Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Refugio Para el Amor #126 Wed 10/3/12 Baby Talk and The Devil’s in the Details
Ayer –
Conny arrives at Melissa’s apartment and is grateful to find a haven there
Boris arrives at the TL mansion to tell Roselena that he and Jana broke up—but doesn’t answer when she wants to know why. (Boris said earlier or later that it was an old fashioned convention. Sort of like breaking off an engagement used to be a big thing in the 19th C.)
Luci tells the two moms about seeing the apartment Claudio bought. It’s big enough for everyone. She wants them to come and help them paint the baby’s room. This is a segue right into hoy.
Hoy –
The Extended-Stay Hotel
Luciana is still on the phone with the two moms. They are all talking excitedly about what they are making in the way of a layette for the new baby. Luci says the barrio folks are making her the bassinet she can keep right next to her bed. Paz says this baby is coming with lots of love. Luciana answers dreamily, it’s my reason for being, my reason for living. (Come on, girl, there’s more to life than having a baby, but those first few months are the sweetest on earth.)
The Dim, Dark, Uber-Decorated Mausoleum (Thank you JudyB)
At the other extreme we have Gala informing Rod sarcastically when he gets home, thanks for getting here on time. She’s pithed because he wasn’t home when the baby crib arrived, so they put it in the gym. Why there, he wants to know. Well, where else, in the hallway, in the living room? Rod says the crib should go in our bedroom. Our? bedroom? Well, ok, *your* bedroom. No way, no how, she laughs. I’m not going to take care of a squalling infant while I’m trying to get my beauty sleep. It’s either the gym or the studio. Listen, Gala, a newborn shouldn’t be left in a room alone, it should be at your side so you can take care of it. That’s from your granny’s days; no need to lose any sleep, though, I’m hiring a nanny and two nurses, one for daytime and one for nighttime. (Hey, those are twelve hour shifts! Where is OSHA? Where is the American Nurses Association?…oh, right, forgot, they’re in Mexico where employees can be exploited.) Rodrigo can’t believe what’s she's saying, for heaven’s sakes, Gala it’s *our* child, not the child of the nurses. What’s the problem, Rod es Mio, while we enjoy ourselves, they take care of the baby.
Rodrigo goes in to take a look at the crib—it’s right in the middle of his gym. Note all the blue and the mobile for a boy—a blue-edged umbrella with all kinds of hanging balls (wishful thinking woman; and some of those balls belong to your husband-in-name-only). Isn’t it swell? Your mother picked it out, Rodrigo. It’s nice to see how enthusiastic you are.
Changing topics, Gala mentions what happened the night before and suggests he needs to ask her for an apology. He does and he hopes that what she did is not repeated. As far as he’s concerned, she won’t have any more provocations. Let’s hope so, dude. Gala reminds him she didn’t want to fight, but he laid down the rules and then abused them. Also, that on her part, she did not fail to follow them. Rod suggests, why don’t we add a new rule: ratchet down this mutual abuse and see if we can’t live peacefully. In return, Gala asks, you respect this home and your wife. I think so (me parece), he replies in a somewhat non-reassuring tone. She adds that they should live as husband and wife with the intimacy as it ought to be between them. He doesn’t answer and just walks away and she’s thinking to herself—Gottcha!
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Conny arrives at Melissa’s apartment and is grateful to find a haven there
Boris arrives at the TL mansion to tell Roselena that he and Jana broke up—but doesn’t answer when she wants to know why. (Boris said earlier or later that it was an old fashioned convention. Sort of like breaking off an engagement used to be a big thing in the 19th C.)
Luci tells the two moms about seeing the apartment Claudio bought. It’s big enough for everyone. She wants them to come and help them paint the baby’s room. This is a segue right into hoy.
Hoy –
The Extended-Stay Hotel
Luciana is still on the phone with the two moms. They are all talking excitedly about what they are making in the way of a layette for the new baby. Luci says the barrio folks are making her the bassinet she can keep right next to her bed. Paz says this baby is coming with lots of love. Luciana answers dreamily, it’s my reason for being, my reason for living. (Come on, girl, there’s more to life than having a baby, but those first few months are the sweetest on earth.)
The Dim, Dark, Uber-Decorated Mausoleum (Thank you JudyB)
At the other extreme we have Gala informing Rod sarcastically when he gets home, thanks for getting here on time. She’s pithed because he wasn’t home when the baby crib arrived, so they put it in the gym. Why there, he wants to know. Well, where else, in the hallway, in the living room? Rod says the crib should go in our bedroom. Our? bedroom? Well, ok, *your* bedroom. No way, no how, she laughs. I’m not going to take care of a squalling infant while I’m trying to get my beauty sleep. It’s either the gym or the studio. Listen, Gala, a newborn shouldn’t be left in a room alone, it should be at your side so you can take care of it. That’s from your granny’s days; no need to lose any sleep, though, I’m hiring a nanny and two nurses, one for daytime and one for nighttime. (Hey, those are twelve hour shifts! Where is OSHA? Where is the American Nurses Association?…oh, right, forgot, they’re in Mexico where employees can be exploited.) Rodrigo can’t believe what’s she's saying, for heaven’s sakes, Gala it’s *our* child, not the child of the nurses. What’s the problem, Rod es Mio, while we enjoy ourselves, they take care of the baby.
Rodrigo goes in to take a look at the crib—it’s right in the middle of his gym. Note all the blue and the mobile for a boy—a blue-edged umbrella with all kinds of hanging balls (wishful thinking woman; and some of those balls belong to your husband-in-name-only). Isn’t it swell? Your mother picked it out, Rodrigo. It’s nice to see how enthusiastic you are.
Changing topics, Gala mentions what happened the night before and suggests he needs to ask her for an apology. He does and he hopes that what she did is not repeated. As far as he’s concerned, she won’t have any more provocations. Let’s hope so, dude. Gala reminds him she didn’t want to fight, but he laid down the rules and then abused them. Also, that on her part, she did not fail to follow them. Rod suggests, why don’t we add a new rule: ratchet down this mutual abuse and see if we can’t live peacefully. In return, Gala asks, you respect this home and your wife. I think so (me parece), he replies in a somewhat non-reassuring tone. She adds that they should live as husband and wife with the intimacy as it ought to be between them. He doesn’t answer and just walks away and she’s thinking to herself—Gottcha!
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Por ella soy Eva #56 10/3/12: Eva- Having Her Say and Did Cachito Get Caught?
GI- Rebeca is at the computer and doesn’t understand what she is seeing on the scene. She hangs up with Angelica and calls Felix the Cat (the geek))- to come immediately and fix the computer. Mimi and Eva are stressing over the loss of the cd. Adriano enters- Eva Maria, Eva says jefe –cito. He starts talking about the convention in Las Vegas and he would like to go with Eva.
Rebeca’s office – the geek came into to fix the “virus” on her computer. He realizes what it is. Where did you get this from he asks??? These are encrypted files from Santiago’s computer- the geek thought bubbles.
Adriano would like to invite Eva. Mimi is clarifying- just what is Adriano asking? Inviting us to go with you or just inviting us? Since Eva is shareholder she should think about going? JC/Eva says I think that he wants to invite you. Ah Mimi, thinks- the future Mrs. Adriano Reyes.
The geek wants to know where did she get this cd? The cd has a virus, its risky. He needs the cd and will install an antivirus. She doesn’t give him the cd.
Helena is leaving Mousse Boy instructions about taking calls. Rebeca bursts into Helena’s office, telling her that according to the geek, Helena gave her a cd with a virus. Rebeca is fed up and she wants to make it clear that she is tired of Helena taking what is hers. (News flash- Rebeca the only thing that belongs to you- is animal prints in all shades) Helena tells Rebeca if you are looking for a reason to fight –pleeaaase!! Go back to work! Since Helena is not Rebeca’s boss, Helena reminds her that she is the link between the legal protocol agreements between the company and the Playa Mayagua Project-MEOW! Rebeca flings the cd onto Helena’s desk. (Helena is such a lady)
Oh no Helena- shreds the cd.
The geek goes to Pluto to let him know what is going on with Rebeca and the cd. Pluto is very worried as to how Rebeca accessed the cd. She must have taken it from his house.
Helena and a babysitter (Dona Lupe’s daughter) are helping Lalo with homework and Silvia calls. They discuss the new babysitter and how everything is going to work out. Helena is still worried about her mother living with Mad Dad. You can’t be happy. Come live with us. Mad Dad is a ghost without Lalo. He’s depressed, sad; he’ll change (whatever!)
Silvia is sure that he is changing. There is an open invitation for Silvia to live with Helena and Lalo! Silvia is thinking about it and smiling.
Eva visits Eugenia. Did your husband return for the anniversary. No, he is away on a business trip. My husband is away, my son hasn’t returned, I don’t have company so I spend a lot of time alone. Well, Eva has the afternoon free. Eugenia wants to go to the theatre. Eugenia hasn’t been offered any roles in awhile. She really misses the theatre. Oh boy!!
Mad Dad feels deaf with so much silence. It’s amazing that something so little leaves such a large void.
At least Lalo had you as a father figure says Silvia, who meant it in the sweetest way possible and Mad Dad was offended. And once again insulted Silvia. Uh oh, Silvia is headed to the closet!!! (I can’t clap and type.) No more!!!! (FINALLY!!)
Santiago and Patti Bebe are counting down the days before their wedding. (I’m ready to fast forward, oops sorry, I’m recapping) Patti wants to know how does he really feel about her? (Oh come on- weren’t you at the restaurant listening to him telling Angelica that he loved Angelica and not you, Patti-I heard him!!) You’ve never told me that you loved me, so I don’t know what to think. (Patti, let me sit you down- he hasn’t told you that he loves, he left you at the altar, he’s cheated on you, do you need any more signs?) Santiago tells her that since he left her at the altar he realizes that he is in love with her- (eye rolling time) Oh no- evil background music! Patti has a “Glenn Close- Fatal Attraction” look.
Pluto calls Helena to check up on her. He sees Rebeca in the garage and he starts on her about snooping around and trying to blackmail him in the defrauding matter with JC. (Now Rebecca is no fool, she will put 2+2 together)
At the theater- Eva and Eugenia get their seats for the play- “The Two Faces of Money”- a classic that Eugenia is passionate about. Eugenia feels a close proximity to the main character, whose husband is cheating on her and has another family.
Eva tries to clarify, another family but Eugenia sticks to her word. Eugenia insists that the play is a reflection of her life.
Rebeca lets Pluto know that she is no fool and Pluto tells Rebeca that he won’t be blackmailed. She asks if he is going to kill her- hmmmmm! (One down and one to go)
Rebeca is not happy regarding the direction of their affair and feels like she is being treated like an old shoe. Instead of enjoying life now that he is free all they do is argue. They both have evil grimaces as they embrace. (Did I mention “Fatal Attraction” already?)
Eva promises Eugenia that one-day her name will be on the marquee again. Eugenia wants that but most of all she wants her to see her son. (That was a tender moment between JC/Eva and Eugenia)
Helena and Lalo celebrate his homework completion and moving in with his mother by going to the park and getting ice cream.
Silvia is in the living room with her suitcase. Mad Dad sees the suitcase and says we are too old for the theatrics.
Mad Dad tells her that she is acting like a child and he can say whatever he wants because it’s his house. And Silvia stands up to him. She garbs his arm. He’s not going anywhere AND he IS going to listen to her. (I had to rewind this scene!!). He told her to be quiet and go into the kitchen and make his dinner. He grabs her and she tells him to get off of me. I have many things to tell you, and she proceeds, breaking it down, one by one. (I really can’t type now because I am standing up and cheering) Don’t talk to me like that I’m not scared of you or your threats. Oh, are you going to hit me, I lost a child because of your beatings, you can’t damage me more than you have done already. (Whoa Silvia- it’s about time!! – I can hear everyone cheering) I’ve been living in hell all of these years that I have been married to you. I married you because I was in love with you and I had the stupid idea that your personality would change. that you would change into the man that I had dreamed of, what a BIG mistake!!!! I thought that love would conquer all. NOT!! With you nothing is worth it I’ve changed to an invisible woman, just here to cook and clean- (you go girl!!! ) I was never important to you! You don’t even look into my eyes when we make love, you used me like a machine (Silvia-you are a better woman than I because the room couldn’t be dark enough for me with Mad Dad) I’m just your servant. Well, no more!!!
We are at the theatre with Eva and who is mouthing the lines of the actress and she starts to dispute the choice of actress. Eva apologizes to the audience. The actress recognizes Eugenia.
Silvia-I’ll never make you love me, respect me, treat me like a wife, like the happy woman that I wanted to be, you’ve trampled on my self esteem, my security, for years I have felt so insignificant, so stupid. Well Silvia if you weren’t happy and you stayed its your fault not mine. Silvia agreed, she was treated like an animal, for more than 30 years, being humiliated, being quiet, waiting for a miracle that never came. Our daughter said that I should leave you and I am going to leave you all by yourself!! (I ‘m still clapping) He gets in his final insult- leave, I don’t need you, there is nothing that you can do for me, leave. She picked up her suitcase and left. (Silvia se fue!!!)YIPPEEE!
Talk about an empty house. (Was that a tear or perspiration?)
At the playground- Lalito and Helena are eating icees and Helena is thinking about the good times that she spent with JC and Lalito. Helena is happy to be with her son. Ugh- Lalito (not a good judge of character) suggests that she invite Pluto. He likes him. (Children usually see through the foolishness)
Uh oh, Eugenia starts saying the lines again. Eva apologizes to everyone. The actress asks everyone to give Eugenia applause.
Pluto is packing; he is going to stay at a luxury hotel during the renovation.
Helena calls Pluto, to invite him to the park for an ice cream. I’ll be right there. Oneismo notices Pluto’s stupid grin. Ahh, Helena will be mine.
Eugenia believes that her husband has a lover another family. Modesto comes in and is very upset that Eugenia went to the theatre. Eva took the blame.
Back at the playground, Pluto is still in his shiny brown suit is playing soccer with Lalo (he knew that he was going to the park, he didn’t have a pair of shiny jeans?) Helena thinks of JC playing soccer with Lalo. Uh, Pluto is just so thrilled to have received her phone call. She just wants to thank him for everything that he has done for them. Pluto feels a connection, blah, blah, blah; we have both lost someone that we loved (I need a shovel for all the crap that he is spewing). Life is giving us a second opportunity.
Modesto initially is not denying having another family, so Eva asks (seriously, neither mom nor dad recognize their son?) No, I don’t have another family. I was working; my wife confuses reality with her imagination. You took her to the theatre and now she is going to read gossip magazines and become even more delusional.
Fernando and the family are happily having dinner. Fernando asks about the harp classes? Kevin is blushing, he is in love? The family is teasing him. (It won’t be so funny to them when they find out who it is)
JC has never seen his mother this ill. My mother is inventing another family for my father. Mimi suggests that she see a doctor.
Silvia is waiting in the hallway with her suitcase. She asks Helena if she can stay there? Helena is impactada.
Coming attractions: Santiago marries Patti Bebe (let me get my eyes ready for some serious rolling- oh wait a minute- Patti doesn’t say I do- oh, let me sit up straight because I may fall on the floor laughing)
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Amor Bravío #37 (Uni 32) Tue 10/2/12 There’s a special place in hell for people like Leoncio.
The Search for Luzma
Piedad arrives at Luzma’s room only to find she’s not there
Yago and Bratgirl are in town. Yago has received a call from Mariano saying
they haven’t found Luzma but they did encounter Tolontino. Yago assumes her plan was for Tolontino to
intervene at the wedding. BratGirl
agrees, a little too quickly, that this indeed was her plan – to provoke
Tolontino into stopping the wedding.
Yago sees that her “plan” failed and wonders why Luzma didn’t arrive if
she wasn’t stopped by Tolontino. Ileana
admits her plan failed but doesn’t care so long as that wedding didn’t
fail. The next part of her plan must now
be put into play – to seduce Pablo and get him to forget about that “naca”
(ugh, I hate that word). She asks Yago
for his help in convincing Pablo she’s the better choice for him.
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Abismo de pasión #142 10/2/12: An Aging Sexpot Becomes Important To the 'Plot' and Gael Finds That He Is Going to be a Daddy
Introduction
Seven monkeys are in a nice office at Televisa HQ, with seven aged desktop computers. (Ed. We do not need more monkeys that seven to demonstrate 'Infinite Monkey Theorem for Abismo—seven will do.) After a moment of observing them, It is clear that these fine simians are the writers for Abismo De Pasion. This is the dialogue that followed, as I was able to understand it. Monkeys speak fast and heavily accented Spanish...
"Let's add another meaningless character to the story of Abismo de Pasion. Why don't we do it now (instant gratification) while we are already in Ultimas Semanas? Oh, YES! The delighted monkeys clap their hands in glee. I know, says the alpha male, a huge brute named Fluffy. I learned a new concept in Behavioral Science today—'Aging Sexpot'.
'Aging sexpot?' cry the other monkeys, as they try the phrase on for size. "Aging sexpot? I like it", says the sycophant monkey standing behind Fluffy. "I really like it. This could be worked in with the other random elements we have strung together in place of a plot."
"Don't think of this show as having a PLOT!" shrieks the Alfa Fluffy as he capers around the room, taking control of the group firmly. "Think of this as... as...a soup, stone soup in which we can throw in any ingredient, bring it to a boil and then watch as it evaporates away, meaningless." In the sudden shift of mood that characterizes monkeys and is best exemplified by Gael in 'Abismo', the writing, typing, and story-running monkeys screech, scream and insult one another, pelting one another with the rotten fruit that covers the floor of their large office. "You people are losing your meta-physical edge," Fluffy snarls. "Think Sopa de Albondigas and start typing.The first one done gets a rotten banana!
And, with this fine incentive, our writers type madly away on their ancient word processors.
Thus, our episode—Abismo de Pasion 132, Ultimas Semanas
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Aging Sexpot Carito starts out the episode by promising to help Elisa with her 'plot' to buy la quinta from Carmina.
Paloma says goodbye to Doc Tovar and tells him he has been like a father to her. She also finds out that her mother, Remedios, sacrificed her life for Paloma when she was born. How sad.
Everybody Is At Elisa's Procesadora Today
Outside the new and prosperous procesadora Yucateca Begonia begins insulting Paloma to her son Enrique. "That girl is a low-down, base born tramp. She could be pregnant by anybody..."( a loose translation, I'll admit, but it captures the idea). Begoña sure knows how to endear herself to her children. Right then, Elisa walks by and overhears the conversation. "Is Paloma pregnant?", she asks. QuiQue tries to equivocate but Elisa asks, "Is she pregnant of not?" Enrique now throws his Mom under the bus, this is just another case of her gossip and lies, but Elisa isn't buying it. Enrique suggests that it would be better for Elisa to speak about this directly with Paloma. When Begoña insults Paloma again, comparing her to 'sluts' like Elisa and Carmina, Elisa takes the luscious, ripe habanero out of her hand, shoves it in Begone's face and rubs it all over her mouth. That will give Begoña a taste of her own medicine! Begone grabs her burning face as Elisa walks away. Go Spunky Elisa! Enrique shakes his head at his mom and walks back into work.
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Seven monkeys are in a nice office at Televisa HQ, with seven aged desktop computers. (Ed. We do not need more monkeys that seven to demonstrate 'Infinite Monkey Theorem for Abismo—seven will do.) After a moment of observing them, It is clear that these fine simians are the writers for Abismo De Pasion. This is the dialogue that followed, as I was able to understand it. Monkeys speak fast and heavily accented Spanish...
"Let's add another meaningless character to the story of Abismo de Pasion. Why don't we do it now (instant gratification) while we are already in Ultimas Semanas? Oh, YES! The delighted monkeys clap their hands in glee. I know, says the alpha male, a huge brute named Fluffy. I learned a new concept in Behavioral Science today—'Aging Sexpot'.
'Aging sexpot?' cry the other monkeys, as they try the phrase on for size. "Aging sexpot? I like it", says the sycophant monkey standing behind Fluffy. "I really like it. This could be worked in with the other random elements we have strung together in place of a plot."
"Don't think of this show as having a PLOT!" shrieks the Alfa Fluffy as he capers around the room, taking control of the group firmly. "Think of this as... as...a soup, stone soup in which we can throw in any ingredient, bring it to a boil and then watch as it evaporates away, meaningless." In the sudden shift of mood that characterizes monkeys and is best exemplified by Gael in 'Abismo', the writing, typing, and story-running monkeys screech, scream and insult one another, pelting one another with the rotten fruit that covers the floor of their large office. "You people are losing your meta-physical edge," Fluffy snarls. "Think Sopa de Albondigas and start typing.The first one done gets a rotten banana!
And, with this fine incentive, our writers type madly away on their ancient word processors.
Thus, our episode—Abismo de Pasion 132, Ultimas Semanas
Refrito
Aging Sexpot Carito starts out the episode by promising to help Elisa with her 'plot' to buy la quinta from Carmina.
Paloma says goodbye to Doc Tovar and tells him he has been like a father to her. She also finds out that her mother, Remedios, sacrificed her life for Paloma when she was born. How sad.
Everybody Is At Elisa's Procesadora Today
Outside the new and prosperous procesadora Yucateca Begonia begins insulting Paloma to her son Enrique. "That girl is a low-down, base born tramp. She could be pregnant by anybody..."( a loose translation, I'll admit, but it captures the idea). Begoña sure knows how to endear herself to her children. Right then, Elisa walks by and overhears the conversation. "Is Paloma pregnant?", she asks. QuiQue tries to equivocate but Elisa asks, "Is she pregnant of not?" Enrique now throws his Mom under the bus, this is just another case of her gossip and lies, but Elisa isn't buying it. Enrique suggests that it would be better for Elisa to speak about this directly with Paloma. When Begoña insults Paloma again, comparing her to 'sluts' like Elisa and Carmina, Elisa takes the luscious, ripe habanero out of her hand, shoves it in Begone's face and rubs it all over her mouth. That will give Begoña a taste of her own medicine! Begone grabs her burning face as Elisa walks away. Go Spunky Elisa! Enrique shakes his head at his mom and walks back into work.
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Por ella soy Eva #55 10/2/12: In which Pluto is compared to Bambi.
- Eva, horrified that Helena's on the other side of the door, throws his/her voice deeply and invents a mysterious male visitor, desperately stalling. Helena, who's come to apologize, is amused and curious when a bit later Eva comes out holding her robe tightly closed around her neck and clutching a pair of men's pants
"You never tell me about YOUR life, Eva." "I'm timid about these things." "Is that guy your boyfriend?" "Of course not! I'm still in morning." Eva admits to being a meddler. Helena: "But you're a great person! Still - don't meddle." Helena smiles hugely.
- At a nice restaurant, Mimi and Adri talk about Eva, Mimi can't seem to get Adri to concentrate on her fine assets although he does say: "I like you, you have a good sense of humor." She tells him she inherited the pension she manages.
Adri: "I always thought women should be in the house or in the bed, they shouldn't have power. They were born to embellish and we men were born to govern." "You think like somebody from the 14th century."
JC later explains to Mimi: Adri sees women as objects because he's neer been in love. "You and he are water and oil, find somebody else."
- Marcela and Fer have clearly had good sex and are very happy. They tell each other they've never been unfaithful. All is cozy until Fer lets slip that "Candy Suite" was indeed a prostitute but not for him - for their son Kevin! Marcela is furious. Marcela: "It's normal he's not interested in girls right now, leave him alone. Respect his sentiments."
Meanwhile Kevin has slicked back his hair, bought flowers, and gone to visit - is it that very prostitute? She thinks he's adorable. He's in lurve.
- JC/Eva was invited to his mom's house for the night: it's her wedding anniversary but her husband (JC's dad) is on a trip. Eva arrives with flowers and treats. "How did you know my favorites?!" Eugenia says it's not the first time she spent her anniversary alone. "Your husband, pardon me, he's a cro-magnon." "It's ok. But that's why I invited you!"
Eugenia tells Eva she loved being in telenovelas and films. Eva showers her with compliments. Eugenia says of her son: "He inherited my talent (and my histrionic nature) but his dad feared he would become soft and feminine. He educated Juan Carlos to be a "man" ---" It's sad. Eva says, "Let's have a great friendship."
- Finally Lalo is packed. Silvia tells him, "Leave some games for when you come to see us." Dad glowers. Plutarco shows up to drive. Helena is not so happy her dad called Pluto and she'd rather have taken a taxi. She feels in debt again. (Later Eduardo sulks in the quiet house. Silvia says: "Children are lent to us. We had eight years with him." Later still she warns him: "You're working too much, you need to rest more. He tells her to go away.)
At the new place we see that Pluto has brought Lalo a satin soccer ball. He simpers to Helena, "Your happiness is enough for me!"
Pluto's phone rings, he pretends it's Adriano but it's really Rebecca, she wants a corporate meeting in the jacuzzi. "You're starting to remind me of the whale," he snarls. She wants an expensive engagement ring and tells the air: "I have only put up with you for what you could give me." He tells the air: "You'll have to wait, Rebeca, because I only want to marry Helena."
Undeterred, Rebeca barges in to his house unannounced saying "Mohammed has come to the mountain." She attacks him. She wants to remodel the house and she wants sex. He says he's tired. She wants to awaken his beast. He yields but evidently does not do his best work. "You were like Bambi, not a beast. I wanted something more savage." They fight.
- Eva brings the cd with data she swiped from Pluto to work. It's encrypted and JC is no computer whiz. Felix (who I believe is the one who did the dirty work for Pluto and probably encrypted the cd) comes in, smitten with Eva and ready to do her bidding, but she smacks him and sends him away.
- Mousse boy sorts notebooks for the meeting, Lucia comes in to flirt, he ignores her until she tempts him thus: "I have lunch with Helena and other important people from the company." That interests him. In the bathroom he heard men gossiping about Juan Carlos, the money fraud and the stolen project.
- There is a tiresome board meeting during which the men get lectured for interrupting and talking over the women. Also Helena says the PR department (Rebeca) screwed up badly by not inviting Playa Majagua locals to some social event they had. And then the meeting's over and, of course, Eva's precious espionage cd gets mixed in with Playa Majagua cds and Rebeca ends up with it. Smarter than Eva, she calls Felix to tell him to come help her with it.
- There's going to be a convention in Los Vegas. (Thanks for the typo correction Madelaine.) In the past Juan Carlos with his stooges represented Grupo Imperio there. Marcela would like to go. But Adriano says he's going this year, and he invites Eva to go with him: "I don't want to go alone."
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Refugio Para el Amor #125 Tue 10/2/12 The Only People Who Like Change Are Wet Babies (author unknown)
Tonight's episode was all about change.
Connie is leaving her sister's home. Rod and Gala will soon be
heading for Canada. Luciana is moving into a big (grandota)
apartment in Mexico City. Jana has ended her relationship with Boris
and Vicky is trying to do the same with Max.
For some, changes didn't come easily.
And a few stayed rigidly stuck in their delusions (think Roselena).
And all of our characters are struggling with decisions. In some
cases, they're forging ahead-- leaving behind the past (sometimes
with regret) but holding fragile hope for the future.
Here is how things developed tonight
for our characters.
There's only one corner of the
Universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
(Aldous Huxley)
LORENZO – He's determined to expand
his taquero business, not by being nailed down to one location as
Aldo suggested; but rather increasing the number of bicycles and
locales to 5. As he explained “It's better to seek out customers
instead of them having to come to us.” He may not have finished
prepa but he seems to have good business instincts. As for his
infatuation with Jana, that hasn't changed at all. He's still
ga-ga about her, in spite of Paz and Fabio's warnings the dangers of
the Torreslandas and not aiming too high.
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Abismo de pasión #141 10/1/12:The Truth- It Will Be Told
RECAP BY CATHYX
Hospital: Gab and Dan are still fighting about who cares.
Procesadora: Elisa decides she should finally go into work and act like an owner of the business. Carito greets her and tells Elisa that she heard about what happened and was worried about her and is glad that she finally came back to work. Elisa is mad that no one in La Ermita has anything better than to talk about what has happened to her. Surely she canʼt be the only girl in La Ermita to have been kidnapped by a man whose mother despises her and tricked her son into marrying a woman who pretended to be pregnant and plotted to kidnap the townʼs doctorʼs daughterʼs baby whose father was a statutory rapist from Italy, and that Elisa was going to marry a man who just found out was her kidnapperʼs brother and would have killed said kidnapper if it werenʼt for the fact that the padre broke a confessional secret to reveal it in order to save that kidnapperʼs life. Or that her fiance had finally confessed that he slept with her best friend while he was promised to her, even though she stole her fiance from that best friend and even though she was feeling guilty for having hot beach sex with her kidnapper. I mean really, is everyone in this town so bored with their own lives to have nothing better to talk about?
Read more »Procesadora: Elisa decides she should finally go into work and act like an owner of the business. Carito greets her and tells Elisa that she heard about what happened and was worried about her and is glad that she finally came back to work. Elisa is mad that no one in La Ermita has anything better than to talk about what has happened to her. Surely she canʼt be the only girl in La Ermita to have been kidnapped by a man whose mother despises her and tricked her son into marrying a woman who pretended to be pregnant and plotted to kidnap the townʼs doctorʼs daughterʼs baby whose father was a statutory rapist from Italy, and that Elisa was going to marry a man who just found out was her kidnapperʼs brother and would have killed said kidnapper if it werenʼt for the fact that the padre broke a confessional secret to reveal it in order to save that kidnapperʼs life. Or that her fiance had finally confessed that he slept with her best friend while he was promised to her, even though she stole her fiance from that best friend and even though she was feeling guilty for having hot beach sex with her kidnapper. I mean really, is everyone in this town so bored with their own lives to have nothing better to talk about?
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Por ella soy Eva #54 10/1/12: Mario's Jeans Have an Issue
Before we get started, let me just mention that the tan leather patches on Mario's Jeans look like windows to a naked butt. Rather distracting, wouldn't you say?
Speak of the devil - Pluto brings a gang of iffy-looking armed goon guys to threaten the poor pants-challenged gentleman. Pluti's plot has gone awry with the discovery that Mario actually likes Lalo. Pluto, in his best hoarse and menacing whisper, puts a gun to Mario's head and lets him know that NO one will stop him from marrying Helena.
Santi catches Fernando on a dating site or something, trying to find proof of his wife's infidelity. I don't even have it in me to a venture a guess as to how he thought that was going to get him anywhere. Santi snorts. He wants no part of these "bobadas."
Mario gives in and makes an appearance at Lalo's school to tell the boy he's going back to the States. The director of the school sees him there and calls Helena, but rather than approach the strange man chatting with a young student, the director stands behind Lalo, clucking and frowning. Poor kid, he's not taking this so well. Mario's jeans pockets still look like butt windows as he walks away. Before he leaves, he gives Lalo a fat envelope stuffed with cash (presumably the bribe he got for showing up in the first place - how sweet). Helena and her parents arrive to find the man has already left, moments too late for a huge melodramatic confrontation. Lalo tearfully hugs his mom while Angry Bad Dad gives his best scowl.
Fernie has gone 100% lunatic, creepily staring at his wife, "observing," shining a flashlight in her eyes, and generally talking like, well, a lunatic. What a baby!
Pluto, his thugs, and mario, are all wedged onto some uncomfortable-looking bench somewhere (the airport? airports don't have public outdoor benches). Pluto dials up Helena and thrusts the phone at Mario, feeding him lines while the menacing goons menace and goon. He makes Mario say he's leaving forever, basically, and then grabs the phone back immediately to mug and gloat to Helena.
Geez, what does Mimi want from Adriano? She leans her preposterous bosom over his desk, squishes it around, and generally makes a show-stopping spectacle of herself for his benefit. At first he looks a little overwhelmed in such a hilariously pathetic way that I can't help but laugh!
Pluto bumps into Eva in the hall and tries to chew her out for a buffoon, but she gives him a solid knee in the groin and proceeds to lecture him on manners (forget stones and glass houses, she's mounted a trebuchet in her glass castle). He hits the deck, gasping and moaning for the benefit of all and sundry. He is muy impactada. Unfortunately, Helena is sympathetic to him and takes him into her office. Grrr, now he has a chance to play forgiving and gracious. But Eva marches in and pretends to apologize while continuing to menacingly knee the air and frighten a cringing Pluti. Helena really whips out the riot act on Eva. How can a woman of your age act this way? You almost hit Mario! I'm sick of you tampering with my life! Forget that you were ever my friend! Ouch!
Eva makes it to the hall before crying, and she meets up with Marcela who is similarly tearful after Fernie's latest interrogation.
For his part, Fernie has never been pictured doing an ounce of work! But now he has a reason - he's presently useless because he's a TOTAL WRECK, sobbing and moaning and such!
Eva comes over for dinner, and Fernie explodes when he gets home, revealing everything about the lengerie and accusing her of the very worst. Eva comes in for the defense, calling him all kinds of names like bestia belcibu (beelzebub, I'm not clear on the spelling). The "caveman" orders her out of the house, and she grudgingly backs out, giving him scary eyes.
Holy crap Mimi is actually pursuing Adriano. He peeps into her office, claiming he was looking for Eva, . She says "my cousin has certain compromises, don't bother with her, but I have nothing of the sort!" He whips out a rose (Adriano does magic!) and we see some more bosom.
Marcela speaks very candidly and honestly to her husband about how bad their relationship is (we never talk, we never live harmoniously together, and we never do anything romantic), but all Fernie can think about is the sex. She explains why she bought the lingerie, very candidly and sadly, and the jerk bolts out the door.
But good news, he returns with flowers and an almost apology ("I know that I was half a brute"). Seriously bro, you were all brute and then some. Nonetheless, apology accepted (by her, anyway, if not by me). "Hazme tuyo, flaca." And she does.
Meanwhile, Helena is hunting for Eva. Wu-oh! She finds a weak link in Mimi's vapid receptionist, who tells him that Eva lives there, and in fact leads her to the spot. Right behind the door that Eva is knocking on, Juan, in full two-face mode (halfway into his lady-stuff), prepares to open the door but has an inkling and looks through the peephole to make sure it's Mimi. Recording the show and re-watching it would be worthwhile if only to see the hilarious half-made-up gaping-jawed expression on Juan's face when he sees Helena!
Speak of the devil - Pluto brings a gang of iffy-looking armed goon guys to threaten the poor pants-challenged gentleman. Pluti's plot has gone awry with the discovery that Mario actually likes Lalo. Pluto, in his best hoarse and menacing whisper, puts a gun to Mario's head and lets him know that NO one will stop him from marrying Helena.
Santi catches Fernando on a dating site or something, trying to find proof of his wife's infidelity. I don't even have it in me to a venture a guess as to how he thought that was going to get him anywhere. Santi snorts. He wants no part of these "bobadas."
Mario gives in and makes an appearance at Lalo's school to tell the boy he's going back to the States. The director of the school sees him there and calls Helena, but rather than approach the strange man chatting with a young student, the director stands behind Lalo, clucking and frowning. Poor kid, he's not taking this so well. Mario's jeans pockets still look like butt windows as he walks away. Before he leaves, he gives Lalo a fat envelope stuffed with cash (presumably the bribe he got for showing up in the first place - how sweet). Helena and her parents arrive to find the man has already left, moments too late for a huge melodramatic confrontation. Lalo tearfully hugs his mom while Angry Bad Dad gives his best scowl.
Fernie has gone 100% lunatic, creepily staring at his wife, "observing," shining a flashlight in her eyes, and generally talking like, well, a lunatic. What a baby!
Pluto, his thugs, and mario, are all wedged onto some uncomfortable-looking bench somewhere (the airport? airports don't have public outdoor benches). Pluto dials up Helena and thrusts the phone at Mario, feeding him lines while the menacing goons menace and goon. He makes Mario say he's leaving forever, basically, and then grabs the phone back immediately to mug and gloat to Helena.
Geez, what does Mimi want from Adriano? She leans her preposterous bosom over his desk, squishes it around, and generally makes a show-stopping spectacle of herself for his benefit. At first he looks a little overwhelmed in such a hilariously pathetic way that I can't help but laugh!
Pluto bumps into Eva in the hall and tries to chew her out for a buffoon, but she gives him a solid knee in the groin and proceeds to lecture him on manners (forget stones and glass houses, she's mounted a trebuchet in her glass castle). He hits the deck, gasping and moaning for the benefit of all and sundry. He is muy impactada. Unfortunately, Helena is sympathetic to him and takes him into her office. Grrr, now he has a chance to play forgiving and gracious. But Eva marches in and pretends to apologize while continuing to menacingly knee the air and frighten a cringing Pluti. Helena really whips out the riot act on Eva. How can a woman of your age act this way? You almost hit Mario! I'm sick of you tampering with my life! Forget that you were ever my friend! Ouch!
Eva makes it to the hall before crying, and she meets up with Marcela who is similarly tearful after Fernie's latest interrogation.
For his part, Fernie has never been pictured doing an ounce of work! But now he has a reason - he's presently useless because he's a TOTAL WRECK, sobbing and moaning and such!
Eva comes over for dinner, and Fernie explodes when he gets home, revealing everything about the lengerie and accusing her of the very worst. Eva comes in for the defense, calling him all kinds of names like bestia belcibu (beelzebub, I'm not clear on the spelling). The "caveman" orders her out of the house, and she grudgingly backs out, giving him scary eyes.
Holy crap Mimi is actually pursuing Adriano. He peeps into her office, claiming he was looking for Eva, . She says "my cousin has certain compromises, don't bother with her, but I have nothing of the sort!" He whips out a rose (Adriano does magic!) and we see some more bosom.
Marcela speaks very candidly and honestly to her husband about how bad their relationship is (we never talk, we never live harmoniously together, and we never do anything romantic), but all Fernie can think about is the sex. She explains why she bought the lingerie, very candidly and sadly, and the jerk bolts out the door.
But good news, he returns with flowers and an almost apology ("I know that I was half a brute"). Seriously bro, you were all brute and then some. Nonetheless, apology accepted (by her, anyway, if not by me). "Hazme tuyo, flaca." And she does.
Meanwhile, Helena is hunting for Eva. Wu-oh! She finds a weak link in Mimi's vapid receptionist, who tells him that Eva lives there, and in fact leads her to the spot. Right behind the door that Eva is knocking on, Juan, in full two-face mode (halfway into his lady-stuff), prepares to open the door but has an inkling and looks through the peephole to make sure it's Mimi. Recording the show and re-watching it would be worthwhile if only to see the hilarious half-made-up gaping-jawed expression on Juan's face when he sees Helena!
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Monday, October 01, 2012
Amor Bravío #36 (Uni 31) Mon 10/1/12
Capitulo
36: Ratas – y Perras – de Dos Patas
Lo
del pasado
Camila finds out from Leoncio that no new tractor was purchased. We see Luzma talking with Andres, missing the bus, and getting grabbed. Camila confronts Alonssso about the alleged purchase of an alleged tractor.
He stops biting his claws [¡Salud!], tries to
bullshit his way out of this, fails, then slams his laptop shut and
argues with her about this. She finally accuses him of taking advantage of his infarto to manipulate her and tells him she'd rather he no
longer be the administrator of the ranch, telling him to pack his
things and leave.
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Refugio Para el Amor #124 Mon 10/1/12 A Near Miss; A Judas Kiss; and a Sacred Promise
Tonight’s episode
mainly consisted of a few cat and mouse games and lots of important
conversations, which I have detailed. Max is a vicious alley cat who fights
dirty, but mighty mouse Aldo lives to fight another day. Julie is more of a
lazy, pampered house cat, who thinks she’ll catch clever mouse Claudio with
little effort, but Claudio is smarter and more agile than she. And city cat
Rosa thinks she can easily outwit and trap country mouse Luci, not realizing
that she’s facing a mountain lioness. Let the games begin!
When we return to our story, Pato is handing Rod a big fat
reality check. Doesn’t he know Luci at all? Of course she won’t rush to his
open, manly, muscular arms as soon as he divorces the harpy he’s currently
married to. Not only that, but Pato wouldn’t be surprised if one day soon Luci
has her daddy Claudio move their offices elsewhere. Why doesn’t he talk to Gala
about enacting a truce (dejar la fiesta en paz), and think about giving Gala
her rightful place/respect as his wife?
At the end of the day, she IS Mrs. Torreslanda. (You know Rod, because
of that stupid decision to marry her that you made against Pato’s and Viewerville’s
advice, after that stupid decision you made to sleep with her.) Rod clutches
his ball (not THOSE ones—they shriveled up long ago), and appears to be in deep
thought.
In another section of TL Corporate HQ, Aldo is showing that
his balls are firmly in place and large, and walks willingly into the lion’s
den. He enters Tio Max’s office (the guy who nearly choked him to death the
evening before) and says they need to talk.
A: I don’t like that you called me a traitor, because I’m
not.
M: Oh no?!!
A: No Uncle. I’ve been very straight with you. You asked me to help Lastra get rid of all evidence of Inferno, and I did it. Last night my mom asked me how I had betrayed you, and I made something up to throw the blame away from you…
M: Enough already Aldo!! You’re expecting me to thank you for your loyalty, right? (Approaches Aldo and shoves him hard in the chest.) You’re the one who came to me, begging me (rogandome) to give you work. Don’t forget that!
A: But uncle, you’re the one…
M: How many times have I told you that Vicky is off limits?! That this woman is prohibited to you!
A: Yes Uncle. You told me. But the truth (la neta) is that she doesn’t want anything to do with you.
M: Now it seems that she’s been speaking badly about me behind my back.
A: No Uncle. What’s happened is that Vicky is my friend. (Max turns his back to Aldo and starts fondling a dangerous looking letter opener on his desk. Yikes!) She told me what you did to her, and excuse me Uncle, but truly you’ve gone too far (te pasas). Look…
M: Enough already imbecile!!! (Max grabs the letter opener with one hand and Aldo’s collar with the other! Then he points the letter opener at Aldo while holding his throat.) Neither you nor a vulgar manicurist is going to question my actions!
A: (Stammering) No, no Uncle. Everyone knows Maximino Torreslanda is very powerful. But for realzies Uncle, Vicky’s really hurt by/disappointed in you. You mistreat her regularly. And what’s more, you could have any girl you want. Give Vicky a chance and leave her in peace already!
M: What are you thinking, imbecile?!!! (Throws Aldo to the couch and goes towards him as if about to give the death blow with the letter opener.)
M: Oh no?!!
A: No Uncle. I’ve been very straight with you. You asked me to help Lastra get rid of all evidence of Inferno, and I did it. Last night my mom asked me how I had betrayed you, and I made something up to throw the blame away from you…
M: Enough already Aldo!! You’re expecting me to thank you for your loyalty, right? (Approaches Aldo and shoves him hard in the chest.) You’re the one who came to me, begging me (rogandome) to give you work. Don’t forget that!
A: But uncle, you’re the one…
M: How many times have I told you that Vicky is off limits?! That this woman is prohibited to you!
A: Yes Uncle. You told me. But the truth (la neta) is that she doesn’t want anything to do with you.
M: Now it seems that she’s been speaking badly about me behind my back.
A: No Uncle. What’s happened is that Vicky is my friend. (Max turns his back to Aldo and starts fondling a dangerous looking letter opener on his desk. Yikes!) She told me what you did to her, and excuse me Uncle, but truly you’ve gone too far (te pasas). Look…
M: Enough already imbecile!!! (Max grabs the letter opener with one hand and Aldo’s collar with the other! Then he points the letter opener at Aldo while holding his throat.) Neither you nor a vulgar manicurist is going to question my actions!
A: (Stammering) No, no Uncle. Everyone knows Maximino Torreslanda is very powerful. But for realzies Uncle, Vicky’s really hurt by/disappointed in you. You mistreat her regularly. And what’s more, you could have any girl you want. Give Vicky a chance and leave her in peace already!
M: What are you thinking, imbecile?!!! (Throws Aldo to the couch and goes towards him as if about to give the death blow with the letter opener.)
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Amorcito Corazón Discussion #119-123 Oct. 1-5
Hey gang, I hope have something up later this evening. Thanks for your patience.
Labels: Amorcito
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Abismo de pasión #140 9/28/12: Gosh, I Hate Coming Up With Titles, but Here Goes: I HATE Ex-Padres Ascot and other of my OCD OBSERVATIONS
Casa de Don Lucio: Eliar, who stole Gall from Paloma, tells Paloma that Gall should have kept his pecker in his pants and not slept with Paloma (especially since he didn’t love her). Outraged that Gall did not remain faithful to her during their engagement, Eliar points out that Gall didn’t realize how much he was hurting Paloma and he doesn’t deserve their forgiveness. Eliar begs Paloma not to leave town because Gall will be in Paloma’s heart where ever she lives. She can’t run away from her feelings. Paloma tells Eliar that she can’t be near Gall because it hurts too much. Eliar swears to Paloma that Gall will not hurt Paloma again. Paloma says that she has to leave and hurries out of the door. Dolores, who has been listening to the conversation, tells Elisa that Paloma hasn’t told them everything.
Yucateco: The office is empty except for Enrique and Carito, the receptionist. Enrique tells Carito that she looks bad (no wonder he can’t keep a woman), she’s skinny and she needs to eat. Enrique’s going to get a bite to eat; he invites her out with him. Carito grabs her purse, but almost faints on the way out. Enrique catches her before she hits the floor. She tells him that she hasn’t been feeling well lately since she’s been doing all of the work at Yucateco. Between Enrique’s love life, Braulio trying to carry Dolores’ milk, Elisa getting kidnapped, Gall going crazy and Don Lucio’s Tostacho parties, she’s had to put in a lot of overtime. She’s heard of “my girl Friday”, but this is ridiculous! Enrique offers to take her to his father for a check-up. Carito believes that she simply lacks vitamins. Enrique tells her to take the tomorrow off. Why don’t they just close down the plant? Nobody has time to work!
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Amor Bravío #35 (Uni 30) Fri 9/28/12 Imposters R Us: Mission Impossible IV Takes Shape
Capítulo 35
El Pasado
When last we parted ways with Camila and her posse, Issssadora had just
flopped her ample and aptly, though poorly, camouflaged caboose (ala the latest in desert lizard) on a chair in the office of her defunct hubby’s notary; and she had
told him that she planned on counterfeiting a phony will for her DIL and would
be the one forging her name on it. At
the same time Daniel was left gawking at Amanda’s new boarder, Hench the
Trench, cuz the guy’s huge scorpion tat had given him away as the same dude who’d
broken into Dan’s apartment and who’d shot and murdered Miriam, his pregnant
wife, consequently starting this whole nightmare that just won’t end.
Lo Del Nuevo
Natalie arrives to find Dan mumbling to himself that he’s going to kill
that guy. “--Who?” “--That man out there! He’s the guy who came to kill me and ended up
killing my wife and child!” She tries
calming him down and making him see reason. He’s too upset to listen. “—But
he’ll try it again! You heard me! He destroyed my life and he took from me what
I loved most! He’s going to pay for it
with his own life!” Nat wisely shuts the
kitchen window’s shutters near the stairs just as Hench is going up them to
find his room. Nat again warns Dan to
take it easy cuz if the guy sees him he’s likely to kill him (and all of them
while he’s about it) right then and there!
Nope, he should leave by the back way and not let the man see him.
Amanda comes back into the kitchen now and says Hench is her new
boarder. Ruh-Roh! Dan’s heart goes flying into his throat. Poor Amanda doesn’t understand till Nat
explains that this is the gunman who killed Dan’s pregnant wife. Amanda is drop-jaw impactada.
Back in Saloman’s office, Hisssadora is still giving Sal a piece of her
mind, after remembering him helping her old sleaze-bag of a hubby, Eleazar, pass
her off “legally” as Alonso’s mother when they all knew the kid was really the
son of some slutty servant the old coot (now sterile and/or impotent) had been
boinking a while before. “—He had a son from her and married me without telling
me. He tricked me!” Sal reminds her that infant Al came into her
life at such a young age that he’s always considered her his mother. Issssadora has a hissy fit. She screams back at Sal at the top of her
lungs. “—Well, I’m not!!!” (Wow. Who knew?) Saloman, she reminds him, forged her name on the
boy’s birth certificate, without her
permission, so that the old dude’s bastard son could enter into “respectable
social circles”.
Well, says Sal, if you
didn’t want to, why’d you agree to keep quiet?
Isssa, we see in flashbacks, was at least as young as Luzma and had no
choice or the old pervert was threatening to punish her family unmercifully. He had her terrorized
and cowed [sometida]. (Ya know, ya gotta
figure something was already screwy
with that marriage—and probably Issssa’s whole family--especially when they can
marry her off to a guy old enough to be her grandfather!!) Hissadora threatens Sal with reporting him to
the police, ruining his reputation and his family’s good name (not to mention
his eventually having to share a cell with some hardcore criminal in a Mexican
prison and a name change from Saloman to Sally). She gives him the ultimatum of do it or else
and it’s safe to assume that Sal doesn’t give Hissadora much static after that.
At the B&B, meanwhile, Amanda sends Nat up to tend to Hench and to
see if she can reckon anything about the guy’s plans while she’s at it.
Hench is on the phone with Dionisio, who wants him to take down an
address cuz the guy living there can lead him directly to DDA. Nat comes in with the towels. She gets a look
at the address Hench writes down before excusing herself. Nat goes back into the kitchen and tells the
others what she read. Daniel has a fit
because it’s Rafa’s street. So, Nat
tells the others how that morning Al and Mama wanted her to find out exactly
when Rafa and Viv took up residence there in the town, supposedly to check up
on what kind of people these friends of DDA’s were after Rafa made a big to-do
about knowing DDA. Dan explains that
that was a part of their plans to unmask the villains and agrees to give them
reliable [fidedigna=trustworthy] information about the others. “--It won’t matter because they don’t have
anything to hide.”
Nat tries talking her mother into getting rid of the new boarder
somehow. Amanda refuses and wants to
keep the guy there so they can keep an eye on him. Anyway, she feels guilty, she tells them,
because if she hadn’t opened her big mouth to the padre, none of this stuff
would have happened. In the meantime, he’s not to come back to the B&B or
to be seen around town till they can get to the bottom of things. It would only make matters worse. The bad guy leaves his key with Amanda and
says he’s got to run an errand.
Dan leaves the B&B and calls Rafa to meet him at the church. They’ve got to talk and he can’t do it at the
house.
Leoncio sees Pablo walking up the drive and intercepts him. Sra. Camila isn’t in. Pablo has to leave a message for her (which,
of course, Mr.Tubbs never intends on giving).
“—Tell her…er…Pablo Albarrán came by and needs to talk.” “—I know exactly who you are.” Rodolfo is on the veranda and hears Leo lying
about Cam not being there right now. Pablo
cuts his losses and heads for home.
At school, Luzma worries that Pablo and she aren’t getting married the
next day because they argued over Tolentino and him fighting. Irena tells her to get real and then suggests
if Luzma wants to make sure, then to go over to his place and apologize. They walk past Iliana and Yago who are a ways
down the main drag. Illy points her out
to Yago and he responds from the male point of reference, somewhere south of
the belt buckle but north of the kneecaps.
He likes what he sees. “—Well
she’s definitely not ugly, in fact quite the opposite! Definitely no naca, either. [Little Bro] has
always had good taste.” Illy sniffs,
disgusted. Yago asks about the
wedding. She tells him to trust her. “--Somebody will do something to prevent them
from getting married.”
Cami comes in for dinner and storms back out again after she learns that
D’Andres wasn’t around to help with the remainder of the vaccinations because
Augustina “loaned him out” uh-gain to
Dio for something or other. Dio seems to
think that because he’s Gussie’s intended, he is entitled to use him or to do
whatever else he has a notion to whenever he feels like it, she says. Everyone there keeps making decisions about the
rancho and its personnel without getting her approval first! She’s not convinced they need security anyway,
she adds, especially after what Rafa told them. Mama should hire somebody
specifically for security, if that’s what she wants, but leave her employees to
her so they can do the job they were hired to do.
The others think she’s overreacting.
Heck the guy’s only a chauffeur, says Lon. Yeah, says Cami, but he did a good job
assisting with the vaccinations and when she needed him again he was sent off
for the whole day! She’s the one running
the show there, she reminds them, but everyone seems to be forgetting that
little fact. Would they mind not keeping
her out of the loop in the future, huh??
Ximeana tells Al that for her sis to make such a scene over the guy,
this is somebody she’s really gotta meet (and
try to get her gold-digging claws into)!
At the church, Rafa and Dan discuss no longer being able to be seen with
each other and Dan having to stay out of sight now that the murderer is staying
in town to spy on Rafa in hopes of being led to DDA.
Back at the M.Q. again, Rodolfo mentions to Cami that Pablo came looking
for her earlier in the day, but that Leoncio told the kid she was gone. Cam gets pissed and heads off, mumbling to
herself, to look for Leo.
Speaking of Leo, he starts putting the screws to Hisssadora for refusing
to pay him what she’d promised. He tells
her he’s been putting 2+2 together (about as high as this pervie ever learned to count) and is thinking she’s the one who finished
off the poor padre. After all, she was
gone from the rancho during the time the old guy was given his one-way ticket
up to the Pearly Gates. She tells him to
stop with the stupid suppositions, that his anger has him imagining things and
to just leave it alone. Just then up
walks Cam and Isssa pretends to finish giving the guy instructions from
Al. Hisssa shows her a mouthful of
pearly whites. “—Oh! Well, hi there,
Camila! I’m just heading into the house. See you there!” Cam takes the opportunity to bawl him out for
telling Pablo she wasn’t around when she was and “assuming she didn’t want to
be bothered.” She yells at him to go
fetch Pablo immediately and bring him back with him.
On his way back to the rancho, Dan gets a call from Aaron introducing
himself and letting him know that he will help Rafa and him with their plan to
catch the bad guys by pretending to be the fugitive heir. Yes, Vivi has explained what’s been
happening. The lives they’re leading are
180° opposite. “—Well, it’s not the life I
wanted or asked for.” “—That’s why I
want to help you.” Dan’s very grateful for what he’s doing, he
says. Aaron says, forget it. “—Hoy por mi, mañana por ti. [I might need you to
do the same for me sometime.] Tell Rafa
that Daniel Diaz Acosta will arrive there tomorrow.” Viv checks in with Dan afterwards before he
clicks off. “Mission accomplished.” She
will be calling Rafa next and giving him the 411. Dan clicks off and breathes a
sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, Gussie gets ready for her first sales dinner meeting
(undoubtedly as a naïve and unsuspecting pitch-person for one of Dio’s pyramid
retirement schemes).
Issssa takes a minute to chat with Al about Leo’s little suppositions and
probable threats. She’s going to have to
think of something to keep his mouth shut a bit longer. Al reminds her there’s no money left for that
now. Yeah, but not to worry, something
will come to mind. She leaves as he
squirts breath freshener into his mouth.
(Ugggggh! Just the thought of
that guy’s tongue anywhere near my tonsils makes me ill!!!)
At the same time Luzma follows Irena’s advice and goes looking for Pablo
at La Buenaventura. She runs into
Mariano who is thrilled to meet her.
She’s there to clear up some bad vibes.
Mariano says he’ll be happy to know she is there looking for him cuz he
went to the M.Q. to look for her earlier but didn’t have a chance to speak with
her. He gives her some mush about a true
love like theirs comes rarely and ought to be cherished. She heads off to the back forty to find Pablo
and they coo at one another like a couple of turtle doves. Yep, the wedding is still on. Tío Leo shows up at the front gates now
looking for Pablo.
Across the way again, Lonso and Ximeana (the reason behind all that
useless spritzing of Listerine) are taking a post prandial stroll through the
gardens. She says she’s heard Cam wants
a divorce. He says yeah, but he won’t
agree to it because of course he is so totally in luhhhhhhv with her. Al, says Xi, how could you love a woman who
talks to you like a dog? “--She treats
to you the same way she does Maja. (Only Maja doesn’t growl like Al does,
though.) Besides, the two of you aren’t
having sex.” He pshaws at that and says
that’s only temporary and they’ll be back at it soon enough. She guffaws and smirks. “—Even
you don’t believe that, Alonso!” (Hey, this is Bella he’s talking to
here.) She tells him it’s got to be the
money thing with him. He might as well
wait to divorce till she inherits the ranch and then take advantage of the situation
and demand his half of it (and that should be enough for Ximeana to glom onto once he’s single again and
she can hook him). He laughs nervously and jokes that she’s dreaming up horror movie
scenarios in her head. Nope, I’m not,
she smiles back at him. “—If it’s any consolation, if I were in your situation,
Id’ do exactly the same.” Well, if she
were married to somebody who was inheriting lots of money she’d sure as heck not leave until she made darned
sure she got to take her a fair portion of that pile o’ pesos with her! In
fact, she’ll help him fight that divorce. Why? Cuz she likes him and abhors her sister.
Gussie’s dinner meeting starts.
Cami’s there listening and takes a moment to ask Issssa what she and
Leoncio were discussing. “—Just clarifying
orders from Alonso, like I said.” Gussie’s
dinner meeting is turning into a success.
Two sales. Cami tells her mama how
proud she is of her and gives her hugs. Isssa
coos and gushes.
Illy comes with the message for Pablo that there’s some old dude looking
for him at the front gate from the M.Q. Ruh-Roh!
Luzma panics. Could he be
looking for her? Pablo heads off to the
main drive. Illy fakes friendship and makes
nice with Luzma. She’s really not Luzma’s
enemy, really she isn’t…..
Tío Leo it is, telling Pablo he’s there to take him to see Sra. Camila
now. Pablo tells him to tell her his
problem’s been resolved and he’ll see her tomorrow. “—At the rancho?” No, Pablo says, but she knows where. Leo silently curses and thinks to himself that she’s been invited and is
going then, the female pimp [alcahueta=procuress]!!” Leo leaves.
Pablo calls Luzma on Illy’s cell to tell her nothing to worry
about. He was there for something
else. The wedding is still on.
D’Andres walks into Cami’s cabaña (without knocking, natch) and takes her
by surprise. He heard she was looking for him.
She tells him to make sure he advises her any time he’s going off
property. He apologizes and says with
everyone giving him orders he doesn’t know whose to follow first. She explains, primarily it’s her mother, but
she’s also involved since she runs the place.
Ok. But what did she need him for? Nothing now, she says curtly (all the while
trying to act like she was too involved with paperwork to stop long enough to
gaze into his deep brown, lash-laden eyes knowing she’d get hopelessly lost in
them—just like the rest of us with 20-20 vision and an appreciation of the “finer”
things in life would). “--I did need
you to help with the rest of the vaccinations, but we’re all through.” He smiles with just a hint of a well-placed
dimple. “—So I didn’t do so badly, then,
huh?” “—You can go now.” He stands there, expectantly. She repeats herself and tells him she doesn’t
need him anymore today. He takes a few
paces forward, leans over, and whispers in her ear that he, on the other hand,
needs her more each day. She gets up and
their faces are kissin’ close. He takes
her by the shoulders. She tells him again, a little less forcibly this time, to
go on home. He ignores her. Believe me,
he tells her, staring into her eyes, this took me by surprise also. I never, ever thought this would happen.
Unflappable, Cami asks him what he means by “this”. She doesn’t get it. (Really?
What does it matter?) He caresses
her cheek, then her hair. She stares
coolly at him. The woman seems made of
stone. (What’s with her? Is that thing in her chest where her heart’s
supposed to be just a lump of ice? Good Lord! He’s duded up in a charro outfit that matches
the brown of his eyes, stuffed into pants that embrace his assets to the utmost.
¡Ay, yi, yi! Most of Viewerville would have
ripped off his tie, popped his shirt buttons loose and having worked that
tight-fitting jacket off those big, buff muscular biceps of his, immediately gone
for the ones on that enhancing pantsing by now.) Ice Queen doesn’t flinch an inch,
but (we note) she doesn’t take her eyes off his either. He continues, answering her in a voice so low
she has to lean forward to hear. “--There are things we can’t deny; things we
haven’t the words for, things we simply feel, things that seize control of [apoderarse=seize,
take possession of] one. That.” He tells her good night and leaves. She stands motionless till he’s out the
door then begins to shake herself out of her trance. She repeats a mantra of
sorts to herself: I don’t feel a thing, I don’t want to; I don’t feel a thing, I
don’t want to…..
Dan walks down the stairs and through the yard, mumbling to himself. “—Camila! Camila! Who does understand you?”
The next day is Luzma’s birthday and her mother and Tio Leo wake her up
with a huge birthday cake and “Las Mañanitas”.
Leo gives her a watch. He has to ruin things by reminding her that just because she's of age doesn't mean she can do just whatever she wants. (He's thinking about the phonecall telling him there's a rich guy taking advantage of her, even wanting to marry her.)
Across the way at Pablo’s, Mariano and Yago give him his wedding present:
tickets to the beach for his honeymoon.
Cami finds out from Leo that Alonso never gave him money to buy a new tractor, only a few pesos to buy a part to fix the old one with. This does not make Cami a happy camposina.
In another part of the rancho, Luzma and D’Andres are taking it easy
and kibitzing. She’s invited him to her
wedding and wants to make sure he’s coming.
He tells her only if La Patrona lets him. Up walks La Patrona, aka Cam, and gives him “permission”. Luzma suggests that he will drive her there
so they can go together. Suits Cami, tho’
she seems a bit uncomfortable with the idea.
He smiles down at her in anticipation and she smiles up through her
lashes at him. Let her finish a couple of things and she’ll be ready.
A bit later, while Luzma is waiting outside the gates of the property for
her ride to Irena’s, she’s kidnapped and chloroformed by a pair of striped
pants and ankle boots. And, from the looks of those sixties’ striped retread
threads and dirty old shit-kickers, Viewerville suspects it’s gotta be tubby
Tío Leo who was given an “anonymous” heads-up to the wedding by Bratgirl.
Meanwhile, Camila walks into the ranch office and asks Larcenous Lon what he spent the 3 million pesos she gave him for fixing up the rancho for. He tries to pass off the same rubbish about personnel, parts, and a tractor. She tells him she’d like to see the invoices. He tries to guilt her into backing off by screaming loudly and accusing her of not respecting or trusting him. Why the invoices? “—It’s lies. All lies. You didn’t buy a tractor or anything!!” “—How dare you accuse me!” “—Hey, it’s my money, or the ranch’s, or whatever you care to call it--and I want to see what you did with it! In fact, you know what, Alonso? I don’t want you as administrator of la Malquerida any longer. Just pick up your things and clear out of here!” Cara de you-just-try-n-make-me-you-b!tch de defiant Alonso.
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