Saturday, July 12, 2008
Querida Enemiga – July 11, 2008 – For Crying Out Loud…. An Ugly Crying Scale is Developed for Ferro’s Sake
Always chipper Zulema is downright bouncy as she describes shopping for pans to Lorena. [Well, that’d certainly be my preferred way to spend the day, of course.] She went to the tanda, got an advance, and bought what she needed. They both admire the baby clothes that Vasco brought and which are conveniently lying around on the sofa. It gives Zulema fond recollections. Of her own two babies, Lorena wants to know. Yes, and the third one, the only little daughter she ever could give Omar. She lost that baby. He loved her children like they were his, but it’s a terrible sadness to lose a baby. [Amen, sister.] Everyone told her that child was stillborn. However, Zulema muses, she is positive she heard the baby cry (not eligible for Ferro’s Ugly Crying Scale). Omar thought it was the drugs they gave her making her hear things. Zulema couldn’t hold her, hug her. The little angel went directly to heaven, surely. Every day she’s in Zulema’s prayers; she couldn’t ever get pregnant again. Imagine how it would have been with Diana and Julián, how they would have cared for her! Lorena wistfully replies that’s how life is; Zulema lost a baby and she lost her parents. A single tear slides down her cheek (not enough to register on Ferro’s Ugly Crying Scale – hereafter referred to as Ferro’s UCS). But, Zulema has the blessing of her husband and two children. Zulema studies Lorena’s wistful face. Yes, he and the children are marvelous. But this loss has left her with a void she’s never been able to fill. Zulema smiles and tells Lorena she’s never told anyone this and Lorena is touched and pleased to have her trust. Zulema says that Lorena inspires the trust—so much trust.
Jacqui, in her fetching evening-on-the-town off-the-shoulder top, mini-falda and Hiiiigh Heels, shuffles around the office to run smack into Sara. What a grin. Sara’s, that is. Jacqui wants to Talk With Sara. Sure, what can I do for you? Jacqui lights into Sara about the proposal for the German embassy food-since when do you do the work that belongs to me??? And Sara notes that Jacqui wasn’t available so she just tried to help. [Think unassuming, innocent, sweet smile and soft little wispy voice here.] Jacqui mocks her little charade and tells Sara not to think for second she’s buying that white dove routine. Then she hits the real point—where did you get the info? You broke into my computer! Sara roundly denies it and since Jacqui doesn’t believe in password protection, she’s got no proof. Sara tries to tell Jacqui that Jaime told her as much as she needed to put together the proposal. Jacqui thinks that to get in good with Snortensia, Sara would do just about anything. [Okay, don’t let the dumb redhead routine fool you folks.] Sara bats her eyelashes—she only wanted to help her auntie, nothing more. Jacqui tells her to watch out, ‘cause she’ll defend her job with her nails. [Personally, I’d be more afraid of the stilettos.] She shuffle-stalks off and Sara watches with a snotty little laugh. D***, her teeth are whiter than Aldo’s [(La Fea Más Bella)].
Lorena thumbs through magazines and tells Zulema that she’s going to think of lots more dishes they can prepare so they have a big repertoire. Zulema reminds her they need to keep the cost low (barato – cheap). Lorena knows that above everything- they had to feed lots of hungry little mouths on almost nothing at the orphanage. They had to practically do miracles. Zulema jokes that they’ll have to do a few miracles to enhance their profits. The door slams and Julián comes in, with the spectacular new bloody bruise on his cheek. Zulema wants to know qué the heck happened to him. He looks very somber as he tells her he gave Bruno what he deserved. Zulema thinks he should have left it alone; this could make it worse. Julián disagrees; this idiot needed to know Diana has folks who would go to the mat for her. Lorena, all Madonna-like in her white blouse buttoned up to the neck, thinks she ought to leave and let them hash it out alone. Zulema tells her to hang on and talk to him; he might listen; she leaves them to talk. Julián tells her that idiot works with Alonslow, but he’s not why you came, right—it’s your little girlfriend? She’s the one who sent you, right? Nope. Lorena came on her own because it’s just not right they end it all because of some nonsense. Nonsense??? You think what she did to me is nonsense? Julián makes a gesture at his head—Rossy has a screw loose and who knows what else. Lorena bypasses that, forces him to admit he cares about Rossy, and smiles a little smugly when he does.
Sara is in full suck-up mode with papers for Snortensia. Vasco must have done them before he split because Snortensia says he did the papers perfectly. Sara, in Total Innocence, asks if she’s done something wrong here? No. Snortensia wants to know if Sara’s talked to him and Sara assures her that she Couldn’t talk to him. Sara knows how he got the address for his uncle, though. How?? At his work there’s this Diana who is Omar’s stepdaughter—imagine, Sara’s half-sister. How Sara would love to hug the girl! She hugs herself for emphasis. Can Snortensia imagine what this means for Sara? She has a SISTER! Snortensia reminds her they have a Deal. Sara plays her for about three minutes. Yep, we have a deal and I’ll never mess up here, but then on the other hand there’s this family I’ve found, but I’ll never break our deal, and there’s this family…..I spent my whole life with no family. But, I’ll never go back on my word to you, Granny. They’re a miserable family. Whatever, they’re My Family. But I promise I’m never going near them and I’ll follow through with my deal. [Seeds of doubt planted all over this office.] Sara Hopes that whatever love she can’t get from Them, she’ll get from Snortensia. [The gauntlet is thrown down.] Snortensia gives her a beady snake-eye stare.
Lorena says she knows that Julián loves Rossy. Sure, he admits, but she does strange things. Julián found some ice for his face, but every time he talks he has to use his hands, so the swelling is never going to go down here. She acknowledges that Rossy is unique. Lorena urges him to make the first move and he wonders why it has to be him since he’s the offended party here. She left him out there like God brought him into the world. What’s more important—his affection or his pride? Julián is holding out for Rossy to ask his forgiveness. Lorena urges him again to make the first move because they care about each other, and talk with Maruja. Whoa, with her jefa? No way, she hates me! Okay, fine, show that you’re a gentleman, who assumes responsibility for his actions. What would she think of you. Julián mutters that he’s a coward. He’ll think about it, though. Lorena coerces Julián to say he’ll do it. Then they change the subject to the flyers he’s got for Zulema’s home business. He’ll pick them up the next day and Lorena will help him pass the flyers out. They high five and smile fondly-and Julián moans because a smile stretches his bobo out of shape. Pobrecito. [Ed. Note: She’s the baby of the bunch, but she’s already taking care of them all.]
Alonslow (a nod to whomever of the recappers devised this gem) moans about how he could have fallen asleep. He just can’t understand it at all. Toribio notes it’s never happened. They hash over all the reasons why it happened. But the bottom line, Alonslow points out, is that it might cost him the promotion. [Ed. Note: MIGHT????] Toribio points out all the reasons why it SHOULDN’T cost him the promotions—great work, years without falling asleep at the switch, etc. Alonslow tells his Papi he better get to work and not miss his shift this time. Toribio uses his spare time to think about this puzzlement.
Lorena buys some lovely blue paper for ten pesos [10.00 MXN=0.972053 USD] at a little neighborhood store, or it could even be the Post Office. She borrows a pen, and muses to herself that she hopes she’ll find the right words. Apparently it works, and she writes.
Soon, we find Lorena at the gate in front of the Armendáriz enterprises. Señor Caballero is pleased to see her; he wonders if she’s coming back to work. Lorena tells him no with some regret, and she hands him two letters; one is for Rossy and the other for Maruja. On your behalf? No. Lorena looks at him apologetically. She wants him to tell Rossy that her mother sent this letter, and vice versa. He wonders if she’s thinking of pulling off some mischief (diablura – prank, mischief, deviltry). Nope, it’s nothing more than a little nudge (empujoncito) to help them reconciliate (contentarse con alguien - to become reconciled with someone). He excuses himself quickly to get on it and Lorena heaves a sigh.
Suddenly, Maruja is reading a letter from her “daughter.” Gentle readers, we are all astonished to realize she’s never helped her daughter with homework because she doesn’t have a clue this is not her daughter’s handwriting. The letter describes how sad Rossy is that they’re not getting along. Rossy is aware how much alike they are and she’s Real Proud to be like her Mami., her Best Example. Rossy is asking her Mami’s pardon for the foolishness. Tears come for the second time in this episode, but keep the faith, these tears are only about a 4 on Ferro’s UCS, so no big deal.
Rossy reads a letter from her “Mami.” Apparently, Rossy also has never seen her mother’s handwriting before. Or, both of these chicas live in an alternate world where handwriting morphs to be what you want it to be. Or, Whatever. This letter tells Rossy that Maruja feels so sad that Rossy thinks she’s so hard. But, if she let Rossy do whatever she wanted, Rossy would never learn responsibility. When Rossy becomes a mother, she’ll understand what it’s like and understand that Maruja does what she does because she cares. No one is more important than Rossy, and puh-leeze come home. Tears come again, and they’re up to a 5 on Ferro’s UCS. This is really sloppy and someone should hand this chick a Kleenex.
Rossy and Maruja clutch their letters and their eyes meet across the kitchen as Maruja comes to Rossy. Inquiring minds and ear check today’s action out—it beats chopping onions. What’s more, you can actually keep chopping onions while listening and you won’t probably cut off a finger. Mami and hija collapse in mutual tears and greeting. We’re up to a 6 on Ferro’s UCS—mostly due to sheer volume with two at it. They hug and exchange phrases of love. Maruja wants her back home; and is she really proud of being so much like Mami? Yes! You’re the best, but told you? It’s in your letter. What, you got a letter, too? They grin at each other, cry a little more and they’re both going to kill Lorena through their tears and chuckles. For sure it was her. Yep, who else could it be? They reaffirm their love for each other and decide they better not get so angry with each other again because Lorena won’t always be there to referee. Mami and hija hug. There is loud applause throughout the kitchen and it returns to normal—now the only bitchiness in the kitchen will be at tasting time again. Whew.
Sara tells Vasco on the phone she can’t come to his uncle’s house. His Granny misses him, too. He imagines so—who’s she got to manipulate? [Ed. Note: Not Sara. She’s got the old gal’s number, and she’s now officially in charge of manipulation.] They chat about Snortensia’s inflexibility with Omar et al. Sara sets Vasco up a little more. She won’t insist on him coming around. She snaps the phone shut and tells herself it’s better for her.
The People’s Clinic #23 is settling down for the night, but Alonslow still has one more meeting with the Jefa. First, he wants to offer an apology for what happened the night before. Too late. Nothing like that has ever happened in all his years of service. She points out how serious it is, but she’s not going to discipline him. He finds out that his little faux pas of passing out cold on his desk has cost him the promotion. He says he understands. He’s supposed to call Dr. Panda so he goes off to find Dr. Panda for her [HUH? A black and white bear works at the clinic? Oh, it’s Bruno! Wait! A Panda is CUDDLY! Bruno is NOT cuddly. Who assigned these names anyway? Ah, we get it—Bruno. Bruin. Bear, sort of. He’s a Panda Bear. Still not cuddly. More like a grizzly. That’s just me going on about Bruno since as a watcher I am powerless to do anything about this creep other than make scathing comments.] Alonslow congratulates a “surprised” Bruno about his promotion—he’s now Alonslow’s boss. Bruno smiles slyly to himself. We are encouraged to see that the bruises will be there a while, go Julián!
Hooray, Rossy is HOME! She announces her return and Lorena jumps up for a hug and welcome. Rossy thanks Lorena for what she did and Lorena plays dumb. Maruja joins them and tells her not to do that, she knows full well she sent two letters. Lorena fesses up, noting their stubbornness. She doesn’t want to see them angry. She knows they love each other, though. She’ll mix up some Agua de Horchata http://www.geocities.com/agcronicas/horchata.htm to celebrate. [Ed. Note: This drink is a nice little cultural tradition.]
Agua De Horchata (drink)
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
1 stick cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla extract
Sugar (to taste)
2 tbsp powder cinnamon
water
1 can condensed milk
Directions:
1. Boil water with rice for 5min
2. In a 2L container add evaporate milk and strain the previously boiled water without the rice
3. Mix rice in blender with cinnamon sticks and vanilla extract
4. Strain rice and add sugar to taste
(Note: one Spanish website says that just about any fruit can be put into the Agua de Horchata mix, whatever’s available, also)
Maruja, looking really svelte and spiffy in a magenta v-neck sweater and white pencil skirt, sits with Rossy [who always looks her age] sits down to chat with Rossy while Lorena runs off to the kitchen. Rossy couldn’t stand one more night in the pantry—the sacks were really hard. Maruja is glad she’s returned but she has to have her say. Rossy did bad. Rossy doesn’t want to go there again. Maruja doesn’t want to find a boy in her room again. Rossy tries to convince her Mami this is the 21st century and Maruja is too antiquated to buy it. [Ed. Note: Me, too.] Rossy points out no one waits to get married these days. She admits it’s important to prevent pregnancy [PSA for pregnancy prevention, listen up here, everyone.] Rossy realizes this is not making points from Maruja’s expression and the sound effects of something skidding to a halt. She doesn’t want to be disrespectful. She didn’t think Maruja would come home so soon. Maruja spits out that it was a rather unpleasant surprise. Rossy asks her forgiveness. The last thing she wants is to make her Mami feel bad. Maruja doesn’t want it to happen again; even though she may be antiquated, she wants Rossy to respect the rules of the house. Rossy agrees. It won’t happen again. What’s more, she and Julián had a falling out (estamos peleados – we’ve fallen out). Maruja makes an empathetic noise and expression. [Huh??] Rossy nods sadly.
Vasco thinks Bruno’s not worth the trouble. Diana chastises herself for being a fool. She can’t get him out of her head. He understands, though, especially since she’s expecting Bruno’s child. Diana spouts off about Bruno being with that chick—what chick? Sara. Sara??? He’s interested in her? Yep, her. Vasco thinks about this while Diana stalks into the house. He starts to follow her, but speaking of the King of Rome, he’s here to see her folks. Vasco confronts Bruno. “Does Diana live here?” “You must be Bruno.” “Yes.” Vasco lights into Bruno about responsibility, and other vocabulary concepts Bruno missed during Spanish classes in middle school. Bruno has nothing to discuss with Vasco, but Vasco retorts that he DOES. Bruno trots out his litany that she’s to blame and Vasco points out he’s some kind of doc if he doesn’t know about pregnancy prevention and it takes two to tango; he’s known that since he was a teenybopper [PSA #2 for tonight on the subject]. Bruno tells him enough already with the little sermons. He’s willing to give this kid his last name. Vasco says it ain’t enough—a baby needs his father’s affection. He tells Bruno that fortunately Diana lives with folks who will give the baby all the affection that Bruno’s not willing to give. Diana magically appears. She greets Bruno coldly and wonders to what they owe this visit. Bruno wants to talk to her folks. Like she asked him to. Alone. He glares at Vasco, who meets his measure. Diana nods to Vasco.
The girls celebrate Rossy’s return to the fold with the Agua de Horchata. Maruja toasts to the return of peace, serenity, and above all, maturity reigning in the house. She directs a firm gaze at Rossy. Rossy thinks it sounds like a Christmas card. Rossy proposes that she’d like to toast with something that has some booze. They laugh and clink glasses. Maruja remembers her private tequila stash and runs off to bring it for the toast. [Almost everything can be improved with a shot of tequila. Especially if it’s Don Julio Añejo.] Rossy is scandalized that Mami has a stash. Well, it’s hidden away so Rossy won’t share with her buds. [Ed. Note: Maruja cleans up good when she lets her hair down. And did I mention the nice outfit? Oh, yeah, I did. Well, some things are noteworthy.] Lorena interrupts so no new fights will break out with her roommates. Rossy admits she missed Maruja, even when she’s grumpy, while Maruja goes for the treat. Lorena changes the subject—what about Julián? He’s not interested now, Rosy wistfully tells her. You think? Why don’t you ask him when he gets here? Rossy gets all excited. Then she worries about how she looks. And squeals with joy at the prospect of seeing Julián. Lorena can only grin back.
Bruno has adopted his most sincere and serious face to Meet the Parents. He wants them to know he’s not going to abandon (desamparar) his child. Omar glares at him, hands in pockets; Zulema gives him a stony stare, hands supporting Diana’s shoulders, and Diana clasps her hands in front of her, not making any eye contact. Bruno at least has the good sense to be nervous. In addition to his last name, he’s prepared to give the child a very generous monthly support (pensíon). Diana looks up sharply—“Why, when he’s a bastard?” He says material things are very important, and since he’s gotten a promotion, the child won’t lack anything. Zulema points out that her daughter is referring to the affection a father normally gives a child, which he seemed to leave out of his nice little speech there. Diana spits at him that’s the thing that worries him least. Omar turns to her and gently tells her to calm down; the family will give the child all the love in the world. So much that he’ll never feel the lack of a father. Bruno hangs his head and sighs as Omar turns back and tells him “thank God we are people to whom it’s not important how a child was born in order to give him the love he deserves.” [Ed. Note: Does this have a deeper meaning, for example, did Snortensia conceive him before she married his Papi and got rich, did she trap his Papi, or did Omar and Zulema get pregnant before they married and then marry, or both of those? Is this a portent of a story we’ll hear later?] Bruno stares, deep in thought, while Diana’s lip trembles with sadness.
A knock comes and Rossy jumps out of her skin. Lorena tells her it must be Julián. Does Rossy look okay? Maruja and Lorena run out of the room so Rossy can greet Julián, with Maruja turning to assure Rossy she looks fine. Rossy gets to the door in a nanosecond. Julián looks very serious as they greet each other. Rossy launches right into her apology. She knows she went overboard. Good that she noticed, Julián tells her. Rossy assures him it’ll never happen again—if and when he quits flirting with other chicks. She shakes a finger and he crosses his arms. Is she going to bring that up again? No, this. She grabs him and kisses him hard. She was beginning to believe she didn’t matter to him even a little. How could she think that? He comes back for more kissing. Rossy notices his face and asks Julián what’s up. Long story. She accuses him of being nosy or something. No, but he didn’t come for that. He came to talk to Maruja. Speaking of the Queen of Rome, the ears have walls and out pops Maruja. With me? How nice, because I want to talk with you, too. Rossy shakes her finger at Mami and accuses her of spying. Julián holds Rossy back. Rossy says she’ll leave them, but Julián wants her there. Rossy looks at Julián, then Maruja, who sighs and looks away from them both with resignation.
Omar addresses Bruno—if Bruno has nothing more to say, please leave, because Bruno is not welcome here. Omar takes a few masterful steps in Bruno’s direction to punctuate. Bruno knows that and doesn’t expect to be seeing the baby much. Zulema retorts that he shouldn’t look for excuses, because this baby doesn’t make a bit of difference to him anyway and he didn’t plan to see it for that reason. Omar shushes her and Diana steps forward to angrily confront Bruno. She had a hope he’d come with some other agenda, not for her but for the baby. Now she’s left without a doubt about what kind of person he really is. Bruno looks around for what? Support? You’re not going to find it in this room, pal. He’s leaving, good night. Diana looks for her mother for a hug, and Zulema murmurs loving words and holds her. Diana hates him and wonders how she could have been so stupid. Omar tells Diana that from now on, it doesn’t matter if this guy follows through with his word or not—that’s up to him—she must think of her baby. And her family will be there to help. Zulema nods and Vasco comes in, telling her that Omar is right. A guy like that won’t be a good father or spouse. Diana realizes he heard Bruno and thanks him. Vasco says he couldn’t stay silent. That’s why Julián hit the guy, too. Omar jumps on it—Julián hit him? Zulema wonders how Julián knew where the guy worked? Omar expresses his concerns, and Diana says this guy deserved it. They get back to the baby. The family needs to think of the joy that this baby will bring. What’s more, Omar is sure it’s a boy. Zulema thinks it’s a girl. Diana cries (Ferro’s UCS 3) while her parents smile and hug her.
Julián is busy accepting his blame for what happened the other night, which will never happen again. Maruja is impactada at the apology, apparently. Rossy wants to take the blame for ending up in her bedroom. It’s not fair for just him to get the blame. Julián tells her it doesn’t matter who gets the blame. It doesn’t change anything. He apologizes to Maruja again, tells her it’ll never happen again, and asks Maruja’s permission for Rossy to be his girlfriend. Rossy protests, but Julián’s mind is made up. He tells Maruja, who is actually smiling at him some, that he would understand if Maruja thinks he doesn’t deserve her daughter. It would be tough to accept someone with no visible means of support (sin oficio ni beneficio, without a penny to his name, from a previous episode). The truth is that while he doesn’t exactly know what he’s going to do with his life, he’s no slug. He’s working with his Mami while she established her own home business. The one thing he can assure Maruja is that he’s a man of principles, and from the day he met Rossy, he’s been making an effort to be a better man every day. He holds Rossy’s hand and glances at her, then back to Maruja. Rossy beams with joy. A single tear courses down Maruja’s cheek. (Ferro’s UCS .25). She smiles at them. Rossy kisses Julián and they look fondly at each other. A single tear courses down Rossy’s cheek (Ferro’s UCS .5).
Alonslow tells Toribio he has to bounce back from this. He had such high hopes that they’d give him this leadership position. Toribio encourage him—after this bad experience, things will get better. Yeah. Does Lorena know? No, Alonslow hasn’t told her, so as to not worry her. He just doesn’t know how he lost the promotion, that’s bothering him so much!
Zulema is excited to see Lorena arriving—has she eaten breakfast? Yep. They walk in with Zulema’s arm around Lorena’s shoulders. Julián wonders if she’s ready to go to the thing with the flyers. More than ready! Has he checked them? No, he’ll do that on the way. Vasco comes in and he’s as surprised to see Lorena as she is to see him. Lorena is muy impactada when she finds out that Vasco is living here now in his uncle’s house. Yep, my uncle Omar and my dad are the only children of my Abuela Snortensia. Lorena freezes, commercial impactada.
Vasco wonders what’s happened with Lorena that’s turned her so pale. She can barely respond. If Omar is the son of Doña Snortensia then he’s…..Vasco interrupts. How is it that my uncle is poor and my grandmother is rich, right? It’s a story that’s a bit complicated. Zulema assures her that some day they’ll tell her. Julián tells Vasco that Lorena’s going to help with the food prep and Zulema chimes in it’s great food! Vasco offers to lend a hand and gets stares of disbelief. Not in the kitchen, with the business end. He’s done some of that with his granny’s company. Looks and gestures of approval all around. Zulema says they’ll keep that in mind, thanks! Diana comes so she and Vasco can go to work. Zulema introduces her to Lorena. Lorena’s frozen again…or still. Diana’s glad to meet her and Lorena mutters a muted “yes, glad to know you, too.” She stares at Diana, who looks enough like Sara to throw Lorena into a trance, I guess. Diana jokes that her mother’s spoken so much of Lorena she was getting jealous. Lorena looks around, still glazed over.
Snortensia and her new shadow descend the stairs [in a house like that, with a staircase like that, you don’t walk down you descend, folks]. Snortensia tells Sara to go see if her breakfast is ready—toast and coffee. What, no juice? No. Jaime joins them in the hall. He wants her to know that he appreciated her looking for Vasco the day before. Sara says there’s nothing to thank her for. Too bad she didn’t succeed. He doesn’t want to come back. Snortensia laments that every day that goes by his absence weighs on her more. Jaime’s pretty sure that when Barb returns, she’ll convince Vasco to return. Vasco always pays attention to his Mami.
Diana thinks it’s amusing that after Lorena has worked in Vasco’s granny’s company, she ends up working with Vasco’s aunt. Lorena is still in a daze, which is getting on my last nerve. “Yeah, right.” Zulema tells Diana no comparisons, there’s a world of difference here—Julián chimes in a world of difference. After all, that’s a huge company and this is just a home-based start-up. Julián tells Vasco that Rossy says his granny is a real tyrant, a witch. Vasco shrugs—she’s earned that name. They exchange a little more chitchat and Julián tells Lorena, who is standing a little apart from the others, still in shock, that it’s time for them to go. Yes, let’s go, she replies softly. [Ed. Note: For a second there, the four dark-haired folks were standing in a line and Lorena apart with her back to us; it struck me that she’s the single link between all these folks. They are all related to her although Vasco is not related to Julián and Diana by blood, nor even Zulema. Everyone in that group is related to Lorena by blood.] Lorena briefly continues to stare at Diana, Vasco and Zulema as Julián heads for the door, but finally says goodbye and goes. Vasco, Diana and Zulema are puzzled. Diana remarks that she didn’t think Lorena would be so shy—is she always so reserved? Zulema looks a bit disconcerted; no, she’s very talkative. Vasco agrees, no way is Lorena shy. He thinks she’s just surprised that they’re relatives. You could say that, Vasco. Diana theorizes that Lorena was so traumatized by working with Snortensia that she doesn’t want to hear a word about the old bat. [Okay, my translation]. Zulema thinks they ought to explain to her that they (she and Diana) have no family ties (vínculo-link, bond, family ties, of blood) to Snortensia. Vasco is pensive.
Julián and Lorena walk down the street. Lorena thinks back to scenes with Zulema talking about the baby she lost; but she was sure she heard the baby cry. Lorena thinks back to realizing that Zulema’s husband is Vasco’s uncle Omar. She stops cold. Julián wonders what’s wrong. Nothing. Are you feeling sick? No, I’m fine. Julián points out she’s kind of strange. [Good call.] Lorena’s face is a blank mask. Can he get her something? No, no. She thinks to herself that she has to call Sara. Lorena tells Julián she better run by her house; does he mind? No, fine. He’s going with her; she’s not looking too well to him. Lorena just stares, still blank.
Zulema dusts a framed picture. I dunno about you all, but if and when I dust a framed picture, I don’t take it down and put it on the table to dust it. I’m just saying. Omar comes into the kitchen—he’s on the way to the shop. Zulema tells him she loves him with fervor, and a hug. He’s mystified what this is about. Zulema was so proud of what he said to Bruno! He declares he said what was fair. She looks lovingly at him and tells him he’s an exemplary father and a true man.
Alonslow has made it in to work, still fuming at himself about losing the promotion and wondering what the heck happened. Valeria comes in and asks if it’s true that Bruno got the leadership position for the clinic. Yeah. How could that be! Sure, he’s got his pluses, but you’re better than him. Alonslow says he committed a mistake. She’s incensed and Alonslow tells her the position is Bruno’s and they should waste more time on this. On the contrary, it’ll make Alonslow work harder. Bruno pops in, cheerful. Has she heard? Yeah. What, no congrats for me? Congratulations. Then Bruno’s in charge and giving orders now—not that he wants to abuse his rank or anything. Alonslow, take my patients and I’m out of here. Once Bruno’s gone, Valeria complains that as soon as he’s promoted – “Fearless Leader”-- he hands off his patients and takes off. Alonslow looks resigned.
Barb packs to go home now that her….uh….procedure has healed up. Ickturo comes for One Last Kiss. Ickturo wonders why good things can’t last forever. That’s life, that’s why. How’s the new biz going? Well, he’s hired a sexretary and she can’t imagine how it is. She hopes the gal is ugly. Well, you know, appearances matter. She warns him about not going looking for affairs with the secretaries. How could she think he would go for shrimp when he’s got lobster? [Ed. Note: Well, folks, isn’t THAT a romantic metaphor? We think Ickturo likes older women anyway—look at how he and his Mami get along.] More giggling and kissing.
Lorena will wait for Julián outside the shop where they ordered the flyers. He goes in to get them and she quickly drags out her phone. It rings, and rings, and rings. Jacqui picks it up and sees it’s Lorena calling Sara. This imbecile. Why should Jacqui answer, she’s not Sara’s secretary. The phone stops ringing and Jacqui puts it back on the desk. Lorena begs Sara to answer. No luck.
Speaking of the Queen of Rome, she’s with Bruno. He wants to celebrate his promotion. How does that sound to her, he’s the new chief of the clinic. She unenthusiastically congratulates him. But she doesn’t want problems with his ex. He scowls at her. What does Diana have to do with this? She’s the stepdaughter of my Aunt Snortensia’s son Omar. For real? Bruno is impactado. She tells him she is sure he’ll understand that she doesn’t want problems with her family. Bruno assures her that he talked with Diana’s folks the night before, he left them clear that he’s going to do the right thing, but Diana is nothing to him.
Lorena’s trying another tack to get to Sara. She calls the main switchboard and asks. They transfer her to Jacqui, who slam-dunks Lorena and then hangs up. Lorena sighs and tells herself she must tell Sara she’s found Sara’s family. Julián comes with the flyers. Is she ready to go by her house? No, she’s feeling better now. She’ll help with the flyers. Julián looks at her, a little worried.
Barb charges in the door with her little suitcase. She tells the maid to put her suitcase in the bedroom; the maid tells her she’s glad Barb is back, because they missed her. [Ed. Note: Are you kidding us? Why?] Barb tells her again to take the suitcase up to her room already. Where’s Matilde? Doña Snortensia fired her. Ah, well, she must have had her reasons. [Ed. Note: Sheesh.] And my husband? At work. And my son? Sra., he doesn’t live here any more. What??? He left the house. The maid nods sadly at Barb, who is muy impactada.
What do you MEAN my son’s not living here any more? Where has he gone? We don’t know for sure, but I overheard him talk about some guy named Omar. With OMAR?
Speaking of the King of Rome, here’s Vasco arriving at work with a strawberry ice cream for Diana. He stands outside and points at it through the glass, mouthing the words and grinning. An equally grinning Diana chuckles and answers the phone. She transfers the call and tells Vasco he’s going to Heaven –she was dying from the craving. Has anyone been looking for him? No. He tells her he’s gotta go back and buy one for himself in that case. He turns back—how strange, he doesn’t even like strawberry. But watching her eat with such pleasure, he might begin to crave it. She teases him that she’ll give him hers. Nah. He wants to know about those cravings. She tells him people say that sometimes the papas have the same cravings as the mamis. But, he’s not the Papá. Could it be hitting him because he’s hanging out so closely with her? She laughs. She doesn’t know, but she’d be embarrassed if it did on account of her. He tells her it wouldn’t matter to him. Diana gets serious and tells him he’s such a giving person. He can’t be so serious. If the cravings hit him, fine. But not the revulsion with some stuff and the vomiting. He shakes his finger at her. He won’t stand for that. Vasco goes off to work and Diana chuckles, then shuts her eyes with bliss as she eats the strawberry ice cream.
Valeria meets Bruno in the hall—was he looking for her? Yep, he wants a list of the labs that supply medicines to the clinic. Why? Since when does he have to give her explanations. Zap! Valeria smarts at the invisible slap. Fine, she’ll get it for him right away. Hurry up, Bruno tells her. She nods. He turns and watches her go over his shoulder with a scowl.
Barb busts into Jaime’s office demanding to know why he let Vasco is at Omar’s. Jaime tells her if she’d called he would have picked her up at the airport. How is she? She remembers to grab her gut and be in pain. She’s okay, but what’s bothering her is her son. She moves using a gingerly movement for effect. Jaime tells her to calm down. How can he ask her to calm down, she yells. She wants to see her son RIGHT NOW. [Ed. Note: Gentle Readers, this may be an insight for us into why she hangs out with Ickturo. She has the same Jocasta complex that Ickturo’s Mami does.] How did she find this out, Jaime wonders? Joaquina told her, and what did Jaime do to Vasco to make him run to Jaime’s brother? Jaime tells her to sit down first, he supposes she’s not supposed to overdo anything. Barb remembers the gut pain again and sits. She grabs her gut. Jaime sits and looks a little irritated.
Julián and Lorena pass out flyers on some local street corner. She tries to pass another to three ladies he just gave them to. Julián comes over to her. He appreciates her helping pass them out but he’s still worried she isn’t feeling so well. She’s just nervous. Why?? Stuff. Should they keep on passing out the flyers? Julián thinks it’s better for her to go. She’s going to stay and pass them out, while Julián goes to the market. As soon as he’s out of sight, she tries to call Sara again.
Speaking of the Queen of Rome, Sara and Jacqui are discussing some ingredients. Shouldn’t they be imported? Jacqui says the domestic one are very good quality and way cheaper. The phone rings and Sara answers it. Lorena needs to talk to her RIGHT NOW! Sara has lots of work. Lorena persuades her they have to meet. It’s IMPORTANT! Sara wants her to tell now. No, not by phone. Jacqui gives a frustrated sigh and Sara gives Jacqui a disgusted look.
Barb is having a full-scale meltdown. She doesn’t give a rip if Jaime has to beg Omar’s pardon on his knees but Vasco HAS to come home. But my mother….Don’t mention her!!! She’s the primary one guilty of this whole mess. Speaking of the Queen of Rome, here is Snortensia, wondering what all the screaming is about. Who is Barb blaming? Because of you and Jaime, Vasco is GONE! Don’t be coming to me with this stuff, Snortensia spits back. When you yourself called Zulema an upstart! And you’ve never been a saint, you’ve gotten plenty of advantage out of my distancing myself from Omar! Barb whimpers—how could Snorty talk to her like that? Snortensia asks how she could want to be talking like that herself. Barb cries that she only wants Vasco to come back. Well, instead of screaming like a crazy, go look for him. Use that energy to convince him to come home! Barb puts her hand on her face and gives a dry sob.
Lorena waits in Maruja’s living room and paces. There’s a knock at the door and she opens for Sara. They hug and Sara asks why the urgency, what’s so important? Lorena wants her to sit, but Sara scolds her to just get it out, she’s got lots of unfinished stuff to do. Lorena urges her that it’s realllly important. So they sit and Sara wonders about all the mystery. Lorena announces she’s found Sara’s parents. What? Lorena beams. She knows Sara’s mother and father. Sara says she doesn’t understand. Did Lorena go looking for them herself? No, it was a coincidence. Or fate. Something put them in her path. Does Sara remember Julián, Rossy’s boyfriend? What’s he got to do with it? He’s Sara’s half-brother. Sara is not happy, but Lorena isn’t registering it. Lorena says they’re a marvelous family and Sara’s mother is the most wonderful woman on earth. Sara thinks it’s impossible. Lorena insists it’s possible. She has a heart of gold, and Lorena knows her well because she works with her. Her name is Zulema. Lorena goes on that Sara doesn’t have to look any farther—God has given her marvelous parents. Sara wants to know how she found this out. Lorena proudly reports that it was through Vasco; his uncle Omar is the son of Snortensia. Your Papá! Sara asks if she’s sure of what she’s saying—does she have proof? Lorena insists there’s no doubt; Zulema told her about losing a baby. Tears stream down Lorena’s face (Ferro’s UCS 5, there are way too many of them and we’re tired of it already tonight). The baby daughter supposedly was born dead, but she’s you, Sara! Sara asks how they could have assumed she was dead? Lorena doesn’t know, but Zulema was sure she heard a cry. Your cry! Lorena doesn’t know how Snortensia could have done something so low, but she jerked the baby away from Sara’s parents and then said they left Mexico. Lorena is indignant that Snortensia could be so bad and keep lying to Sara. Sara’s face falls –My God. [Ed. Note: Clearly a reflection that she’s got to find a way to get Lorena off the scent.] Lorena tells her yes, it’s monstrous, but listen—your parents are incredible. Sara is impactada with fear. No doubt wondering how to cover up and stay with Snortensia.
Jaime waits by the car, sighing as Barb comes out of the company where Vasco and Diana work. Has she been able to speak with Vasco? Nope, he’s left with some Diana. Jaime knows that Diana is Omar’s wife’s daughter. Barb screeches-- let’s go, I have the address.
Lorena “comforts” Sara. She imagines what Sara must be feeling. Isn’t is amazing that Lorena has been working with Sara’s Mamá? Sara nods, still looking impactada. Wow, what an act. Lorena wants to take Sara to her folks right away and Sara jumps down her throat. No! What, you don’t want to meet your Mamá? Sara backpedals, of course she wants to meet her Mami. It’s what she’s hoped for all her life. She digs up a smile. What they’ve both hoped for. Lorena points out that’s right but now she has the opportunity, so let’s go. No, no, no! Sara has to talk with her granny and find out what’s her story. She’s going to have to explain everything! She knew my parents were in Mexico! Lorena volunteers to go see Snortensia with her. No, no, no—Sara has to absorb all of this. It’s too much. Lorena has to understand, this is all very hard for Sara. Lorena says more comforting stuff. She understands. Sara swears Lorena to total secrecy [yeah, right, so she won’t spill the beans with Omar and Zulema, Sheesh]. She lets Lorena hug her and curses Lorena. Why’d she have to go stick her nose in all of this? 1001 times damn!
Banshee Barb gets out the car and rails at Jaime—how could Vasco even think of living HERE? Let’s go, Jaime, get a move on! Jaime follows in resignation. Barb bangs on the door impatiently. Zulema finally gets there, shouting she’s coming and they’re going to knock the door down. She opens the door and Banshee Barb sails in screaming at her. Where’s she hiding Vasco?? Zulema says he’s not there. Jaime tries to get Barb stopped, but she keeps on screaming stupid stuff at Zulema. In my house, I’d be on the phone to 911 and she’d be out. Zulema just asks her if she speaks Spanish. What part of he’s not here didn’t she understand? Barb accuses her of lying. Why should she, Zulema wants to know. He came there on his own. Barb wonders who would know what kind of ideas they’ve put into his head that he might not want to go home. Zulema retorts that the only thing they’ve given him in this house is their hospitality and affection. She looks at Jaime and notes that she overlooked him leaving home but he surely had his reasons. Don’t play the fool, Barb screeches again, you’ve been turning him against us. Zulema tells her they haven’t messed in Vasco’s stuff nor anyone else’s. Barb says she’ll see when they talk to him. Zulema points to the sofa and tells her to have a seat because he probably won’t be long. Barb just glares at her.
Sara has gone to see Chalo about this new twist on her plan. They’re in the same boarding house room Lorena had for a night, then Sara had, and now Chalo has. How nice that the director has a few less sets to worry about. Chalo marvels that Lorena should have been a detective. How could she have found all this out? He tells Sara it’s all going to collapse on her. She retorts that’ll never happen, this idiot will never ruin her plans. He asks what she thinks she can do about it—Lorena will never rest until she gets Sara together with her Mami, if he knows Lorena. Sara huffs. She hates Lorena with all her strength. If Omar finds out what the old bat did, he’ll denounce Snortensia. Chalo gets up from the bed. “And you’ll have to give up the mansion and go live with them.” Nope, Sara’s not going back to poverty. No way is she losing everything she’s gained. You think not? Chalo tells her she’s got the hangman’s rope around her neck now. He kisses her neck in emphasis and she pushes him back and falls onto the bed. No, Lorena hasn’t opened her mouth yet, Sara asserts. I begged her not to say anything and she won’t. Chalo tells her it’s just a matter of time. You can’t shut her up forever. Sara fumes and thinks. Chalo tells her he can’t think of anything. Apparently Sara has thought of something, though. She slinks over to the foot of the bed, lowers herself on top of Chalo, and tells him their future depends on him. On me? Mm-hmm. She kisses him and pushes his head onto the pillow. She plants kisses around his face. Why? How? He just has to eliminate Lorena. Chalo is impactado. Did he hear right? What? She keeps kissing him, and talks in between kisses. Yes, yes, if you love me for real, and you want to enjoy this fortune as much as I do, do it. We have to get rid of her. She whispers seductively into his ear while she keeps kissing it. Chalo is slimy, sleazy and generally creepy, but maybe he’s no murderer. His face tells us the story. He’s muy, pero muy, impactado at this suggestion. “You have to kill her, Chalo.” Sara has very effectively guaranteed that Chalo can’t possibly get all hot and bothered even though she’s slurping around his ear. There is no reminder on this scene that any similarity to real life is purely coincidental, so we can assume Lorena better watch her back.
Vocabulary is embedded.
Monday: Sara begins to plan Lorena’s demise. Chalo’s going to be the fall guy.
Jeanne
Jacqui, in her fetching evening-on-the-town off-the-shoulder top, mini-falda and Hiiiigh Heels, shuffles around the office to run smack into Sara. What a grin. Sara’s, that is. Jacqui wants to Talk With Sara. Sure, what can I do for you? Jacqui lights into Sara about the proposal for the German embassy food-since when do you do the work that belongs to me??? And Sara notes that Jacqui wasn’t available so she just tried to help. [Think unassuming, innocent, sweet smile and soft little wispy voice here.] Jacqui mocks her little charade and tells Sara not to think for second she’s buying that white dove routine. Then she hits the real point—where did you get the info? You broke into my computer! Sara roundly denies it and since Jacqui doesn’t believe in password protection, she’s got no proof. Sara tries to tell Jacqui that Jaime told her as much as she needed to put together the proposal. Jacqui thinks that to get in good with Snortensia, Sara would do just about anything. [Okay, don’t let the dumb redhead routine fool you folks.] Sara bats her eyelashes—she only wanted to help her auntie, nothing more. Jacqui tells her to watch out, ‘cause she’ll defend her job with her nails. [Personally, I’d be more afraid of the stilettos.] She shuffle-stalks off and Sara watches with a snotty little laugh. D***, her teeth are whiter than Aldo’s [(La Fea Más Bella)].
Lorena thumbs through magazines and tells Zulema that she’s going to think of lots more dishes they can prepare so they have a big repertoire. Zulema reminds her they need to keep the cost low (barato – cheap). Lorena knows that above everything- they had to feed lots of hungry little mouths on almost nothing at the orphanage. They had to practically do miracles. Zulema jokes that they’ll have to do a few miracles to enhance their profits. The door slams and Julián comes in, with the spectacular new bloody bruise on his cheek. Zulema wants to know qué the heck happened to him. He looks very somber as he tells her he gave Bruno what he deserved. Zulema thinks he should have left it alone; this could make it worse. Julián disagrees; this idiot needed to know Diana has folks who would go to the mat for her. Lorena, all Madonna-like in her white blouse buttoned up to the neck, thinks she ought to leave and let them hash it out alone. Zulema tells her to hang on and talk to him; he might listen; she leaves them to talk. Julián tells her that idiot works with Alonslow, but he’s not why you came, right—it’s your little girlfriend? She’s the one who sent you, right? Nope. Lorena came on her own because it’s just not right they end it all because of some nonsense. Nonsense??? You think what she did to me is nonsense? Julián makes a gesture at his head—Rossy has a screw loose and who knows what else. Lorena bypasses that, forces him to admit he cares about Rossy, and smiles a little smugly when he does.
Sara is in full suck-up mode with papers for Snortensia. Vasco must have done them before he split because Snortensia says he did the papers perfectly. Sara, in Total Innocence, asks if she’s done something wrong here? No. Snortensia wants to know if Sara’s talked to him and Sara assures her that she Couldn’t talk to him. Sara knows how he got the address for his uncle, though. How?? At his work there’s this Diana who is Omar’s stepdaughter—imagine, Sara’s half-sister. How Sara would love to hug the girl! She hugs herself for emphasis. Can Snortensia imagine what this means for Sara? She has a SISTER! Snortensia reminds her they have a Deal. Sara plays her for about three minutes. Yep, we have a deal and I’ll never mess up here, but then on the other hand there’s this family I’ve found, but I’ll never break our deal, and there’s this family…..I spent my whole life with no family. But, I’ll never go back on my word to you, Granny. They’re a miserable family. Whatever, they’re My Family. But I promise I’m never going near them and I’ll follow through with my deal. [Seeds of doubt planted all over this office.] Sara Hopes that whatever love she can’t get from Them, she’ll get from Snortensia. [The gauntlet is thrown down.] Snortensia gives her a beady snake-eye stare.
Lorena says she knows that Julián loves Rossy. Sure, he admits, but she does strange things. Julián found some ice for his face, but every time he talks he has to use his hands, so the swelling is never going to go down here. She acknowledges that Rossy is unique. Lorena urges him to make the first move and he wonders why it has to be him since he’s the offended party here. She left him out there like God brought him into the world. What’s more important—his affection or his pride? Julián is holding out for Rossy to ask his forgiveness. Lorena urges him again to make the first move because they care about each other, and talk with Maruja. Whoa, with her jefa? No way, she hates me! Okay, fine, show that you’re a gentleman, who assumes responsibility for his actions. What would she think of you. Julián mutters that he’s a coward. He’ll think about it, though. Lorena coerces Julián to say he’ll do it. Then they change the subject to the flyers he’s got for Zulema’s home business. He’ll pick them up the next day and Lorena will help him pass the flyers out. They high five and smile fondly-and Julián moans because a smile stretches his bobo out of shape. Pobrecito. [Ed. Note: She’s the baby of the bunch, but she’s already taking care of them all.]
Alonslow (a nod to whomever of the recappers devised this gem) moans about how he could have fallen asleep. He just can’t understand it at all. Toribio notes it’s never happened. They hash over all the reasons why it happened. But the bottom line, Alonslow points out, is that it might cost him the promotion. [Ed. Note: MIGHT????] Toribio points out all the reasons why it SHOULDN’T cost him the promotions—great work, years without falling asleep at the switch, etc. Alonslow tells his Papi he better get to work and not miss his shift this time. Toribio uses his spare time to think about this puzzlement.
Lorena buys some lovely blue paper for ten pesos [10.00 MXN=0.972053 USD] at a little neighborhood store, or it could even be the Post Office. She borrows a pen, and muses to herself that she hopes she’ll find the right words. Apparently it works, and she writes.
Soon, we find Lorena at the gate in front of the Armendáriz enterprises. Señor Caballero is pleased to see her; he wonders if she’s coming back to work. Lorena tells him no with some regret, and she hands him two letters; one is for Rossy and the other for Maruja. On your behalf? No. Lorena looks at him apologetically. She wants him to tell Rossy that her mother sent this letter, and vice versa. He wonders if she’s thinking of pulling off some mischief (diablura – prank, mischief, deviltry). Nope, it’s nothing more than a little nudge (empujoncito) to help them reconciliate (contentarse con alguien - to become reconciled with someone). He excuses himself quickly to get on it and Lorena heaves a sigh.
Suddenly, Maruja is reading a letter from her “daughter.” Gentle readers, we are all astonished to realize she’s never helped her daughter with homework because she doesn’t have a clue this is not her daughter’s handwriting. The letter describes how sad Rossy is that they’re not getting along. Rossy is aware how much alike they are and she’s Real Proud to be like her Mami., her Best Example. Rossy is asking her Mami’s pardon for the foolishness. Tears come for the second time in this episode, but keep the faith, these tears are only about a 4 on Ferro’s UCS, so no big deal.
Rossy reads a letter from her “Mami.” Apparently, Rossy also has never seen her mother’s handwriting before. Or, both of these chicas live in an alternate world where handwriting morphs to be what you want it to be. Or, Whatever. This letter tells Rossy that Maruja feels so sad that Rossy thinks she’s so hard. But, if she let Rossy do whatever she wanted, Rossy would never learn responsibility. When Rossy becomes a mother, she’ll understand what it’s like and understand that Maruja does what she does because she cares. No one is more important than Rossy, and puh-leeze come home. Tears come again, and they’re up to a 5 on Ferro’s UCS. This is really sloppy and someone should hand this chick a Kleenex.
Rossy and Maruja clutch their letters and their eyes meet across the kitchen as Maruja comes to Rossy. Inquiring minds and ear check today’s action out—it beats chopping onions. What’s more, you can actually keep chopping onions while listening and you won’t probably cut off a finger. Mami and hija collapse in mutual tears and greeting. We’re up to a 6 on Ferro’s UCS—mostly due to sheer volume with two at it. They hug and exchange phrases of love. Maruja wants her back home; and is she really proud of being so much like Mami? Yes! You’re the best, but told you? It’s in your letter. What, you got a letter, too? They grin at each other, cry a little more and they’re both going to kill Lorena through their tears and chuckles. For sure it was her. Yep, who else could it be? They reaffirm their love for each other and decide they better not get so angry with each other again because Lorena won’t always be there to referee. Mami and hija hug. There is loud applause throughout the kitchen and it returns to normal—now the only bitchiness in the kitchen will be at tasting time again. Whew.
Sara tells Vasco on the phone she can’t come to his uncle’s house. His Granny misses him, too. He imagines so—who’s she got to manipulate? [Ed. Note: Not Sara. She’s got the old gal’s number, and she’s now officially in charge of manipulation.] They chat about Snortensia’s inflexibility with Omar et al. Sara sets Vasco up a little more. She won’t insist on him coming around. She snaps the phone shut and tells herself it’s better for her.
The People’s Clinic #23 is settling down for the night, but Alonslow still has one more meeting with the Jefa. First, he wants to offer an apology for what happened the night before. Too late. Nothing like that has ever happened in all his years of service. She points out how serious it is, but she’s not going to discipline him. He finds out that his little faux pas of passing out cold on his desk has cost him the promotion. He says he understands. He’s supposed to call Dr. Panda so he goes off to find Dr. Panda for her [HUH? A black and white bear works at the clinic? Oh, it’s Bruno! Wait! A Panda is CUDDLY! Bruno is NOT cuddly. Who assigned these names anyway? Ah, we get it—Bruno. Bruin. Bear, sort of. He’s a Panda Bear. Still not cuddly. More like a grizzly. That’s just me going on about Bruno since as a watcher I am powerless to do anything about this creep other than make scathing comments.] Alonslow congratulates a “surprised” Bruno about his promotion—he’s now Alonslow’s boss. Bruno smiles slyly to himself. We are encouraged to see that the bruises will be there a while, go Julián!
Hooray, Rossy is HOME! She announces her return and Lorena jumps up for a hug and welcome. Rossy thanks Lorena for what she did and Lorena plays dumb. Maruja joins them and tells her not to do that, she knows full well she sent two letters. Lorena fesses up, noting their stubbornness. She doesn’t want to see them angry. She knows they love each other, though. She’ll mix up some Agua de Horchata http://www.geocities.com/agcronicas/horchata.htm to celebrate. [Ed. Note: This drink is a nice little cultural tradition.]
Agua De Horchata (drink)
Ingredients:
1 cup rice
1 stick cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla extract
Sugar (to taste)
2 tbsp powder cinnamon
water
1 can condensed milk
Directions:
1. Boil water with rice for 5min
2. In a 2L container add evaporate milk and strain the previously boiled water without the rice
3. Mix rice in blender with cinnamon sticks and vanilla extract
4. Strain rice and add sugar to taste
(Note: one Spanish website says that just about any fruit can be put into the Agua de Horchata mix, whatever’s available, also)
Maruja, looking really svelte and spiffy in a magenta v-neck sweater and white pencil skirt, sits with Rossy [who always looks her age] sits down to chat with Rossy while Lorena runs off to the kitchen. Rossy couldn’t stand one more night in the pantry—the sacks were really hard. Maruja is glad she’s returned but she has to have her say. Rossy did bad. Rossy doesn’t want to go there again. Maruja doesn’t want to find a boy in her room again. Rossy tries to convince her Mami this is the 21st century and Maruja is too antiquated to buy it. [Ed. Note: Me, too.] Rossy points out no one waits to get married these days. She admits it’s important to prevent pregnancy [PSA for pregnancy prevention, listen up here, everyone.] Rossy realizes this is not making points from Maruja’s expression and the sound effects of something skidding to a halt. She doesn’t want to be disrespectful. She didn’t think Maruja would come home so soon. Maruja spits out that it was a rather unpleasant surprise. Rossy asks her forgiveness. The last thing she wants is to make her Mami feel bad. Maruja doesn’t want it to happen again; even though she may be antiquated, she wants Rossy to respect the rules of the house. Rossy agrees. It won’t happen again. What’s more, she and Julián had a falling out (estamos peleados – we’ve fallen out). Maruja makes an empathetic noise and expression. [Huh??] Rossy nods sadly.
Vasco thinks Bruno’s not worth the trouble. Diana chastises herself for being a fool. She can’t get him out of her head. He understands, though, especially since she’s expecting Bruno’s child. Diana spouts off about Bruno being with that chick—what chick? Sara. Sara??? He’s interested in her? Yep, her. Vasco thinks about this while Diana stalks into the house. He starts to follow her, but speaking of the King of Rome, he’s here to see her folks. Vasco confronts Bruno. “Does Diana live here?” “You must be Bruno.” “Yes.” Vasco lights into Bruno about responsibility, and other vocabulary concepts Bruno missed during Spanish classes in middle school. Bruno has nothing to discuss with Vasco, but Vasco retorts that he DOES. Bruno trots out his litany that she’s to blame and Vasco points out he’s some kind of doc if he doesn’t know about pregnancy prevention and it takes two to tango; he’s known that since he was a teenybopper [PSA #2 for tonight on the subject]. Bruno tells him enough already with the little sermons. He’s willing to give this kid his last name. Vasco says it ain’t enough—a baby needs his father’s affection. He tells Bruno that fortunately Diana lives with folks who will give the baby all the affection that Bruno’s not willing to give. Diana magically appears. She greets Bruno coldly and wonders to what they owe this visit. Bruno wants to talk to her folks. Like she asked him to. Alone. He glares at Vasco, who meets his measure. Diana nods to Vasco.
The girls celebrate Rossy’s return to the fold with the Agua de Horchata. Maruja toasts to the return of peace, serenity, and above all, maturity reigning in the house. She directs a firm gaze at Rossy. Rossy thinks it sounds like a Christmas card. Rossy proposes that she’d like to toast with something that has some booze. They laugh and clink glasses. Maruja remembers her private tequila stash and runs off to bring it for the toast. [Almost everything can be improved with a shot of tequila. Especially if it’s Don Julio Añejo.] Rossy is scandalized that Mami has a stash. Well, it’s hidden away so Rossy won’t share with her buds. [Ed. Note: Maruja cleans up good when she lets her hair down. And did I mention the nice outfit? Oh, yeah, I did. Well, some things are noteworthy.] Lorena interrupts so no new fights will break out with her roommates. Rossy admits she missed Maruja, even when she’s grumpy, while Maruja goes for the treat. Lorena changes the subject—what about Julián? He’s not interested now, Rosy wistfully tells her. You think? Why don’t you ask him when he gets here? Rossy gets all excited. Then she worries about how she looks. And squeals with joy at the prospect of seeing Julián. Lorena can only grin back.
Bruno has adopted his most sincere and serious face to Meet the Parents. He wants them to know he’s not going to abandon (desamparar) his child. Omar glares at him, hands in pockets; Zulema gives him a stony stare, hands supporting Diana’s shoulders, and Diana clasps her hands in front of her, not making any eye contact. Bruno at least has the good sense to be nervous. In addition to his last name, he’s prepared to give the child a very generous monthly support (pensíon). Diana looks up sharply—“Why, when he’s a bastard?” He says material things are very important, and since he’s gotten a promotion, the child won’t lack anything. Zulema points out that her daughter is referring to the affection a father normally gives a child, which he seemed to leave out of his nice little speech there. Diana spits at him that’s the thing that worries him least. Omar turns to her and gently tells her to calm down; the family will give the child all the love in the world. So much that he’ll never feel the lack of a father. Bruno hangs his head and sighs as Omar turns back and tells him “thank God we are people to whom it’s not important how a child was born in order to give him the love he deserves.” [Ed. Note: Does this have a deeper meaning, for example, did Snortensia conceive him before she married his Papi and got rich, did she trap his Papi, or did Omar and Zulema get pregnant before they married and then marry, or both of those? Is this a portent of a story we’ll hear later?] Bruno stares, deep in thought, while Diana’s lip trembles with sadness.
A knock comes and Rossy jumps out of her skin. Lorena tells her it must be Julián. Does Rossy look okay? Maruja and Lorena run out of the room so Rossy can greet Julián, with Maruja turning to assure Rossy she looks fine. Rossy gets to the door in a nanosecond. Julián looks very serious as they greet each other. Rossy launches right into her apology. She knows she went overboard. Good that she noticed, Julián tells her. Rossy assures him it’ll never happen again—if and when he quits flirting with other chicks. She shakes a finger and he crosses his arms. Is she going to bring that up again? No, this. She grabs him and kisses him hard. She was beginning to believe she didn’t matter to him even a little. How could she think that? He comes back for more kissing. Rossy notices his face and asks Julián what’s up. Long story. She accuses him of being nosy or something. No, but he didn’t come for that. He came to talk to Maruja. Speaking of the Queen of Rome, the ears have walls and out pops Maruja. With me? How nice, because I want to talk with you, too. Rossy shakes her finger at Mami and accuses her of spying. Julián holds Rossy back. Rossy says she’ll leave them, but Julián wants her there. Rossy looks at Julián, then Maruja, who sighs and looks away from them both with resignation.
Omar addresses Bruno—if Bruno has nothing more to say, please leave, because Bruno is not welcome here. Omar takes a few masterful steps in Bruno’s direction to punctuate. Bruno knows that and doesn’t expect to be seeing the baby much. Zulema retorts that he shouldn’t look for excuses, because this baby doesn’t make a bit of difference to him anyway and he didn’t plan to see it for that reason. Omar shushes her and Diana steps forward to angrily confront Bruno. She had a hope he’d come with some other agenda, not for her but for the baby. Now she’s left without a doubt about what kind of person he really is. Bruno looks around for what? Support? You’re not going to find it in this room, pal. He’s leaving, good night. Diana looks for her mother for a hug, and Zulema murmurs loving words and holds her. Diana hates him and wonders how she could have been so stupid. Omar tells Diana that from now on, it doesn’t matter if this guy follows through with his word or not—that’s up to him—she must think of her baby. And her family will be there to help. Zulema nods and Vasco comes in, telling her that Omar is right. A guy like that won’t be a good father or spouse. Diana realizes he heard Bruno and thanks him. Vasco says he couldn’t stay silent. That’s why Julián hit the guy, too. Omar jumps on it—Julián hit him? Zulema wonders how Julián knew where the guy worked? Omar expresses his concerns, and Diana says this guy deserved it. They get back to the baby. The family needs to think of the joy that this baby will bring. What’s more, Omar is sure it’s a boy. Zulema thinks it’s a girl. Diana cries (Ferro’s UCS 3) while her parents smile and hug her.
Julián is busy accepting his blame for what happened the other night, which will never happen again. Maruja is impactada at the apology, apparently. Rossy wants to take the blame for ending up in her bedroom. It’s not fair for just him to get the blame. Julián tells her it doesn’t matter who gets the blame. It doesn’t change anything. He apologizes to Maruja again, tells her it’ll never happen again, and asks Maruja’s permission for Rossy to be his girlfriend. Rossy protests, but Julián’s mind is made up. He tells Maruja, who is actually smiling at him some, that he would understand if Maruja thinks he doesn’t deserve her daughter. It would be tough to accept someone with no visible means of support (sin oficio ni beneficio, without a penny to his name, from a previous episode). The truth is that while he doesn’t exactly know what he’s going to do with his life, he’s no slug. He’s working with his Mami while she established her own home business. The one thing he can assure Maruja is that he’s a man of principles, and from the day he met Rossy, he’s been making an effort to be a better man every day. He holds Rossy’s hand and glances at her, then back to Maruja. Rossy beams with joy. A single tear courses down Maruja’s cheek. (Ferro’s UCS .25). She smiles at them. Rossy kisses Julián and they look fondly at each other. A single tear courses down Rossy’s cheek (Ferro’s UCS .5).
Alonslow tells Toribio he has to bounce back from this. He had such high hopes that they’d give him this leadership position. Toribio encourage him—after this bad experience, things will get better. Yeah. Does Lorena know? No, Alonslow hasn’t told her, so as to not worry her. He just doesn’t know how he lost the promotion, that’s bothering him so much!
Zulema is excited to see Lorena arriving—has she eaten breakfast? Yep. They walk in with Zulema’s arm around Lorena’s shoulders. Julián wonders if she’s ready to go to the thing with the flyers. More than ready! Has he checked them? No, he’ll do that on the way. Vasco comes in and he’s as surprised to see Lorena as she is to see him. Lorena is muy impactada when she finds out that Vasco is living here now in his uncle’s house. Yep, my uncle Omar and my dad are the only children of my Abuela Snortensia. Lorena freezes, commercial impactada.
Vasco wonders what’s happened with Lorena that’s turned her so pale. She can barely respond. If Omar is the son of Doña Snortensia then he’s…..Vasco interrupts. How is it that my uncle is poor and my grandmother is rich, right? It’s a story that’s a bit complicated. Zulema assures her that some day they’ll tell her. Julián tells Vasco that Lorena’s going to help with the food prep and Zulema chimes in it’s great food! Vasco offers to lend a hand and gets stares of disbelief. Not in the kitchen, with the business end. He’s done some of that with his granny’s company. Looks and gestures of approval all around. Zulema says they’ll keep that in mind, thanks! Diana comes so she and Vasco can go to work. Zulema introduces her to Lorena. Lorena’s frozen again…or still. Diana’s glad to meet her and Lorena mutters a muted “yes, glad to know you, too.” She stares at Diana, who looks enough like Sara to throw Lorena into a trance, I guess. Diana jokes that her mother’s spoken so much of Lorena she was getting jealous. Lorena looks around, still glazed over.
Snortensia and her new shadow descend the stairs [in a house like that, with a staircase like that, you don’t walk down you descend, folks]. Snortensia tells Sara to go see if her breakfast is ready—toast and coffee. What, no juice? No. Jaime joins them in the hall. He wants her to know that he appreciated her looking for Vasco the day before. Sara says there’s nothing to thank her for. Too bad she didn’t succeed. He doesn’t want to come back. Snortensia laments that every day that goes by his absence weighs on her more. Jaime’s pretty sure that when Barb returns, she’ll convince Vasco to return. Vasco always pays attention to his Mami.
Diana thinks it’s amusing that after Lorena has worked in Vasco’s granny’s company, she ends up working with Vasco’s aunt. Lorena is still in a daze, which is getting on my last nerve. “Yeah, right.” Zulema tells Diana no comparisons, there’s a world of difference here—Julián chimes in a world of difference. After all, that’s a huge company and this is just a home-based start-up. Julián tells Vasco that Rossy says his granny is a real tyrant, a witch. Vasco shrugs—she’s earned that name. They exchange a little more chitchat and Julián tells Lorena, who is standing a little apart from the others, still in shock, that it’s time for them to go. Yes, let’s go, she replies softly. [Ed. Note: For a second there, the four dark-haired folks were standing in a line and Lorena apart with her back to us; it struck me that she’s the single link between all these folks. They are all related to her although Vasco is not related to Julián and Diana by blood, nor even Zulema. Everyone in that group is related to Lorena by blood.] Lorena briefly continues to stare at Diana, Vasco and Zulema as Julián heads for the door, but finally says goodbye and goes. Vasco, Diana and Zulema are puzzled. Diana remarks that she didn’t think Lorena would be so shy—is she always so reserved? Zulema looks a bit disconcerted; no, she’s very talkative. Vasco agrees, no way is Lorena shy. He thinks she’s just surprised that they’re relatives. You could say that, Vasco. Diana theorizes that Lorena was so traumatized by working with Snortensia that she doesn’t want to hear a word about the old bat. [Okay, my translation]. Zulema thinks they ought to explain to her that they (she and Diana) have no family ties (vínculo-link, bond, family ties, of blood) to Snortensia. Vasco is pensive.
Julián and Lorena walk down the street. Lorena thinks back to scenes with Zulema talking about the baby she lost; but she was sure she heard the baby cry. Lorena thinks back to realizing that Zulema’s husband is Vasco’s uncle Omar. She stops cold. Julián wonders what’s wrong. Nothing. Are you feeling sick? No, I’m fine. Julián points out she’s kind of strange. [Good call.] Lorena’s face is a blank mask. Can he get her something? No, no. She thinks to herself that she has to call Sara. Lorena tells Julián she better run by her house; does he mind? No, fine. He’s going with her; she’s not looking too well to him. Lorena just stares, still blank.
Zulema dusts a framed picture. I dunno about you all, but if and when I dust a framed picture, I don’t take it down and put it on the table to dust it. I’m just saying. Omar comes into the kitchen—he’s on the way to the shop. Zulema tells him she loves him with fervor, and a hug. He’s mystified what this is about. Zulema was so proud of what he said to Bruno! He declares he said what was fair. She looks lovingly at him and tells him he’s an exemplary father and a true man.
Alonslow has made it in to work, still fuming at himself about losing the promotion and wondering what the heck happened. Valeria comes in and asks if it’s true that Bruno got the leadership position for the clinic. Yeah. How could that be! Sure, he’s got his pluses, but you’re better than him. Alonslow says he committed a mistake. She’s incensed and Alonslow tells her the position is Bruno’s and they should waste more time on this. On the contrary, it’ll make Alonslow work harder. Bruno pops in, cheerful. Has she heard? Yeah. What, no congrats for me? Congratulations. Then Bruno’s in charge and giving orders now—not that he wants to abuse his rank or anything. Alonslow, take my patients and I’m out of here. Once Bruno’s gone, Valeria complains that as soon as he’s promoted – “Fearless Leader”-- he hands off his patients and takes off. Alonslow looks resigned.
Barb packs to go home now that her….uh….procedure has healed up. Ickturo comes for One Last Kiss. Ickturo wonders why good things can’t last forever. That’s life, that’s why. How’s the new biz going? Well, he’s hired a sexretary and she can’t imagine how it is. She hopes the gal is ugly. Well, you know, appearances matter. She warns him about not going looking for affairs with the secretaries. How could she think he would go for shrimp when he’s got lobster? [Ed. Note: Well, folks, isn’t THAT a romantic metaphor? We think Ickturo likes older women anyway—look at how he and his Mami get along.] More giggling and kissing.
Lorena will wait for Julián outside the shop where they ordered the flyers. He goes in to get them and she quickly drags out her phone. It rings, and rings, and rings. Jacqui picks it up and sees it’s Lorena calling Sara. This imbecile. Why should Jacqui answer, she’s not Sara’s secretary. The phone stops ringing and Jacqui puts it back on the desk. Lorena begs Sara to answer. No luck.
Speaking of the Queen of Rome, she’s with Bruno. He wants to celebrate his promotion. How does that sound to her, he’s the new chief of the clinic. She unenthusiastically congratulates him. But she doesn’t want problems with his ex. He scowls at her. What does Diana have to do with this? She’s the stepdaughter of my Aunt Snortensia’s son Omar. For real? Bruno is impactado. She tells him she is sure he’ll understand that she doesn’t want problems with her family. Bruno assures her that he talked with Diana’s folks the night before, he left them clear that he’s going to do the right thing, but Diana is nothing to him.
Lorena’s trying another tack to get to Sara. She calls the main switchboard and asks. They transfer her to Jacqui, who slam-dunks Lorena and then hangs up. Lorena sighs and tells herself she must tell Sara she’s found Sara’s family. Julián comes with the flyers. Is she ready to go by her house? No, she’s feeling better now. She’ll help with the flyers. Julián looks at her, a little worried.
Barb charges in the door with her little suitcase. She tells the maid to put her suitcase in the bedroom; the maid tells her she’s glad Barb is back, because they missed her. [Ed. Note: Are you kidding us? Why?] Barb tells her again to take the suitcase up to her room already. Where’s Matilde? Doña Snortensia fired her. Ah, well, she must have had her reasons. [Ed. Note: Sheesh.] And my husband? At work. And my son? Sra., he doesn’t live here any more. What??? He left the house. The maid nods sadly at Barb, who is muy impactada.
What do you MEAN my son’s not living here any more? Where has he gone? We don’t know for sure, but I overheard him talk about some guy named Omar. With OMAR?
Speaking of the King of Rome, here’s Vasco arriving at work with a strawberry ice cream for Diana. He stands outside and points at it through the glass, mouthing the words and grinning. An equally grinning Diana chuckles and answers the phone. She transfers the call and tells Vasco he’s going to Heaven –she was dying from the craving. Has anyone been looking for him? No. He tells her he’s gotta go back and buy one for himself in that case. He turns back—how strange, he doesn’t even like strawberry. But watching her eat with such pleasure, he might begin to crave it. She teases him that she’ll give him hers. Nah. He wants to know about those cravings. She tells him people say that sometimes the papas have the same cravings as the mamis. But, he’s not the Papá. Could it be hitting him because he’s hanging out so closely with her? She laughs. She doesn’t know, but she’d be embarrassed if it did on account of her. He tells her it wouldn’t matter to him. Diana gets serious and tells him he’s such a giving person. He can’t be so serious. If the cravings hit him, fine. But not the revulsion with some stuff and the vomiting. He shakes his finger at her. He won’t stand for that. Vasco goes off to work and Diana chuckles, then shuts her eyes with bliss as she eats the strawberry ice cream.
Valeria meets Bruno in the hall—was he looking for her? Yep, he wants a list of the labs that supply medicines to the clinic. Why? Since when does he have to give her explanations. Zap! Valeria smarts at the invisible slap. Fine, she’ll get it for him right away. Hurry up, Bruno tells her. She nods. He turns and watches her go over his shoulder with a scowl.
Barb busts into Jaime’s office demanding to know why he let Vasco is at Omar’s. Jaime tells her if she’d called he would have picked her up at the airport. How is she? She remembers to grab her gut and be in pain. She’s okay, but what’s bothering her is her son. She moves using a gingerly movement for effect. Jaime tells her to calm down. How can he ask her to calm down, she yells. She wants to see her son RIGHT NOW. [Ed. Note: Gentle Readers, this may be an insight for us into why she hangs out with Ickturo. She has the same Jocasta complex that Ickturo’s Mami does.] How did she find this out, Jaime wonders? Joaquina told her, and what did Jaime do to Vasco to make him run to Jaime’s brother? Jaime tells her to sit down first, he supposes she’s not supposed to overdo anything. Barb remembers the gut pain again and sits. She grabs her gut. Jaime sits and looks a little irritated.
Julián and Lorena pass out flyers on some local street corner. She tries to pass another to three ladies he just gave them to. Julián comes over to her. He appreciates her helping pass them out but he’s still worried she isn’t feeling so well. She’s just nervous. Why?? Stuff. Should they keep on passing out the flyers? Julián thinks it’s better for her to go. She’s going to stay and pass them out, while Julián goes to the market. As soon as he’s out of sight, she tries to call Sara again.
Speaking of the Queen of Rome, Sara and Jacqui are discussing some ingredients. Shouldn’t they be imported? Jacqui says the domestic one are very good quality and way cheaper. The phone rings and Sara answers it. Lorena needs to talk to her RIGHT NOW! Sara has lots of work. Lorena persuades her they have to meet. It’s IMPORTANT! Sara wants her to tell now. No, not by phone. Jacqui gives a frustrated sigh and Sara gives Jacqui a disgusted look.
Barb is having a full-scale meltdown. She doesn’t give a rip if Jaime has to beg Omar’s pardon on his knees but Vasco HAS to come home. But my mother….Don’t mention her!!! She’s the primary one guilty of this whole mess. Speaking of the Queen of Rome, here is Snortensia, wondering what all the screaming is about. Who is Barb blaming? Because of you and Jaime, Vasco is GONE! Don’t be coming to me with this stuff, Snortensia spits back. When you yourself called Zulema an upstart! And you’ve never been a saint, you’ve gotten plenty of advantage out of my distancing myself from Omar! Barb whimpers—how could Snorty talk to her like that? Snortensia asks how she could want to be talking like that herself. Barb cries that she only wants Vasco to come back. Well, instead of screaming like a crazy, go look for him. Use that energy to convince him to come home! Barb puts her hand on her face and gives a dry sob.
Lorena waits in Maruja’s living room and paces. There’s a knock at the door and she opens for Sara. They hug and Sara asks why the urgency, what’s so important? Lorena wants her to sit, but Sara scolds her to just get it out, she’s got lots of unfinished stuff to do. Lorena urges her that it’s realllly important. So they sit and Sara wonders about all the mystery. Lorena announces she’s found Sara’s parents. What? Lorena beams. She knows Sara’s mother and father. Sara says she doesn’t understand. Did Lorena go looking for them herself? No, it was a coincidence. Or fate. Something put them in her path. Does Sara remember Julián, Rossy’s boyfriend? What’s he got to do with it? He’s Sara’s half-brother. Sara is not happy, but Lorena isn’t registering it. Lorena says they’re a marvelous family and Sara’s mother is the most wonderful woman on earth. Sara thinks it’s impossible. Lorena insists it’s possible. She has a heart of gold, and Lorena knows her well because she works with her. Her name is Zulema. Lorena goes on that Sara doesn’t have to look any farther—God has given her marvelous parents. Sara wants to know how she found this out. Lorena proudly reports that it was through Vasco; his uncle Omar is the son of Snortensia. Your Papá! Sara asks if she’s sure of what she’s saying—does she have proof? Lorena insists there’s no doubt; Zulema told her about losing a baby. Tears stream down Lorena’s face (Ferro’s UCS 5, there are way too many of them and we’re tired of it already tonight). The baby daughter supposedly was born dead, but she’s you, Sara! Sara asks how they could have assumed she was dead? Lorena doesn’t know, but Zulema was sure she heard a cry. Your cry! Lorena doesn’t know how Snortensia could have done something so low, but she jerked the baby away from Sara’s parents and then said they left Mexico. Lorena is indignant that Snortensia could be so bad and keep lying to Sara. Sara’s face falls –My God. [Ed. Note: Clearly a reflection that she’s got to find a way to get Lorena off the scent.] Lorena tells her yes, it’s monstrous, but listen—your parents are incredible. Sara is impactada with fear. No doubt wondering how to cover up and stay with Snortensia.
Jaime waits by the car, sighing as Barb comes out of the company where Vasco and Diana work. Has she been able to speak with Vasco? Nope, he’s left with some Diana. Jaime knows that Diana is Omar’s wife’s daughter. Barb screeches-- let’s go, I have the address.
Lorena “comforts” Sara. She imagines what Sara must be feeling. Isn’t is amazing that Lorena has been working with Sara’s Mamá? Sara nods, still looking impactada. Wow, what an act. Lorena wants to take Sara to her folks right away and Sara jumps down her throat. No! What, you don’t want to meet your Mamá? Sara backpedals, of course she wants to meet her Mami. It’s what she’s hoped for all her life. She digs up a smile. What they’ve both hoped for. Lorena points out that’s right but now she has the opportunity, so let’s go. No, no, no! Sara has to talk with her granny and find out what’s her story. She’s going to have to explain everything! She knew my parents were in Mexico! Lorena volunteers to go see Snortensia with her. No, no, no—Sara has to absorb all of this. It’s too much. Lorena has to understand, this is all very hard for Sara. Lorena says more comforting stuff. She understands. Sara swears Lorena to total secrecy [yeah, right, so she won’t spill the beans with Omar and Zulema, Sheesh]. She lets Lorena hug her and curses Lorena. Why’d she have to go stick her nose in all of this? 1001 times damn!
Banshee Barb gets out the car and rails at Jaime—how could Vasco even think of living HERE? Let’s go, Jaime, get a move on! Jaime follows in resignation. Barb bangs on the door impatiently. Zulema finally gets there, shouting she’s coming and they’re going to knock the door down. She opens the door and Banshee Barb sails in screaming at her. Where’s she hiding Vasco?? Zulema says he’s not there. Jaime tries to get Barb stopped, but she keeps on screaming stupid stuff at Zulema. In my house, I’d be on the phone to 911 and she’d be out. Zulema just asks her if she speaks Spanish. What part of he’s not here didn’t she understand? Barb accuses her of lying. Why should she, Zulema wants to know. He came there on his own. Barb wonders who would know what kind of ideas they’ve put into his head that he might not want to go home. Zulema retorts that the only thing they’ve given him in this house is their hospitality and affection. She looks at Jaime and notes that she overlooked him leaving home but he surely had his reasons. Don’t play the fool, Barb screeches again, you’ve been turning him against us. Zulema tells her they haven’t messed in Vasco’s stuff nor anyone else’s. Barb says she’ll see when they talk to him. Zulema points to the sofa and tells her to have a seat because he probably won’t be long. Barb just glares at her.
Sara has gone to see Chalo about this new twist on her plan. They’re in the same boarding house room Lorena had for a night, then Sara had, and now Chalo has. How nice that the director has a few less sets to worry about. Chalo marvels that Lorena should have been a detective. How could she have found all this out? He tells Sara it’s all going to collapse on her. She retorts that’ll never happen, this idiot will never ruin her plans. He asks what she thinks she can do about it—Lorena will never rest until she gets Sara together with her Mami, if he knows Lorena. Sara huffs. She hates Lorena with all her strength. If Omar finds out what the old bat did, he’ll denounce Snortensia. Chalo gets up from the bed. “And you’ll have to give up the mansion and go live with them.” Nope, Sara’s not going back to poverty. No way is she losing everything she’s gained. You think not? Chalo tells her she’s got the hangman’s rope around her neck now. He kisses her neck in emphasis and she pushes him back and falls onto the bed. No, Lorena hasn’t opened her mouth yet, Sara asserts. I begged her not to say anything and she won’t. Chalo tells her it’s just a matter of time. You can’t shut her up forever. Sara fumes and thinks. Chalo tells her he can’t think of anything. Apparently Sara has thought of something, though. She slinks over to the foot of the bed, lowers herself on top of Chalo, and tells him their future depends on him. On me? Mm-hmm. She kisses him and pushes his head onto the pillow. She plants kisses around his face. Why? How? He just has to eliminate Lorena. Chalo is impactado. Did he hear right? What? She keeps kissing him, and talks in between kisses. Yes, yes, if you love me for real, and you want to enjoy this fortune as much as I do, do it. We have to get rid of her. She whispers seductively into his ear while she keeps kissing it. Chalo is slimy, sleazy and generally creepy, but maybe he’s no murderer. His face tells us the story. He’s muy, pero muy, impactado at this suggestion. “You have to kill her, Chalo.” Sara has very effectively guaranteed that Chalo can’t possibly get all hot and bothered even though she’s slurping around his ear. There is no reminder on this scene that any similarity to real life is purely coincidental, so we can assume Lorena better watch her back.
Vocabulary is embedded.
Monday: Sara begins to plan Lorena’s demise. Chalo’s going to be the fall guy.
Jeanne
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Al Diablo Con Los Guapos #120, Friday 7-12: You want the happy happy? You can't handle the happy happy!
First of all, ever since Mili and Hugo got married last week, I can't quit thinking about the non-branching Belmonte Family tree, especially as it applies to Mili. Mili is now Alejandro's aunt by adoption and cousin by marriage; she's Luciana's sister-in-law by adoption, stepdaughter through Constancio, and niece by marriage to Hugo; Constancio is her dad, her stepbrother, and her uncle. I could go on, but it's just too weird!
Speaking of weird, tonight's episode starts with a reprise of Alejandro singing "Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti" over a bizarre sequence of flashback scenes and voiceovers (that often don't match the scene): Alejandro asking about Mili being able to leave the house; Mili deciding to give up her inheritance; Constancio staging his breakup with Andrea; Andrea sneaking into the house to mack on Consancio and the two of them getting busted by Luciana; Alejandro begging Mili not to leave the house; Mili and Hugo's wedding; Rocky and Valeria getting back together; Luciana getting stinking drunk and spilling the beans at the wedding reception; Mili and Alejandro making out on the bleachers at the soccer field; and getting busted by Padre Manuel; and getting lectured by Padre Manuel to go back to their respective spouses; Mili going back to Hugo; Alejandro lamenting that he won't be her "first"; Hugo promising to wait until Mili is ready; Florencia being jealous; Andrea and Luci having a catfight; Constancio threatening Domingo; Domingo's funeral; Marisela saying the police suspect sabotage; Damian wondering if Constancio had something to do with Domingo's death….
And finally, Alejandro alleging that Constancio had something to do with Domingo's death. Constancio gets offended and goes upstairs. Alejandro asks what Damian thinks. Damian thinks it's a shame. Alejandro gets the idea that he and Damian both suspect Constancio, though Damian won't say it.
Horacio turns on the light in their bedroom and confronts Socorro about her alleged affair. Well, no, he doesn't confront her, he just acts like it's true. Poor Socorro doesn't know what the heck is up. Horacio tells her he's going to go sleep with Rocky. No, not like that. Valeria's got that covered.
Mili and Braulio run into each other at the refrigerator, getting milk. Braulio's got his avocado face mask on. Mili whines about the funeral and Braulio says "I told you so!" Braulio tells her she's as considerate as her mom. Braulio mentions that Alejandro's sleeping on the couch and he doesn't know what to do, wake him up or…? Mili says she'll take care of it. There's a cute moment when she goes to kiss him on the cheek, but he pushes her away because of the avocado. Braulio pours himself a glass of water and then goes back to his room.
He has a moment with his dummy and his monkey. And I mean the actual dummy and the stuffed monkey, not Damian, aka Chicken Pimp, who just walked in. The two of them would make a cute couple if Damian were less self-interested. Damian wants Karla to find him and Braulio together. Braulio begs him to keep his robe on. Damian is desperate to get rid of Karla and climbs into Braulio's bed. The two of them raise eyebrows at each other. Braulio resists getting into bed with Damian and instead suggests that Karla should find Damian coming out of the bathroom. Braulio is worried about his reputation if Karla finds them together.
Karla, as expected, goes looking for her Chicken Pimp and doesn't find him in his room.
Mili gets busted by Alejandro touching his face. He grabs her roughly and they breathe into each other's faces as we go to commercial.
She breaks away and they have a moment up against the wall. She tries to deny that she wanted to touch him as Karla watches. Mili says she was just going to wake him up so he could go get in bed. Alejandro turns that into something it wasn't meant to be. He keeps up with his jealous, lovesick ranting. Mili gives him a good slap and says she won't be his lover. She accuses him of having no shame, coming on to her while his pregnant wife is mourning her dead father. Well, when you put it that way….
Rocky's been doing some redecorating in his room. His wall is plastered with pictures of Valeria--who I actually didn't recognize until I saw Rocky sleeping in his bed. He holds a picture of her and mumbles in his sleep. "Call me cowboy…call me cowboy." Oh, I'm going to have a hard time getting that image out of my head! Horacio is tossing and turning. He dreams of Socorro in a red robe and camisole being fed grapes by Damian in a smoke-filled kitchen. Damian says, "Aren't you tired? You've been running around in my head all day," as he feeds her grapes. Dream Socorro complains that Horacio used to say that kind of stupid stuff to her. Damian caresses her with parsley. Horacio wakes up screaming "No! Not with my parsley!" That's an even harder image to get out of my head! Horacio's screaming wakes up Rocky and Rocky wonders qué the hell is going on between them. I'm not sure if Horacio is fully awake yet. He says that Socorro and Damian are together and Damian feeds her grapes.
Socorro and Mili are now both in the kitchen. Socorro cries that something's up with Horacio, but she doesn't know what. He's being rude and he's not flirting with her. Socorro cries that Horacio went to go sleep in Rocky's room.
Continuing our game of musical bedrooms, Karla goes looking for Damian in Braulio's room. Braulio is just leaving and asks what's up with Karla. She wonders if he knows whether Damian left the house. Braulio evades the question and he says Karla would know better than he would. Karla is suspicous of him blocking his bedroom door and suspects that Braulio's with someone. She insists he let her in to see who he's with. This brings Lina and Gloria running. Karla makes another rush the screaming brings Rocky and Horacio out to see what's going on. Then Socorro and Mili arrive and Karla says that Braulio's got a man in his room. Mili calls Braulio naughty and teases him about it. She asks if it's Pedro. Horacio accuses Socorro of coming from Damian's bedroom. She wonders where he got that idea and Horacio calls her an adulteress. Karla tries to get into the room again, but Braulio pulls her away. Finally, Damian comes out of the room asking what all the noise is about. There goes Braulio's reputation.
Alejandro sits up in bed in his jammie bottoms. Shirtless. Thanks, writers, for throwing us a bone since it doesn't look like the heavily hinted Mili-Al happy happy scene is going to happen. He remembers singing "Un Mundo Raro" with Mili onstage at the Rodeo.
Braulio tries to deny that he's with Damian, but Damian plays it up like he's with Braulio. Horacio gets upset that Damian is both with Socorro and Braulio. Socorro finally gets to explain what happened with the flowers, that Pedro brought them for Braulio and they were trying to cover in front of Luciana. Rocky tries to say "oh, so she doesn't know you're homosexual?" but somehow it comes out "heteroflexible" instead. I was thoroughly enchanted by this turn of phrase until I Googled it and found out it's been around for ages. I'm so out of the loop. Anyway, Mili tells Braulio she doesn't like Damian for Braulio's boyfriend. Braulio insists that Damian tell the truth, so of course Damian says he and Braulio are in love. Karla smacks him and calls him nasty names. Then Socorro yells at Horacio for not telling her what he was upset about, grabs him by the ear, and drags him off to their bedroom. Mili berates Braulio for his bad taste in men and Lina, Gloria, and Rocky all chime in. Poor Braulio. Mr. 5ft suggested that Braulio should have told Damian to kiss him if he wanted to prove he was in love with Braulio. I think Damian would have done it, he's that scared of marrying Karla. Mr. 5ft disagrees. What say you?
The next day, Luciana, Nestor, Alejandro, and Florencia come home from the funeral. Luciana tries to be sympathetic and says it was hard to bury her father and she was just as sad when Regina died. Alejandro doubts she cared when Regina died. Nestor encourages Alejandro to support his wife rather than berate his mother. Alejandro still needs to throw it in her face again that she ruined his life. Luciana and Florencia go upstairs. Nestor points out to Alejandro that he needs to take the reins of the Echavarria business interests since neither of the girls is in any shape to do it. He offers to help, but just gets rejected again.
Valeria is visiting Rocky's room and is surprised that he keeps the room so neat. She says she feels like a star seeing all her pictures up on his wall. They kiss. Rocky insists he needs to talk to her dad, but Valeria doesn't want to. She can't forgive him for what he did either to her or to Alejandro. Rocky accidentally spreads the gossip that Braulio and Damian are together, which throws Valeria for a loop.
Alejandro runs into Luciana outside his bedroom. She tells him his wife needs him. He tells her to leave him alone and tell Nestor to do the same. He complains that no one cared about him and that she ruined his life. Luciana says they're not having this conversation, this can't be happening. She runs off and Alejandro tells her not to call him "son" because he doesn't have a mother.
Braulio tries to beg Damian to tell the truth to the servants. Damian refuses until Karla gets off his back. Braulio refuses to help him keep up the charade. Damian threatens him. Valeria catches him holding on to Braulio by the lapels. She berates him for being all over Braulio, right there, in the middle of the study. Valeria wonders if everyone is going crazy. Braulio tries to deny that there's anything going on, but Valeria says that Rocky already told her the truth. Braulio is overcome and runs out of the room. Damian lets Valeria in on his scheme to turn Karla off. Valeria calls "Morgan" into the room and tells him she needs his help dressing up her uncle.
Florencia cries over her dead Mafia daddy. Alejandro encourages her to sleep, but she insists she can't. She wants him to promise to help her find the guilty parties. There's a knock on the door. Please don't let it be Mili! It's Constancio coming to excuse himself for not being at the funeral, since funerals have upset him ever since his mother died. Rat. Bastard. He blah blah blahs more condolences and says he thinks of Florencia as a daughter. Alejandro gets a good one in: "Go ahead, Florencia, accept, this man loves claiming kids who aren't his."
Valeria summons Karla into…is this Damian's room?...to confess to her that Damian is gay and that she noticed ever since she was a little girl that her uncle is different. Karla says no way. Valeria says there are lots of men who live double lives. Karla's on to his scheme, though. Rocky comes in to tell Valeria that the "aerobics instructor" is waiting for her in the garden. Valeria knocks on the bathroom door to pass the news on to Damian. Damian comes out of the bathroom dressed like Richard Simmons' long-lost twin. Actually, I think even Richard Simmons would tell him to tone the outfit down. Very Chicken Pimpy, indeed. He and Valeria chit chat about needing to firm and tone and lift. As they walk out, Damian suggests that Karla should do some aerobics with them, as she could use a little lifting herself. Ouch.
Socorro's got Horacio spouting pick-up lines, but she doesn't like any of them. Horacio finally just says he's suffering and she's finally satisfied. She forgives him and they make up. Unfortunately since she mentioned being completely honest and not keeping secrets he now thanks her for helping Lina through that tough time she was having a few days ago and letting him know that there was nothing serious going on.
Karla runs into the study weeping and whining. She interrupts Constancio serving himself a drink. She tells him that Damian is gay. It takes Constancio a minute to hear what she said.
Out in the garden, Damian is struggling to keep up with Valeria and the aerobics instructor. Possibly this has something to do with, as Mr. 5ft suggests, the tennis ball he's stuffed down with his pants. I'm having flashbacks to David Bowie in Labyrinth, and not in a good way. He complains about getting a cramp and tries to get the aerobics instructor to massage it out. Valeria warns her off as Damian gets handsy. Constancio and Karla come over. Constancio confronts Damian and says that Damian is either getting married or he's going down to the jobsite in that outfit. Damian struts off after Karla as Valeria and the aerobics instructor laugh.
Mili and Hugo sit on the couch. Hugo says he wants to start planning the honeymoon. Constancio and Damian walk in…oh, I hadn't noticed the earring before! Hugo's bemused. Constancio complains that one day Damian will give him a heart attack. Finally, FINALLY, Hugo points out the new painting. Constancio is muy impactado. Hugo twists the knife, talking about how beautiful Mili's mom was. Mili says it's like a family photo. Except for the dad…Constancio says. Mili says he forgot them and Hugo adds that he doesn't deserve to be in it. Constancio finally says it's beautiful and he's glad they hung it there. He says he's glad they're both staying in the house, but Hugo says he thinks there's too many people, especially with Andrea and Nestor there. Mili says it's a little too modern for her. Constancio tells them it's just until he gets named party president. He has to stop and look at the picture again before he leaves. Mili tells Hugo that Constancio's never going to admit she's his daughter, but Hugo thinks he will, someday.
Constancio goes into the study to talk to his picture of Rosario and tell her that if Mili ever finds out, she'll leave him forever and he doesn't want that. He says he's got to stay focused on becoming party president. Oh, Constancio, you're already party president in our hearts…president of the Rat Bastard party, that is. Damian walks in, thankfully not wearing his ridiculous outfit. Constancio gripes about Damian's fashion sense. Damian refuses to marry Karla and says if he's forced to do it, he'll go to the cops and accuse Constancio of killing Domingo. Dun dun dun!
Monday: Alejandro finds out that Mili and Hugo didn't sleep together. Swinging gets Luciana and Constancio going again. Florencia threatens to take Alejandro away from Mili, in the geographical sense.
Speaking of weird, tonight's episode starts with a reprise of Alejandro singing "Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti" over a bizarre sequence of flashback scenes and voiceovers (that often don't match the scene): Alejandro asking about Mili being able to leave the house; Mili deciding to give up her inheritance; Constancio staging his breakup with Andrea; Andrea sneaking into the house to mack on Consancio and the two of them getting busted by Luciana; Alejandro begging Mili not to leave the house; Mili and Hugo's wedding; Rocky and Valeria getting back together; Luciana getting stinking drunk and spilling the beans at the wedding reception; Mili and Alejandro making out on the bleachers at the soccer field; and getting busted by Padre Manuel; and getting lectured by Padre Manuel to go back to their respective spouses; Mili going back to Hugo; Alejandro lamenting that he won't be her "first"; Hugo promising to wait until Mili is ready; Florencia being jealous; Andrea and Luci having a catfight; Constancio threatening Domingo; Domingo's funeral; Marisela saying the police suspect sabotage; Damian wondering if Constancio had something to do with Domingo's death….
And finally, Alejandro alleging that Constancio had something to do with Domingo's death. Constancio gets offended and goes upstairs. Alejandro asks what Damian thinks. Damian thinks it's a shame. Alejandro gets the idea that he and Damian both suspect Constancio, though Damian won't say it.
Horacio turns on the light in their bedroom and confronts Socorro about her alleged affair. Well, no, he doesn't confront her, he just acts like it's true. Poor Socorro doesn't know what the heck is up. Horacio tells her he's going to go sleep with Rocky. No, not like that. Valeria's got that covered.
Mili and Braulio run into each other at the refrigerator, getting milk. Braulio's got his avocado face mask on. Mili whines about the funeral and Braulio says "I told you so!" Braulio tells her she's as considerate as her mom. Braulio mentions that Alejandro's sleeping on the couch and he doesn't know what to do, wake him up or…? Mili says she'll take care of it. There's a cute moment when she goes to kiss him on the cheek, but he pushes her away because of the avocado. Braulio pours himself a glass of water and then goes back to his room.
He has a moment with his dummy and his monkey. And I mean the actual dummy and the stuffed monkey, not Damian, aka Chicken Pimp, who just walked in. The two of them would make a cute couple if Damian were less self-interested. Damian wants Karla to find him and Braulio together. Braulio begs him to keep his robe on. Damian is desperate to get rid of Karla and climbs into Braulio's bed. The two of them raise eyebrows at each other. Braulio resists getting into bed with Damian and instead suggests that Karla should find Damian coming out of the bathroom. Braulio is worried about his reputation if Karla finds them together.
Karla, as expected, goes looking for her Chicken Pimp and doesn't find him in his room.
Mili gets busted by Alejandro touching his face. He grabs her roughly and they breathe into each other's faces as we go to commercial.
She breaks away and they have a moment up against the wall. She tries to deny that she wanted to touch him as Karla watches. Mili says she was just going to wake him up so he could go get in bed. Alejandro turns that into something it wasn't meant to be. He keeps up with his jealous, lovesick ranting. Mili gives him a good slap and says she won't be his lover. She accuses him of having no shame, coming on to her while his pregnant wife is mourning her dead father. Well, when you put it that way….
Rocky's been doing some redecorating in his room. His wall is plastered with pictures of Valeria--who I actually didn't recognize until I saw Rocky sleeping in his bed. He holds a picture of her and mumbles in his sleep. "Call me cowboy…call me cowboy." Oh, I'm going to have a hard time getting that image out of my head! Horacio is tossing and turning. He dreams of Socorro in a red robe and camisole being fed grapes by Damian in a smoke-filled kitchen. Damian says, "Aren't you tired? You've been running around in my head all day," as he feeds her grapes. Dream Socorro complains that Horacio used to say that kind of stupid stuff to her. Damian caresses her with parsley. Horacio wakes up screaming "No! Not with my parsley!" That's an even harder image to get out of my head! Horacio's screaming wakes up Rocky and Rocky wonders qué the hell is going on between them. I'm not sure if Horacio is fully awake yet. He says that Socorro and Damian are together and Damian feeds her grapes.
Socorro and Mili are now both in the kitchen. Socorro cries that something's up with Horacio, but she doesn't know what. He's being rude and he's not flirting with her. Socorro cries that Horacio went to go sleep in Rocky's room.
Continuing our game of musical bedrooms, Karla goes looking for Damian in Braulio's room. Braulio is just leaving and asks what's up with Karla. She wonders if he knows whether Damian left the house. Braulio evades the question and he says Karla would know better than he would. Karla is suspicous of him blocking his bedroom door and suspects that Braulio's with someone. She insists he let her in to see who he's with. This brings Lina and Gloria running. Karla makes another rush the screaming brings Rocky and Horacio out to see what's going on. Then Socorro and Mili arrive and Karla says that Braulio's got a man in his room. Mili calls Braulio naughty and teases him about it. She asks if it's Pedro. Horacio accuses Socorro of coming from Damian's bedroom. She wonders where he got that idea and Horacio calls her an adulteress. Karla tries to get into the room again, but Braulio pulls her away. Finally, Damian comes out of the room asking what all the noise is about. There goes Braulio's reputation.
Alejandro sits up in bed in his jammie bottoms. Shirtless. Thanks, writers, for throwing us a bone since it doesn't look like the heavily hinted Mili-Al happy happy scene is going to happen. He remembers singing "Un Mundo Raro" with Mili onstage at the Rodeo.
Braulio tries to deny that he's with Damian, but Damian plays it up like he's with Braulio. Horacio gets upset that Damian is both with Socorro and Braulio. Socorro finally gets to explain what happened with the flowers, that Pedro brought them for Braulio and they were trying to cover in front of Luciana. Rocky tries to say "oh, so she doesn't know you're homosexual?" but somehow it comes out "heteroflexible" instead. I was thoroughly enchanted by this turn of phrase until I Googled it and found out it's been around for ages. I'm so out of the loop. Anyway, Mili tells Braulio she doesn't like Damian for Braulio's boyfriend. Braulio insists that Damian tell the truth, so of course Damian says he and Braulio are in love. Karla smacks him and calls him nasty names. Then Socorro yells at Horacio for not telling her what he was upset about, grabs him by the ear, and drags him off to their bedroom. Mili berates Braulio for his bad taste in men and Lina, Gloria, and Rocky all chime in. Poor Braulio. Mr. 5ft suggested that Braulio should have told Damian to kiss him if he wanted to prove he was in love with Braulio. I think Damian would have done it, he's that scared of marrying Karla. Mr. 5ft disagrees. What say you?
The next day, Luciana, Nestor, Alejandro, and Florencia come home from the funeral. Luciana tries to be sympathetic and says it was hard to bury her father and she was just as sad when Regina died. Alejandro doubts she cared when Regina died. Nestor encourages Alejandro to support his wife rather than berate his mother. Alejandro still needs to throw it in her face again that she ruined his life. Luciana and Florencia go upstairs. Nestor points out to Alejandro that he needs to take the reins of the Echavarria business interests since neither of the girls is in any shape to do it. He offers to help, but just gets rejected again.
Valeria is visiting Rocky's room and is surprised that he keeps the room so neat. She says she feels like a star seeing all her pictures up on his wall. They kiss. Rocky insists he needs to talk to her dad, but Valeria doesn't want to. She can't forgive him for what he did either to her or to Alejandro. Rocky accidentally spreads the gossip that Braulio and Damian are together, which throws Valeria for a loop.
Alejandro runs into Luciana outside his bedroom. She tells him his wife needs him. He tells her to leave him alone and tell Nestor to do the same. He complains that no one cared about him and that she ruined his life. Luciana says they're not having this conversation, this can't be happening. She runs off and Alejandro tells her not to call him "son" because he doesn't have a mother.
Braulio tries to beg Damian to tell the truth to the servants. Damian refuses until Karla gets off his back. Braulio refuses to help him keep up the charade. Damian threatens him. Valeria catches him holding on to Braulio by the lapels. She berates him for being all over Braulio, right there, in the middle of the study. Valeria wonders if everyone is going crazy. Braulio tries to deny that there's anything going on, but Valeria says that Rocky already told her the truth. Braulio is overcome and runs out of the room. Damian lets Valeria in on his scheme to turn Karla off. Valeria calls "Morgan" into the room and tells him she needs his help dressing up her uncle.
Florencia cries over her dead Mafia daddy. Alejandro encourages her to sleep, but she insists she can't. She wants him to promise to help her find the guilty parties. There's a knock on the door. Please don't let it be Mili! It's Constancio coming to excuse himself for not being at the funeral, since funerals have upset him ever since his mother died. Rat. Bastard. He blah blah blahs more condolences and says he thinks of Florencia as a daughter. Alejandro gets a good one in: "Go ahead, Florencia, accept, this man loves claiming kids who aren't his."
Valeria summons Karla into…is this Damian's room?...to confess to her that Damian is gay and that she noticed ever since she was a little girl that her uncle is different. Karla says no way. Valeria says there are lots of men who live double lives. Karla's on to his scheme, though. Rocky comes in to tell Valeria that the "aerobics instructor" is waiting for her in the garden. Valeria knocks on the bathroom door to pass the news on to Damian. Damian comes out of the bathroom dressed like Richard Simmons' long-lost twin. Actually, I think even Richard Simmons would tell him to tone the outfit down. Very Chicken Pimpy, indeed. He and Valeria chit chat about needing to firm and tone and lift. As they walk out, Damian suggests that Karla should do some aerobics with them, as she could use a little lifting herself. Ouch.
Socorro's got Horacio spouting pick-up lines, but she doesn't like any of them. Horacio finally just says he's suffering and she's finally satisfied. She forgives him and they make up. Unfortunately since she mentioned being completely honest and not keeping secrets he now thanks her for helping Lina through that tough time she was having a few days ago and letting him know that there was nothing serious going on.
Karla runs into the study weeping and whining. She interrupts Constancio serving himself a drink. She tells him that Damian is gay. It takes Constancio a minute to hear what she said.
Out in the garden, Damian is struggling to keep up with Valeria and the aerobics instructor. Possibly this has something to do with, as Mr. 5ft suggests, the tennis ball he's stuffed down with his pants. I'm having flashbacks to David Bowie in Labyrinth, and not in a good way. He complains about getting a cramp and tries to get the aerobics instructor to massage it out. Valeria warns her off as Damian gets handsy. Constancio and Karla come over. Constancio confronts Damian and says that Damian is either getting married or he's going down to the jobsite in that outfit. Damian struts off after Karla as Valeria and the aerobics instructor laugh.
Mili and Hugo sit on the couch. Hugo says he wants to start planning the honeymoon. Constancio and Damian walk in…oh, I hadn't noticed the earring before! Hugo's bemused. Constancio complains that one day Damian will give him a heart attack. Finally, FINALLY, Hugo points out the new painting. Constancio is muy impactado. Hugo twists the knife, talking about how beautiful Mili's mom was. Mili says it's like a family photo. Except for the dad…Constancio says. Mili says he forgot them and Hugo adds that he doesn't deserve to be in it. Constancio finally says it's beautiful and he's glad they hung it there. He says he's glad they're both staying in the house, but Hugo says he thinks there's too many people, especially with Andrea and Nestor there. Mili says it's a little too modern for her. Constancio tells them it's just until he gets named party president. He has to stop and look at the picture again before he leaves. Mili tells Hugo that Constancio's never going to admit she's his daughter, but Hugo thinks he will, someday.
Constancio goes into the study to talk to his picture of Rosario and tell her that if Mili ever finds out, she'll leave him forever and he doesn't want that. He says he's got to stay focused on becoming party president. Oh, Constancio, you're already party president in our hearts…president of the Rat Bastard party, that is. Damian walks in, thankfully not wearing his ridiculous outfit. Constancio gripes about Damian's fashion sense. Damian refuses to marry Karla and says if he's forced to do it, he'll go to the cops and accuse Constancio of killing Domingo. Dun dun dun!
Monday: Alejandro finds out that Mili and Hugo didn't sleep together. Swinging gets Luciana and Constancio going again. Florencia threatens to take Alejandro away from Mili, in the geographical sense.
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Fuego en la Sangre - 0711/08: The Best Part of Breaking Up and Pasties in Pursuit
[A humble request to our faithful anonymous readers from this recapper: as some comments can sometimes and have been taken/misinterpreted negatively by this recapper and other bloggers when read, it would help enormously to avoid confusion, as some of our bloggers have suggested, if you would be kind enough to use some kind of screen name somewhere in your posts or at least put the generally accepted ; ) happy face/ sad face : ( so it can be assumed you're interested in a non-defensive, reasoned and reasonably non-hostile response as opposed to having the proverbial egg splatter over both our faces. You don't need to use a real name ever --that's the beauty of a screen name, but as it is we don't know if we're talking to the same anonymous or 10 of them and/or if we're even following the same conversation thread or not. Thanks! --ed.]
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As Longfellow once wrote, "Into each life a little rain must fall" and so Gabriela walks over to sprinkle on Eva just as Raquel is about to tell her about her daughter, Ruth. The picnic's over and Crabi says it's time to leave and she'll deal with Eva later on back at the house. Eva walks back over to Sofia who, as we've noted, is literally dressed in her Petticoat Junction blue best, complete with Pollyana hair bows and white buck-dancers. Eva says she's noticed Sofia and Juan have had a spat. Sofia says love cannot withstand a lack of confidence and she says that Juan no longer trusts her. Eva wants her to try to smooth things over.
Juan walks over then and asks to speak with Sofia. Eva leaves as Sofia wipes back her tears and asks him what for if he isn't going to believe her. She tells him that love cannot withstand doubt and says she'd rather give him up before taking the risk of living through the same kind of hell she did when she was with Fernando. "If you don't trust me, let me go and I'll give you back your freedom." She walks away leaving him to stew in his own juices a while.
In town later that day Eugenia begins to tell Rigo her reasons for introducing him as her boyfriend to Benito the night before. She fills him in on their relationship and how it was impossible because she comes from the wrong side of the tracks.
At the same time, on their drive back to the hacienda, Benito, Tall Tweedle, tells Small Tweedle (Octavio), Jimena and Sarita about his feelings for Eugenia. He admits his great love for her and says he feels its useless to pursue her now, especially since he met her new boyfriend the night before at the club's grand opening. He deserved to lose her he says because he was a coward for not fighting to save their relationship. Benito cheers up when Sarita promises to help him get Eugenia back. Jimena persuades him to go find her and tell her how much he loves her and that he cannot live without her.
Meanwhile Rigo doesn't seem to care if he's second best. He wants a chance for romance and so, on the rebound, Eugenia decides to give it a go.
In another part of town, Fernando helps Gabi into the truck. She complains that she doesn't understand what everybody has against her. (Yeah, you can lead a stubborn jackass to water, but you can't make it drink.) She has only tried to do her level best to raise her daughters properly and feels she was in her right to disown Sofia. After all, she clucks, she's behaved like a whore and hasn't a shred of decency. And the way she flaunts her shamelessness in public! "Her immorality and bad manners shock me!" she carps. Fernando--speaking of the immoral--puts his hand on Gabi's and reiterates his steadfast loyalty since Bernardo's death. "Whatever you've done was for your daughters. Now it's time that you ought to think of your own happiness." Gabi, though, rejects any further seductive hints from Fer who, poor guy, apparently isn't gettin' nookie from nobody, nowhere these days, especially now that Rosario is out of town and on the road for a while.
In the Reyes' little kitchen a very sad eyed Sofia is putting away the picnic things when Juan, looking like a wounded puppy himself, peeks out from the doorway and wants to talk. He tells her that he knows he's a rough and a jealous lout (try adding loud and obnoxious to the list and I'd say he's about got it summed up) but she should understand (wrong choice of words, Bosco) that he's never had anything of his own in his life; and what life has given him it's snatched right back up again. He explains that he's never had anything as valuable as her before and is very afraid of losing her. Can't she just forgive him? Sofia simply says again that he cannot be so distrustful of her because it's hurtful.
Jimena and Sarita have stopped in to visit with Augie. He's teasing Jimena about loving Oscar. She admits she does still love him but feels he's too much of a playboy and says she'd rather be single, but on second thought knows she'd really rather not, especially when she gets to thinking about Oscar's hot looks. Augie turns to Sarita and asks about Franco. She answers she is upset with Franco for coming into her room and reading her letters. What really is upsetting though she says, changing the subject, was seeing Sofia and not being allowed to even say hello. Jimena says she doesn't think Mama will ever forgive Sofia.
Just then Mama walks in the door, finds them there with Augie, and gets hopping mad. She screams at them to get back to the house and forbids them to visit with him ever again. Jimena asks why she's not going to let them speak to their granddad either. Augie gripes about Crabi treating her daughters like they were her slaves, but she tells him to stick his nose out of her life. He says he can't believe she won't even let them speak to their own sister. AS far as Crabiela is concerned, for them Sofia is as good as dead. Augie yells back no, she is very much alive and he threatens to never sign those papers if she continues to refuse Sofia's sisters to see her again. (How many times can he push the envelope here? Sounds like Augie's days might be close to being numbered.)
That night Armando tells Feo how worried he is because not a soul has come to the Bad Love Bar since Rosario left on the Big Boss's mandated magical mystery tour and Maracuya started shakin' her bacon across town at the competition's new club. He tells Feo that they are losing a heck of a lot of money because of it. Feo reminds Armando that he owed the Big Boss so much money it was an offer he couldn't exactly refuse. Armando says that if it keeps up like this much longer they are going to have to shut the place down.
Across town at Tumbao, Raqui comes in and sits down with the Elizondo sisters and her nephews, Tall and Small Tweedle. She is explaining that it took a great deal of effort to convince Gabi to let the girls come tonight since she thinks the place is a veritable den of iniquity. (Ha! She ain't seen nothin' yet!) Just then Jimena spots Oscar as he comes in and is shown to a special, front row table for the floor show.
[Note: The US version of last night's episodio, Niurka's "naughty" ditty, was edited out and we were weirdly shunted over in hyper drive to the more "family-friendly" Touring Bon-Bons. (Imagine that!) The remaining shreds of the scene in the nightclub with Jimena and Oscar and Niurka were so disconnected and discombobulated that all sense of continuity was sadly gone and any comic quality was ...er...udderly...lost. I'm giving you the link to watch this on YouTube before you go any further into the recap.
Enjoy!! --ed.]
Maracuya begins her performance with her backside, covered in floor length imitation tail feathers shakin' at the audience. She turns around and the crowd goes wild as she goes full frontal and they see she pretty much has bared all but for a triangulated area of shimmering pasties on the appropriated parts of female anatomy. Men are cheering, but Jimena gasps, eyes popping, in sheer amazement and horror. Boom-boom-boom laca laca! Oscar does a triple-take. He looks over at Jimena and the two exchange stunned expressions. He's gulps for air but can't help sneaking a glance or three for a glimpse of Maracuya's mesmerising moves.
Jimena shoots an angry, accusatory glare at Oscar then as the music throbs and the beautiful, bare-acuda bounces, shimmies and shakes her way straight to Oscar's front row table. Jimena now throws a fire-breathing, green-eyed death-ray towards Oscar. Oscar looks back at Maracuya then over at Jimena again. Jimena flashes a "How dare you? How dare she--but how dare YOU!" Oscar raises his eyebrows like "W-w-h-hat? Who me?" Jimena glares back like " Yes, YOU!" as the sin-sational singing naca knocks her mammalian maracas in quadruple time and then locks a dumb-struck Oscar into her suffocatingly scintillating body block. Boom-laca laca laca laca laca.....! (First went the copas and then us, rolling onto the floor --and howling!)
Suddenly we are shunted back to the tour as Rosario, curiously now managing to wear halter tops that are slightly less likely to incur wardrobe malfunctions during her family-friendly performances, is finishing her set. She drinks in the applause. They love her, and so, apparently, might Bobby.
Franco, meanwhile, has ridden into the countryside and is singing love songs, with his horse patiently listening as he strums his guitar by the fire and thinks of Sarita and Rosario. He still hasn't figured out which one to choose. (By now even the horse seems to agree this is gettin' pretty old.)
Back at the Reyes Ruins, Juan is moping in his bedroom because Sofia refuses to kiss and make up. He thinks back to his jealous outburst and Sofia's honest and heartfelt denials. He says to himself that he was really an idiot and wonders when he'll learn to keep his snout--or, as we would say up here, his trap--shut.
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After the show Maracuya sends for Oscar to visit her backstage. Mara tells Oscar they're both adults so she's going to call a spade a spade. She has the hots for him and she knows he doesn't exactly think she's chopped liver, either. "Some things you just cannot h-i-i-i-de, right?" she coos. He smiles sheepishly and agrees. He has to apologize though (hard to say if it was Jorge ad-libbing or his character actually speaking here). Oscar says he's a bit distracted --no doubt, owing to the fact that she's been propositioning this small town "boy" practically in her birthday suit the entire time. Oscar is hardly able to put two words together for staring at her "attributes". He haltingly manages to spit out that there is still Jimena to consider. Mara purrs that she knows he's still very much in love with his girlfriend, but the girl doesn't have much faith in him. The girl, therefore, doesn't deserve to have him. Oscar says he's given Jimena cause to doubt him since he's purposely been staring at Mara just to make Jimena angry and to get her jealous.
Mara ignores this and puts her seductive charms into high gear. She has a proposition for him: go away with her when her stint at the Tumbao is over. They'll travel together. He asks what kind of "job" she had in mind. Mara answers that he'd be her companion at first and then her agent. (Sort of the casting couch in reverse.) Mara is very, dare we say, up-front about not intending to marry him; but they will enjoy themselves and be happy together. She won't promise how long it might last, but while it does he'll have made enough money to live in style. She asks him to at least think about it, caresses his face with her clawed paws and seals her proposition with a passionate lip lock. Even though Oscar isn't exactly up for it and tries to pull away, Octavio accidentally walks in on them. Octavio frowns and leaves without a sound.
Oscar has just managed to de-suction his mouth when Jimena walks in and sees them together. She says nothing either but immediately thinks the worst and angrily heads back out again without either Oscar or Maru realizing they've been seen.
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Padre Tadeo has gone to the jail that evening to ask Nabor what he wanted to tell him about Bernardo Elizondo's death. Nabor admits he was drunk that day, but says he cannot forget that right before he ran him down, Bernardo looked really strange. He wasn't riding the horse like usual. Instead it was like he was asleep and his body was loose and his head was way over to the side. Besides, he adds, he hit him straight on from the front and according to the doctor, Bernardo died from a blow to the noggin. "Doesn't it seem really strange to you, Padre?" The padre ponders (note the knit brow) and sighs.
Meanwhile, Feo is driving down the dark country road towards the hacienda and cursing his rotten luck. "Don Augustin won't sign, I've got nothing to pay my debts with, and to top it off I'm losing money at the cantina. Dammit all!" Suddenly a shot rings out and the driver's side window shatters. Feo gets out and sees the Big Boss's enforcer standing on the side of the road with a shotgun. "This time it was the window. Next is your head," the enforcer dude warns him then rides off with one of his goons.
Oscar returns home and excitedly tells Franco about Maracuya's offer to be her agent. Franco wonders if that's all and Oscar answers sure, what else could it be? He says he'll have more money than he knows what to do with and Franco agrees it is what Oscar has always wanted; it would be his opportunity to finally get it. He asks Oscar if he's going to accept or not. Oscar says he'd be a fool not to, but then there is Jimena. He loves Jimena.
Franco reminds him that she is going to marry Octavio, but Oscar insists she's marrying him. She loves him and has made it plain more than once. Oscar and Franco remember back to the first day they spent with Sarita and Jimena, the day the fireworks went off in their hearts (according to the imagery in the flashbacks). "Those were the days," muses Oscar.
Franco wonders when they'll ever get their love lives straightened out. This brings Oscar to mentioning the fight between Sofia and Juan that is still going on. "The guy is such a hothead and now he's got doubts about Sofia."
Sofia is in her room and still weeping. Juan knocks and asks to come in. (It's his house so I guess she can't exactly say no.) He asks if they can talk. "Come in," she says with an extra loud sniffle. He doesn't want to say much, just that he can't bear to see her suffer and he loves her very much. He'd really like her to forgive him. Sofia says, well she's been thinking about how he's so much like the trophy he won. When he's baking and so tender its as if he's riding the docile horse, but when his bad impulses and fits take hold it's as if he's riding the wild horse. His personality at times creates a rift between them. She can only hope that one day he isn't sorry for not learning how to control himself. He tells her she's right about everything but he really needs to know if she's going to walk off and leave him.
Sofia won't give Juan an answer. She's still hurting and angry, but she cannot resist his tender kisses. Eventually she gives in to her desire and the reconciliation lasts long into the night.
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While Luisito sleeps Augie asks if Eva knows who his father might be. Eva says she's been too frightened to bring it up as she regrets how much Rosario must have suffered by being abandoned. She says when she sees how much Sofia loves the baby she's expecting she is full of self-recrimination for the way she let Gabi goad her into giving up her child. Augie says he knows Gabi has caused a lot of pain for folks, but she is still his daughter and he loves her, though it is painful to see how unfair she is. (Yep. Good or bad, the kid is yours till the end and there is always a loving tie that binds -though it's hard to think of Crabiela as somebody's kid let alone that Augie could even mention her name and the word "love" in the same sentence.) He shakes his head in shame.
Gabriela is now in her darkened bedroom with just a candle and moonlight pouring over an open bible. She is kneeling at the end of her bed and praying as refrains from what is possibly Mozart's Requiem or maybe Verdi's --or then again, maybe it's neither--are playing in the background. It's fairly obvious that she's suffering from a true martyr complex as she kneels there, arms outstretched, Christlike and now turns God's idea of justice on its head. "Lord, everyone condemns me, but I know I'm right because my heart follows alongside you. You're right side has sustained me always and you said 'blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice'; that is me and I am harming no one. I'm only imparting justice, because I obey. I'm trying to carry out your teachings. Your teachings, Lord. Forgive me. Forgive me." She begins feverishly whispering something totally inaudible after.
At the same time in the rectory chapel Padre Tadeo reads from his bible too, but it's a different chapter and verse. "One day we will all sit before Christ's tribunal and only he will judge us and impart justice." Tadeo prays for for the Lord to allow Gabriela to think things through before she tries to take justice into her own hands. "She cannot; she must not."
Morning comes to Ciudad Serdán. Juan is up bright and early putting together breakfast in bed for Sofia. He wakes her with the tray in hand and she tells him she is certain that her father up above has been watching and has come to love him like a son. Juan doesn't answer. From the look on his face it's evident the idea of his sister's seventy-something lover treating him like a son isn't exactly an appetizing thought. He changes the subject and tells her he's determined to control his impulsive outbursts. She is pleased and says it would be good for everyone if he does.
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At Augie's suggestion Quintina has returned to the cottage with a sack of clothes for Luisito. Augie tells her to get the little boy dressed and that he needs to speak to Sofia ASAP.
Franco, Oscar and Pablito are eating breakfast in the kitchen when a couple of the men from the town come by to ask if Franco would sing at an event they're holding that day. Oscar wrangles a fee out of them but Franco refuses to accept it. Despite their need for ready cash he is not going to charge for his performance.
Across town Small Tweedle, Octavio, is trying to persuade Maracuya to extend her singing contract with them a while longer. She refuses and adds that anyway, his "fiancee" doesn't like seeing her around. Octavio says no, Jimena is only jealous over Oscar. Mara teases and says well then you already know she is Oscar's girlfriend. Octavio begins to stumble around trying to explain his situation, but Mara stops him. She says she's been around the block a time or two and seen quite a bit. She realizes his "preferences" for other "people" and that she knows he's really in a relationship with Bruno and promises to be discreet. Octavio explains that since their families are so insistent that they get married, his pact with Jimena has been the only way to avoid them pressuring the two of them any further.
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At the hacienda Feo is in Bernardo's old office. He begins banging around on the desk looking for secret compartments which could hold those incriminating papers of Bernardo's. Eventually he finds a false drawer with a letter from Bernardo inside. He opens it and begins to read: "If it's you reading this letter, Fernando, then you still haven't found the documents I left to incriminate you; but if it's another person who is reading this from me, I Bernardo Elizondo, declare that I hid several documents which show that Fernando Escandon is not a man to be trusted."
Feo looks over at Bernardo's picture on the desk, crumples up the letter and worries about what to do next.
Outside Augie, Luisito and Quintina head off to town in the motorbike and sidecar while nearly running down anybody in the way.
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Sofia and Juan have finished eating. Juan tells her how blessed he is to have her with him. He cannot believe how happy he is. She asks sweetly if he'll love her the same forever. He gives her a huge grin and answers of course, expecially siince she's giving him a child to unite them in love. Sofia asks Juan if he's thought about what to call the the baby. He suggests that if it's a boy he'll be called Juan Jose after Juan's father. He isn't sure what to name it if it's a girl, but then a thought comes to him. A bit later he and Sofia are standing in front of the altar at church. "Maria Guadalupe is what we'll call our little girl, in appreciation of the virgencita--" (as if we weren't already OD-ing on sweetness and light about now.....) Sofia agrees and smiles up at the image of the Virgen of Guadalupe. "--in appreciation of the virgencita's love and protection," she says. The music swells.
Labels: Fuego
As seen on Hugo and Mili's wedding
“Lo prometido es deuda” (What’s promised is owed) so I am including the lyrics for “Hoy Tengo Ganas de Ti” as well as a finished version of “Rata de Dos Patas” (thanks to NinaK who did the bulk of the work on “Rata”). I have also attached the clips for both songs as were posted on Monday’s recap.
Quick note: There are a few different ways to say “tener ganas,” so I chose crave.
http://www.musicstarx.net/videos/video-and-lyric-of-hoy-tengo-ganas-de-ti-miguel-gallardo/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPvulfcxV1o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G03edz_1DmE
Fuiste ave de paso
Y no se por que razón
Me fui acostumbrando
Cada dia mas a ti.
Los dos inventamos
La aventura del amor.
Llenaste mi vida,
Y despues te vi partir.
Sin decirme adios
Yo te vi partir.
Coro:
Quiero en tus manos abiertas
Buscar mi camino,
Y que te sientas mujer
Solamente conmigo,
Hoy tengo ganas de ti,
Hoy tengo ganas de ti.
Quiero apagar en tus labios
La sed de mi alma.
Y descubrir el amor
Juntos cada mañana.
Hoy tengo ganas de ti,
Hoy tengo ganas de ti.
No hay nada mas triste
Que el silencio y el dolor.
Nada mas amargo
Que saber que te perdi.
Hoy busco en la noche
El sonido de tu voz,
Y donde te escondes
Para llenarme de ti.
Llenarme de ti ,
Llenarme de ti…….
Coro
Today I Crave You – Music and Lyrics By Miguel Gallardo
You were a migratory bird
And I don’t know for what reason
I became accustomed
To you more each day.
We both invented
The adventure of love.
You filled my life,
And then I saw you leave.
Without saying goodbye
I saw you leave.
Chorus:
I want in your open hands
To look for my way.
And for you to feel (like a) woman
Only with me.
Today I crave you
Today I crave you.
I want to quench my soul’s thirst
In your lips.
And to discover love
Together each morning.
Today I crave you
Today I crave you.
There is nothing sadder
Than silence and pain.
Nothing more bitter
Than knowing I lost you.
Today I look in the night
For the sound of your voice,
And where you are hiding
To fill myself with you.
Fill myself with you,
Fill myself with you...
Chorus
Rata De Dos Patas
Rata inmunda
Animal rastrero
Escoria de la vida
Adesfecio mal hecho
Infra humano,
Espectro del infierno,
Maldita sabandija,
¡Cuanto daño me has hecho!
Coro:
Alimaña,
Culebra ponsoñosa,
Desecho de la vida,
Te odio y te desprecio
Rata de dos patas,
Te estoy hablando a ti;
Porque un bicho rastrero,
Aún siendo el mas maldito,
Comparado contigo
Se queda muy chiquito
Maldita sanguijuela,
Maldita cucaracha,
Que infectas donde picas,
que hieres y que matas.
Coro
¿Me estas olliendo inútil?
¡Hiena del infierno!
¡Cuanto te odio y te desprecio!
Maldita sanguijuela,
Maldita cucaracha,
Que infectas donde picas,
Que hieres y que matas.
Coro
Two-legged Rat
Filthy rat,
Despicable animal
Dreg of life
Malformed folly
Subhuman,
Spectre from hell,
Damned bug
What damage you have done me!
Chorus:
Vermin,
Poisonous snake,
Refuse of life,
I hate you and scorn you.
Rat of two paws,
I am speaking to you;
because any lowly insect
Though it may be the most damned,
Compared with you
Falls short.
Damned leech,
Damned cockroach,
That infects where you bite
You injure and you kill.
Chorus
Do you hear me useless one?
Hyena from Hell!
How I hate and Scorn You!
Damned Bug,
Damned Cockroach,
That infects where you sting,
You injure and you kill.
Chorus
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Guapos Thursday, July 10, 2008: Domingo goes splat
My tape started up with no credits and no re-hash of yesterday’s events. So if something happened before this, please add fill me in.
In the wine cellar, weepy Alex is listening to Nestor, who is happy to have him for a son and has great plans, business ideas that he’d like to include Alex in. But Alex says he is so angry with his mother he doesn’t want to talk to her, doesn’t want her talking to him. Calmate, says Nestor, your mother knew in advance you’d feel that way. Nestor goes on about how he and Alex will get to know each other bit by bit. Alex says your minute is up Senor Miranda. Nestor is taken aback and says don’t call me Senor Miranda. Alex says that’s how I knew you from before and that’s who you still are. I’m sorry, but the word “papa” makes me sick lately. Alex takes off.
Braulio is in his room in his bathrobe. He’s looking at the luv monkey and remembering that Pedro said “take you time and think it over.” There’s a knock and it’s Damien. Damien gets up real close and thanks Braulio for the inspiration on how to avoid marrying Karla. Braulio says what? Make me gay, says Damien. Brauilio is horrified.
Brualio flakes out on his bed and postures. You’re not my type, he says dramatically. I’ve seen how you treat Karla and I’m much more the sensitive type. Damien says I don’t mean that! I’m all man, real macho. Braulio puts a finger to his mouth and looks a bit vampy. Damien says I just need help to convince her I’m gay and (he takes Braulio by the chin to his delight) you’re the only one who can help me. Braulio makes eyes at him. Damien looks a little worried.
It’s daytime and Luci is working with her flowers in the greenhouse. Nestor comes in and caresses her and tells her he’s off to work. She notes that he looks troubled. He says he didn’t want to bother her last night with this, but he talked to Alex. He says how angry Alex is with her and says he was surprised Alex has taken it so hard. He wants to know if there’s something more that he doesn’t know about. No, lies Luci, it’s just that I kept the secret so many years. They smooch a bit and Horacio comes up and coughs discreetly. He says Brauilio told him she needs the car. Nestor takes off.
She says to Horacio why are you looking at me like that? You’re judging me. Well, I know for a fact that your wife has a lover, and she doesn’t even deny it. Horacio looks serious. Just ask Brauilio, says Luci, he was there when I found out.
Somebody give Alex a Kleenex. He’s at the construction site with Bobby and he still hasn’t dried up. He’s explaining to Bobby how he and Mili stayed apart because they thought they were brother and sister. Bad marriage, now her marriage, etc. What to do? Bobby says think of your baby who’s on the way.
Alex says he remembers exactly his conversation with Luci the day before his marriage where he asked her if he really was Connie’s son and she acted all offended and told him to trust her. Alex tells Bobby that’s the woman who gave me life and for what? To throw me in the trash? (Somehow hard hats and weeping don’t go together.)
Mili is showing Gloria and Lina the painting Hugo did of her with her mama. They agree it’s an excellent present. Mili wants them to help her decide where she should hang it. Gloria has to get back to her chores including the ironing Karla won’t do, but Lina lingers. She has a date with Bobby and has so much to do. Mili says she’ll help with the chores. Lina is worried Braulio will get mad, but Mili says that’s her uncle.
Down in the kitchen Braulio is telling Karla off about her attitude and not doing her chores. She says pretty soon she’s going to marry Damien and be the senora of the house. Braulio says there’s a glut of those right now. As long as she’s wearing the uniform, she has to do something in the way of work. Socorro agrees.
Damien comes up behind Braulio and says he’s brought this rose to give to the loveliest person in the house. Karla says awww Damien. See how romantic he is, Mama? Damien gives the flower to Braulio and says a flower for a flower. Brauilio looks very stiff but plays along. Karla looks on slitty-eyed while Braulio sniffs the rose.
Out in the yard, Valeria is happily reassigning staff. She tells Morgan and Horacio that Morgan is now her personal Morgan again, and Horacio goes back to being gardener. She gives Morgan a kiss.
Mili is in Alex and Flor’s room gathering up the laundry. She holds up his undies and we now know the answer to the burning question briefs or boxers. It’s boxers. Flor walks in and takes a fit. Mili says she’s helping Lina. Alex walks in and Flor tells him Mili is getting his undies to keep as a trophy. You keep ‘em, says Mili, and puts them over Flor’s head. Mili heads off and Alex tries to suppress a smile.
Horacio comes into the kitchen where Socorro is happily working. He looks at her steadily while she prattles on about waiting to hear one of his cute compliments. She figures out that he’s in some strange mood. He tells her if she wants to leave him, she can. He won’t make her stay. He walks out and she’s all que the hell?
In their room, Mili is telling Hugo about the episode with Flor and Hugo thinks it’s a hoot. He asks her why she hasn’t hung her painting yet and she says she hasn’t chosen a spot. He says this is your house, you don’t have to put it in here – you could put it in the foyer. Mili is surprised, but seems to like the idea
At the office, Connie is working at his desk and Damien is telling him that as future party head, he needs to keep his reputation spiffy. Connie’s working and not paying attention. Damien protests and Connie says he has so many brothers-in-law he can’t keep them straight. Damien says there’s a lot of tension in the house and they need to do something about it. Leave it all to him. Connie says I don’t want to think about those things at the office.
Damien says he’s worried about Domingo and what he could do. The phone rings and Connie is pleased with whatever the caller reported. Who was that? asks Damien. Nobody, says Connie, happy. Don’t worry, the matter of Domingo has been resolved.
Mateo and Marisela are talking in her apartment. She is a bit stiff with him. She says it was just a fling and she told him so from the git go. He says but he fell in love with her. The phone rings. We know what’s about to happen since we saw the avances yesterday. Her father’s plane crashed and he’s dead. She is shocked and stunned, but Mateo doesn’t put his arms around her. He looks at her like she’s a math problem.
In the foyer, Alex is telling Flor not to be so paranoid. He talked to Lina and she verified that Mili was helping. He explains that Mili used to clean his room before, and that she doesn’t mind doing that kind of work, plus she likes to help others. How sweet, says Flor.
Mili and Hugo come laughing down the stairs, toting the canvas. Alex says we were just talking about you and Flor can apologize. Flor doesn’t like that one bit, but Alex says you were just saying you regretted the incident. Mili makes a snotty face. Flor apologizes and Mili says that’s okay and they go back to the problem of where to hang the picture. Hugo asks for Alex’s help.
He’s chosen a prominent spot where a big dark landscape hangs. Alex takes it down – miraculously there’s no dust outline of the old picture on the wall. . Flor says that painting’s going to cause trouble but Alex says everything does in this house so who cares?
Finally we see the picture, which looks suspiciously like a photograph. Alex compliments Hugo. Luci walks in and asks what it’s doing there. Alex says don’t you dare say anything against it. Amazingly, Luci backs down and says I just thought it might look better on some other wall. She comments through gritted teeth that Mili’s mother is pretty and goes to leave.
Alex takes her by the arm and says don’t run off, you owe Mili and me an explanation, I think. Luci says this is not a good time for it and Flor agrees. Alex grabs her again and says you’re not leaving until you hear everything I have to say.
Karla is out by the fountain pacing back and forth in her tiny uniform skirt, cursing Damien for this new game. Horacio walks up and Karla says how could he present a flower right in my face? Horacio thinks to himself that she means he gave one to Socorro. Karla heads back to the house.
Marisela is sobbing and lamenting and Mateo is looking at her like she’s a lab experiment. Calmate, he says, as if anyone in her position could. She tells him the police think someone tampered with the plane and they’re investigating. Mateo says you have to notify your sister and Marisela is worried how it will affect her pregnancy. Mateo suggests telling Alex and letting him break the news. Marisela dials the phone.
Meantime in the foyer, Luci is telling Alex that he’s too upset and she’ll wait until he’s calmed down and then she’ll answer all his questions (he doesn’t seem overemotional to me). Don’t forget I’m your mother after all. Alex scoffs. You don’t know what it means to be a mother. A mother doesn’t destroy her child. Luci tries to start up the stairs but he blocks her. Mili comes over and says it’s not worth it, let her go. Just then his cell rings. Of course he answers – don’t we all no matter what? It’s Marisela, natch. He gets an impactado look and eyebrows all around the room lower. He hangs up and tells Flor to sit down and that she must be strong for the baby.
At the office Damien is just hanging up from Luci. Connie asks what’s up. Damien looks at Connie and says I’m just thinking, and I hope… Connie says blurt it out. Damien says Domingo’s plane crashed and he’s dead. Connie looks impactado, but as we and Damien watch him say oh my goodness, how sad, he doesn’t seem entirely convincing. Hard to tell, and Damien’s face says he can’t tell either.
Poor actress playing Flor - she doesn’t get to do any scenery chewing. Instead, it’s a bit later and we are in the hallway outside Alex’s and her room and Alex is reporting to Mili that she is devastated and has done nothing but cry. Mili is sad and asks if she can see her, but Alex says this isn’t the best time.
Vale comes up and hugs Alex and is sweet about what has just happened. She reports that Luci is spending her time wondering what name to put on the wreath, Belmonte or Miranda. Alex is disgusted and wants to go tell her off, but Vale says not now. She gives Alex a big hug and he says such a nice hug and she says she’s been wanting to give him one because she loves him. They’re still half-siblings. He likes that, and Vale tells Mili to join the hug. It’s sweet, the three of them in a group hug.
Morgan, Lina, Karla and Socorro are in the kitchen talking about what just happened. All think it’s sad except Karla who says the daughters can be planning what they’re going to do with all those millions, that’s what she’d be doing. The other three are shocked. Socorro tells her to take a cup of tea up to Flor. Karla balks. Why her? She’s about to get married to Damien and can’t be playing the servant. Socorro says get it through your thick head, you and Damien are never going to marry. Horacio comes in just as she says that. Socorro goes out pushing Karla ahead of her. Horacio remarks to Morgan and Lina that that’s why she doesn’t want Karla marrying Damien – she wants him for herself. Lina and Morgan look puzzled.
Back in the office, an outraged Connie is demanding to know what Damien is implying. Damien says well, you got those documents and passed them off to a pretty suspicious-looking character. Connie sputters are you saying I murdered Domingo? Damien says no no not murdered. Then what? says Connie. Damien says maybe you put a hit out on him.
Hugo, distraught Mili and Braulio are in Hugo’s room. Mili feels like maybe her fighting with Flor put some bad energy out in the universe and now looked what happened. Hugo assures her that her actions had nothing to do with Flor’s father’s accident. He points out that Domingo is a guy who always played with fire, a Mafioso in fact. Braulio says but it was an accident. Hugo says in those kind of situations with those kinds of people, you never know.
We are at maybe a funeral or a memorial service. Everyone is in black (which in the U.S. could mean a wedding or a funeral, you can never tell). Connie tells the sisters that Domingo was a great friend to him. Mateo and his weasely friend are there. Also the Belmonte household, including its new members. Nestor and Luci are commenting that the two daughters have no family, they’re all alone (and indeed no Mafioso friends seem to have come) and now the Belmontes are all the family they have.
Alex comes over to Luci and Nestor and asks in a solemn-occasion low voice What are you doing here? Expressing our regrets, says Luci. Well, you’ve done it so now leave, says Alex. Nestor says if you or Flor need anything, I’m there to help. Alex says thank you, but I don’t need anything from you Senor Miranda. Luci says okay lets give our condolences and go. They head over to the bereaved girls.
Vale has overheard and comes over to Alex and says you have so much hate, you’re scaring me. Alex says they make me sick, seeing her with him. Vale says that’s your father! You have to focus now on Flor and the baby. Alex looks over and there’s Flor still standing with her sister – nobody has offered the pregnant bereaved lady a chair, apparently.
Mateo must be sweltering in his black leather jacket buttoned up almost to his neck. His ratty friend whispers to him that he needs to marry the little orphan (Marisela) quick before Alex gets his hands on too much of the inheritance. Mateo says he has it all planned out carefully. He excuses himself, saying he has to attend to his future wife. She weeps on his shoulder a bit.
Bobby comes in and Marisela runs to him and now gets into to some major, squeaky crying while he holds her. She says she was afraid he wouldn’t come and he says of course I’m here. She says don’t leave me alone. Mateo looks on calculatingly – this is an unexpected wrinkle.
Andrea comes out into a mortuary hallway where Alex is brooding. She kindly offers her condolences. He says can I ask you something? She says anything. He says how could you be with me and my father at the same time? Andrea insists that she didn’t mess in with his father until she and Alex had broken up. And though you may not believe me, I’m in love with him. Alex says you’re right I don’t believe you.
Andrea reminds him that things could have been different if he hadn’t chosen that servant over her. And I’m going to marry your father. Alex says he’s not my father, but congratulations. You two deserve each other.
Andrea leaves and Flor comes in. She says I was afraid you’d left. Alex says no of course not, mi amor. He comforts her and she says she feels so alone, please don’t leave her. Alex says he won’t.
Mili and Hugo walk in and Flor goes ballastic. She demands to know what Mili is doing there and says leave. Mili tries to give her condolences, but Flor says you’re just here to make fun of my misfortune, aren’t you? Get out!
Hugo says to Mili we thought this might happen, let’s go. Mili says let me try and she tells Flor how sad she is for her, how it reminds her of when she lost Regina… But Flor cuts her off and tells her she’s a hypocrite. Hugo talks Mili into going.
Al says Flor that was bad. Flor says just what I need in my hour of pain – you siding with her. Alex says but she was sincere. You always defend her, says Flor. Alex says I sometimes feel like I can’t talk to you. Flor says if you feel that way, then go. Get out. He turns to leave and she says wait! She says don’t leave me. He holds her and looks very doubtful.
In the foyer, Karla grabs Braulio by the lapels and tells him to knock off the game with Damien. She says he’s real macho and what’s more, he’s hers. Braulio says he’s not involved with Damien, he has better taste than that. He reminds her that she is a servant under his orders. Karla says when she marries Damien, the first thing she’s going to do is fire him. He laughs at her and reminds her that it’s Mili’s house. Karla says I’ll get rid of her too. Braulio says don’t kid yourself, you are a servant and you will die a servant.
It’s night now. Braulio is in the foyer looking at the painting and Alex comes in. Flor is staying with her sister, he reports, and he’s exhausted. But here come Andrea, who goes on up to bed, and Damien and Connie. Alex goes right to the point – he wants to know if Connie has anything to do with Domingo’s death. Connie says just what I need – my son suspects me too. Alex says I’m not your son, and why do you say I suspect you too? Apparently I’m not the only one. Freeze frame on Connie looking mad.
Avances: Alex is asleep on a couch, and Mili in her jammies caresses his face (lookit at that huge rock on her hand!). Alex wakes with a start and wants to kiss her. Karla sees. Alex tells his mother off for her lies.
In the wine cellar, weepy Alex is listening to Nestor, who is happy to have him for a son and has great plans, business ideas that he’d like to include Alex in. But Alex says he is so angry with his mother he doesn’t want to talk to her, doesn’t want her talking to him. Calmate, says Nestor, your mother knew in advance you’d feel that way. Nestor goes on about how he and Alex will get to know each other bit by bit. Alex says your minute is up Senor Miranda. Nestor is taken aback and says don’t call me Senor Miranda. Alex says that’s how I knew you from before and that’s who you still are. I’m sorry, but the word “papa” makes me sick lately. Alex takes off.
Braulio is in his room in his bathrobe. He’s looking at the luv monkey and remembering that Pedro said “take you time and think it over.” There’s a knock and it’s Damien. Damien gets up real close and thanks Braulio for the inspiration on how to avoid marrying Karla. Braulio says what? Make me gay, says Damien. Brauilio is horrified.
Brualio flakes out on his bed and postures. You’re not my type, he says dramatically. I’ve seen how you treat Karla and I’m much more the sensitive type. Damien says I don’t mean that! I’m all man, real macho. Braulio puts a finger to his mouth and looks a bit vampy. Damien says I just need help to convince her I’m gay and (he takes Braulio by the chin to his delight) you’re the only one who can help me. Braulio makes eyes at him. Damien looks a little worried.
It’s daytime and Luci is working with her flowers in the greenhouse. Nestor comes in and caresses her and tells her he’s off to work. She notes that he looks troubled. He says he didn’t want to bother her last night with this, but he talked to Alex. He says how angry Alex is with her and says he was surprised Alex has taken it so hard. He wants to know if there’s something more that he doesn’t know about. No, lies Luci, it’s just that I kept the secret so many years. They smooch a bit and Horacio comes up and coughs discreetly. He says Brauilio told him she needs the car. Nestor takes off.
She says to Horacio why are you looking at me like that? You’re judging me. Well, I know for a fact that your wife has a lover, and she doesn’t even deny it. Horacio looks serious. Just ask Brauilio, says Luci, he was there when I found out.
Somebody give Alex a Kleenex. He’s at the construction site with Bobby and he still hasn’t dried up. He’s explaining to Bobby how he and Mili stayed apart because they thought they were brother and sister. Bad marriage, now her marriage, etc. What to do? Bobby says think of your baby who’s on the way.
Alex says he remembers exactly his conversation with Luci the day before his marriage where he asked her if he really was Connie’s son and she acted all offended and told him to trust her. Alex tells Bobby that’s the woman who gave me life and for what? To throw me in the trash? (Somehow hard hats and weeping don’t go together.)
Mili is showing Gloria and Lina the painting Hugo did of her with her mama. They agree it’s an excellent present. Mili wants them to help her decide where she should hang it. Gloria has to get back to her chores including the ironing Karla won’t do, but Lina lingers. She has a date with Bobby and has so much to do. Mili says she’ll help with the chores. Lina is worried Braulio will get mad, but Mili says that’s her uncle.
Down in the kitchen Braulio is telling Karla off about her attitude and not doing her chores. She says pretty soon she’s going to marry Damien and be the senora of the house. Braulio says there’s a glut of those right now. As long as she’s wearing the uniform, she has to do something in the way of work. Socorro agrees.
Damien comes up behind Braulio and says he’s brought this rose to give to the loveliest person in the house. Karla says awww Damien. See how romantic he is, Mama? Damien gives the flower to Braulio and says a flower for a flower. Brauilio looks very stiff but plays along. Karla looks on slitty-eyed while Braulio sniffs the rose.
Out in the yard, Valeria is happily reassigning staff. She tells Morgan and Horacio that Morgan is now her personal Morgan again, and Horacio goes back to being gardener. She gives Morgan a kiss.
Mili is in Alex and Flor’s room gathering up the laundry. She holds up his undies and we now know the answer to the burning question briefs or boxers. It’s boxers. Flor walks in and takes a fit. Mili says she’s helping Lina. Alex walks in and Flor tells him Mili is getting his undies to keep as a trophy. You keep ‘em, says Mili, and puts them over Flor’s head. Mili heads off and Alex tries to suppress a smile.
Horacio comes into the kitchen where Socorro is happily working. He looks at her steadily while she prattles on about waiting to hear one of his cute compliments. She figures out that he’s in some strange mood. He tells her if she wants to leave him, she can. He won’t make her stay. He walks out and she’s all que the hell?
In their room, Mili is telling Hugo about the episode with Flor and Hugo thinks it’s a hoot. He asks her why she hasn’t hung her painting yet and she says she hasn’t chosen a spot. He says this is your house, you don’t have to put it in here – you could put it in the foyer. Mili is surprised, but seems to like the idea
At the office, Connie is working at his desk and Damien is telling him that as future party head, he needs to keep his reputation spiffy. Connie’s working and not paying attention. Damien protests and Connie says he has so many brothers-in-law he can’t keep them straight. Damien says there’s a lot of tension in the house and they need to do something about it. Leave it all to him. Connie says I don’t want to think about those things at the office.
Damien says he’s worried about Domingo and what he could do. The phone rings and Connie is pleased with whatever the caller reported. Who was that? asks Damien. Nobody, says Connie, happy. Don’t worry, the matter of Domingo has been resolved.
Mateo and Marisela are talking in her apartment. She is a bit stiff with him. She says it was just a fling and she told him so from the git go. He says but he fell in love with her. The phone rings. We know what’s about to happen since we saw the avances yesterday. Her father’s plane crashed and he’s dead. She is shocked and stunned, but Mateo doesn’t put his arms around her. He looks at her like she’s a math problem.
In the foyer, Alex is telling Flor not to be so paranoid. He talked to Lina and she verified that Mili was helping. He explains that Mili used to clean his room before, and that she doesn’t mind doing that kind of work, plus she likes to help others. How sweet, says Flor.
Mili and Hugo come laughing down the stairs, toting the canvas. Alex says we were just talking about you and Flor can apologize. Flor doesn’t like that one bit, but Alex says you were just saying you regretted the incident. Mili makes a snotty face. Flor apologizes and Mili says that’s okay and they go back to the problem of where to hang the picture. Hugo asks for Alex’s help.
He’s chosen a prominent spot where a big dark landscape hangs. Alex takes it down – miraculously there’s no dust outline of the old picture on the wall. . Flor says that painting’s going to cause trouble but Alex says everything does in this house so who cares?
Finally we see the picture, which looks suspiciously like a photograph. Alex compliments Hugo. Luci walks in and asks what it’s doing there. Alex says don’t you dare say anything against it. Amazingly, Luci backs down and says I just thought it might look better on some other wall. She comments through gritted teeth that Mili’s mother is pretty and goes to leave.
Alex takes her by the arm and says don’t run off, you owe Mili and me an explanation, I think. Luci says this is not a good time for it and Flor agrees. Alex grabs her again and says you’re not leaving until you hear everything I have to say.
Karla is out by the fountain pacing back and forth in her tiny uniform skirt, cursing Damien for this new game. Horacio walks up and Karla says how could he present a flower right in my face? Horacio thinks to himself that she means he gave one to Socorro. Karla heads back to the house.
Marisela is sobbing and lamenting and Mateo is looking at her like she’s a lab experiment. Calmate, he says, as if anyone in her position could. She tells him the police think someone tampered with the plane and they’re investigating. Mateo says you have to notify your sister and Marisela is worried how it will affect her pregnancy. Mateo suggests telling Alex and letting him break the news. Marisela dials the phone.
Meantime in the foyer, Luci is telling Alex that he’s too upset and she’ll wait until he’s calmed down and then she’ll answer all his questions (he doesn’t seem overemotional to me). Don’t forget I’m your mother after all. Alex scoffs. You don’t know what it means to be a mother. A mother doesn’t destroy her child. Luci tries to start up the stairs but he blocks her. Mili comes over and says it’s not worth it, let her go. Just then his cell rings. Of course he answers – don’t we all no matter what? It’s Marisela, natch. He gets an impactado look and eyebrows all around the room lower. He hangs up and tells Flor to sit down and that she must be strong for the baby.
At the office Damien is just hanging up from Luci. Connie asks what’s up. Damien looks at Connie and says I’m just thinking, and I hope… Connie says blurt it out. Damien says Domingo’s plane crashed and he’s dead. Connie looks impactado, but as we and Damien watch him say oh my goodness, how sad, he doesn’t seem entirely convincing. Hard to tell, and Damien’s face says he can’t tell either.
Poor actress playing Flor - she doesn’t get to do any scenery chewing. Instead, it’s a bit later and we are in the hallway outside Alex’s and her room and Alex is reporting to Mili that she is devastated and has done nothing but cry. Mili is sad and asks if she can see her, but Alex says this isn’t the best time.
Vale comes up and hugs Alex and is sweet about what has just happened. She reports that Luci is spending her time wondering what name to put on the wreath, Belmonte or Miranda. Alex is disgusted and wants to go tell her off, but Vale says not now. She gives Alex a big hug and he says such a nice hug and she says she’s been wanting to give him one because she loves him. They’re still half-siblings. He likes that, and Vale tells Mili to join the hug. It’s sweet, the three of them in a group hug.
Morgan, Lina, Karla and Socorro are in the kitchen talking about what just happened. All think it’s sad except Karla who says the daughters can be planning what they’re going to do with all those millions, that’s what she’d be doing. The other three are shocked. Socorro tells her to take a cup of tea up to Flor. Karla balks. Why her? She’s about to get married to Damien and can’t be playing the servant. Socorro says get it through your thick head, you and Damien are never going to marry. Horacio comes in just as she says that. Socorro goes out pushing Karla ahead of her. Horacio remarks to Morgan and Lina that that’s why she doesn’t want Karla marrying Damien – she wants him for herself. Lina and Morgan look puzzled.
Back in the office, an outraged Connie is demanding to know what Damien is implying. Damien says well, you got those documents and passed them off to a pretty suspicious-looking character. Connie sputters are you saying I murdered Domingo? Damien says no no not murdered. Then what? says Connie. Damien says maybe you put a hit out on him.
Hugo, distraught Mili and Braulio are in Hugo’s room. Mili feels like maybe her fighting with Flor put some bad energy out in the universe and now looked what happened. Hugo assures her that her actions had nothing to do with Flor’s father’s accident. He points out that Domingo is a guy who always played with fire, a Mafioso in fact. Braulio says but it was an accident. Hugo says in those kind of situations with those kinds of people, you never know.
We are at maybe a funeral or a memorial service. Everyone is in black (which in the U.S. could mean a wedding or a funeral, you can never tell). Connie tells the sisters that Domingo was a great friend to him. Mateo and his weasely friend are there. Also the Belmonte household, including its new members. Nestor and Luci are commenting that the two daughters have no family, they’re all alone (and indeed no Mafioso friends seem to have come) and now the Belmontes are all the family they have.
Alex comes over to Luci and Nestor and asks in a solemn-occasion low voice What are you doing here? Expressing our regrets, says Luci. Well, you’ve done it so now leave, says Alex. Nestor says if you or Flor need anything, I’m there to help. Alex says thank you, but I don’t need anything from you Senor Miranda. Luci says okay lets give our condolences and go. They head over to the bereaved girls.
Vale has overheard and comes over to Alex and says you have so much hate, you’re scaring me. Alex says they make me sick, seeing her with him. Vale says that’s your father! You have to focus now on Flor and the baby. Alex looks over and there’s Flor still standing with her sister – nobody has offered the pregnant bereaved lady a chair, apparently.
Mateo must be sweltering in his black leather jacket buttoned up almost to his neck. His ratty friend whispers to him that he needs to marry the little orphan (Marisela) quick before Alex gets his hands on too much of the inheritance. Mateo says he has it all planned out carefully. He excuses himself, saying he has to attend to his future wife. She weeps on his shoulder a bit.
Bobby comes in and Marisela runs to him and now gets into to some major, squeaky crying while he holds her. She says she was afraid he wouldn’t come and he says of course I’m here. She says don’t leave me alone. Mateo looks on calculatingly – this is an unexpected wrinkle.
Andrea comes out into a mortuary hallway where Alex is brooding. She kindly offers her condolences. He says can I ask you something? She says anything. He says how could you be with me and my father at the same time? Andrea insists that she didn’t mess in with his father until she and Alex had broken up. And though you may not believe me, I’m in love with him. Alex says you’re right I don’t believe you.
Andrea reminds him that things could have been different if he hadn’t chosen that servant over her. And I’m going to marry your father. Alex says he’s not my father, but congratulations. You two deserve each other.
Andrea leaves and Flor comes in. She says I was afraid you’d left. Alex says no of course not, mi amor. He comforts her and she says she feels so alone, please don’t leave her. Alex says he won’t.
Mili and Hugo walk in and Flor goes ballastic. She demands to know what Mili is doing there and says leave. Mili tries to give her condolences, but Flor says you’re just here to make fun of my misfortune, aren’t you? Get out!
Hugo says to Mili we thought this might happen, let’s go. Mili says let me try and she tells Flor how sad she is for her, how it reminds her of when she lost Regina… But Flor cuts her off and tells her she’s a hypocrite. Hugo talks Mili into going.
Al says Flor that was bad. Flor says just what I need in my hour of pain – you siding with her. Alex says but she was sincere. You always defend her, says Flor. Alex says I sometimes feel like I can’t talk to you. Flor says if you feel that way, then go. Get out. He turns to leave and she says wait! She says don’t leave me. He holds her and looks very doubtful.
In the foyer, Karla grabs Braulio by the lapels and tells him to knock off the game with Damien. She says he’s real macho and what’s more, he’s hers. Braulio says he’s not involved with Damien, he has better taste than that. He reminds her that she is a servant under his orders. Karla says when she marries Damien, the first thing she’s going to do is fire him. He laughs at her and reminds her that it’s Mili’s house. Karla says I’ll get rid of her too. Braulio says don’t kid yourself, you are a servant and you will die a servant.
It’s night now. Braulio is in the foyer looking at the painting and Alex comes in. Flor is staying with her sister, he reports, and he’s exhausted. But here come Andrea, who goes on up to bed, and Damien and Connie. Alex goes right to the point – he wants to know if Connie has anything to do with Domingo’s death. Connie says just what I need – my son suspects me too. Alex says I’m not your son, and why do you say I suspect you too? Apparently I’m not the only one. Freeze frame on Connie looking mad.
Avances: Alex is asleep on a couch, and Mili in her jammies caresses his face (lookit at that huge rock on her hand!). Alex wakes with a start and wants to kiss her. Karla sees. Alex tells his mother off for her lies.
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Fuego - Thurs. 7-10 - A party, a tour, some lures, but no cure for the weary of discord- Still love this novela though and you'll read why!
HI - I'm hitting for Melinama tonight.
We start with Sofi and Juan proclaiming their love to each other again after he talks about his sister.
At the Tumbao, Maracuya (Passion Fruit) taunts Oscar with her topless cuban wonders. We only get teased to some hair and fluffy skirt, and HUGE eyes by Oscar. I suppose the guys could slo mo this, but it looks like Oscar’s big empty head is strategically placed.
Over at the bad love bar, it’s bad times. Bombon Assasino plays without it’s bombon. Bartender says they are all over at Tumbao. No Rosi, no customers. Curses, we are losing lots of money.
Rosario is on one hell of a pro tour for being the regular bar act in a pueblo. She’s in the town square where the crowd begs for another song.
Nice guy backstage, Bobby Pullido, tells her how great she is and that she should join their next tour. She appreciates his offer but can’t. He asks her then to at least consider dinner after the show. She agrees. Ofi tells her she was great, and she wonders how Luis is doing. Bobby then goes on stage to sing his hit
"Desvelado" (Kept Awake)
Sera fe que yo encontré,
una voz de ternura
Que me llena de placer,
cuando la oigo hablar
Con ella me enamoré,
aunque nunca la conoci
Sueño en su querer
y en sus brazos quiero dormir.
Escucho cada dia la radio
Seguro que la vuelvo a oir
Por el cielo busco mi estrella
A la luna quiero subir
Voy desvelado
Por estas calles esperando encontrar
A esa voz de angel que quiero amar
Donde andara
Voy desvelado
Y mi deseo no me deja descansar
Porque despierto y no me pongo a llorar
Yo seguiré desvelado y sin amor.
Back at Tumbao, Benito and Sara are at the bar and that guy gets up to get Eugenia a drink. Benito suddenly spies Eugenia, she wonders what he is here for. He says he was looking everywhere for her (nevermind that he owns the joint). Just then boy with drink walks up and is introduced as her novio. Benito greets him and tells them to enjoy before he walks away. Smart boy wonders why she introduced him that way. She tells him another day she’ll tell him. He figures she is in love with that guy and he can’t compare to him.
Back at home everyone is singing las mananitas excruciatingly slow and flat to Juan. Sofi is dressed like the Nelly American Girl doll. But she gives him a big girl’s hug anyway. Everyone congratulates him. Vicente serenades us into the birthday mass. Juan thanks the virgen for this happiness and so does Sofi. Then more bad singing ensues. Franco/Pablo is singing Ave Maria, but he’s out of tune again. Yikes, that carries horribly in a big cathedral. Thank God they cut to commercial. I always thought he could sing pretty well too. Guess the studio really does mix his voice well. Obviously he was doing that without a pre-recording playing over him.
G-pa in his zoo tells his girls he’s going to Juan’s party, and they weren’t invited because of course they weren’t going to be allowed to go. Luisito runs out and Sara asks who he is. G-Pa says it’s his grandson, well, really that of Eva. They confirm it’s Rosi’s son and are impactada.
G-Pa asks Jime about her disgust with Oscar and that it was unfounded, he loves her. She doesn’t budge even though G-Pa tells her she will be sorry and may lose him if she doesn’t forgive him.
Brilliant Padre holds up a piece of lettuce proclaiming how delicious it is. Funny, but I always thought lettuce pretty much had one taste. Anyway they didn’t know Sofi could cook so well and she says she tried really hard to please everyone but especially her stud muffin. I love how they are all crammed in on the one side of the table, and poor what’s his face has to sit by himself rather than on the forbidden other side.
Anyway, they toast with ponche. Oscar tells Juan they bought him a surprise, something they knew he wanted. Feo's head? Nope...
He opens it, and is moved to tears, but says instead Dios has given him the best gift, Sofi, his baby, his brothers. The bros say they can never pay Juan for all he’s done for them. He was father, mother, brother etc. to them.
Juan loves the spurs but says they can’t spend the money right now, so they have to take them back. Sofi talks him out of it after everyone yells no. Padre tells him he will bless them and must use them because he knows how to ride best. Manlove all around.
Tia Helmut head tells the boys to go on a picnic. She says they will discuss the wedding details. The boys promise that they are getting along swell with the Elizondo daughters, so set up the wedding when you want. She then asks how it went at the Tumbao. They like this topic much better. Tia wants to meet the singer. Won't that be fun.
Speaking of that, Feo and his buddy size up Maracuya, whom they blame for a potential continued loss of money. They decide to offer her what they clearly believe is a better deal. She’s not so convinced. She tells them she is only going to finish her contract then she has other engagements, she's not interested now help her so she doesn't fall. I did like how she took the cig out of Armando's mouth.
At the party the group is discussing that Pablo needs to be in school when Don Aus shows up and brings Juan a toy rocking horse. OK, I’m so wondering about this guy. His girl is dressed like a dolly and he is getting toy horseys for presents. Hmmmm. Can we say Michael Jackson anyone?
Rosi is asked if she will sing a duet with nice guy but she’s fears the long arm of the Feo, and says she’s not sure if her organizer will agree to it and she has to go. Bobby is not dumb at all and notes that she must have some big problems. Yeah, wait until you meet the rest of that town, dude.
Now everyone is in the country. And I mean everyone. It’s going to be a showdown between the Hatfields and McCoys.
All the actors make funny looks at each other. Crabbi prohibits her daughters from getting close to those fools. Feo suggests maybe they go somewhere else but surprisingly Crabi says no. Raquel agrees there is plenty of space in this park, er country spot. They sit in another location only a few feet away and discuss how uncomfortable this is for everyone.
This Hatfield group (in hats no less, go figure) toasts red wine for the wedding of the boys.
On the McCoy side it’s Juan’s turn to suggest they can leave but Sofi says no way we decided to come here today and here we stay. She mentioned earlier that her dad brought them there when they were little.
The goons have been investigating but still don’t know if Mapache opened his trap, maybe to the padre. Armando proclaims the padre to be an annoyance and that he would love for him to disappear as he plays with his cigar cutter, ala mafia.
Feo comments that Don Au looks very happy with the muerto de hambres. He worries what if Au leaves all his stuff to those losers. Crabbi looks positively frightened.
Just when you think it’s a G-rated swimming scene because people are actually wearing swimsuits, a Reyes gets into the river. Franco is lurking like a pervert with his pants half undone. He eventually sneaks up on Sara in his skivvies. Oh my. Oh my, oh my. Oh my, oh my, oh my. Thank god they splurged for an underwater camera. Sorry I was stuck for a minute there. LOVELY swimming scene. OK, I’ve regained my respect for Franco. That was nice. He can sing off key all he wants if he’ll keep swimming in his tighty whites. That will definitely get a slow - mo replay. Multiple times.
Just then Tia Helmut asks Fer to go someplace more comfortable. Feo refuses and kisses Crabbi’s butt about it, that see, she is the most important thing to him. She smirks.
While Franco and Sara frolick around in the water, at first she resisting him, but man that can’t and doesn’t last long before she is hot on him, Tia wanders up on Benito who was reliving seeing Eugenia again. Luckily he sees Tia and warns the two to swim away. Tia wonders where Sara is and tells Bene he needs to go swimming after her in case something happens. (Yeah like Franco accidently pokes Sara's eye out with....) He smiles much too much and agrees.
Back at the "picnic" the soccer players argue about someone being offsides. Feo wanders off as does Crabbi apparently and suddenly Feo slams Crabbi up against a tree. Slimy lust ensues. Meannwhile back at the ranch....the McCoys are still playing soccer when the ball gets launched somehow into the deep forest. Juan volunteers to retrieve it. We know what’s going to happen here. Of course the ball lands just where None Fer Nando is turning into Ma Fer Nando. Juan is impactado.
The players call after Juan and the ball when Feo catches Juan and asks him what his problem is. Crabbi has run off at this point. Juan tells Fer they have something unfinished between them. Sofi runs up and wonders what is taking Juan so long. He tells her he just saw Fer with a woman. He didn’t match up the very distinctive skirt of Crabi though, apparently, because he can’t tell Sofi who. She thinks it’s strange and that Fer’s always been sooo in love with her and never interested in any other woman. Gads. This woman just needs a really good spanking. Juan takes this to mean that she is jealous and starts turning on her and Vicente reinforces this for us. Sofi stomps off mad.
Maracuya is working on her best aerial Shakira impression. Bet the guys holding up her ass like this job. They take a break and as she sensually sort of wipes sweat beads off her face she thinks she really likes Oscar and mustn’t let him go.
Oscar on the other hand is telling Jime that she is going to marry him not Octavio, whom he is shifting back and forth like a puppet. They go through this whole, "I’m not going to regret not marrying you, you liar", "she’s hot but I love you", etc. Eventually, Octavio gets sick of being shoved and moves himself out of the middle of them, until Jime summons him to leave with her. Vicente can't get away.
Sara runs away from super undies man and screams that he should have more respect in front of her fiance. Franco wonders if she loves Bene as much as she loves him, and wrote him love letters too? She tells him that he only saw her letters he didn’t read them, did he? Ohhhh he laughs, of course he did you dingbat. This makes her mad and she smacks him. As she runs off with Bene he laughs at her slap and we get our final nice shot of the tighty whities. We surmise he’s got a tanga on underneath them though. Darn.
Anyway Oscar notes Juan is out of sorts with Sofi and tries to convince Juan not to be jealous. He reminds Juan that Sofi left everything for him. Yeah dummy. Crabbi or no Crabbi she still was a rich girl living in a hacienda and left it to shack up in the back room of a burnt up panaderia with a muerto de hambre. I’d say she did her part.
Back on the "Tour of Rosi" Bobby orders tequila for them both and wonders if she doesn’t like this place. She just says she’s not used to being out. No kidding. He tells Rosi how talented and beautiful she is and that he likes her very much. She responds by telling him she appreciates that but can make a commitment to no one.
Tia Raquel runs up to Eva and it looks like they bond. Tia wonders who the boy is. Eva says it’s her grandson and Tia muses how wonderful it would be to have a grandchild. She mentions that she too would love to have grandchildren, but her daughter Ruth doesn’t even think about getting married, Eva never heard that she had a daughter. Nor did we, yet. Tia was about to tell us more when Crabbi pours water on the party and says they are leaving now and that she’ll talk to Eva later. So that's what she calls it. Talk. Hrmpf.
Eva tells Sofi not to fight with Juan. Yeah we think that too. We are sick of this sillyness. Juan calls after her and she says if he doesn’t trust her they have nothing to discuss. She loves him and has always been truthful with him. She would rather give him up though, then live like she did with Fernando not trusting her. This sweet moment is interrupted by the advance from tomorrow when the witch has Oscar in her claws. Scary. Really. Scary.
We start with Sofi and Juan proclaiming their love to each other again after he talks about his sister.
At the Tumbao, Maracuya (Passion Fruit) taunts Oscar with her topless cuban wonders. We only get teased to some hair and fluffy skirt, and HUGE eyes by Oscar. I suppose the guys could slo mo this, but it looks like Oscar’s big empty head is strategically placed.
Over at the bad love bar, it’s bad times. Bombon Assasino plays without it’s bombon. Bartender says they are all over at Tumbao. No Rosi, no customers. Curses, we are losing lots of money.
Rosario is on one hell of a pro tour for being the regular bar act in a pueblo. She’s in the town square where the crowd begs for another song.
Nice guy backstage, Bobby Pullido, tells her how great she is and that she should join their next tour. She appreciates his offer but can’t. He asks her then to at least consider dinner after the show. She agrees. Ofi tells her she was great, and she wonders how Luis is doing. Bobby then goes on stage to sing his hit
"Desvelado" (Kept Awake)
Sera fe que yo encontré,
una voz de ternura
Que me llena de placer,
cuando la oigo hablar
Con ella me enamoré,
aunque nunca la conoci
Sueño en su querer
y en sus brazos quiero dormir.
Escucho cada dia la radio
Seguro que la vuelvo a oir
Por el cielo busco mi estrella
A la luna quiero subir
Voy desvelado
Por estas calles esperando encontrar
A esa voz de angel que quiero amar
Donde andara
Voy desvelado
Y mi deseo no me deja descansar
Porque despierto y no me pongo a llorar
Yo seguiré desvelado y sin amor.
Back at Tumbao, Benito and Sara are at the bar and that guy gets up to get Eugenia a drink. Benito suddenly spies Eugenia, she wonders what he is here for. He says he was looking everywhere for her (nevermind that he owns the joint). Just then boy with drink walks up and is introduced as her novio. Benito greets him and tells them to enjoy before he walks away. Smart boy wonders why she introduced him that way. She tells him another day she’ll tell him. He figures she is in love with that guy and he can’t compare to him.
Back at home everyone is singing las mananitas excruciatingly slow and flat to Juan. Sofi is dressed like the Nelly American Girl doll. But she gives him a big girl’s hug anyway. Everyone congratulates him. Vicente serenades us into the birthday mass. Juan thanks the virgen for this happiness and so does Sofi. Then more bad singing ensues. Franco/Pablo is singing Ave Maria, but he’s out of tune again. Yikes, that carries horribly in a big cathedral. Thank God they cut to commercial. I always thought he could sing pretty well too. Guess the studio really does mix his voice well. Obviously he was doing that without a pre-recording playing over him.
G-pa in his zoo tells his girls he’s going to Juan’s party, and they weren’t invited because of course they weren’t going to be allowed to go. Luisito runs out and Sara asks who he is. G-Pa says it’s his grandson, well, really that of Eva. They confirm it’s Rosi’s son and are impactada.
G-Pa asks Jime about her disgust with Oscar and that it was unfounded, he loves her. She doesn’t budge even though G-Pa tells her she will be sorry and may lose him if she doesn’t forgive him.
Brilliant Padre holds up a piece of lettuce proclaiming how delicious it is. Funny, but I always thought lettuce pretty much had one taste. Anyway they didn’t know Sofi could cook so well and she says she tried really hard to please everyone but especially her stud muffin. I love how they are all crammed in on the one side of the table, and poor what’s his face has to sit by himself rather than on the forbidden other side.
Anyway, they toast with ponche. Oscar tells Juan they bought him a surprise, something they knew he wanted. Feo's head? Nope...
He opens it, and is moved to tears, but says instead Dios has given him the best gift, Sofi, his baby, his brothers. The bros say they can never pay Juan for all he’s done for them. He was father, mother, brother etc. to them.
Juan loves the spurs but says they can’t spend the money right now, so they have to take them back. Sofi talks him out of it after everyone yells no. Padre tells him he will bless them and must use them because he knows how to ride best. Manlove all around.
Tia Helmut head tells the boys to go on a picnic. She says they will discuss the wedding details. The boys promise that they are getting along swell with the Elizondo daughters, so set up the wedding when you want. She then asks how it went at the Tumbao. They like this topic much better. Tia wants to meet the singer. Won't that be fun.
Speaking of that, Feo and his buddy size up Maracuya, whom they blame for a potential continued loss of money. They decide to offer her what they clearly believe is a better deal. She’s not so convinced. She tells them she is only going to finish her contract then she has other engagements, she's not interested now help her so she doesn't fall. I did like how she took the cig out of Armando's mouth.
At the party the group is discussing that Pablo needs to be in school when Don Aus shows up and brings Juan a toy rocking horse. OK, I’m so wondering about this guy. His girl is dressed like a dolly and he is getting toy horseys for presents. Hmmmm. Can we say Michael Jackson anyone?
Rosi is asked if she will sing a duet with nice guy but she’s fears the long arm of the Feo, and says she’s not sure if her organizer will agree to it and she has to go. Bobby is not dumb at all and notes that she must have some big problems. Yeah, wait until you meet the rest of that town, dude.
Now everyone is in the country. And I mean everyone. It’s going to be a showdown between the Hatfields and McCoys.
All the actors make funny looks at each other. Crabbi prohibits her daughters from getting close to those fools. Feo suggests maybe they go somewhere else but surprisingly Crabi says no. Raquel agrees there is plenty of space in this park, er country spot. They sit in another location only a few feet away and discuss how uncomfortable this is for everyone.
This Hatfield group (in hats no less, go figure) toasts red wine for the wedding of the boys.
On the McCoy side it’s Juan’s turn to suggest they can leave but Sofi says no way we decided to come here today and here we stay. She mentioned earlier that her dad brought them there when they were little.
The goons have been investigating but still don’t know if Mapache opened his trap, maybe to the padre. Armando proclaims the padre to be an annoyance and that he would love for him to disappear as he plays with his cigar cutter, ala mafia.
Feo comments that Don Au looks very happy with the muerto de hambres. He worries what if Au leaves all his stuff to those losers. Crabbi looks positively frightened.
Just when you think it’s a G-rated swimming scene because people are actually wearing swimsuits, a Reyes gets into the river. Franco is lurking like a pervert with his pants half undone. He eventually sneaks up on Sara in his skivvies. Oh my. Oh my, oh my. Oh my, oh my, oh my. Thank god they splurged for an underwater camera. Sorry I was stuck for a minute there. LOVELY swimming scene. OK, I’ve regained my respect for Franco. That was nice. He can sing off key all he wants if he’ll keep swimming in his tighty whites. That will definitely get a slow - mo replay. Multiple times.
Just then Tia Helmut asks Fer to go someplace more comfortable. Feo refuses and kisses Crabbi’s butt about it, that see, she is the most important thing to him. She smirks.
While Franco and Sara frolick around in the water, at first she resisting him, but man that can’t and doesn’t last long before she is hot on him, Tia wanders up on Benito who was reliving seeing Eugenia again. Luckily he sees Tia and warns the two to swim away. Tia wonders where Sara is and tells Bene he needs to go swimming after her in case something happens. (Yeah like Franco accidently pokes Sara's eye out with....) He smiles much too much and agrees.
Back at the "picnic" the soccer players argue about someone being offsides. Feo wanders off as does Crabbi apparently and suddenly Feo slams Crabbi up against a tree. Slimy lust ensues. Meannwhile back at the ranch....the McCoys are still playing soccer when the ball gets launched somehow into the deep forest. Juan volunteers to retrieve it. We know what’s going to happen here. Of course the ball lands just where None Fer Nando is turning into Ma Fer Nando. Juan is impactado.
The players call after Juan and the ball when Feo catches Juan and asks him what his problem is. Crabbi has run off at this point. Juan tells Fer they have something unfinished between them. Sofi runs up and wonders what is taking Juan so long. He tells her he just saw Fer with a woman. He didn’t match up the very distinctive skirt of Crabi though, apparently, because he can’t tell Sofi who. She thinks it’s strange and that Fer’s always been sooo in love with her and never interested in any other woman. Gads. This woman just needs a really good spanking. Juan takes this to mean that she is jealous and starts turning on her and Vicente reinforces this for us. Sofi stomps off mad.
Maracuya is working on her best aerial Shakira impression. Bet the guys holding up her ass like this job. They take a break and as she sensually sort of wipes sweat beads off her face she thinks she really likes Oscar and mustn’t let him go.
Oscar on the other hand is telling Jime that she is going to marry him not Octavio, whom he is shifting back and forth like a puppet. They go through this whole, "I’m not going to regret not marrying you, you liar", "she’s hot but I love you", etc. Eventually, Octavio gets sick of being shoved and moves himself out of the middle of them, until Jime summons him to leave with her. Vicente can't get away.
Sara runs away from super undies man and screams that he should have more respect in front of her fiance. Franco wonders if she loves Bene as much as she loves him, and wrote him love letters too? She tells him that he only saw her letters he didn’t read them, did he? Ohhhh he laughs, of course he did you dingbat. This makes her mad and she smacks him. As she runs off with Bene he laughs at her slap and we get our final nice shot of the tighty whities. We surmise he’s got a tanga on underneath them though. Darn.
Anyway Oscar notes Juan is out of sorts with Sofi and tries to convince Juan not to be jealous. He reminds Juan that Sofi left everything for him. Yeah dummy. Crabbi or no Crabbi she still was a rich girl living in a hacienda and left it to shack up in the back room of a burnt up panaderia with a muerto de hambre. I’d say she did her part.
Back on the "Tour of Rosi" Bobby orders tequila for them both and wonders if she doesn’t like this place. She just says she’s not used to being out. No kidding. He tells Rosi how talented and beautiful she is and that he likes her very much. She responds by telling him she appreciates that but can make a commitment to no one.
Tia Raquel runs up to Eva and it looks like they bond. Tia wonders who the boy is. Eva says it’s her grandson and Tia muses how wonderful it would be to have a grandchild. She mentions that she too would love to have grandchildren, but her daughter Ruth doesn’t even think about getting married, Eva never heard that she had a daughter. Nor did we, yet. Tia was about to tell us more when Crabbi pours water on the party and says they are leaving now and that she’ll talk to Eva later. So that's what she calls it. Talk. Hrmpf.
Eva tells Sofi not to fight with Juan. Yeah we think that too. We are sick of this sillyness. Juan calls after her and she says if he doesn’t trust her they have nothing to discuss. She loves him and has always been truthful with him. She would rather give him up though, then live like she did with Fernando not trusting her. This sweet moment is interrupted by the advance from tomorrow when the witch has Oscar in her claws. Scary. Really. Scary.
Labels: Fuego
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Pasión de Gavilanes, Thurs., July 10, Grabi lets her hair down and drops a bombshell
the 'old' Gabriela
the new Gabriela
her astonished daughters
Melissa, Leandro, Ruth and Antonio sing the 'Yo soy tu mujer' song while Benito grumbles
Raquel and Benito (eating as usual)
That title was too good to miss. We got a new Grabi and most of the episode involved people running around saying that it was impossible/horrible/embarassing for Grabi to marry Feonando. Except for the fact that we know that Feo is bad and Los Reyes are good, it is hard to argue with the sentiments expressed by both Juan and Grabi, herself, that Grabi should be free to ruin her life the same way that she thought her daughters did with their choices.
Very nice scene with Sarita and abuelo where she defends her choice of and love for Franco.
Yes, indeed, that was Olmos the jorobato (hunchback) from Zorro as the snobby guy at the nuthouse. Franco was great here too using his power but very calmly and reasonably. You are so right, Marie Celeste. It is hard to remember the callow Franco who was mooning over Rosario and who let himself get tangled up with Eduwina.
Labels: gavilanes
Querida Enemiga Thursday July 10, '08 When Bad Things Happen to Good People...Over and Over and Over
Okay folks, it's another night of Misery and Misunderstanding....and a little bit of Mayhem (when Julian gives Bruno a well-deserved a..-kicking). No smokin' love scenes, one glimpse of Bruno's bare chest (but we don't like him, so who cares?) and thus the beat-down was the highlight of the night. What does that tell you about this show?
Brief rehash of greasy Chalo trying to insinuate himself into casa Maruja but Maruja is having none of it and dispatches him to a boarding house. He insists on finding one nearby so he can be near to his new best buddy Lorena.
Back at Evil Acres, Hortensia is vilifying Matilde, while Sara smirks in the background. Matilde defends herself...you can search my room. Hortensia isn't buying it...you could have passed it on to someone. But Señora, you've known me for years, I raised Vasco...and if he were here, he'd defend me! What evil have I done that you would doubt me? And...Sara is the only new person here, Matilde adds.
Hortensia jumps to Sara's defense and threatens Matilde with jail for the rest of her life (possibly this could be better than her present employment...who knows?)
Now we switch to another unpleasant scene. Dr. Doofus is all prickly with Lorena because when he arrived the greaser from home was still hanging around the place. Lorena weakly defends him as being from her home town and just wanting to better himself like she does. The relationship is clearly in chill mode.
Maruja is in Rosy's room, reminiscing about her daughter and happy at least that "she's in a mansion and eating well". This scene rang true for me. I have to admit I still go into my children's rooms from time to time and reminisce about them. (of course one is STILL at home)
Now an icky mom/child scene. It's bleached blonde Harlot Mom with Ickturo gushing about his plush new offices in a swank zone of the city. Turns out Arturo secretly dipped into his joint account with Valeria to help pay the hefty rent but Harlot Mom even approves that...her baby boy is just doing what he needs to make a good living for his family.
Rosy's talking to Lorena on the phone, confiding that Julian still hasn't forgiven her when Maruja arrives. She quickly hangs up and pretends to be talking to the imaginary woman who's housing her and promises to call her "mom" 'cause she's SO NICE. (take that Maruja!)
Sara busts in on Dr. Doofus, claiming she just stopped by to drop off the check from Noche de Estrellas. He tells her he's very busy....and she sits down. Hmmm. So he asks about Chalo and she spins her web that she doesn't like him but Lorena has always been VERY close to him...you just have to "understand". What a wench!
In the meantime our little lamb-to-the-slaughter is cooking up a week's worth of meals for Alonso and papa Torbio. Dr. Dad is teasing her that it's not enough food and that she needs to come over more often. And he needs to get out more. But not sitting in the park like some old geezer!
Doc Doofus is rescued by Bruno who sends him off to Admissions while he hits on Sara and invites her out to lunch. On their way out they run into Diana ,who has come on the pretext of asking Bruno to confront her parents like a man and tell them himself that he'll recognize the child and help support it.
You couldn't have come at a worse moment! he snarls and goes on to say he didn't want to marry her because he didn't want marriage period...it's nothing to do with the new babe he's dating.
In the midst of this scene we have a quickie with Hortensia and Jaime where he weakly defends Matilde and she crushes him with another put-down.
At the restaurant Bruno is trying all his charms on Sara who plays along. He promises to take her to a five-star restaurant next time (cinco tenedores..literally 5 forks). She plays it cool while he gushes that he's having a great time. Of course she wants to know all about Diana..is she his "ex"? And gets all righteous and indignant when she finds out Diana got pregnant to "trap him into marriage"...then a little noble "but I feel sorry for the baby"...and then the kiss-off. Bruno is intrigued.
Uh oh, Ferro...some crying...whew...not too much though. It's Diana, back at the office, and she's upset about the confrontation with Bruno. Vasco consoles her, reminding her that one doesn't get over love (even for a bottom-feeder like Bruno) in a day....but eventually she'll find a man who will make her happy.
Zulema is happily opening the boxes with her new cooking gear, musing that they'll need to make more money now that a baby is on the way, and Julian asks for Bruno's place of work so he can go beat on him.
Zulema tries to dissuade him but to no avail. Go Julian!
We have a series of scenes where Sara is trying to get into Jacqui's computer (no problem since she doesn't use a password) and having to skitter back and forth whenever she hears someone coming. When Hortensia notes that she need a menu for the German Embassy's new Cultural Center and Jacqui hasn't finished it yet, Sara jumps in and says oh puhleeze puhleeze, let me do it, I'll work all night! As soon as Horentsia leaves, she locates Jacqui's notes, uses them with a few minor changes (manito de gato) and is ready to hand it to her "abuela" first thing in the morning.
Interspered in all this was a brief scene of Dario returning Bettina home and Paula trying to find out whether Bettina went to the pajama party after all.
Beastly Bruno is in Doofus' office gushing about Sara. Alonso looks....well...puzzled, confused...not happy. Who knows? He agrees that Sara is charming but then pointedly asks Bruno about Diana. Bruno doesn't like that subject...he'd rather plan a big double date, him and Sara, Alonso and Lorena at a five-star restaurant. Alonso doesn't have the cash...he needs to wait until next payday.
He's called out of the office to check on patients, (taking an extra shift for a doctor who didn't show) and is really tired. So Bruno slips sleeping pills in his coffee, ensuring that Alonso will fall asleep at the job and that Bruno will be tapped for the jefe post instead of his hapless buddy. As Bruno muses on this lovely thought we get a close-up of his evil little eyes.
Diana is smiling at last. She finds a package from Vasco with a cute little green outfit for the baby. It's going to be an ecological niño! How wonderful.
Sara and Lorena are chatting, Lorena's talking about her work with Zulema and her dead end search for her parents. Sara unloads some fake sympathy and says she hasn't found her parents either.
Meanwhile Dr. Doofus has been discovered passed out at his desk. The head doc is outraged. Bruno gloats at the door, disappears, then reappears as the rescuing prince, ready to take on the extra shift and cover for the good-for-nothing Alonso. Don't you just love these folks!?
The nasties continue with Chalo barging in on Lorena again , pretending to go off hurt when she rebuffs him, meeting with Sara afterwards to get a little nookie, while Sara rolls her eyes and imagines that she's with Alonso instead.
Julian and Vasco are having a little brotherly bonding over football....and vengeance. Although Vasco is not a fan of violence he more or less approves of Julian's plan to mess with Bruno.
Zulema and Diana are both oohing and aaahing over the little baby outfit and mom remarks that Vasco is much more caring than the actual father. Well duh! Plus we knew where this was heading from day one...Vasco and Diana together. But it will take time.....much much time. More time maybe than I'm willing to watch.
Sara is sneaking into the mansion after an all-nighter with Chalo and is caught by Jaime. No problem....first of all because the man is a little dense...but also because Sara's a great liar. She paints a noble picture of staying at the office all night to prepare the menus for the German Embassy, hands him the disc to copy for her, slips out of further conversation by yawning prettily and up the stairs she goes.
Alonso has finally'" come to" but doesn't realize his boss had caught him napping at the desk. Valeria notes wisely that he really seemed like he was drugged. He wants to explain things to the jefa but she is conveniently away at a meeting. Everything's working in Bruno's favor.
Okay...now the good part. Julian finds Bruno in an alley outside of the office and gives him a thorough beating. I'm ashamed to admit this, but I enjoyed every single kick to the ribs and could have enjoyed a few more, but alas, Dr. Doofus arrives on the scene and holds Julian back. The only thanks he gets is Bruno bleating, "Why didn't you call the police?!"
Meanwhile, Sara is working her black magic at the office, claiming that a night without sleep is nothing...she can keep on working...and Hortensia is thrilled that her "niece" has the same drive and energy that Hortensia herself had at that age.
Chalo is at his friend the forger, trying to hawk the jewelry Sara stole. They haggle over prices and finally come to an agreement while quaffing down some beers.
Jacqui arrives at the office to find HER menu is not needed; Sara has already provided one. But when she looks at it, she realizes it's hers with just a few changes. Hortensia demands that she prove it and off Jacqui goes to copy her original. What do you want to bet Sara finds some way around this? You gotta admit this evil wench has brains.....unimpeded by any conscience whatsoever.
Sara has also made a sweet promise to Jaime (who is clearly under her spell along with mama) to go find Vasco at work and try and persuade him to return home. And what could be better.?..she also finds Diana at the desk and gets to put in a few more poisoned darts about her date with Bruno.
Vasco (who just as clearly isn't under Sara's spell) wraps a protective arm around Diana, introduces her as his uncle Omar's daughter and tells Snotty firmly that he's not going back to Evil Acres.
Okay...for anyone who's hot for Bruno...anyone? anyone?... we now see him with his shirt off (shoulders aren't bad... that's for you shoulder fanatics), he's taped up, the x-rays show the damage isn't as bad as expected, and he's feeling well enough to complain that Alonso is sticking up for Julian instead of sympathizing with Bruno. And he certainly doesn't want to meet Diana's parents, whom he refers to as "those people". He's going to own up to his paternity and financial obligation....that's plenty good enough! Alonso, like the decent fellow he is, does not approve...not of that, and not of Bruno's dating Sara.
We finish this hour of misery with a little scene between Zulema and Lorena where Lorena learns Zulema had a baby girl that died....but wait!...Zulema thought she heard the baby cry. Such sadness to lose a child they both agree, and look very pensive.
Ah the irony...there is Zulema with her very own impossibly blonde, fair-complected child sitting right in front of her, and yet neither of them knows it. Doesn't it just break your heart?
vocabulary:
1. molido = beat, tired, ground down
2. al buen entendedor pocas palabras = a word to the wise is sufficient "okay, I get it" what
Chalo said in a pretend huff to Lorena
3. una buena friega = a good beating, pasting (yea Julian!!!!)
4. una manita de gato = a little touch up...what Sara did to Jacqui's proposal....could also mean
a little touch up of makeup
5. venga esas cincos = gimme five. Vasco and Julian high-fiving his decision to give Bruno a lesson.
Brief rehash of greasy Chalo trying to insinuate himself into casa Maruja but Maruja is having none of it and dispatches him to a boarding house. He insists on finding one nearby so he can be near to his new best buddy Lorena.
Back at Evil Acres, Hortensia is vilifying Matilde, while Sara smirks in the background. Matilde defends herself...you can search my room. Hortensia isn't buying it...you could have passed it on to someone. But Señora, you've known me for years, I raised Vasco...and if he were here, he'd defend me! What evil have I done that you would doubt me? And...Sara is the only new person here, Matilde adds.
Hortensia jumps to Sara's defense and threatens Matilde with jail for the rest of her life (possibly this could be better than her present employment...who knows?)
Now we switch to another unpleasant scene. Dr. Doofus is all prickly with Lorena because when he arrived the greaser from home was still hanging around the place. Lorena weakly defends him as being from her home town and just wanting to better himself like she does. The relationship is clearly in chill mode.
Maruja is in Rosy's room, reminiscing about her daughter and happy at least that "she's in a mansion and eating well". This scene rang true for me. I have to admit I still go into my children's rooms from time to time and reminisce about them. (of course one is STILL at home)
Now an icky mom/child scene. It's bleached blonde Harlot Mom with Ickturo gushing about his plush new offices in a swank zone of the city. Turns out Arturo secretly dipped into his joint account with Valeria to help pay the hefty rent but Harlot Mom even approves that...her baby boy is just doing what he needs to make a good living for his family.
Rosy's talking to Lorena on the phone, confiding that Julian still hasn't forgiven her when Maruja arrives. She quickly hangs up and pretends to be talking to the imaginary woman who's housing her and promises to call her "mom" 'cause she's SO NICE. (take that Maruja!)
Sara busts in on Dr. Doofus, claiming she just stopped by to drop off the check from Noche de Estrellas. He tells her he's very busy....and she sits down. Hmmm. So he asks about Chalo and she spins her web that she doesn't like him but Lorena has always been VERY close to him...you just have to "understand". What a wench!
In the meantime our little lamb-to-the-slaughter is cooking up a week's worth of meals for Alonso and papa Torbio. Dr. Dad is teasing her that it's not enough food and that she needs to come over more often. And he needs to get out more. But not sitting in the park like some old geezer!
Doc Doofus is rescued by Bruno who sends him off to Admissions while he hits on Sara and invites her out to lunch. On their way out they run into Diana ,who has come on the pretext of asking Bruno to confront her parents like a man and tell them himself that he'll recognize the child and help support it.
You couldn't have come at a worse moment! he snarls and goes on to say he didn't want to marry her because he didn't want marriage period...it's nothing to do with the new babe he's dating.
In the midst of this scene we have a quickie with Hortensia and Jaime where he weakly defends Matilde and she crushes him with another put-down.
At the restaurant Bruno is trying all his charms on Sara who plays along. He promises to take her to a five-star restaurant next time (cinco tenedores..literally 5 forks). She plays it cool while he gushes that he's having a great time. Of course she wants to know all about Diana..is she his "ex"? And gets all righteous and indignant when she finds out Diana got pregnant to "trap him into marriage"...then a little noble "but I feel sorry for the baby"...and then the kiss-off. Bruno is intrigued.
Uh oh, Ferro...some crying...whew...not too much though. It's Diana, back at the office, and she's upset about the confrontation with Bruno. Vasco consoles her, reminding her that one doesn't get over love (even for a bottom-feeder like Bruno) in a day....but eventually she'll find a man who will make her happy.
Zulema is happily opening the boxes with her new cooking gear, musing that they'll need to make more money now that a baby is on the way, and Julian asks for Bruno's place of work so he can go beat on him.
Zulema tries to dissuade him but to no avail. Go Julian!
We have a series of scenes where Sara is trying to get into Jacqui's computer (no problem since she doesn't use a password) and having to skitter back and forth whenever she hears someone coming. When Hortensia notes that she need a menu for the German Embassy's new Cultural Center and Jacqui hasn't finished it yet, Sara jumps in and says oh puhleeze puhleeze, let me do it, I'll work all night! As soon as Horentsia leaves, she locates Jacqui's notes, uses them with a few minor changes (manito de gato) and is ready to hand it to her "abuela" first thing in the morning.
Interspered in all this was a brief scene of Dario returning Bettina home and Paula trying to find out whether Bettina went to the pajama party after all.
Beastly Bruno is in Doofus' office gushing about Sara. Alonso looks....well...puzzled, confused...not happy. Who knows? He agrees that Sara is charming but then pointedly asks Bruno about Diana. Bruno doesn't like that subject...he'd rather plan a big double date, him and Sara, Alonso and Lorena at a five-star restaurant. Alonso doesn't have the cash...he needs to wait until next payday.
He's called out of the office to check on patients, (taking an extra shift for a doctor who didn't show) and is really tired. So Bruno slips sleeping pills in his coffee, ensuring that Alonso will fall asleep at the job and that Bruno will be tapped for the jefe post instead of his hapless buddy. As Bruno muses on this lovely thought we get a close-up of his evil little eyes.
Diana is smiling at last. She finds a package from Vasco with a cute little green outfit for the baby. It's going to be an ecological niño! How wonderful.
Sara and Lorena are chatting, Lorena's talking about her work with Zulema and her dead end search for her parents. Sara unloads some fake sympathy and says she hasn't found her parents either.
Meanwhile Dr. Doofus has been discovered passed out at his desk. The head doc is outraged. Bruno gloats at the door, disappears, then reappears as the rescuing prince, ready to take on the extra shift and cover for the good-for-nothing Alonso. Don't you just love these folks!?
The nasties continue with Chalo barging in on Lorena again , pretending to go off hurt when she rebuffs him, meeting with Sara afterwards to get a little nookie, while Sara rolls her eyes and imagines that she's with Alonso instead.
Julian and Vasco are having a little brotherly bonding over football....and vengeance. Although Vasco is not a fan of violence he more or less approves of Julian's plan to mess with Bruno.
Zulema and Diana are both oohing and aaahing over the little baby outfit and mom remarks that Vasco is much more caring than the actual father. Well duh! Plus we knew where this was heading from day one...Vasco and Diana together. But it will take time.....much much time. More time maybe than I'm willing to watch.
Sara is sneaking into the mansion after an all-nighter with Chalo and is caught by Jaime. No problem....first of all because the man is a little dense...but also because Sara's a great liar. She paints a noble picture of staying at the office all night to prepare the menus for the German Embassy, hands him the disc to copy for her, slips out of further conversation by yawning prettily and up the stairs she goes.
Alonso has finally'" come to" but doesn't realize his boss had caught him napping at the desk. Valeria notes wisely that he really seemed like he was drugged. He wants to explain things to the jefa but she is conveniently away at a meeting. Everything's working in Bruno's favor.
Okay...now the good part. Julian finds Bruno in an alley outside of the office and gives him a thorough beating. I'm ashamed to admit this, but I enjoyed every single kick to the ribs and could have enjoyed a few more, but alas, Dr. Doofus arrives on the scene and holds Julian back. The only thanks he gets is Bruno bleating, "Why didn't you call the police?!"
Meanwhile, Sara is working her black magic at the office, claiming that a night without sleep is nothing...she can keep on working...and Hortensia is thrilled that her "niece" has the same drive and energy that Hortensia herself had at that age.
Chalo is at his friend the forger, trying to hawk the jewelry Sara stole. They haggle over prices and finally come to an agreement while quaffing down some beers.
Jacqui arrives at the office to find HER menu is not needed; Sara has already provided one. But when she looks at it, she realizes it's hers with just a few changes. Hortensia demands that she prove it and off Jacqui goes to copy her original. What do you want to bet Sara finds some way around this? You gotta admit this evil wench has brains.....unimpeded by any conscience whatsoever.
Sara has also made a sweet promise to Jaime (who is clearly under her spell along with mama) to go find Vasco at work and try and persuade him to return home. And what could be better.?..she also finds Diana at the desk and gets to put in a few more poisoned darts about her date with Bruno.
Vasco (who just as clearly isn't under Sara's spell) wraps a protective arm around Diana, introduces her as his uncle Omar's daughter and tells Snotty firmly that he's not going back to Evil Acres.
Okay...for anyone who's hot for Bruno...anyone? anyone?... we now see him with his shirt off (shoulders aren't bad... that's for you shoulder fanatics), he's taped up, the x-rays show the damage isn't as bad as expected, and he's feeling well enough to complain that Alonso is sticking up for Julian instead of sympathizing with Bruno. And he certainly doesn't want to meet Diana's parents, whom he refers to as "those people". He's going to own up to his paternity and financial obligation....that's plenty good enough! Alonso, like the decent fellow he is, does not approve...not of that, and not of Bruno's dating Sara.
We finish this hour of misery with a little scene between Zulema and Lorena where Lorena learns Zulema had a baby girl that died....but wait!...Zulema thought she heard the baby cry. Such sadness to lose a child they both agree, and look very pensive.
Ah the irony...there is Zulema with her very own impossibly blonde, fair-complected child sitting right in front of her, and yet neither of them knows it. Doesn't it just break your heart?
vocabulary:
1. molido = beat, tired, ground down
2. al buen entendedor pocas palabras = a word to the wise is sufficient "okay, I get it" what
Chalo said in a pretend huff to Lorena
3. una buena friega = a good beating, pasting (yea Julian!!!!)
4. una manita de gato = a little touch up...what Sara did to Jacqui's proposal....could also mean
a little touch up of makeup
5. venga esas cincos = gimme five. Vasco and Julian high-fiving his decision to give Bruno a lesson.
Labels: enemiga
Pasión de Gavilanes, Tues. & Wed., July 8 & 9 - Two kinds of forbidden love
Óscar introduces Jimena to his favorite place
Óscar and Jimena
Franco and Sarita get a nasty surprise
Juan and Norma danceLots of developments in the last two days:
Juan and Ruth got rescued.
It was a classy move when Melissa and her sons went to be with Raquel and wouldn't let her drive them away with her insults.
The celebration at the Reyes hacienda looked liked a lot of fun. Melissa was particularly amusing when she insisted on dancing with Juan (the bigger the horse, the better the ride).
Why do I think the police will have no success in finding Dínora?
I guess there is a sort-of resolution between Rosario and Armando. It's nice that they aren't trying to kill each other anymore.
Antonio returns to town to be with Ruth and Melissa puts him up much to the disgust of Benito.
And, of course, Franco and Sarita finally got together. Very sweet scene until, of course, Feonando brings Grabi to surprise them in their love nest. Grabi appears to have lost her mind and Fer has gone completely to the dark side. Does Grabi really think that her daughters are going to give up their lives and live with her forever? Grabi's attack on Sarita was horrible and this is why Grabi wins the worst mother contest over Ester from LT.
Finally, there is the 'love' scene between Fer and Grabi. You notice that they don't get the 'yo soy tu mujer' song. It's 'Amor prohibido,' 'Forbidden Love,' for them. It was pretty hard to watch. Do we think Fer got the idea of asking Grabi to marry him after he told her that he understood why she was choosing her daughters because he didn't have any power at the hacienda. He stops on the way out of the study as if the idea just came to him or had he planned it beforehand?
Labels: gavilanes
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