl! What are you doing with him??? Gus tries defending her from Tia Rosie. “--You stayed with this man?? You left a job like that without giving any explanation! You don’t do something like that! –Or did you have some other reason???“ “--Excuuuuuuse me, lady! You shouldn’t treat Ana that way! How about giving us a chance to explain? We didn’t do anything wrong! Rest assured we’ll continue the relationship, too!” Paula begs him to leave and to let her handle it alone. MentiRosie continues to ballyhoo and bellyache with much ado and phenomenally feigned disconsolation. “--How are we going to live no-oo-o-o-o-o-w-w-ww?” AP rubs her stinging cheek and looks trapped.
In what passes for downtown San Gabriel, Marcaria is chatting it up with a group of town gossips about the way she warned Ana Paula that none of the other nurses lasted and that she wouldn’t either when the café/store owner (and Marcaria’s husband? Boyfriend?) makes his machisto CYA move and chases them all away.
AP tries telling MentiaRosa that she has no idea what a hell it was working for that man. Rosie reminds her that Bruno told them it wouldn’t be a piece of cake [miel sobre hojuelas = lit. honey over puff pastry]. AP feels like pulling her hair out. “The man went over the limits with everyone!! I tried putting up with it—with him—but it was totally impossible!” Tuff nutz, Rosie tells her. She’s calling Bruno right away to come and get her.
Gus has lunch or something with his sis and tells her that he found the girl of his dreams again finally and she’s even more wonderful than he thought! They got along great, tho’ there is one problem, but he thinks that’ll get solved right away. He takes a call from David about the hotel project they’ve been working on and he’s got to get back to the office to discuss the project with him.
Rosie twists things purposely and blames AP for Sr. Mont-ogro’s rotten attitude in order to push Paula into feeling guilty and going back. AP tells her she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Anyway, AP is determined to find a nursing job there. Good luck with that, says Rosie. Dani tried that too. Know what she’s ended up doing? Working as a secretary somewhere!! Speaking of the Queen of Rome, in walks Dani and Mikey. Immediately Rosie starts complaining that AP left her job but doesn’t know what she’s in for. “—She left her job but doesn’t know how difficult things are. She thinks everything will magically work itself out! Hah!” Mikey says no biggy. The main thing is that she’s back home, safe and sound.
Rosie tells them that she’s calling Bruno to take her back. Rosie complains she’ll have a heart attack for real because of this spoiled brat. Ana Paula screams back essentially not in this life he won’t and stomps out with Dani running after her. MentiaRosa tells Mikey that his sister has changed. It must be because she’s started dating this guy that she spent some the last couple of days with. Certainly he took advantage of Ana Paula! She doesn’t have a boyfriend, says Mikey. No, she didn’t used to, but she does now, says Rosie. Mike’s incensed. “—Who is this man?? Tell me!!” (What’s it to you, anyway? You mental midget!)
Gus, now, is telling his big sis how he’s keeping the hotel project environmentally safe and she’s happy he’ll be providing plenty of (good-paying?) jobs to people. The best of it, says Gus, is that he’ll probably be promoted afterwards.
Dani asks AP if she’s refusing to return to work because the bossman’s such a dipsh!t or because she’d really rather stick around to hang out with this guy she’s just met. After AP describes him and the relationship (just like in the fairytales) Dani is certain she’s fallen in love. Fine, if that’s what love feels like, says Paula, I don’t want to stop feeling this way ever!
After listening to more of manipulative complaints about his lack of a backbone, Milktoast Mikey also feels like giving Paula grief about supposedly fooling around with Gus over the past two days. “—No guy is going to take advantage of my sister!” Rosie still plays dumb about what the guy’s name is and how his sister met him. She “begs” him not to go looking for a fight with him.
Ana says she’s got to have a chance to explain things, because, really, Gus and Mont-ogro are worlds apart in personality.
AP and Dani re-enter the house and Mikey stomps on her with both feet. Rosie rushes in and swears it’s not a lie! Has AP finally changed her mind? No! AP swears that she’s going to get a job as a nurse thro’ his sister who’s also a nurse, they see! Rosie says that she forbids Ana Paula from ever seeing that guy again!! AP can’t believe the way the two of them are treating her. It’s so totally unfair!!
Later, back at the office, David tells Gus that he can’t—no, he won’t--allow the company to lose money by wasting it on the expense of those water treatment plants Gus suggested he build as part of the construction project. Gus is totally undone. He can’t believe his boss would play so dirty! He specifically promised to put those treatment plants in for the fishermen “—I see you’re a dishonest man.” “—Open your eyes, Gustavo! It’s the law of survival of the fittest!” Gus can’t go back on his word to those fishermen. He insists that David’s going to make millions off this project no matter what. David tries to persuade Gus by reminding him he’d always thought of him as his right hand man and what a future he supposedly has. However, he’s got to follow company directives [politicas]. Gus just can’t. “—Then I’ll find myself another engineer who will follow this company’s policies.” Gus says he’ll think about it and walks out.
Rosie goes back to her old tricks, trying to get her niece to return to Rohellio’s dogmatic domicile and into Bruno’s waiting arms, and once the others have all left the living room, Rosie calls Bruno to come get her niece and take her back to Hell Fuerte.
Back at Hell Fuerte, Effer interrupts another argument about Sin needing her freedom to suggest RoHell get a river-water expert to consult with them about how to avoid the floods that are due to come soon. It’s flood season now. RoHell says he’s not ready to think about that. He’s got other business to attend to. Effer leaves. Sin giggles and asks if he’s thinking about getting another nurse now. Nope, he says. Sin knows full well he wants Paula back. Sin’s smile does a 180 flip.
Gus complains to his sister that he won’t betray his principles or the fishermen no matter how much money he’s been offered. Big Nursing Sis says good for him!
At Ana Paula’s meanwhile, Mikey asks Tia Rosie why she is so preoccupied with money these days. She must know that they won’t leave her wanting. Ana returns with her graduation certificate from the nursing school at that point. She’s thrilled to be back in time to graduate with her classmates. Rosie tries throwing a damper on the mini-celebration and says without work what does it matter. AP says she’s put up a notice at school and she’ll try getting a job “through Gustavo’s sister”. Mikey’s eyebrows raise at the mention of the name “Gustavo.” AP is going to her graduation and then afterwards, celebrate with her classmates. Yeah? Well I suppose they charge for tickets and such, don’t they? Yes, says Ana. Well, since we don’t have money for any of that, get there any way you see fit to. Mikey and AP roll their eyes at each other.
MentiRosie complains that night to Elena about her problems with her niece. Elena reminds her she’d better not tell her the same story about no money to pay for that ring!
At the same time, Vainessa and Elsa (aka Elsie La Vaca?) are grousing at each other about her divorcing Esteban and moving back home. Well, at least this should count for something then, Elsie must figure. “—Will you get Rogelio to renew the contract with your father?” Nope! The two are not going to be doing bidness any longer, chides Nessa. Mama Elsie for once has nothing left to say.
Rosie arrives home as AP comes back out of her bedroom. She immediately hides the ring behind something on the end table in the living room. AP still hasn’t changed her mind. Well, it’s just that they owe so much money now to Sr. Mont-ogro. Don’t worry, she’s paying him back in payments—and will continue…..somehow. Rosie then lies to Ana Paula that the doctor has said that she can’t work any longer supporting them “because of my heart condition.” She’s had to quit her job (which begs the question, did Rosie ever really have a job?) Ana Paula is “Oh Noes!” impactada at the horrible news.
Bruno arrives at AP’s house soon after to discuss Ro-Hellio’s proposition with her. He tells her that RoHell is prepared to triple her salary if she’ll return to Hell Fuerte as his nurse. Ana Paula refuses to be bought like that. MentiRosie screams at her from behind to “see reason [entrar de razón]!”
Bruno asks to speak with AP alone. He reminds her how sick her aunt is and then asks if she understands what will happen to him if he returns without her. Too bad, she knows she owes him a big debt of gratitude, but she won’t be able to help him out here. Just the thought of that bully gives her fits! He promises to protect her from him. (Ha! That’s rich, since he can’t even protect himself from ol’ RoHell!) She has an idea, then. Well, ok, but this is what I want.
Bruno returns to Hacienda Hell Fuerte without AP. Sure enough, RoHellio explodes with anger. “—Just what does that brat think? Nobody puts conditions on me!! Go find another nurse!!”
Gus and AP spend the afternoon together at the park. Ana Paula confesses to Gus that she doesn’t want to leave Tuxtla since she’d rather stay and be close to him and her family. He promises to get her a job interview with his sister, Mercedes, and jokes about it helping to earn him a few points with Tia Rosie if she gets hired. They enjoy a very bland and innocent smooch. Yawn! (OMG! Is it just me and my personal preferences? Or, have I after all these years simply been jaded by having seen too much of the deliciously decadent degenerates enjoying their verbal foreplay to be truly interested in this pair of goodie two-shoes?) She tells him about Bruno coming with the offer to triple her salary. Gus is impressed, but she says it only shows what a jerk the guy really is. She explains how she put conditions on her return and is certain they are conditions RoHellio will never agree to.
Gus asks if he is invited to her graduation. Pau has to explain she doesn’t have the money to buy him a ticket. He insists buying tickets for her as a graduation gift. Ok. Thanks! What hospital is it? Hospital Civil. Really? That where his sis works! She’ll no doubt be at the graduation then. She’s heard so much about Pau and is dying to meet her! BTW, she just happens to work there as the head nurse! What a coinkydink!! He’s such a terrific guy! He says he hopes she’ll think that of him always because he plans to stay that way for her every day of her life. Another bland, yawner of a kiss ensues.
That morning RoHell explodes; this time because he has changed his mind and wants all his meals served in the dining room again.
In the kitchen, Consuelo nags a bit at Effer about whether he really doesn’t have any other girls he’s going out with. He swears he isn’t and even if he were, well, Don Ro-Hell doesn’t like the help fraternizing. But yeah, he loves her, totally! Effer smooches our naïve kitchen maid to prove his “fidelity” so called. Maria walks in on the two of them and Connie races out to serve the meal. Maria runs Effer out of the kitchen and reminds him to get cracking cuz RoHell woke up in a bad mood. Effer puts his hat on and starts out the door. “—When doesn’t he, huh?”
Pau comes back home and tells Rosie that Gus bought her graduation tickets. For the whole family, asks Rosie. Pau never asked and doesn’t know. Doesn’t matter, says Tia, considering she doesn’t even have a nice dress to wear to it. Well, if Tia doesn’t, says Pau, she certainly won’t either.
Later, while serving breakfast, Consuelo naively asks Don Rohellio permission to date Efrain. Sinthia nearly chokes on her chorizo at that one. Ro-Hell naturally refuses.
Pau mentions Gus’s sis being there at the graduation and her being able to meet her. She’s certain she’ll hire her. But, whines Rosie, when will you ever have a chance to return to work at Hell Fuerte, then? That’s not going to happen, Auntie, Pau assures her. No way, no how! She only told Bruno what she did to get him out of the way; and she put conditions on her return—conditions she’s sure RoHellio Mont-ogro will never agree to, she brags.
At Hacienda Hell Fuerte, Bruno and Ro-Hell are discussing the soon-to-be caput contract with Vainessa’s daddy. Bruno asks Ro-Hell if he’s certain he wants him to look for another nurse. Curiosity finally gets the better of RoHellio and he asks Bruno what Paula’s two conditions were. Bruno tells him that the first is that he asks her forgiveness. RoHell starts laughing his ass off. “Easier for me to be struck by lightning!“ [Más fácil que me parta un rayo ahora mismo]. “—Besides, the only woman who could demand an apology from me was my mother and she’s been buried for years now!” The second condition, says Bruno solemnly, is that he not beat his employees again. Now that gets RoHell’s attention. His expression turns serious as a heart attack. “--Impossible! Paula is unbelievable!”
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El Mundo de Telemundo, week of January 16, 2012: Discuss Amongst Yourselves!
LA CASA DE AL LADO – as of Friday
In the beginning. this show was delicious. There was so much nervous energy, so much sly malice, so many people we loved to hate. It was great fun trying to guess what crazy secrets would be revealed from one night to the next. And then there were the stylized and stylish sets, each one with its own story to tell. Now, with Relaciones peligrosas slated to begin on January 24, we Caseros are feeling stuffed. The meal should have ended hours ago but they just keep serving new courses, anything to keep the Dish Latino full.
I for one am ready to retire to the study for cognac, cigars and a dénouement worthy of Hercule Poirot.
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Let’s take a look at Friday’s episode. Apparently it’s not quite time to break out the brandy snifters. Sigh.
Et tu Pilar?
Gonzaki sees the microphone in Pilar's jacket and realizes that she has tricked him into confessing. She has betrayed him! He allows her and her children to get out of the car; and then he drives off, completely shattered.
McJustice is served
Emilio delivers the recording of Gonzo’s confession to Javier. In record time, Javier obtains a court order for Carola’s immediate release from prison. A warrant is issued for Gonzalo’s arrest. His apartment swarms with uniformed cops; another team raids the house he co-opted in the country.
Meanwhile, Carola pays a visit to Renato’s grave. So many things were left unsaid between them; her father died disappointed in her for a crime she didn’t commit. She vows that Gonzaki will pay!
She finally makes her way back to the Conde apartment and into Eva’s welcoming embrace. But she’s there only briefly – she has to go to Pilar’s house to thank her personally for everything she has done for her.
Nibaldo brings Rebeca to her sister’s house where, at last, she is comfortably ensconced in smooth linens, her head propped on a soft white pillow. Everyone is thrilled to see she has made some progress towards recovery -- now she is moving her arms and saying more words -- despite the neglect verging on torture she has suffered over the last several months.
Rebeca struggles to tell them about Gonzalo but Pilar explains that the Mora brothers' secret is out and the police know all about it. Pilar also reveals the existence of her own evil twin, Raquel, and the deaths she has caused -- including the loss that seems to affect Rebeca the most -- that of Renato Conde. Finally, Nibaldo, Hilda and the kids leave Pilar, Cecilia and Rebeca alone so they can talk.
Diego and Andrea wander nervously downstairs. They are even more spooked when they notice the front door is ajar. Apparently they still haven’t posted the “No solicitors or murderers” sign
because we see the shadow, the black shoes and trousers ... the peri-homicidal tilt of the head. It’s Gonzalo and he’s out for blood.
Comic Relief No One is In The Mood For
Karen, gotten up in a black spangly figure-hugging tux cum leotard and towering stilettos, shows up on Eva’s doorstep. She turns on her boombox and wiggles her assets, as large as Michoacán. She has heard that Eva is in the star-making business, it seems. If Nibaldo, then why not Karen? Eva finally gets her to leave by saying she can't make any promises but she'll see what she can do. Karen takes that as a firm commitment -- she's on her way to the top!
Is Javier becoming a mensch? He is modest about his contribution to Carola’s release – all he did was deliver the judicial papers -- and generous in giving credit to Pilar and Emilio. Everyone is struck by how much he seems to have changed.
Cecilia’s heart is as black as her eyeliner
When she is alone with Pilar and Rebeca, she finally spills the beans about why she gave Raquel away. It was all Rebeca’s mother’s fault! The bitch expected alimony and child support! It’s expensive enough to raise one child but when Ceci found she was expecting twins ... well! That’s when her cleaning lady gave her the idea of giving one of the babies away ...
Pilar’s cell phone sounds and she walks out of the room to take the call.
Rebeca is left alone with Ceci. She has no choice but to listen to this self-serving tale in stony silence.
The Night is Crawling with Monsters
Pilar recognizes the call is from Gonzalo ... but why doesn’t he say anything? She doesn’t realize he is standing right behind her. Holding a gun. He raises it and aims ... but quickly ducks out of sight when Cecilia, guessing that the call is from Gonzo, comes downstairs after Pilar.
Gonzaki listens as Pilar tells Cecilia how she feels: It broke her heart to see his pain -- and his pain was very real -- when he understood that she had betrayed him. His face crumples and he snot-cries.
Pilar heads over to la casa de al lado to thank Javier for bringing Rebeca back to her and getting Carola out of jail. (Interestingly, she’s talking like Pilar but she’s dressed kind of Raquelishly – tight red pants, sparkly gold top, big hoop earrings.)
Gonzaki follows her out and watches through the wrought-iron fence de al lado. He sees Pilar enter and then, a moment later, sees Javier go inside. Luckily he can’t hear Pilar tell Javier he has turned into the man she fell in love with so many years ago – ¡Qué bueno encontrarme con él una vez más! (How good it is to meet up with him again!)
Adolfael is on the move
He has nothing against Cecilia and he kind of likes Pilar. But Raquel wants him to bring her Cecilia so that’s what he’ll do. Cuz he and Raquel, they're a team.
Ceci is pouring herself a drink when she hears a door open. Is Pilar back already? She’s surprised to find the door wide open. Aha! It’s that bastard, Gonzalo! Show your face or I’m calling the police, says our booze-emboldened Cecilia.
Adolfael has heard enough. Blah blah blah, he mocks in disgust. No soy Gonzalo – soy su hermano, he says, as he presses his gun into the back of her neck. But wait! Carola Conde is on her way to the Casa Ruiz! Will she be Cecilia’s salvation?
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Fans of Una Maid and Flor -- your turn!
In the beginning. this show was delicious. There was so much nervous energy, so much sly malice, so many people we loved to hate. It was great fun trying to guess what crazy secrets would be revealed from one night to the next. And then there were the stylized and stylish sets, each one with its own story to tell. Now, with Relaciones peligrosas slated to begin on January 24, we Caseros are feeling stuffed. The meal should have ended hours ago but they just keep serving new courses, anything to keep the Dish Latino full.
I for one am ready to retire to the study for cognac, cigars and a dénouement worthy of Hercule Poirot.
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Let’s take a look at Friday’s episode. Apparently it’s not quite time to break out the brandy snifters. Sigh.
Et tu Pilar?
Gonzaki sees the microphone in Pilar's jacket and realizes that she has tricked him into confessing. She has betrayed him! He allows her and her children to get out of the car; and then he drives off, completely shattered.
McJustice is served
Emilio delivers the recording of Gonzo’s confession to Javier. In record time, Javier obtains a court order for Carola’s immediate release from prison. A warrant is issued for Gonzalo’s arrest. His apartment swarms with uniformed cops; another team raids the house he co-opted in the country.
Meanwhile, Carola pays a visit to Renato’s grave. So many things were left unsaid between them; her father died disappointed in her for a crime she didn’t commit. She vows that Gonzaki will pay!
She finally makes her way back to the Conde apartment and into Eva’s welcoming embrace. But she’s there only briefly – she has to go to Pilar’s house to thank her personally for everything she has done for her.
Nibaldo brings Rebeca to her sister’s house where, at last, she is comfortably ensconced in smooth linens, her head propped on a soft white pillow. Everyone is thrilled to see she has made some progress towards recovery -- now she is moving her arms and saying more words -- despite the neglect verging on torture she has suffered over the last several months.
Rebeca struggles to tell them about Gonzalo but Pilar explains that the Mora brothers' secret is out and the police know all about it. Pilar also reveals the existence of her own evil twin, Raquel, and the deaths she has caused -- including the loss that seems to affect Rebeca the most -- that of Renato Conde. Finally, Nibaldo, Hilda and the kids leave Pilar, Cecilia and Rebeca alone so they can talk.
Diego and Andrea wander nervously downstairs. They are even more spooked when they notice the front door is ajar. Apparently they still haven’t posted the “No solicitors or murderers” sign
because we see the shadow, the black shoes and trousers ... the peri-homicidal tilt of the head. It’s Gonzalo and he’s out for blood.
Comic Relief No One is In The Mood For
Karen, gotten up in a black spangly figure-hugging tux cum leotard and towering stilettos, shows up on Eva’s doorstep. She turns on her boombox and wiggles her assets, as large as Michoacán. She has heard that Eva is in the star-making business, it seems. If Nibaldo, then why not Karen? Eva finally gets her to leave by saying she can't make any promises but she'll see what she can do. Karen takes that as a firm commitment -- she's on her way to the top!
Is Javier becoming a mensch? He is modest about his contribution to Carola’s release – all he did was deliver the judicial papers -- and generous in giving credit to Pilar and Emilio. Everyone is struck by how much he seems to have changed.
Cecilia’s heart is as black as her eyeliner
When she is alone with Pilar and Rebeca, she finally spills the beans about why she gave Raquel away. It was all Rebeca’s mother’s fault! The bitch expected alimony and child support! It’s expensive enough to raise one child but when Ceci found she was expecting twins ... well! That’s when her cleaning lady gave her the idea of giving one of the babies away ...
Pilar’s cell phone sounds and she walks out of the room to take the call.
Rebeca is left alone with Ceci. She has no choice but to listen to this self-serving tale in stony silence.
The Night is Crawling with Monsters
Pilar recognizes the call is from Gonzalo ... but why doesn’t he say anything? She doesn’t realize he is standing right behind her. Holding a gun. He raises it and aims ... but quickly ducks out of sight when Cecilia, guessing that the call is from Gonzo, comes downstairs after Pilar.
Gonzaki listens as Pilar tells Cecilia how she feels: It broke her heart to see his pain -- and his pain was very real -- when he understood that she had betrayed him. His face crumples and he snot-cries.
Pilar heads over to la casa de al lado to thank Javier for bringing Rebeca back to her and getting Carola out of jail. (Interestingly, she’s talking like Pilar but she’s dressed kind of Raquelishly – tight red pants, sparkly gold top, big hoop earrings.)
Gonzaki follows her out and watches through the wrought-iron fence de al lado. He sees Pilar enter and then, a moment later, sees Javier go inside. Luckily he can’t hear Pilar tell Javier he has turned into the man she fell in love with so many years ago – ¡Qué bueno encontrarme con él una vez más! (How good it is to meet up with him again!)
Adolfael is on the move
He has nothing against Cecilia and he kind of likes Pilar. But Raquel wants him to bring her Cecilia so that’s what he’ll do. Cuz he and Raquel, they're a team.
Ceci is pouring herself a drink when she hears a door open. Is Pilar back already? She’s surprised to find the door wide open. Aha! It’s that bastard, Gonzalo! Show your face or I’m calling the police, says our booze-emboldened Cecilia.
Adolfael has heard enough. Blah blah blah, he mocks in disgust. No soy Gonzalo – soy su hermano, he says, as he presses his gun into the back of her neck. But wait! Carola Conde is on her way to the Casa Ruiz! Will she be Cecilia’s salvation?
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Fans of Una Maid and Flor -- your turn!
Labels: casa-lado, flor-salvaje, maid, telemundo
Friday, January 13, 2012
Una Familia Con Suerte #77-78 Thu 1/12/12 Everyone wants to get the truth or get lucky; no one succeeds.
Tomcat and Peppy chat about their love lives or lack thereof on the Avon steps. The police arrive and arrest Pep for kidnapping Moni. Celeste runs in to alert her.
Meanwhile, in the office, Moany asks Enzo why he lied to her about her mother. Before he can answer, Sandra interrupts with news of the arrest. Moany yells at her dad and says he’s selfish and she hates him.
Moany tries to explain things to the poli, to no avail. She yells at Enzo some more and demands the truth, but again is interrupted when Pancho shows up. Pancho and Enz practice their martial arts on each other. Despite Enzo’s six-pack abs and all, Pancho seems to be the victor. Samson effect?
Over at ChachoNet, Lupita thinks Elena should be more worried about Tom el Tomado’s drinking. Alex drives up, somehow having forgotten to wear his swell new shirt, and smooches Loopy. Hellena is muy celosa and thought-bubbles that Loopy is two-faced.
Candy got the deal to do a pilot for a show. Ana will help her produce it.
Down at the station, Moany tries to explain things to the uncooperative desk officer. Enzo says he’s going to charge Pancho with assault, too. They start to brawl again. The officer reminds them he’s jailed them for this behavior before. Moany gives her ID to the officer and says she went away with Peppy willingly and let the record show that it was MARVELOUS.
Chela arrives and goes all Mama Bear on Enzo and slaps him. He just stands there impassively regarding her. Chilly says he doesn’t love his daughter; he doesn’t even know what love is and he will end up alone. Moany agrees and tears run down Enzo’s face. She says she doesn’t want to see her heartless lying father ever again.
Doc Cuckoo tells Vice it is imperative to his recovery that he get intimate with Pina TODAY.
Peppy, Moany, and the others are back at the big house. Pancho asks her what she meant about the lies. Moany explains she just found out her mother is alive, and she doesn’t know why her dad lied about it.
Pina asks herself why she’s wasted so much time with Vice when she could have been someone like Margaret Thatcher or Angela Merkel; she has the abilities. Not the role models I would have expected for Pina. She is full of surprises. Vice arrives with a bag from some fancy place and a bottle of champagne. Pina’s political ambitions will have to wait. Vice carries her to bed and they both awkwardly try to act seductive. It is hilarious.
Not much later, Pina lounges on the bed in red marabou while Vice directs Adoración to set a romantic table. Ado is confused. Vice asks if he needs to repeat everything like a parrot. Pina confides to Abejita that she may be getting a new little sibling. Vice and Pina drink champagne and dance to jazz music. They almost kiss, but Ado arrives with matches for the candles.
Later, too much later for Pina’s liking, she is trying to get things moving a little faster. Vice unbuttons his shirt…the candles burn down…and FF to Vice in bed with the sheets pulled up to his chin, insisting that this has never happened to him before; it must have atrophied. The candle goes out; no nooky for Pina yet again.
Enzo drinks and cries and replays Chilly’s yelling. Moany arrives and says she wants the whole truth. He won’t tell her, so she says she’ll find out for herself and starts packing a suitcase. Monica cries and leaves; Enzo cries and says he can never let her know the truth.
Pancho tells Rebe what went down. She’s cold, so he turns on the fire to heat her up. They roast sausages over the flames and things start getting heated in general, but the doorbell rings. It’s Moany. Pancho tells Peppy to take her to a guest room.
Pina tries to discuss the problemito and thinks Vice should get the little blue pills, but he refuses. He says SHE must be the problem, because this has never happened to him with anyone else. Say WHAT?!
Adoración tries to comfort Pina and asks what she can do. Pina says not Flores de Bach, nor those de Beethoven nor even Mozart, can help her. Vice is a cheater cheater pumpkin eater. Or Candy. Or something. Ado says that isn’t exactly news. Pina erupts. She KNEW?! And didn’t say anything? The betrayal!!! Tell the truth! Ado swills champagne for courage…then leaves Pina alone with her suffering and no information.
Chilla washes and massages Pancho’s feet, as everyone does for their brothers-in-law. Except those who aren’t pathetic weirdo stalkers. He’s worried he’ll screw up at work and lose everything. She says he will never ever lose HER. Punchy tells her he feels guilty that she’s spent so much of her life taking care of his kids instead of forming her own family. He wants her to try to find someone. She says she’s never leaving him and will lurve him 4eva. Then she lip-assaults him. Pinchy looks pained.
Next day: Pancho and Rebe spend their office time flirting as usual, until Pancho mentions playing footsie with Chela and Rebe gets irritated and asks how he’d like it if she did that with some guy who lived in her house. Pancho says he doesn’t think she should be upset, then in practically the same breath mentions that Chela says she’ll always be in love with him and will never leave. Surprisingly, this does not help.
Back at the house, Moany tells Peppy she thought about her mother all night. Peppy thinks it’s good news that her mom is alive, but Moany isn’t convinced, because that means she abandoned her. Peppy agrees to help her find her mom. She asks him to join her new Avon car-racing promotion thing. He’ll do it under an alias, Sirenito. Later they work on designing the graphics for his car.
Rebe meets with Fernanda about the award thing, zzzzzz.
Pancho has a new speech coach who stutters. Later he and Rebe work on his biography and she offers up a lot of flattering descriptions of him, zzzzzzz.
The three Pesketeers bicker. Enzo tells them Moany left but he can’t tell her the truth because it would make her suffer. He’s not sure what she can find out; the matrilineal surname he gave Moni is fake. Vins points out that she is already suffering a great deal. Sandra comes in fully clothed in black from neck to wrist to ankle and announces she is fed up with being treated as a sexual object.
Arnoldo visits Ana at the house and asks her to be the face of the new Avon product. I hope it’s an anti-wrinkle cream. Ana doesn’t want to do it. “Doble. Whats. Por. Qué?!” is Arni’s response. Then he tries to find out what is up with the program she and Candy are working on.
Evening. Pina, Vice, and Arnoldo are at the freshly-plumbed casa with a tuxedoed waiter helping out since Ado isn’t feeling well. Inés arrives and calls the place a pigsty. Hey, do pigsties have new pipes?! Pina compliments her appearance, and Inés says she can’t return the sentiment. Ado runs in with some wine. Inés tells her to get lost, so she runs off to puke.
Inés says she would spend everything she has to ruin Fernanda. She says if Vins is voted businessman of the year, he can become president of Avon (how?) and then they can merge it with Belle Corpo and buh-bye Fernanda. Meanwhile, Arni tells Pina he will try to find out what Candy is up to.
Loopy tells Ana if she is on billboards and posters maybe Frauddie will pay attention to her. Yep, paper-thin is probably about the amount of depth Frauddie looks for in a dame.
At Avon, Can-do Candy’s show is being set up. Ana asks who’s paying for it and producer Ortíz says he is, because he loves Can-do. She gently tells him they can only be professional friends. Ana powders Candy’s cleavage. The show starts, and her first guest is some wrestler, Cibernético. She feels him up and flirts a lot. Yes, this is a groundbreaking program. He says he used to be monogamous but he converted to Islam and now needs seven wives or some such. The program seems to be a success.
Ana gets permission from Pancho to do the ad campaign. He doesn’t trust Arnoldo, owing to the company he keeps, so he will keep an eye on things.
Ado is very sick. Pina sends her to bed and says she’ll call the doctor. Later, Pina freaks out because she needs to go to Vice’s coronation, but Ado is sick so there is no one to take care of Abejita. Oh, well, no one will notice if she isn’t there. Frauddie offers to stay with her and starts to say with actual concern that she’s seemed kind of down lately, but Vins rushes him out the door to the big event.
The López clan is also all dressed up. Chacho is wowed by Chela but she only has googly eyes for Pancho.
Fernando goes to Rebe’s apartment and tells her that Inés has bought off one of the voters who is bankrupt. She wants Rebe to go to him and offer double.
Abeja is having issues, and Pina thinks she’s in labor. She calls the doc and rushes to get the kit and panics because she’s all alone. Time to call in Tomcat el plomero?
Tomorrow: The big awards, and then Rebeca see Chela smooch Pancho.
Labels: familia
La Que No Podía Amar #9 Thursday 1/12/12 The Woman Who Couldn't Get Away Fast Enough
So, Paula's gone, but she left a goodbye note for Rogelio. He backs away from the breakfast table for the tiny bit of privacy that affords: "Dear Numbskull, hey, I tried to talk to you, but nooo. I'm not putting this job above my dignity and you've been a total ass. I'll pay you back the money you used to pay off Bruno, starting with this month's salary, but you're not the boss of me no more! I'm too nice not to end things on a positive note, so, puppies, butterflies, go be happy. Kisses, AP." Rogelio crumples up the letter. Bruno walks in and Rogelio greets him by telling him that Ana Paula has left and he wants Bruno to get her back, ASAP!
Out in Boca del Cielo, Gustavo calls David and lets him know things are all ready, but there's a fishing village nearby. They're worried about the water from the hotel contaminating their fishing waters. He's talked to them and they are ok after hearing about the water treatment process, but one of them will be unofficially supervising the work. David doesn't really care, he just wants to get started on this multimillion-dollar project, ASAP! (No wonder he gets along with Rogelio!) Gustavo gets praised for going the extra mile to get things done, which is exactly why David sent him out there.
The bus Ana Paula was traveling on has broken down. They don't know how long it will be before another bus comes along that can pick them up. Our plucky heroine drags her pigeons and her luggage away from the bus.
Rogelio starts taking his anger out on Maria and Cinthia and says they'd better hope Ana Paula comes back, especially Cinthia since she'll be the one stuck taking care of him. He demands Cinthia take him out to the terrace and they meet Margarito on the way. Rogelio starts interrogating him, insisting he knows when Ana Paula left and where she want, but Margarito doesn't know. Efrain interrupts the torture session and says "ya estuvo, patron" (that's enough, boss). He tells Rogelio that he went to town to run an errand and he took the nurse. He's almost bragging about it and that earns him a lashing from Rogelio. Cinthia tries, ineffectively, to intervene.
Gustavo is driving down the road when he sees the broken down bus, and Ana Paula standing by the side of the road in her sweet little pink dress. Hey, AP, is that a broken down bus, or are you just happy to see me?
Cinthia is cradling Efrain in her arms and yelling at Rogelio that it's not Efrain's fault! "He should have asked my permission before taking her anywhere!" Efrain gets the hell out of there, leaving Cinthia to get manhandled by Rogelio again. He yells at her not to question his authority in front of the help or he'll conveniently forget she's his sister. Um, and that would be different how?
Gustavo and Ana Paula are just sooo happy to see each other again. Gustavo says he was going to find some pretty place to hang out and he'd like her to join him. Especially since they never did get their date.
Bruno calls Rosaura, trying to find out where Paula is. He tells Rosaura that she abandoned her post and didn't even talk to him about it. Rosaura whines about losing the money. She assumes that Ana Paula must be headed back to the house. She hesitates to agree to let Bruno know when she gets home, but eventually does and asks him to also let her know if he hears anything. As soon as she gets off the phone, she starts cursing Ana Paula for a fool. "Don't even think I'm going to work again because of you!"
Ana Paula is trying to call her loving aunt, but there's no signal. Gustavo suggests they try to call her from the next town. I roll my eyes at their small talk about the pigeons.
Margarito goes crying to Maria about his mistreatment at Rogelio's hands. He snuck in her window last night and saw her crying and telling the pigeons that if the boss smacks everyone else around, sooner or later it will be her turn, so she'd rather leave before that happens. Margarito agreed she should leave and go back to her family, who loves her.
Gustavo asks why she quit her job. She says she couldn't handle her patient and thinks it would have driven her crazy to stay. The only one she'll miss is Margarito.
Cinthia tends to Efrain's wounds. He cries that he figured the boss had fired her, just like all the others. How was he supposed to know she quit? Cinthia calls her a "maldita esquincla" (damn brat) and says she got Rogelio even more upset than usual. Efrain figures he'll take it out on them. Cinthia didn't even see him get that bad over Vanessa. She feels bad about Rogelio hitting him. "Oh? Why should you care? I'm just one more worker who smells of cow. I heard you talking." Cinthia gets a little weepy and says even if they're never going to have a serious relationship, she does care about him and it hurts her to see him like this. They cry on each other's shoulders.
Bruno lets Rogelio know that her aunt didn't even know she'd left. "What do you want her back for?" "Because no one leaves here without my say-so!" Bruno laments that he thought Paula was more professional than that, but she does have a grouchy streak. Rogelio tells him to offer her double her salary, even triple if he has to, but he wants Paula back! Bruno grins speculatively.
Gustavo took Ana Paula back to Boca del Cielo. He's covering her eyes as they walk along the sand. She can hear the ocean, which she's never seen. He uncovers her eyes and she's predictably enchanted. Well, I mean, it is the ocean. Gustavo laughs about how water has always brought them together--first the river and now the ocean.
Bruno points out to Rogelio that he's never taken such an interest in an employee before. Rogelio sticks to his story--he just wants to make sure everyone knows that he's the boss, damnit! He demands that Bruno go to Tuxtla, so as soon as she gets there, Bruno will be waiting for her.
Gustavo tells Ana Paula she can probably call home from the fishermen's co-op. As they're walking in that direction, they meet up with Fermin. He's in a hurry to get to his granddaughter, who cut her hand on a piece of glass some careless tourist left on the beach. Well, isn't it luck, then, that Ana Paula is a nurse, so she can win the crotchety old guy over (and the cute little pink dress probably won't hurt). He tells them she's bleeding a lot and they all head out to see her.
Margarito is worried about Rogelio being angry with him. She distracts him by telling him to bring her the "libro de recetas" (RECIPE book, dear captioner, not "book of receipts") and reading her one. Margarito finds a letter tucked in the book and recognizes Ana Paula's handwriting. "Maria, I can't take it anymore! I know the next time Rogelio hurts anyone, I won't be able to take it and he'll end up hitting me. I tried to talk to him, but all I got in return was rudeness. I'm going, but please don't let him stop taking his medicine. And I hope you can convince him to continue with his physiotherapy." Margarito comments that Ana Paula is a good person, and worries about the boss. "Yes. And here I was starting to think that because of her, we'd get the old Rogelio back. But it looks like that won't happen."
Ana Paula treats little Melina's cut. She thinks a bandage will be sufficient and she won't need stitches. Fermin tells them that ever since his son died, he and his daughter-in-law have been raising Melina. Ana Paula finishes bandaging her hand and praises her for being brave. Fermin is searching his pockets with something to pay Ana Paula with. Ana Paula insists it was her pleasure, but being a wise man Fermin says "I'm glad it was your pleasure, but work is work and it must be paid for." Ana Paula and Gustavo both continue in their refusal to accept his money and Gustavo says he has another idea about how Fermin might pay.
Fermin takes Gustavo and Ana Paula out to fish. They horse around a bit too much in the boat for my taste before getting to the fishing. Fermin doesn't seem to mind. They appear to be using shrimp as bait. Gustavo says live bait is the only way to go. He gets behind Paula with his arms around her to show her how to do the thing with the fishing pole…yeah, obviously I don't fish. Casting? Is that what it's called? Anyway, as she's, uh, handling his rod, I begin to wonder if there's any sport that doesn't present a viable backside-to-crotch teaching opportunity? Pobre de Fermin for having to watch this up close! "Are you sure you know how to fish?" There's lots of giggling and rocking the boat, in a perfectly clean and innocent way, given Fermin's watchful eyes.
They get back to shore and Ana Paula thanks Fermin for taking them out so she can show Gustavo that women are quick learners. Fermin tells Gustavo you've gotta be nice to the ladies, but careful too, cause they're smart and one day when you least expect it…"What?"…"Eh, nothing. Just saying." He hands them their catch and Gustavo says it's time to cook them. "What? You think engineers are only good for doing calculations?" Fermin begs off and says he's got to get home. Gustavo offers him the biggest fish to take home. "I'll accept, but only if you accept some advice from me. There aren't a lot of girls like this one. If you've got her, don't let her go." Gustavo won't tell Ana Paula what he said.
Vanessa is thrilled to hear that Ana Paula left. Cinthia's glad she's gone too, but upset that Rogelio smacked Efrain around because of it. Vanessa noticed those looks the other day and teases Cinthia about her concern. She tries to cover by saying "that peon" could have turned around and taken it out on her if she didn't show some concern. Vanessa doesn't buy it.
Dany is hanging around with Miguel, but just for a bit. She hates to leave her boss alone. She feels sorry for him and says he seems like a nice guy, but it makes her think that there's really no point to having a lot of money. What's it good for? "All he does is fight with his wife, his daughter's far away…she does whatever she wants, and there he is all alone." Miguel acts a little jealous and Dany laughs at him. "Please, he could be my dad!" "But he's not! You can trust men! You told me his wife is jealous, right? There must be a reason." Dany says she thinks the wife is just a grouch. She doesn't want to talk about her boss anymore, she wants to talk about them. Miguel won't drop it, though, and says it's odd that he hired her just like that. "Are you freaking kidding me?" "Shyeah! I don't like you being near other guys!" "Don't be an insecure chump. You're my guy. Now get over here and kiss me!" And you know what? The dumbass won't do it! Seriously, Miguel…we knew you weren't the sharpest tool in the shed, but this is just ridiculous!
Rosaura complains to the jewelry lady about what a terrible girl Ana Paula is being. She regrets ever telling her sister she'd take care of her kids. "Oh, don't say that! Children are always a blessing. Who else will take care of us when we're old? Besides, she left you the money Federico left her." "It didn't last. That's why I'm so angry that she left her job, just like that. She's been too spoiled, but I'm not letting her get away with it!"
Gustavo cooks the fish on a spit over an open flame. Ana Paula waxes rhapsodic about her pigeons. They mate for life. Isn't it romantic. Gustavo's parents have been together for 32 years and they still love each other. Ana Paula says once she finds love, she's not letting it go. I'm unmoved by all their loveyness. It's just so…bland!
Rogelio stews. Vanessa comes into his office to ooze all over it. She talks smack about Ana Paula. "But don't worry…I'll take care of you." Rogelio appears to be won over by her neck massage.
Ana Paula tells Gustavo they've got to go. It's getting late and she still hasn't been able to call home yet. They talk about the pigeons some more. If you love someone, set them free, etc.
"I can take care of you better than any nurse, because I've known you for years. You'll see what a good time we have." "I need a professional nurse, and you're not one." Vanessa whines and begs, but Rogelio tells her that her little game won't get her anywhere. He won't renegotiate with her father.
Fly free, pigeons. Thanks for the memories. Ana Paula gets weepy about how she loves them and wants them to be happy. They release the pigeons, Ana Paula cries, smoochies. Meh.
Vanessa is practically crying with rage. She complains to Maria, who won't stop calling her "Mrs. Vanessa." "I called you by your first name when you were Cinthia's friend, and the boss' fiancée. But now you're a married woman and I need to keep my distance." She whines that she's getting divorced for Rogelio, but he barely acknowledges her. Maria reminds her that Rogelio was really hurt when she left. "Payback's a bitch." Vanessa yells at Maria, calling her nothing more than a servant and Rogelio comes in right then and tells her to shut it! "She's not a servant, she's the woman who raised me and you don't get to walk in here and insult anyone, especially not her. Now, apologize!" Heh!
Ana Paula and Gustavo stop kissing and he apologizes for doing it. You're sorry? No, I'm sorry I had to watch it! This relationship is like a can of watery tomatoes and I want some freaking salsa! Gustavo tells her she's soooo pretty. As pretty on the inside as on the outside. Ana Paula hasn't been this happy in a long time, but she thinks he's moving too fast. Gustavo doesn't think time is important, it's about feeling. "I've never felt this before!" Ana Paula still hesitates. She wants to go slow. Gustavo can live with that, as long as he gets to be close to her. They hug. YAWN!
Vanessa can't believe the way Rogelio is treating her. He still insists on an apology or she can leave the hacienda forever. Maria tries to say it's no problem, but Rogelio says she can either apologize or leave. Cinthia walks in and asks what's wrong. "Rogelio doesn't want me to take care of him," says Vanessa, and walks out, Cinthia hot on her heels. Maria is awed that Rogelio defended her. "You don't know what that means to me, son. I love you. I love you as if you were my own son. That's why it hurts to see you suffering." Rogelio has had enough and tells her she's being too sensitive and cut it out. But Maria knows Rogelio's just a big softy.
Dany is still at work when Miguel comes in. He looks like he's trying to get a look at the boss. Dany panics, saying he knows the boss' wife is very picky and he's going to get her into trouble. He shows her the rose he's holding behind his back, but she still thinks he's just there checking up on her. Federico comes out of his office to ask Dany what's going on.
Gustavo drives Ana Paula into town. He offers to buy something to eat for the trip. Ana Paula admits she's broke, but Gustavo insists on buying some mangos. Ana Paula gives in and suggests the vendor give them some napkins as well. Melina's mom comes running up saying she looked all over for them…Melina is running a fever. Ana Paula tells Gustavo to get her luggage out of the truck and they take off.
Dany tells Federico that Miguel is here to pick her up. She introduces Miguel as "Miguel" and Federico as "my boss." Miguel belligerently introduces himself as Dany's boyfriend. "I hope you don't mind my being here, or would you rather I wait downstairs?" Federico indulgently says he doesn't mind Miguel being there as long as he doesn't interfere with Dany doing her job. "I think it's nice that you came to pick her up and that you're taking care of her." He bids them both goodnight. Dany is still pissed off. "It seems like you came here just to warn my boss that I've got a boyfriend!" "Yeah, and what's wrong with him knowing that?" Dany says there's nothing wrong with it, but there is something wrong with the way he did it.
Ana Paula says Melina's fever is too high. She gives her an "antipyretic" (and yep, that is the actual term for a fever-reducer), but wants to take her to a doctor. So the plan is, Gustavo will take them in the truck and they'll pack some ice to make cold compresses with along the way. Melina whines about her head and eyes hurting. Aw, geez, don't kill the kid!
Miguel brings Dany back to his house, but she's still pissed. She says she'll just grab her keys and go. She thinks he's showing that he doesn't trust her. Rosaura comes in. She cries to them that she was out with Elena. She needed to talk to someone because she can't take the stress! Ana Paula quit her job and left the hacienda and no one knows where she is. Just like everyone else who's heard the story, Dany says there must be a good reason for her leaving, cause she's not a flake. Rosaura just complains that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Dany suggests Rosaura calm down and find out what happened first. Miguel says the need to find out where she is and if she's safe. Rosaura keeps complaining that she was so upset she nearly fainted. And now she's going to go outside for some fresh air because she feels like she's suffocating! Miguel is now convinced he was right not to want Ana Paula to take that job! He hopes she's ok and so does Dany.
Melina's going to be fine. Gustavo says it's thanks to her, for insisting she get treatment even though she was supposed to be getting back home. Ana Paula says anyone would have done the same. She asks if he's getting a signal on his cell phone and borrows it to call home.
Dany picks up the phone and is relieved to hear from Ana Paula. Dany lets her know how angry Rosaura is. She wants to know what happened. Ana Paula says it's a borrowed cell phone, so she'll give them the details tomorrow. "Please don't say anything to my aunt. Just that I'm fine, but I'll explain the rest in person." Rosaura comes in and realizes Dany is on the phone to Ana Paula, so she rushes for the phone, but Ana Paula hung up already. She lashes out at Dany and Miguel asking where Ana Paula is and who with.
More googly eyes between Ana Paula and Gustavo.
Vanessa explains about Rogelio's demand that she apologize to Maria. Cinthia backs him on that, saying Maria was their nanny and she raised them after their mother died. Vanessa knows that, but she's angry that Maria said she's paying for what she did to Rogelio. "Doesn't anyone care about what I suffered?" Um, no. Not really. Cinthia reminds her she was going to be patient and careful. Vanessa keeps whining, saying she only offered to take care of Rogelio because that stupid nurse left. Cinthia has to break it to her that Rogelio "asked" (I would have gone with "demanded"…"insisted"…"ordered") Bruno to bring her back. Vanessa whines like an adolescent who just got grounded…"Nooooo! What for?!" Rogelio comes outside and reminds her that he told her if she didn't apologize to Maria that she needed to leave. Vanessa gets a desperate look on her face and glues her lips to his. From this angle, it doesn't really look like he's responding.
Tomorrow: Vanessa tells Rogelio she loves him; Rogelio can't stop thinking about Ana Paula; Ana Paula thinks she's in love with Gustavo; Bruno comes to drag Ana Paula back; Bruno goes back to Rogelio with Ana Paula's conditions for returning.
Out in Boca del Cielo, Gustavo calls David and lets him know things are all ready, but there's a fishing village nearby. They're worried about the water from the hotel contaminating their fishing waters. He's talked to them and they are ok after hearing about the water treatment process, but one of them will be unofficially supervising the work. David doesn't really care, he just wants to get started on this multimillion-dollar project, ASAP! (No wonder he gets along with Rogelio!) Gustavo gets praised for going the extra mile to get things done, which is exactly why David sent him out there.
The bus Ana Paula was traveling on has broken down. They don't know how long it will be before another bus comes along that can pick them up. Our plucky heroine drags her pigeons and her luggage away from the bus.
Rogelio starts taking his anger out on Maria and Cinthia and says they'd better hope Ana Paula comes back, especially Cinthia since she'll be the one stuck taking care of him. He demands Cinthia take him out to the terrace and they meet Margarito on the way. Rogelio starts interrogating him, insisting he knows when Ana Paula left and where she want, but Margarito doesn't know. Efrain interrupts the torture session and says "ya estuvo, patron" (that's enough, boss). He tells Rogelio that he went to town to run an errand and he took the nurse. He's almost bragging about it and that earns him a lashing from Rogelio. Cinthia tries, ineffectively, to intervene.
Gustavo is driving down the road when he sees the broken down bus, and Ana Paula standing by the side of the road in her sweet little pink dress. Hey, AP, is that a broken down bus, or are you just happy to see me?
Cinthia is cradling Efrain in her arms and yelling at Rogelio that it's not Efrain's fault! "He should have asked my permission before taking her anywhere!" Efrain gets the hell out of there, leaving Cinthia to get manhandled by Rogelio again. He yells at her not to question his authority in front of the help or he'll conveniently forget she's his sister. Um, and that would be different how?
Gustavo and Ana Paula are just sooo happy to see each other again. Gustavo says he was going to find some pretty place to hang out and he'd like her to join him. Especially since they never did get their date.
Bruno calls Rosaura, trying to find out where Paula is. He tells Rosaura that she abandoned her post and didn't even talk to him about it. Rosaura whines about losing the money. She assumes that Ana Paula must be headed back to the house. She hesitates to agree to let Bruno know when she gets home, but eventually does and asks him to also let her know if he hears anything. As soon as she gets off the phone, she starts cursing Ana Paula for a fool. "Don't even think I'm going to work again because of you!"
Ana Paula is trying to call her loving aunt, but there's no signal. Gustavo suggests they try to call her from the next town. I roll my eyes at their small talk about the pigeons.
Margarito goes crying to Maria about his mistreatment at Rogelio's hands. He snuck in her window last night and saw her crying and telling the pigeons that if the boss smacks everyone else around, sooner or later it will be her turn, so she'd rather leave before that happens. Margarito agreed she should leave and go back to her family, who loves her.
Gustavo asks why she quit her job. She says she couldn't handle her patient and thinks it would have driven her crazy to stay. The only one she'll miss is Margarito.
Cinthia tends to Efrain's wounds. He cries that he figured the boss had fired her, just like all the others. How was he supposed to know she quit? Cinthia calls her a "maldita esquincla" (damn brat) and says she got Rogelio even more upset than usual. Efrain figures he'll take it out on them. Cinthia didn't even see him get that bad over Vanessa. She feels bad about Rogelio hitting him. "Oh? Why should you care? I'm just one more worker who smells of cow. I heard you talking." Cinthia gets a little weepy and says even if they're never going to have a serious relationship, she does care about him and it hurts her to see him like this. They cry on each other's shoulders.
Bruno lets Rogelio know that her aunt didn't even know she'd left. "What do you want her back for?" "Because no one leaves here without my say-so!" Bruno laments that he thought Paula was more professional than that, but she does have a grouchy streak. Rogelio tells him to offer her double her salary, even triple if he has to, but he wants Paula back! Bruno grins speculatively.
Gustavo took Ana Paula back to Boca del Cielo. He's covering her eyes as they walk along the sand. She can hear the ocean, which she's never seen. He uncovers her eyes and she's predictably enchanted. Well, I mean, it is the ocean. Gustavo laughs about how water has always brought them together--first the river and now the ocean.
Bruno points out to Rogelio that he's never taken such an interest in an employee before. Rogelio sticks to his story--he just wants to make sure everyone knows that he's the boss, damnit! He demands that Bruno go to Tuxtla, so as soon as she gets there, Bruno will be waiting for her.
Gustavo tells Ana Paula she can probably call home from the fishermen's co-op. As they're walking in that direction, they meet up with Fermin. He's in a hurry to get to his granddaughter, who cut her hand on a piece of glass some careless tourist left on the beach. Well, isn't it luck, then, that Ana Paula is a nurse, so she can win the crotchety old guy over (and the cute little pink dress probably won't hurt). He tells them she's bleeding a lot and they all head out to see her.
Margarito is worried about Rogelio being angry with him. She distracts him by telling him to bring her the "libro de recetas" (RECIPE book, dear captioner, not "book of receipts") and reading her one. Margarito finds a letter tucked in the book and recognizes Ana Paula's handwriting. "Maria, I can't take it anymore! I know the next time Rogelio hurts anyone, I won't be able to take it and he'll end up hitting me. I tried to talk to him, but all I got in return was rudeness. I'm going, but please don't let him stop taking his medicine. And I hope you can convince him to continue with his physiotherapy." Margarito comments that Ana Paula is a good person, and worries about the boss. "Yes. And here I was starting to think that because of her, we'd get the old Rogelio back. But it looks like that won't happen."
Ana Paula treats little Melina's cut. She thinks a bandage will be sufficient and she won't need stitches. Fermin tells them that ever since his son died, he and his daughter-in-law have been raising Melina. Ana Paula finishes bandaging her hand and praises her for being brave. Fermin is searching his pockets with something to pay Ana Paula with. Ana Paula insists it was her pleasure, but being a wise man Fermin says "I'm glad it was your pleasure, but work is work and it must be paid for." Ana Paula and Gustavo both continue in their refusal to accept his money and Gustavo says he has another idea about how Fermin might pay.
Fermin takes Gustavo and Ana Paula out to fish. They horse around a bit too much in the boat for my taste before getting to the fishing. Fermin doesn't seem to mind. They appear to be using shrimp as bait. Gustavo says live bait is the only way to go. He gets behind Paula with his arms around her to show her how to do the thing with the fishing pole…yeah, obviously I don't fish. Casting? Is that what it's called? Anyway, as she's, uh, handling his rod, I begin to wonder if there's any sport that doesn't present a viable backside-to-crotch teaching opportunity? Pobre de Fermin for having to watch this up close! "Are you sure you know how to fish?" There's lots of giggling and rocking the boat, in a perfectly clean and innocent way, given Fermin's watchful eyes.
They get back to shore and Ana Paula thanks Fermin for taking them out so she can show Gustavo that women are quick learners. Fermin tells Gustavo you've gotta be nice to the ladies, but careful too, cause they're smart and one day when you least expect it…"What?"…"Eh, nothing. Just saying." He hands them their catch and Gustavo says it's time to cook them. "What? You think engineers are only good for doing calculations?" Fermin begs off and says he's got to get home. Gustavo offers him the biggest fish to take home. "I'll accept, but only if you accept some advice from me. There aren't a lot of girls like this one. If you've got her, don't let her go." Gustavo won't tell Ana Paula what he said.
Vanessa is thrilled to hear that Ana Paula left. Cinthia's glad she's gone too, but upset that Rogelio smacked Efrain around because of it. Vanessa noticed those looks the other day and teases Cinthia about her concern. She tries to cover by saying "that peon" could have turned around and taken it out on her if she didn't show some concern. Vanessa doesn't buy it.
Dany is hanging around with Miguel, but just for a bit. She hates to leave her boss alone. She feels sorry for him and says he seems like a nice guy, but it makes her think that there's really no point to having a lot of money. What's it good for? "All he does is fight with his wife, his daughter's far away…she does whatever she wants, and there he is all alone." Miguel acts a little jealous and Dany laughs at him. "Please, he could be my dad!" "But he's not! You can trust men! You told me his wife is jealous, right? There must be a reason." Dany says she thinks the wife is just a grouch. She doesn't want to talk about her boss anymore, she wants to talk about them. Miguel won't drop it, though, and says it's odd that he hired her just like that. "Are you freaking kidding me?" "Shyeah! I don't like you being near other guys!" "Don't be an insecure chump. You're my guy. Now get over here and kiss me!" And you know what? The dumbass won't do it! Seriously, Miguel…we knew you weren't the sharpest tool in the shed, but this is just ridiculous!
Rosaura complains to the jewelry lady about what a terrible girl Ana Paula is being. She regrets ever telling her sister she'd take care of her kids. "Oh, don't say that! Children are always a blessing. Who else will take care of us when we're old? Besides, she left you the money Federico left her." "It didn't last. That's why I'm so angry that she left her job, just like that. She's been too spoiled, but I'm not letting her get away with it!"
Gustavo cooks the fish on a spit over an open flame. Ana Paula waxes rhapsodic about her pigeons. They mate for life. Isn't it romantic. Gustavo's parents have been together for 32 years and they still love each other. Ana Paula says once she finds love, she's not letting it go. I'm unmoved by all their loveyness. It's just so…bland!
Rogelio stews. Vanessa comes into his office to ooze all over it. She talks smack about Ana Paula. "But don't worry…I'll take care of you." Rogelio appears to be won over by her neck massage.
Ana Paula tells Gustavo they've got to go. It's getting late and she still hasn't been able to call home yet. They talk about the pigeons some more. If you love someone, set them free, etc.
"I can take care of you better than any nurse, because I've known you for years. You'll see what a good time we have." "I need a professional nurse, and you're not one." Vanessa whines and begs, but Rogelio tells her that her little game won't get her anywhere. He won't renegotiate with her father.
Fly free, pigeons. Thanks for the memories. Ana Paula gets weepy about how she loves them and wants them to be happy. They release the pigeons, Ana Paula cries, smoochies. Meh.
Vanessa is practically crying with rage. She complains to Maria, who won't stop calling her "Mrs. Vanessa." "I called you by your first name when you were Cinthia's friend, and the boss' fiancée. But now you're a married woman and I need to keep my distance." She whines that she's getting divorced for Rogelio, but he barely acknowledges her. Maria reminds her that Rogelio was really hurt when she left. "Payback's a bitch." Vanessa yells at Maria, calling her nothing more than a servant and Rogelio comes in right then and tells her to shut it! "She's not a servant, she's the woman who raised me and you don't get to walk in here and insult anyone, especially not her. Now, apologize!" Heh!
Ana Paula and Gustavo stop kissing and he apologizes for doing it. You're sorry? No, I'm sorry I had to watch it! This relationship is like a can of watery tomatoes and I want some freaking salsa! Gustavo tells her she's soooo pretty. As pretty on the inside as on the outside. Ana Paula hasn't been this happy in a long time, but she thinks he's moving too fast. Gustavo doesn't think time is important, it's about feeling. "I've never felt this before!" Ana Paula still hesitates. She wants to go slow. Gustavo can live with that, as long as he gets to be close to her. They hug. YAWN!
Vanessa can't believe the way Rogelio is treating her. He still insists on an apology or she can leave the hacienda forever. Maria tries to say it's no problem, but Rogelio says she can either apologize or leave. Cinthia walks in and asks what's wrong. "Rogelio doesn't want me to take care of him," says Vanessa, and walks out, Cinthia hot on her heels. Maria is awed that Rogelio defended her. "You don't know what that means to me, son. I love you. I love you as if you were my own son. That's why it hurts to see you suffering." Rogelio has had enough and tells her she's being too sensitive and cut it out. But Maria knows Rogelio's just a big softy.
Dany is still at work when Miguel comes in. He looks like he's trying to get a look at the boss. Dany panics, saying he knows the boss' wife is very picky and he's going to get her into trouble. He shows her the rose he's holding behind his back, but she still thinks he's just there checking up on her. Federico comes out of his office to ask Dany what's going on.
Gustavo drives Ana Paula into town. He offers to buy something to eat for the trip. Ana Paula admits she's broke, but Gustavo insists on buying some mangos. Ana Paula gives in and suggests the vendor give them some napkins as well. Melina's mom comes running up saying she looked all over for them…Melina is running a fever. Ana Paula tells Gustavo to get her luggage out of the truck and they take off.
Dany tells Federico that Miguel is here to pick her up. She introduces Miguel as "Miguel" and Federico as "my boss." Miguel belligerently introduces himself as Dany's boyfriend. "I hope you don't mind my being here, or would you rather I wait downstairs?" Federico indulgently says he doesn't mind Miguel being there as long as he doesn't interfere with Dany doing her job. "I think it's nice that you came to pick her up and that you're taking care of her." He bids them both goodnight. Dany is still pissed off. "It seems like you came here just to warn my boss that I've got a boyfriend!" "Yeah, and what's wrong with him knowing that?" Dany says there's nothing wrong with it, but there is something wrong with the way he did it.
Ana Paula says Melina's fever is too high. She gives her an "antipyretic" (and yep, that is the actual term for a fever-reducer), but wants to take her to a doctor. So the plan is, Gustavo will take them in the truck and they'll pack some ice to make cold compresses with along the way. Melina whines about her head and eyes hurting. Aw, geez, don't kill the kid!
Miguel brings Dany back to his house, but she's still pissed. She says she'll just grab her keys and go. She thinks he's showing that he doesn't trust her. Rosaura comes in. She cries to them that she was out with Elena. She needed to talk to someone because she can't take the stress! Ana Paula quit her job and left the hacienda and no one knows where she is. Just like everyone else who's heard the story, Dany says there must be a good reason for her leaving, cause she's not a flake. Rosaura just complains that it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Dany suggests Rosaura calm down and find out what happened first. Miguel says the need to find out where she is and if she's safe. Rosaura keeps complaining that she was so upset she nearly fainted. And now she's going to go outside for some fresh air because she feels like she's suffocating! Miguel is now convinced he was right not to want Ana Paula to take that job! He hopes she's ok and so does Dany.
Melina's going to be fine. Gustavo says it's thanks to her, for insisting she get treatment even though she was supposed to be getting back home. Ana Paula says anyone would have done the same. She asks if he's getting a signal on his cell phone and borrows it to call home.
Dany picks up the phone and is relieved to hear from Ana Paula. Dany lets her know how angry Rosaura is. She wants to know what happened. Ana Paula says it's a borrowed cell phone, so she'll give them the details tomorrow. "Please don't say anything to my aunt. Just that I'm fine, but I'll explain the rest in person." Rosaura comes in and realizes Dany is on the phone to Ana Paula, so she rushes for the phone, but Ana Paula hung up already. She lashes out at Dany and Miguel asking where Ana Paula is and who with.
More googly eyes between Ana Paula and Gustavo.
Vanessa explains about Rogelio's demand that she apologize to Maria. Cinthia backs him on that, saying Maria was their nanny and she raised them after their mother died. Vanessa knows that, but she's angry that Maria said she's paying for what she did to Rogelio. "Doesn't anyone care about what I suffered?" Um, no. Not really. Cinthia reminds her she was going to be patient and careful. Vanessa keeps whining, saying she only offered to take care of Rogelio because that stupid nurse left. Cinthia has to break it to her that Rogelio "asked" (I would have gone with "demanded"…"insisted"…"ordered") Bruno to bring her back. Vanessa whines like an adolescent who just got grounded…"Nooooo! What for?!" Rogelio comes outside and reminds her that he told her if she didn't apologize to Maria that she needed to leave. Vanessa gets a desperate look on her face and glues her lips to his. From this angle, it doesn't really look like he's responding.
Tomorrow: Vanessa tells Rogelio she loves him; Rogelio can't stop thinking about Ana Paula; Ana Paula thinks she's in love with Gustavo; Bruno comes to drag Ana Paula back; Bruno goes back to Rogelio with Ana Paula's conditions for returning.
Labels: no-podia
Thursday, January 12, 2012
La Que No Podía Amar #8 Wednesday 1/11/12 Rohellio suffers with women problems.
We start with a rewind of MentiRosa chit-chatting with Bruno about how she wants him to be in Paula's life, not that pipsqueak Gustavo. Bruno smiles and is all for it.
At the Hacienda, Vainessa struts past Ana Paula and says, "Tell your boss that I want to see him." She has this bored smirk on her face, as if Ana Paula is a bug she should squash underneath her feet.
Ana Paula says, nope, she won't do it, she warned her before and she's not going to let her see Rohellio.
At this moment, a grumpy Rohellio rolls in and cuts Ana Paula off—it's not Ana Paula's place, as his nurse, to tell him who can visit him. (See now Ana Paula, if you hadn't made that dipsh*t remark before about feeling "useless" because of your lame foot, he probably wouldn't be acting this way. But then again, he's still a total jerkwad anyway, so whatever.)
Ana Paula looks crestfallen and embarrassed and replies that it is precisely because of his health that she doesn't want Vainessa visiting him. Rogelio grumpily replies "Nothing will happen" and dismisses her with a curt "Vete." Abashed, she walks out of the room.
Vainessa, of course, thinks this means she's in Rohellio's favor. Not so. As soon as Ana Paula is out of the room, he quickly rolls up to her, as if to run her down, and and with a thunderous expression, and asks her what she's doing there. Vainessa looks shocked and surprised.
MentiRosa is still chatting with Bruno on the phone, plotting of ways to keep Ana Paula away from that boy Gustavo. Bruno's so happy that MentiRosa wants him for her niece. I guess MentiRosa hasn't noticed the Skelator resemblance. MentiRosa says that he treats Ana Paula nice and helps her, and her whole family too. (This is the key thing with MentiRosa—what is she going to get out of it?)
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| Bruno with some interesting architecture behind him. (Click on all photos to see a much larger version.) |
Ana Paula hobbles into the kitchen in tears. Maria wants to know what happened and she relays how stupid she was in forbidding Vainessa to see Rohellio, and how Rohellio put her in her place and went ahead and agreed to see Vainy. Maria, in protective Mama Bear mode, wants to rush off to confront that bruja Vainessa but Ana Paula stops her.
Vainessa is beseeching a fierce-looking Rohellio. Whine whine whine, please understand, please forgive, whine, cry, whine. Rohellio doesn't look any less p*ssed after hearing her pleas and whining. He astutely says that this is just about her again—she wants him to stop hating her. She says how she lost him, lost his sister (her best friend) because of what she did. Rohellio reminds her that SHE abandoned HIM and she's talking about what she lost? She says she couldn't deal with him being paralyzed and unable to give her kids. Yeah, you can see that bringing up his paralysis is really helping Rohellio feel better.
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| Yeah, be sure to bring up the cripple part. That always helps. |
She then keeps on whining and saying that she's still in love with him. He seems to soften as he takes her hand. Does she really mean it? "What more proof do you need?" she asks as she kneels down again so she's looking up at his face. She's getting a divorce and everything. His eyes take on a softened, sad look.
Ana Paula is still crying about what a fool she made of herself, and how she really thought that Rohell was changing. He was so rude to her, in front of "that woman." Little Margarito basically says, whatever, so Rohell is a bad guy. She laments that Rohell was so nice to her when she fell off the horse. Well, says Margarito, you should see what he did to the lawyer! This gets Ana Paula curious, but Maria tries to shut him up, but Margarito lets slip that Rohell hit Bruno. (HIT? That is an understatement!)
Vainessa, still on her knees, starts caressing Rohell's hands in a somewhat serpentine manner, as she reassures him that she really means it. Her marriage was a failure from the start because she couldn't forget him. She reminds him of the good times during their courtship, as Rohell starts to smile wistfully, like he's being caught up in all this. Then he says he also remembers how after the accident she wasn't there, and he kept on wondering, why couldn't she support him? She assures him she was immature but she's changed now. "So," he says, acting like he's taking her seriously, "you're inclined to get married to me? The way I am now? An invalid?" He watches her as she slowly slithers her perfectly manicured hands over his and looks up at him.
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| Trying to convince Rohell that she's sincere. |
Ana Paula wants to know more about what Rohell did to Bruno, but Maria chases Margarito off before he can spill the beans. Maria tells her not to get into it.
It seems like Rohell has put Vainessa on the spot. He wants to know if she'd marry him as soon as she divorced, and she starts to give excuses about how it's too soon for that, stuff to do, blah blah blah . . . He explodes with, "MENTIRA!!!!" (Lie!) She's just saying that she'd marry him, but she has no intention of following through, because she doesn't love him. And maybe, he muses, she's not even getting a divorce at all! She's just here to get him to sign her father's contract. "You're even worse than I thought!" he yells, as he repeatedly tells her to get the heck out. After some further whining, she finally takes her huge-ass purse and starts to leave, but finishes with, "I will return so you realize I'm telling the truth." At this he cracks his whip on an unsuspecting chair and tells her to go to hell.
Sinthia rushes in, asking if it's Vainessa. He doesn't want her to go after her, but she goes anyway. He yells after her, and after getting no response, switches to yelling after Paula. Neither of them materialize, however.
Sinthia meets up with Vainessa in the courtyard. Vainessa complains about Paula, saying that Paula thinks she has a right over Rohellio. Commence more griping about Paula, and Vainessa warns Sinthia to keep an eye on Paula, because she thinks Rohell favors her. Sinthia notes that ever since Paula arrived, Rohell has changed. Vainessa tells Sin to put Paula in her place now, or soon Paula will be giving Sinthia orders too! Sinthia soaks all this up and says she'll do that.
Sinthia then asks if she can visit Vainessa in town. Vainessa says sure, but she's staying with her parents now because she's dumping her husband.
Maria advises a depressed Paula that Rohellio is not the same as before his accident. Basically the accident is why he's such a jerkwad all the time.
Sinthia comes in to confront Rohell. Why isn't he as elated with Vainessa's return as she is? She's just not getting it. She then says that she wants to visit Vainessa and complains that Vainy was her best friend before she became Rohell's novia. Rohell, as usual, yells and tries to forbid her to do anything. Finally he says that sure, she is free now, go to town. Sinthia for a moment is hopeful, but then Rohell finishes by saying, she'll go with just the clothes on her back, nothing else, no car, nothing. We have another screaming match about what a jerkwad he is, and how she has an inheritance that he won't let her touch yet, lather, rinse, repeat.
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| Trying to reason with an unreasonable brother. |
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| If Sinthia leaves now, she only leaves with the clothes on her back. Who could refuse such a generous offer? |
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| Now he has one more screaming woman to deal with. |
At this, Ana Paula comes in and starts defending Sinthia. Now Rohell has two angry, screaming women to contend with, but I don't feel sorry for him in the least. Ana Paula tells him that the bitterness in his heart is due to Vanessa and he needs to get her out of his life. This prompts him to crack his whip again in anger as he tells her to shut up.
More whining Vainessa. I don't know if I have the strength to repeat all the whining. This time she is complaining to Bruno at his house in town. Lather rinse repeat, why doesn't Rohell see how awesome I am and be immediately be grateful that I'm offering him some crumbs of attention after getting years of only my neglect and apathy. Okay she doesn't say that, but that's my interpretation. WHAT. EVER. LADY. Bruno says supportive things. Then Vainessa relays how Rohellio put that "tipa" (Ana Paula) in her place and Bruno finds this interesting.
During Rohell's therapy session that night, things are decidedly chilly. Rohell comments that Ana Paula didn't say much during dinner. She replies that she had not much to say. He notes that she didn't make that cake. She says she never intends to make another cake. "Why?" he asks, perhaps feeling a bit hurt. "Because nurses don't cook and bake." He accuses her of being too dignified or proud, but she corrects him and says she's just completing her work and never again will she forget her "place" in the house. Ouch, dude, you had that coming. She then finishes by saying that she was just thinking of him (referring to her trying to chase Vainy away) but now she realizes she was wasting her time.
With the conversation finally on Vainessa, Rohell says with a half-laugh that he doesn't understand why Ana Paula is so bothered by Vainy. It almost seems like she's jealous. Ana Paula cuts him with, "In order to feel jealousy, you'd have to care for that person, and that's not the case here." Oooh, ouch again. Not what Rohellio was hoping to hear. So he plays the pity/victim card. "Of course, you don't think I'm worthy of being loved." She says that as his nurse, her opinion isn't important. But oh my, Rohell isn't going to leave it at that—he really wants to know. He demands she answer his question and repeats it: "Do you think I'm not worthy of love?" (Dude, seriously—do you really think this kind of personal question is appropriate to ask your mere nurse? Especially since you keep on reminding her how she must stay in her "place"? You can't have it both ways, you know.) She evades answering by merely saying that's a question only he can answer for himself. This prompts him to throw his water glass against the wall in anger.
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| Not the answer he was hoping for. |
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| He really wants her to answer this somewhat personal question. |
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| But again, not getting the answer he's hoping for. |
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| Rewinding that one part about her not caring about him in his head. |
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| All alone. |
Back to whiney Vainessa. Bruno asks her if she really loves Rohell. "It's complicated." He's changed so much, she remembers the good times, blah blah blah. She says that during her visit today, Rohell took her hand and it was like it was before. She even felt like kissing him.
She starts to leave for the night, but Bruno offers him his guest room. She thanks him.
Back to Rohell's room, where Maria is giving him his drops and he tells her what happened that day with Vainessa. Maria is relieved to hear that he didn't buy Vainy's BS, he doesn't believe she loves him, etc. Then Rohell relays the bit about touching Vainy's hand. His reaction was different than Vainy's was, though. When he touched her it wasn't like it was before, and he adds, with some surprise in his voice, not like when. . . [flashback to the meaningful "moment" when Ana Paula landed on his lap] He smiles and then says, "Ah, nothing." Maria bids him goodnight and we see him thinking and remembering, all alone in his big bed in his big room.
[LOOK FOR BLOOPER IN VIDEO CLIP] Rogelio recalls how having Ana Paula accidentally fall on his lap gave him more of a reaction than Vainessa slithering all over him. (Notice how Rogelio's leg moves in the "flashback" scene.)
In the morning, Ana Paula cheerfully greets Sinthia. Sinthia is on the warpath and rips into Ana Paula, basically saying to keep out of their business, and that NO ONE is going to change Rohell but Vainessa! Ana Paula is befuddled and after Sinthia leaves, says to herself that everyone in the house is crazy.
We are at a beautiful seaside location called Boca del Cielo and Gustavo approaches an old fisherman about renting a boat. When the fisherman finds out that Gustavo works for the company that wants to build a hotel, he tries to chase him away. This is not the reception that the perpetually cheery Gustavo was hoping to get.
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| Stone him? Seriously dude? |
Paula sees Bruno at the hacienda. He wants to resume their uncomfortable talk about whether they should move their relationship to a more personal level. She doesn't want to talk about it, especially not at her place at work. Then she asks him about what Rohell did to him after her fall from the horse.
There's lots of screaming and yelling over the expanse of several scenes, but to sum it up, she's able to strip Bruno of his shirt (he didn't seem to fight this too hard after a certain point), sees the horrific red whip marks on his back, is suitably outraged and appalled that Rohell did this. Bruno says that working for Rohell has been a "living hell."
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| I chose a screenshot which shows off Bruno's (Julian Gil's) bare chest, because, frankly, I'm shallow. |
But that begs the question, why does he stick around to take the abuse? Ana Paula wants to know. He tries to explain (his big eyes bugging out even more) that wants to find evidence against Rohell in order to recover his land, but Ana Paula brings up the point that he's been working there for 5 years and hasn't uncovered anything yet, what are the odds that he ever will? And what about his dignity, for crying out loud? He's a lawyer and good at his job, surely he doesn't have to put up with this! Bruno says it's the first time (that he was whipped). His eyes get buggier and buggier as he tries to explain why he feels he HAS to stay, but Ana Paula cannot fathom how a man in his position could stick around for this kind of indignity. "I would have left after the I was hit for the first time!" she tells him. When he repeats that he wants his lands back, she asks him, "But at what price?"
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| Bug-eyed Bruno. |
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| Yeah, dude, good question. |
Gustavo doesn't know why the fishermen are so angry. I guess they've been burned before by companies building and then rendering the fishing spots unfishable. Gustavo tries to convince him that it's not going to be like that, that he's a hydraulics engineer, and it's his job to make sure that the water is cleaned and processed, so they can continue to fish. The scenes with the fishermen continue throughout the episode, with Gustavo making some progress in convincing them that he's sincere. They set up a group meeting where he can talk with all the fishermen at once and a chalkboard diagram is shown of the work he's going to do. The nice old guy, Fermin, whom he talks to the most, is set up as the unofficial "leader" of the fishermen. FF>>>
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| Meet Fermin. |
Ana Paula goes to Rohell and rips him a new one over his savage treatment of Bruno. Rohell seems, frankly, a bit bored by the whole thing at first. He says if Bruno makes the same mistake again (regarding the riding accident) it'll be even worse. Rohell tells her she should be thanking him for punishing Bruno, because she might have become paralyzed like him in the riding accident. She can't believe what she's hearing.
"Things don't get fixed by force or by hitting people" she cries, and he says that sometimes that's the only thing that people understand. She amps up the screaming and yelling at him, and he says it's enough. Finally he snaps his whip on his desk in anger. "Are you threatening me?" she asks. "Take it how you want." he answers. He tells her not to interfere with how he deals with his employees. She snatches the whip away and then offers it back to him, asking if he's going to hit her next. After a long staring match, he snatches the whip from her outstretched hands and rolls out of the room.
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| There he goes with that whip again. |
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| Offering his whip back, so he can whip her next. |
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| Rohellio is not amused at the direction this conversation is going. |
Elsa la Vaca (thank you for that, Sara) is talking with the long-suffering Federico about Vainessa divorcing that hottie Esteban (okay she didn't say that, but we all know that's true). She wants Vainessa to try to patch up the marriage but Federico says it ain't gonna happen. More discussion about Vainessa and Rohell, blah blah blah, FF>>> (I notice that Elsa also has a big-ass purse. Like mother, like daughter in many ways.) After Elsa leaves with her big-ass purse, Dany comes in with coffee and they have a little bonding chat about how he loves his daughter. I think Dany is starting to see Federico as a father figure, as her own father abandoned her before she was born. (As she tells Federico in a later scene.)
Ana Paula is talking to one of her doves in her room, and saying to herself that she won't get trapped in this place by Rogelio Montero. Ana Brenda looks especially pretty in this scene.
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| Ana Paula talking to her doves. |
Vainessa has returned to the hacienda and is visiting Sinthia. She's wearing an extremely form-fitting, short dress. I don't think she could bend over in the slightest wearing that dress. The big-ass purse is still big-ass.
Vainessa and Sinthia are talking about the divorce, and Rohell rolls in and repeats that she's not divorcing her husband for him. Of course Vainessa disagrees and we go over that ground again.
Vainessa offers to prove to Rohell that she's sincere in her feelings, by taking the contract with her father off the table. She'll tell her father that Rohell is not going to sign, once and for all, and then Rohell will know that she's there for personal reasons, not to talk him into signing. Rohell says fine, let's go to my office to make the call. Vainessa stands still and has this confused look on her face, as if she's thinking, "Oh hell, he took me seriously, what am I going to do now?"
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| Rohellio calls her bluff. |
Cut to Rohell's office, where Ana Paula is trying to use the phone. Maria walks in and wants to know if her call went through, but Ana Paula says that the phone worked, but no one answered at home. In bursts Rohell and Vainessa. Rohell wants to know what she's doing in there and Maria says that she (Maria) told her to use the phone to call home. Vainessa asks for coffee from Maria, and Ana Paula, with a sullen expression, asks Rohell if he needs anything. Nope, he doesn't, so off she goes.
A bonding moment between Dany and Federico (as I mentioned before). A phone call comes in from Vainessa.
You can see that Vainessa doesn't want to drop the bomb about the contract to her dad and is trying to delay it under Rohell's perceptive, steely gaze. But finally she does and tells her dad the news—no new contract for you. Poor Federico does not look happy.
Ana Paula complaining to a weary Maria about what a jerkwad and douchebag Rohellio is. Poor Maria just wants to not hear it. She's worried that Vainessa is going to mess with Rohell's mind some more and make him even worse than he is now (if such a thing is possible!).
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| So it's been definitely established that Rohellio is a jerkwad. |
"See, Rohellio? I did it, and do you see that you can trust me?" Rohell does look a bit unsettled and his eyes roam up and down her slinky, trampy dress.
Dany gives Federico some pills and commiserates with him over the bad news about the contract. He's worried about his company and all the employees too.
Vainessa makes a production of slinking over in her slutgarb and telling an increasingly hormone-addled Rohell that she'd like to visit Sinthia every day that she's staying in St. Gabriel. Rohell's eyes move downward to admire her . . . errr . . . necklace. (Seriously though, some of the jewelry worn by the women in this show is hideous. It's like someone thought if they had some Ultrasuede [fake leather] and a glue gun, they can make jewelry, but it doesn't work like that.)
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| He can't keep his eyes from her . . . errr . . . necklace, that's it. |
Rohell gulps nervously as he rolls away from Vainessa. "Do as you like, don't waste my time," he says, as he places himself safely behind his desk. Vainessa picks up her huge-ass purse and as she slithers out the door, leaves with, "I hope you invite me over for dinner." Dream on, bruja.
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| Could the dress be any shorter without showing too much of her behind? I don't think so. |
Rohell sighs and looks stressed, but he's not to get any rest, because there's a knock on the door and this time it's Ana Paula. She calmly tells him she's leaving. Leave where? The hacienda. He doesn't get it. He didn't tell her to leave. She knows. She's quitting, for real. "No one quits on me!" he says. "But I already did," she replies. Time for another nervous gulp from Rohell.
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| Today is not Rohellio's day when it comes to successfully dealing with women. |
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| Face it, dude, she's sick of your douchebaggery and she wants outta there. |
Vainessa is telling Sinthia about her discussion with Rohell, and how she figures that Rohell had already decided not to renew the contract anyway. Sinthia goes over the old ground of not understanding why Rohell isn't just elated that Vainessa has finally decided to grace him with her super-awesome presence after all these years of neglect. Vainessa says that he hasn't forgiven her yet, but she smugly adds that she knows he will.
Sinthia is glad to see Vainessa and repeats all her complaints about being stuck on this ranch, so boring, nothing to do, no one to see, no one to talk to, all there are are workers who smell of cows. Efrian is hearing all of this from the door and decides to make his presence known by saying he needs to see the boss. You know he's thinking, "What am I, chopped liver?" after hearing Sinthia complain about how dull the ranch is. Sinthia dismisses him by saying Rohell is busy, come back later. She's eyeing him like, "Take the hint! Out out!" and Vainessa, completely clueless about Sinthia's inappropriately close relationship with this dark, hairy, and probably smelling-of-cow employee, smirks and looks disgusted that he's even daring to be in their royal presence. [Edit: Very likely Vainessa was picking up on the "vibes" between Sinthia and the cow-smelling employee, as several posters pointed out.]
Rohell feigns boredom again and asks Ana Paula, what does she want? More money? No, she's quitting over a matter of basic human dignity. She wants fair treatment for the workers. He scoffs and says they're willing to humiliate themselves in front of him for a little more money. He doesn't want to hear her as she's ripping him a new one, but she demands that he listen. "Enough!" he yells. He dismisses her claim that she's quitting; she's got a contract and she'll fulfill it. The thought that she'd actually leave is so beyond his realm of comprehension. She's not leaving, he doesn't want to discuss it again, THE END. He rolls out and she has this expression like, "Yeah, we'll see about that."
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| The thought that anyone would leave his wonderful employ is beyond his comprehension. Because we know what an awesome employer he is, after all. |
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| But yet, unfathomable as it may seem to him, she seems to still want to leave. |
More with Gustavo explaining his plans for water treatment to the fishermen. The men select Mr. Fermin (the nice old dude) as their fishermen spokesman. It looks like they're starting to warm to Gustavo. FF>>>
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| Bonding with the fishermen. |
Vainessa talking with her dad, apologizing for the phone call, telling her dad that there's still time to work on Rohell about renewing the contract. Her dad doesn't want her to get mix business with personal matters and he says he'll try to sort this out later with the contract. He advises her to try to work things out with her husband too. After the phone call, she tells Bruno that didn't expect Rohell to call her bluff and actually have her to call her dad in the first place. But, she tells Bruno, since we know that Rohell hasn't signed any contracts with the competition yet, Bruno must do "his part."
Maria is giving Rohellio his drops. She comments that he didn't get his therapy that night, the therapy that Paula says should be done daily. Rohell says, with his usual dark expression, that "that woman" needs to understand that only what he wants gets done, not what she wants.
It's morning and Rohell is rolled onto the terrace for breakfast. He absentmindedly swats away mosquitos as he cranes his head for Paula. "Where is she? I'm hungry." "She's not here" replies Maria. "Look for her!" he snaps. There is an awkward pause as Maria approaches Rohell and gives the news: Ana Paula has left the hacienda. Like, LEFT THE HACIENDA AND LEFT YOU, YOU BIG INSUFFERABLE BUTTHEAD. Only she didn't say that last part.
Rohell has this really delicious-looking stunned look on his face. Like he's frozen in disbelief for a moment. Awesome.
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| Muy, but muy impactado that Ana Paula actually left. AWESOME!!! |
END OF EPISODE!!
Avances:
Rohell has a snit because Ana Paula left. Wants to get her back. Lots of yelling.
Ana Paula meets up with our sweet-faced Gustavo. They share romantic moments worthy of Hallmark cards. At least Ana Paula is dealing with someone who is not a total butthead for a change.
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