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Update: Thanks for pointing out that Oropeza is Rebeca's last name, and Mendoza is Pluto's evil buddy with the bad facelift. I've corrected my errors!

Santi and Luci stammer and wriggle. Helena, saying she doesn't want to meddle, barges in with both feet and tries to convince them both to give love a chance.

Santi proposes to Luci that they go to a bar and throw a few back while "clarifying" things. While Luci is stammering and backing up she backs into Renato, who says sweetly he misses their friendship. "Friends, friends, what about LOVE?" she angrily asks the ceiling.

Will Jennifer be spared an unwelcome deflowering? Claudia has reformed (we know because she took off her angry headband) (but she's unconvincing as a good girl) and warns Marce and Eva that the virgin-despoiler Daniel is after Jennifer.

Marce and Eva go to find Fer, he's in his undershorts at Santi's. He gloats thinking Marcela wants him back, but really she wants him to call Daniel's parents (his former employers).

In the woods Jennifer reads her mother's note:

I understand why you're angry at what I've put up with, but for love I did stupid things. My love for him was greater than my love for myself. There's nothing wrong with love, but don't let your life rotate around somebody else. Never feel obligated to do 'things' or someday you'll lament losing yourself, you'll lament not having been able to say "I disagree."

Jennifer cries.

Meanwhile Marce is dumbfounded: Daniel's father knows all about his propensities! Turns out Daniel was expelled from school for abusing a girl -- "but he told us she asked for it," the father says -- "our poor son is a victim, too! Aren't you judging him harshly? And if you make a scandal everyone loses."

Fer begs Eva for the car - Eva says she's going along - Fer says he has to drive because women can't drive. Eva ignores him and they leave for the forest where the camping trip is going on and...

... where, alone together, Daniel and Jennifer prepare for her "first time" - i.e. he pushes her down on a towel in the grass. She pushes him off and says "not here, not now, let's wait till I'm of age." He grabs her and yells "You can't leave me like this" (the blue balls ploy). He throws her down. She runs away.

Fer and Eva arrive. Nobody knows where Jennifer is.

Meanwhile she is running as if she were on the set of "LOST." Daniel is in hot pursuit. She yells for her mom.

In typical novela fashion - just as Daniel closes in for the kill, Fer and Eva run up. Eva pounds Daniel. He yelps: "Why are you so strong, you freak?" Back at base camp, Daniel's father says: "If you denounce my son, Fernando, I'll have you in jail for fraud."

At home, Daniel's father yells at him: "This is the last time last time I protect you. You're going to military school." Daniel pokes at his cellphone, presumably punishing Jennifer by releasing his raunchy pictures of her onto the internet.

Home safe, Jennifer can't believe he was going to force her. Her mom consoles her: "He fooled us all." "I don't trust guys any more." "Don't be bitter, just be more careful: if a guy doesn't respect you, he isn't worth it."

Juan goes back to tell Eugenia and Claudia of the successful rescue. Claudia asks Eugenia to forgive her for everything. They embrace.

Mendoza is courted by two suitors. First Rebeca calls him, demanding his help in bringing down Pluto. "Stop getting me in plots," he says. "Yes, I could bring Pluto down, but what can YOU give ME?"

Then Pluto asks Mendoza to make sure Rebeca gets blamed for giving info to the competition. Mendoza counters: "Give me a lot of dough for what I've done already, for the corrupt FITSA fiddle and everything else."

Pluto offers 5% of his GI shares. However, Mendoza knows Pluto's planning to make those shares worthless. "FITSA is so risky, 5% is far too little, I've risked a lot." "No, 5% is very magnanimous."

Silvia has one cute suitor: he buys a plant and wants to have coffee with her. "I am just getting divorced, I'm not interested in dating, I enjoy being alone." "OK, but some day I'll be back to get another plant to keep this one company."

Will it be poor Renato who brings Helena down into the dust? While Mendoza and Pluto are bickering about payment, Renato comes in to talk about the upcoming meeting. "I have found irregularities, Helena seems implicated." "Denounce her at the meeting, you have my support." The villains laugh after Renato leaves. "The meeting will be an atomic bomb!"

Juan's gastritis is killing him. "Don't leave me, Mimi" he groans. Helena calls and invites him to join her at the pension. Amid embraces, Juan tries to face the awful Eva anvil but when Helena says "I'm so worried about the meeting tomorrow and Eva's the only support I've got," he chickens out again. [Which recapper is going to have the pleasure of this ghastly reveal?]

Luci and Santi meet at the bar. She: "I always have bad luck with guys because I choose the wrong ones." "It's been the same for me. First, I wanted the perfect wife that would impress my parents. Then I chose one that was the exact opposite."

In typical telenovela style, Santi's first fiancee Patty (the parent-approved upper-class blond) shows up JUST THEN! She hugs Santi, he looks confused, Lucia looks mortified and slips out. Santi seems to think ... but Panty introduces her HUSBAND, who is very cute. "Whoah, Patty, he is artistic, liberal, bohemian!?!?!"

"You helped me break away from seeking the ideal husband. My parents shouted about this match, but now they love him, he's a hard worker and he makes me laugh. We don't live in the big house I expected but..." "Patty, would you and I have been happy together?" "No, we weren't in love, we weren't even friends." After she leaves he looks happy. Plot breakthrough.

Pluto wants Onesimo to kill Rebeca. Or maybe he'll do it with his own hands.

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* Private Investigator Adriana de las Scarves spends the whole episode looking for the doctor who delivered her daughter. At first she goes to a hospital but a nurse informs her that doctor Montaño doesn’t work there anymore. And no, she won’t give Adri his number.

* Kendra shows Odiodette the shiny ring Nelson gave her. Darth Odiosa belittles the present (“Richard Burton gave a more expensive jewel to Elizabeth Taylor!”), and she thinks that Kendho’s quest for the title Mrs. Brizz is hopeless and she shouldn’t be so sure of herself. Nelson is organizing a birthday party for Victoria, and he obviously wants to win his wife back. The frustrated Barbie basically kicks Odette out of her apartment.
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 Helena cancels a meeting w/ Juan - her Dad called and sounded like he actually wanted to see her, so off she goes.

Eugenia continues trying to be nice to the vile Claudia, who is now moping in bed. Eugenia asks if some of the misery the girl is feeling has to do with losing her virginity (huh?). Oh. It was that greaseball (Daniel, duh). . . who, big surprise, was remarkably inconsiderate. Eugenia lets her know that every human has their own value, which has nothing to do with what others think. I think it's a good sign that the girl got rid of the grotesque headband(s). She accepts a hug from Eugenia.

At Helena's meeting with Dad. He says the only thing they have in common is his grandson. He wants to schedule days for visitation. He browses through his calendar as Helena looks puzzled. Once that's wrapped up, he moves on to his real agenda - is his ex-wife seeing anybody? But he'll get no such pleasure from his daughter. This was a mostly useless interchange, but he gets some emotional music anyway.

Awww... Lucia misses another chance with Santi. But he wants to thank her from the bottom of his heart. She starts babbling about how they helped each other, but he moves in closer and kisses her on the cheek. She kisses him back on the cheek, and the two of them stumble around awkwardly. Whoops.

Santi has clearly switched over to the team of good-guys. He is now counseling Ferni on valuing his family and not necessarily being so desperate to get a job and get out of the house. Ferni isn't doing such a good job at listening, though, and wants to move in with Santi - he proposes alternating nights on the bed with Santi (I'll sleep on the bed one night and on the sofa the next).

Then, just as Santi is admitting to Ferni that he's got some real feelings for Santi, they see Sebastian (?), Lucia's Ex, with another girl. Santi moves in and punches him!

Marcela has stayed up late to lecture Jenni when she gets in. Jenni is unapologetic, and pulls the my-dad-is-a-bad-role-model card. She doesn't know whose side to take.

Santi gets a hilarious shock when he wakes up to find a snoring Ferni in his bed! he sadly moves to the tiny couch. OMG - what a nightmare - Ferni is a disaster as a houseguest. . . he's going to sleep all day and asks for money.

Ferni fails to impress Marcela when he yells at her for bringing up divorce. He storms out. Stupidly, she wakes up and cries when she finds him gone.

Why is Mimi leaving? She is super sad about it? Juan lets her know that she'll have a friend waiting for her, and very sweetly tells her to hurry back.

Oh no - Jenni is going camping with Daniel. Good lord, how can she be so blind. He is broadcasting CREEPAZOID on broad-spectrum, all channels. He says he wants to make her his. She agrees.

Santi is hilaaaariously awkward with Lucia when they meet at G.I., feeding the flames of blue-skirt gossip.

I love it when Eva uses her purse to beat up a chair to show Marcela how outraged she his about her caveman husband. She has many harsh words for the rascal.

Helena seems to have picked up on the Santi situation via blue-skirt-gram and she grills Luca, who doesn't reveal anything.

A wise Eugenia brings Claudia to warn Marcela and Helena about the sleazeball who just took her daughter into the woods. Marcela is very sweet - I'm as proud of you as if you were my own daughter! The four ladies decide to mount a search party! That's our cliff hanger for the day. See you next time.

Wow - a whole episode without Plutarco. Maybe he was on vacation?

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Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen, such a fun epi this evening. Elvis even enters the building, and leaves the building of course. We have a bowling date/s, and the Furry Fornicator has a major equipment malfunction. What else happened you asked?? Please read further to find out.

Birthday Cake and The Date is Set Up:

So Ms Vikki and the Angel nosh on the birthday cake and make a date, to a place of Ms Vikki's choosing. Hmmmm where could that be? But not with her bodyguard but she wants Angel to go as her companion! Is it a date? Yeah, it's a date.

Nikki and Guzmi Make a Date:

So Nikki and Guzmi are doing the tango, well not really, but Nikki wants to go on a date with him too, to a place of her choosing, Guzmi thinks it's a joke, but not it's a date, is he in??? Yeah, he's in.

Your Kiss In On My List, Of The Best Things in Life:

So now we have Dances and Betty at a table at the Salsa Club. Dances is leaning in for the kiss, when Betty pulls away, we in Viewerville sigh, a big collective sigh, and take a sip of our Baileys. So Betty tells him when they dance, things are fab, but as soon as the music stops, she can't help but think about what Kendho said about him, being peligroso (dangerous), yeah that's the ticket, and she doesn't know him well, and well, she doesn't want another one like Leo the Horrible in other words. Dances, without his sunglasses, naked eyes, no obfustication, tells her he completely understands. He tells her that yes, in the past he was not a good person, he has done some things that, if she knew, he wouldn't expect her to like him at all. He does have a past, he isn't proud of, he hasn't killed anyone. Santino Roco has this past, but since he met Betty, he wants to change, meeting Betty has helped him break the chains of his addiction, er bad to the bone actions with we all know with who, but Betty doesn't. He wants to break free of that now and wants a chance at deserving her lurvvvve.... and they are leaning and getting closer and then.....yes, we have contact, er a meeting of the lips and Yowsa, what a kiss I must say!!!!! There is cheering at the Betty table and the Bodyguard table is a little subdued. We'll get back to them.


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Breakfast at the Contreras:

Breakfast is served and Fern is reminded he has gotta go.

Lucia Goes for a Visit:

Lucia has gone for a little visit to Helena's. She has got to tell her what happened with Santi which she does. Helena is like Que Que What???? Lucia gushes that this is so different from her previous experiences with men, there was passion, such passion, doncha know. Lucia is gushing so much and Helena asks Lucia if maybe Santi didn't take advantage? Hush your mouth, says Lucia, it wasn't like that at all. Helena smiles at Lucia and asks her if maybe she has fallen in love with Santi, but before Lucia can answer, here comes Lalito and Lucia uses this to go on her way!
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Feliz Dia de los Enamorados…let's see how all of our enamorados fare tonight….

Refugio prays to the Virgen to fix everything…Rocio, Cayetano, Yago, Pablo and Luzma…she knows it's a lot to ask, but this family sho'nuf needs it!

Pablo is trying to get Luzma to feel a little hope, and she'd love to leave everything behind.  She wonders if the baby forgives her for resenting it.  Pablo figures babies are just nice like that. Luzma says she really did end up loving the innocent little creature.  Of course, says Pablo, because she has a big heart.

Abraham and Dante walk Miriam to her door.  They head back downstairs and confab.  Abraham would like Dante's help keeping the Daniel-Camila relationship a secret from Miriam.  Abraham knows even though they're trying to hide it, it's only a matter of time before the whole thing blows up on them!  Dante tells him that if Daniel leaves Miriam for Camila, she'll find a new love.  Abraham disagrees.

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Amores Feb 14:


Refritis:

At the Blonde Bimbo’s,

Dances has Kendra on a single-hand neck lock, yanks her around her apartment: Who do you think you are? Don’t mess with Texas (eh… ME!)!! (she brushes it off as no big deal, this only gets him angrier) … Remember I know all about you, the kind of ‘ho’ you are, the full list of who-s who in your bed, and I warn you, stay off my bidness, or I will give that info to Nil-Son in a heartbeat!! ‘Captas??’ (course he did not say that, he said ‘GOT THAT??!’)

Elsewhere in some park, Nikki is walking through rocks, Gorilita tailing her

G: how did the therapy session go?

N: (She keeps brushing off the subject) It ‘went well’. That psychologist (lady) is ‘super cool’. Don’t you see me ‘super cool’ now? (I want the name+ number of this Psychologist!)

G: Ok but you should keep up with the treatment, so you will get better. Also, you should tell your mother about your issue and the therapy.

N: Not now, will talk to her but now is not the right time. They (her parents) have enough with their own issues. I would love for them to get back together, it would hurt too much to lose my family.

G: I understand perfectly, I also hope it doesn’t happen. But in any case you need to get healing, no matter what happens with your parents.

N: (hesitating) yeah.


Back at Bimbo’s apt(like NM said, round two), things get even more violent. BB: you would not DARE!!

Dan: Go ahead, Put me to the test!! I can tell the cops that you had Arriaga’s house burned, and you were the lead in several kidnappings.

BB: You are no angel of mercy either (blanca paloma).

Dan: You better not to mess in MY bidness again!!…

BB: Alright!! But you won’t get rid of me so easily, you and I are accomplices, and you can’t change that.

Dan: From now on, we talk ONLY BIDNESS!! As ‘Hembra’ , I don’t want you anymore! And I warn you (for the 23th time!) don’t mess with the woman I love, because if you do you will regret having been born!!


Lo Nuevo:
Elsewhere, in Alamos, Candelaria is praying to the virgin: Could it be worth it? What good it would do to her to be a Balbanera if her father rejects her?? Forgive me for not telling the truth to my daughter, but I am doing it so she won’t suffer, so I have no choice but to take my secret to death with me.


In some restaurant in MexCity, Anibal is staring at a pink rose in centerpiece.

A: I ended up owing so much to Cande, I would have loved to spend much more time with her, give her the life style she deserved and never wanted.

Antonio: She was so tender/sweet, so proud of her origin.

A: Yes, she always rejected my money. Candelaria Corona is the only woman who ever loved me and was not after my money.

Antonio: No, you are wrong. Pilar also loved you deeply too. And if we are totally honest, she put up a great portion of her fortune so you would become a successful business man. Even if you get angry, it is the truth. Without your wife’s support, you would not be where you are.

A: But Candy… Candy… was the love of my life.

Antonio: Yes, but one day she disappeared.

A: She only left me a letter where she said we could not be. Because she found out I was married with family.

Antonio: Whatever, she abandoned you. Pilar on the other hand, always supported you unconditionally. She gave you two wonderful daughters.

A: One, only one.

Antonio: What do you mean?

A: One of my daughters, Vicky, is wonderful. The other one is a calamity. She only returned to bug me with the story that her daughter is alive and she wants to find her. She even went to talk to Paula about it.

Antonio: Adri is right to do that. Go talk to her! Tell her the truth!

A: Don’t bug me with unsolicited advice. I will deal with that issue my way.

Antonio: Think about it, my friend. Because sooner or later, your big lie will come out to the surface.

A: Never!


At the apartment, Angel is complimenting Cris while he seems to be fixing the blender (how much does a new blender cost nowadays? $29?)

They look very happy, he is saying Jean Marie is a great cook, but she is the BEST!! But his style of cooking is the food they are used to. Not ours like the mole, the refried beans, noodle soups… (definitely in the case of these 2, ‘el amor entra por la cocina’, they seem most passionate when they talk about her cooking and food: ‘I have to cook… / can I help you with ‘anything’?’)

Then she spoils the moment of lust (scratching record sound) by asking him to turn the tv on so she can watch her telenovela. (LOL!) Novela?? Is that all you care about? You prefer that to talking with me?? I can’t believe it!! SMUACK!! / you are the most important in my life. I thank the virgin everyday for having met you. For being your ‘woman’. And for being the father of my daughter. / And you… ‘what a mother!’… SMUACK!!!


At Balbanera, Vicky is in her study, Jocelyn came to visit. She came tell-all to Vicky that her bodyguard gave her the ‘olympic turn down’.(Vicky surprised)


Back at the park and the rocks…

Nikki tells Gorilita he should also take the therapy with the doctor. He would be less sealed shut. He never talks about himself. He knows all about her, and she knows almost nothing about him. Tell me about your marriage. (he loses his ‘nice’ face). Alright. I will tell you. In a nutshell: I met my wife in U.S., I fell in love and we married… / And why don’t you two live together? / Things didn’t work out, I suffered a lot and we split. From that point I swore to myself to not fall in love again so I would not suffer again… / With no one? Neta?/ Right, with no one… not even you. / (she takes it the wrong way and he has to grab her and justify himself. She turns the focus on herself, she ‘accepts that’ he is not attracted to her, saying she has many defects, she is worthless, according to her parents, and all they expect of her is to marry and give them grandchildren, but as things look now, she won’t even please them with that so her life is an ‘ASCO’ (she is worth SH___)

Gorilita has to admit ‘one thing is that I don’t WANT to fall in love with you and another is that I was able to stop myself from it.’ (she is shocked, she babbles asking if he is truly interested in her. He responds ‘how can you ask me that question [looking at me] with those pretty eyes?’)

Frankie confesses to her that he and Polita never had anything going. Nikki (who is now devouring the biggest cotton candy blob I have ever seen, this girl definitely has problems) questions why did Polita sleep in your bed. He says that is true but that does not mean I slept with her. He explains about that night. He slept in living room. After this story, I hope you treat Polita with respect. She is nice, a bit naïve, so she lives in fantasyland. Nikki confesses she felt ‘itch’ to think of them together. He says it is now your turn. Which one of your boyfriends is the one you remember fondly. She tells him the first one, they became ‘novios’ when she turned 15. Frankie shows some of his Neanderthal jealous side as Nikki tells him ‘Roy’ is now a pro tennis player. Frankie tells her he can see that talking about ‘Roy’ puts a smile on her face (I thought the childish one was Nikki). The ‘boyfriends’ she had later were ‘nefastos’ (no good). She has heard about ‘Roy’ via his mother, knows he is still single and, honestly, she would like to see him again. Neanderthal asks if she thinks something could re-vive between them. (Frankie puts on the Neand sour puss smirk) Nikki catches on this and plays along ‘ if he asks me to get back together… why not?’


Back at B house: Vicky is still in disbelief when Jocelyn tells her the story and that Arriaga got angry at her ‘indecent proposal’. ‘For the first time in my life I was turned down!’. Vicky says she can’t see herself doing something like that. Jocelyn says time flies, you should follow my motto. To free yourself of prejudices and listen to the voice of your body. Even if your bodyguard rejected me, I am completely certain he would agree to do it with you. (Vicky again shocked). Hours later, Vicky asks her why she said that, Jocelyn backpedals a bit and says I just said it because he watches after you so intently, and because I want you to put a bit of salt (spice) in your life.

Vicky keeps saying she is a married woman. Jocelyn says but ever since you discovered your husband’s betrayal, you kicked him out. Vicky says I am not going to act the same way. Jocelyn insists she spends lots of time with Arriaga. Vicky says what she likes about Arr is he is a serious man, has a daughter and loves his family. Jocelyn says if something happened with Arr, Nil-Son could not complain because she would just be returning his ‘deed’.


At a casino somewhere, Felipe is really struggling with himself… looks around nervously… fighting his own demons…


Back at the apartment, as Cris is making some green sauce on blender, Angel makes the signal of the cross on himself, gets her attention and asks her not to get her typical over-reaction (no te vayas a enchilar) before telling her about Jocelyn’s ‘indecent proposal’. Of course we get the TYPICAL reaction from Cris, wanting to go meet that ‘tipeja’ to stuff her in the blender with her ‘green sauce’ for having just even attempted to mess with MY MAN.

Angel tries to calm her down saying he got angry at the woman and turned her down. Cris is a bit calmer but still fuming inside, saying ‘it better be that way because if not… (poor giant white onion lands on floor hard)…

Angel asks ‘where did you get that temper? (character) Not from your mother because she is a sweet bread… ’ Cris says that even if she did not meet him, surely it was my dad’s…


Said ‘padre’ is meeting with Dr Montano (the Dr who assisted Adri way back when). Arrogant Anibal begins the conversation with ‘I suppose you remember me / how could I forget you Mr B? / That happens to my friends and enemies, Dr M.. Especially someone like you, who I helped so much. I got you out of a small town clinic and put your career on a catapult and turned you into one of the most prestigious doctors in the country, with international awards and a very fine financial record, all thanks to ME. / I would never forget your generosity. / Let’s see if it is true, Dr M. Because I will test your loyalty.


At his room in Felipe’s apt, Guillo is very distant and a bit cold with his mother Bea, she wants to pray with him, he prays alone. She offers to tell him a story, he says he is sleepy already. She is crying sad as she sits on his bed while he falls asleep.


At the other apartment, Angel is watching the ending credits of Amores Verdaderos (LOL!) on tv and Cris offers to put egg on his chilaquiles. He turns her offer down, and she asks what is up with you? And he jokes about her wanting to see him with making him look like a washing machine instead of washboard (six-twelve pack).


Suddenly the commercial that he and Kendrat recorded comes up and both Cris and Lilliana go beserk and after the commercial is over, they attack him at unison… then it all ends up a family joke moment with ‘trajes Altur’



At Kendrat's dungeon, she and Nil-Son talk about her working with Angel on the commercial. Nilson of course compliments her but says Vicky must have been out of her mind to use Arriaga as model. Kendrat says it was denigrating working with a rookie and thank goodness Vicky cut off the ‘kiss’ part. Imagine me kissing Arriaga, worse than chewing ‘zacate’ (no idea what that is, but I can imagine some things to fill the blank with).

Kendrat is afraid Vicky liked the end product of the commercial, and will end up hiring Arriaga at MetaImagen. Nil-Son gets irritated ‘No way! I won’t allow it!’ KenDrat then moves to her next page, mentioning that Nikki hasn’t done commercial modeling in a while. Nil-son says they can’t find anything that Nikki won’t leave half-way. KenDrat uses that to say ‘you poor thing with so many things you take care of, you also have to watch after Nikki (while giving him a massage from behind). Nilson says you can’t imagine how exhausting it is to educate a child. Then KenDrat lies saying Nikki has told her that all she wants to do is get married and have children. Nil-Son says how can that be if she doesn’t even have a boyfriend. Kendrat suggests Nil-Son find her a good candidate. What if she ends up with a lowly man? Nil-Son says in that one subject he agrees with Anibal, a father cannot allow a daughter to wind up with a mediocre man with no fortune or surname.


Felipe arrives home, apparently from his facial expression at seeing the money in his wallet, he has lost most of his money in gambling … AGAIN.

Of course he lies to Bea when she asks where he was. She tells him about Guillo being mad at her. Felipe asks her to give it some time. Kids get a bit odd when parents are splitting. He will find out Leo has abused her for so long. Bea would rather prefer Guillo have a good image of his father. But how hard it is. This was not my day. Even Francisco called to yell at her because their mother is trying to get close to him. Felipe says Paula is only reaping what she sowed. Felipe wanted to help her but she is still with that man she abandoned us for. Bea doesn’t want to ‘go there’ again today, she has had enough, feels overwhelmed. Felipe suggests she forget her problems and go out dancing for a while. It will relax her. He’ll watch Guillo.



Dinner at Arriaga’s apt…

They talk about Bea. She is still suffering through nightmares with Leo. Leo is using their kid and making him mad at her. Cris tells Angel that Dances has become her good friend, they are dance partners. Angel is in disbelief.


Anibal is at Paula’s,

An: Adri must never find out the truth.

Paula is high on whinning,

Pau: Why did you tell me the story?

An: Because only you can understand me. I trust no one else, but you.

Pau: I would have rather not known.

An: Are you now more disappointed of me? I had no choice, I did what was the best for Adri.

Pau: No, Anibal. Try to talk to her, explain why you did it, she is an adult. Ani: I can’t. Adri repulsed me when I separated her from the guy who got her pregnant. Now it would be catastrophic (funesto) that she found out what I did. Besides, Vicky would never forgive me for it either.

Pau: That is all you care about. Not to lose the respect and love of your oldest daughter. You never cared about Adri.

An: You can’t judge me. In live, not all is good or bad. There are shades of gray and good justifications for everything.

Pau: No, that is excuses we come up with to justify hurting our loved ones.

An: It is already done. And I am willing to stand firm behind with ‘my truth’.



At Kendrat’s, Nil-Son tells her that tomorrow is Vicky’s birthday and he is arranging a surprise party for her (boy oh boy this will get good tomorrow).

Kendrat says surely Vicky will be happy with it and forgive his ‘pecadillo’ (little sin). Kendrat offers to go with him to pick a birthday present for Vicky. He buys/bites her good intentions ‘hook, line and sinker’.


Then we get a 5 minute wordless scene at the disco, a very pretty in red Bea arrives and hesitates going in, is about to head out and suddenly the song she and Dances like begins playing… Dances is at the bar, he turns around at hearing the song too… slowly they both meet right by the dance floor and smile a bit shyly at each other… (have to say the song lyrics are pretty seductive, adding to the scene very nicely … incl: ‘desire, passion, body, caress, hug me, squeeze me, the sea of your body… you get the drift)
[I have to say Susana Gonzalez did a marvelous job here in portraying all the feelings of Bea... fear, desire, attraction, relief, guilt, etc etc... i loved this scene.]
We come back from commercial break and they both have found their voice.

D: Bea, did not know you would come.

B: Neither did I. Did not think I would find you here. Maybe I should go.

D: (grabs her back) please, Bea, stay. You are my dance partner… (she smiles) and they are playing the song of when we met.

B: Yeah, I heard it. (slowly they begin dancing and enjoying themselves)


At B house, Vicky is writing in her studio... about a woman alone sitting at table, ‘the walls were cold, she was lonely, the silence that kills and the sadness of doors that don’t open… ‘ suddenly the door opens and in comes Arriaga singing ‘las mananitas’ carrying a small cake. They begin acting like small kids, he insists she has to have a wish before blowing the candle, she is in tears, all this is very moving to her. Then she blows the candle.

She tells him the first minute of her birthday she is celebrating with him.

He is only thankful to her for all she has done for him and his family. In these events you remember someone because they are special to one.

She thanks him again because she was sad and his words comforted her. She thanks him at least a dozen times, then asks him to turn off the lights when he leaves. He seems to look a bit deflated. She is halfway up the stairs when he calls her to ask her if she wants to go out (with him) tonight. (she looks kind of confused) Then he apologizes as something stupid he came up with. She says no… well, yes!... yes… she agrees to go out with him. They laugh happily… he is in disbelief but his smile says LETS GO NOW!!!


At Frankie’s room in B house, Nikki comes in. She asks to come in. She can’t sleep. Need to talk to someone. He says it is not right that she be in his room at this hour. She begs, can’t sleep and want to talk. He suggests she call one of her friends. She wants to spend time with him, and pulls him close to her.

Just as Victoria agreed to go out with Angel, Nikki is trying to convince Frankie to go out right now. She explains with ‘pears’ since he doesn’t get it with ‘apples’. She gets close to his ears and yells ‘LETS GO OUT!!’. Poor Frankie, hopefully his hearing does not suffer permanent damage from that.


At Arriaga apt, Lilliana and Cris are in bed together, Lilli tells Cris that Frankie confirmed he was married. Cris is sure he said that to get Polita off his back. Lilli agrees. Cris says she likes Frankie as Lilli’s man. Lilli likes him too, but he doesn’t see her as a woman, more like a younger sister. Cris says she will have countless prospects. Lilli says and my dad will be sweeping them all out the door. But he exercises heavy self-control and asks what she is thinking of ‘doing’. She has no clue, all she wants to do is have a good time (pasarla ‘hiper’) … together. He insists in finding out where they are going to set up a safe ‘route’. She wants him to leave the ‘bodyguard’ hat at home, just get dressed, hurry! Smile!... (as she leaves he can’t help but smile)_


Just at same time Nikki and Guzman are talking where to go, Vicky and Angel are kidding around and saying same things while she takes a big chump at the little birthday cake he brought her. Suddenly Vicky remembers a cool place she used to frequent with her daughter. Angel asks if men are allowed there. She says yes. But don’t go as my bodyguard, but as my ‘date’. He is a bit take offguard but then smiles.


Previews:

Bea tells Dances she has decided. She accepts (being his girlfriend, I guess?). They seal it with a kiss.



Vicky is teaching Angel how to swing at a bowling alley, they have their arms on each other when Nikki and Frankie arrive… Surprised/questioning faces as Nikki asks ‘Mama?’

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Hello friends and lurkers in Viewerville who await an update on tonight's capitulo.  I had an early Valentines Day Dinner with Mr Mena tonight and my alarm will sound in the wee hours of la manana for a conference call with folks from west to east coast. Sooo, I will be posting a little later than usual.  So while you are waiting, please discuss the fine points of telenovela psychology, law, medicine and religious life among yourselves. 


Back again for Part 1.  Allow me to fill in with Part 1 of our action packed capitulo. Pardon any goof-ups as this is a quick and dirty recap.

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Potential recappers for the upcoming Colunga comedy starting March 11: please write me at caray@mappamundi.com. People who are currently recapping have priority, and people who want to keep their current slots have priority on those slots. But please, all current and potential recappers, write me at home. I can't keep track of these threads of proposed days that happen in the comments!

• Real Eva is quite a dynamo isn't she? Besides her cuerpazo and her fine personal style, she is handy with the butt end of a gun.
  
  Also, her interior design skills are impressive. She's turned Mimi's pension into a red-and-gold bordello with naked statues and nearly-naked "masseuses" in what they're calling a "spa de hombres," hee-hee.
  
  Mimi complains that Real Eva has also brought cockroaches into her nice boarding house and that she doesn't want it to be a "casa de citas," a place of vice and perdition. Real Eva makes vague threats about Juan's dangerous situation and insists: "My mother left this pension to ME." "Your mother was a saint, she deserved better than you."
  
  "I'll denounce you! I'll say you have no permits for running a boarding house." "Oh, and you have permits for running a 'spa' - ??" "My important clients will protect me. And you stole my name. I'm going to flatten you! [machacar]"
  
  
• Fer is so unspeakable, you just have to roll with it and enjoy his short-sighted [sic] narcissistic infantile approach to life. Eva comes by and tries to figure out if he's faking his blindness. Fer righteously expects his wife to quit work to take care of him.
  
  Eva suggests to Marcela that she could work from home for a while. "But my family expects me to resign." Fer sits around like a wounded lion king expecting people to put peeled grapes into his mouth.
  
  I'm glad to hear nasty Daniel hasn't been answering Jennifer's texts (but she is sad).
  
  
• Rebeca comes into her office to find the blue dress girls packing her pics of Ricky Martin into a box. Renato comes in, gloating that she's been fired. She, bitterly: "I'm sure there will be champagne and confetti, you're all enjoying my fall." "Yes, we're all glad you're leaving." On the way out he snatches one of her magazines (William Levy the cover boy). "Oh no, not William!" she laments, hee hee.
  
  Rebeca stamps towards the elevator in a rage. "You hyenas are glad I'm leaving." Yes, they are all laughing, it's wonderful. "Reap what you sow, Rebe," says Eva.
  
  Rebe sees Pluto and yells about the ten years she spent shagging him while he was married to the whale. "My vengeance will be apocalyptic," she vows.
  
  Pluto calls Onesimo and orders him to give Rebe "a warning."
  
  
• Magda passes along her flower biz to Silvia and they bless each other.
  
  
• Eva/JC asks Renato why Rebeca was fired and wonders what happened to the incriminating cd she had.
  
  
• Before the meeting, Helena sneaks into Adri's office to spy. (Don't you like Adri's big photo of Donald Trump surrounded by bimbos?) She finds another copy of the fake thesis. Renato comes in and asks what she's doing. He buys (with suspicion) her explanation that she was looking for papers.
  
  
• Pluto the temporary boss calls a brief meeting just to say: Rebe will be replaced, nobody is indispensible. Eva says he shouldn't have fired Rebe without Adri's agreement and Helena agrees: "Rebe was good at her job."
  
  Pluto asks Marci why she's been absent so much. She stammers: "My husband is blind from a work accident." Pluto is unmoved. His hinted threats of taking her work away actually cause her to ... not quit.
  
  Alone with Pluto, Eva decries his 3 day reign of terror. Pluto: "It's your fault Adri got soft, he no longer has the coldness one needs in business." "Actually, it's scruples and kindness that are needed in business." "If it weren't for you, Adri would still be here; I owe my new position to you, thanks, Eva."
  
  Eva counters: "I'll get Adri back here and he'll put you in your place. You didn't love your spouse Antonio, it's your fault she's dead." "I didn't kill her!" "You are insanely defensive. Anyway, this business won't fall into the hands of an imbecile like you. Practice waving your water bottle around, you haven't mastered the knack yet." Pluto curses Eva.
  
  
• Onesimo goes to see Rebe. "I need you now," she wails, "do you know why I wasn't fired sooner?" She mentions the compromising video and asks him to help her get vengeance. "Pluto ordered me to to frighten you but I can't touch you... except for looovve... Yes, we should get vengeance on him. Let's leave the country with his millions. With that dough I can keep you living in the style you prefer. And if you don't come, Pluto will get you sooner or later."
  
  We can all agree Onesimo is in over his head, but he continues wheedling/threatening: "I'm dying for your anatomy -- and also for your little heart. We can be like the lady and the tramp. But don't forget, you need me and I'm calling the shots."
  
  
• Marcela is pleased/anxious as Renato points out her nice new office. She's so conflicted: the kids shouldn't have to take care of her poor blind husband, and she wants time to research ways to cure him. But her friends say, "Don't treat him like a child." She cries - she's so sorry for him.
  
  Fer, gleefully, is just eating his peeled grapes and counting the (15) days till he gets his big payout for going blind on the job. When Marcela gets home and has to admit she couldn't force herself to quit, he yells and yells like a baby.
  
  
• There's another stupid rehash scene just so everybody can eat from individual bags of snack chips (all with the brand name facing the camera). Santi, standing at the snack machine with 1,000s of bags of the same kind of chips, hears gossip about Lucia marrying Sebastian. He looks sad as he eats his chips.
  
  
• Mimi meets Juan in a restaurant and tells him about Real Eva's new business. He says they should denounce Real Eva to the police even if it puts him at risk: "better me than you," he kindly tells her.
  

Tomorrow: many fellows will be waving guns in the pension as there's a faceoff between Real and Fake Eva.

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