Friday, October 24, 2008
Cuidado Thursday, October 23, 2008: Isa releases a couple more of her flying monkeys
Tag end of Wednesday: Isa has greased up a valuable decorative bowl and asks Mari to pick it up. Oopsies, it’s in shards and Pat says do you know how much that cost? Mari says she’ll pay and he says with the money you stole?
Thursday: Outside her parents’ house, Nelson is asking Elsa if she’s going to marry somebody who isn’t him. Elsa says all the invitations have gone out, the ceremony arranged. Nelson waxes poetic about how they’d planned to go hand-in-hand under a starry sky into the future. In some heavy-handed symbolism, they try to kiss between the bars of the fence and then free-spirit Nelson climbs up and they kiss over the fence. Uh oh, here comes Dad striding across the lawn, looking like a thundercloud, and mom watches from the window.
Mari says I’m being accused of theft! Ceci tries to calm her, but Mari says I stole the milk for the orphans and I stole the flowers to put in front of the Virgin! Pat says milk, flowers, money, it’s all theft. Mari says according to you. She flees the room. Pat says she’s mouthy. Isa rolls her eyes.
Elsa says it just can’t be – what are you looking at, Nelson? She turns to see her papa. She nervously introduces Nelson. Papa glares and Elsa says bye now, say hi to everyone, and Nelson acknowledges her papa, then leaves. Elsa tells her papa he’s just a friend and papa says I saw you kissing him.
Pat and Ceci enter their bedroom. Pat says see how rebellious Mari is? And Ceci says you called her a thief. He mentions the broken plate and Ceci says it was an accident and she was just trying to defend herself. And the money? says Pat and they both stare in the direction of the table.
Mari is in her room, tearful and angry, ranting about the accusation. She tells Cuate she’s accused here, and at the other house Onelia hates her. She pounds the bed and cries.
Back to Elsa and her dad. She’s telling him that the kiss was just to congratulate her and that friends do that. Oh no you don’t, says her papa, I know my kisses, and that wasn’t a friendship kiss. Elsa says let’s just forget it, okay? But he keeps at it, and she says he’s one of my artist friends. Papa says even more shameful. Elsa says he’s nothing to be ashamed of and she points out that she’s past the age of consent. She runs off.
The money is still on the table in the Velarde’s bedroom. See? says Ceci. Pat says I’ll leave it here and she’ll steal it tomorrow. Ceci says she’s probably up crying in her room and Pat says that’s just dramatics.
Ceci goes into Mari’s room, the only cheerfully decorated room in the house, though its inhabitant is not cheery. She tells Mari to forget about the broken bowl, they’ll get another. Mari says no, I’ll work it off. Ceci says I knew you’d say that, but you don’t need to, nor to use the money we give you. Mari says did you see how upset Pat was, and then he called me a thief too! Mari swears on the Virgin she’s never stolen money, then says Ceci is a saint and hugs her. Their DNA high five.
Cande is coming to visit Mari, she is waddling up the long driveway. Meantime, Isa runs into the judge who is just leaving for the bank. She wants to know if Mari fell for their trap and the judge says no, apparently she didn’t have an opportunity. He leaves, and Isa looks like goody! She sneaks off through the house.
The judge’s car passes Cande and she mutters horrible old man. She continues on, munching on a treat. We see she has a plastic bag filled with snacks for Mari.
Isa is sneaking towards the Velarde’s bedroom when Ceci is just coming out. Ceci is unsuspecting, and says she’s going to down to get something to eat, as the household is in disarray today. Isa says because of Mari. It’s sad that you were so mistaken about that girl. Ceci looks distressed and heads off. Isa goes into their room and takes the money and tucks it into her bosom.
Cande and Mari are visiting in the garden, eating Cande’s treats. Mari tells about the problems with the judge and says now he’s called her a thief. She says Ceci said it’s because she stole that milk. Cande says he’s declared war. Mari tells about the broken bowl and how upset he was. Cande says she tells Padre Anselmo that Ceci is a saint.
Mari gets something from the treat bag and Cande says I got that for me. Mari pulls out what looks like a churro and Cande says that’s my favorite! Mari smiles wryly and says we’ll split it. Cande says the padre said that Isa told him the judge didn’t want anybody visiting Mari. Mari says I can believe it. I’m asking JM to let me live with him again.
Ceci goes in the bedroom and sees the money is gone. No puede ser, she says, rubbing her brow.
Cande heads out down the long driveway.
Mari comes romping over to where Stefi is lounging by the pool despite the cloudy day. Mari wants to know if she liked the present and Stef says mm hmm, and flips through her magazine. Mari says she put it on Rocio’s credit card. She wants to know if Stef is looking at pictures of bridal gowns. She comes close and says she likes that one. Stef squirms bit, but Mari doesn’t notice and strokes her hair. Stef says she should be the one to choose. Mari is all puppy friendly as says guess what! When you get married, I’m going to come live with you. Stef freezes. What did you say?
Ceci is sitting in the bedroom and Pat comes in. Ceci is staring at the now-empty table and he follows her gaze. Ah ha! He says Mari took the money and Ceci says don’t be so sure it’s her. Pat lists the help and doesn’t think it’s any of them. Ceci says you have no proof.
Mari is babbling on about moving in with Stef and JM and Stef gets ugly and says no way, and get the hell lost. She advances on Mari. Mari says I thought we were like sisters. Stef says have you looked in the mirror? You’re common, you don’t know how to act among fine people. Go back to your kind! Nobody…nobody!…likes you here. Mari gives her a chin-up steady look.
JM is on the sit-up machine at the gym, talking to Eduardo. He says he’s got a Mari problem, namely that she wants to come live with him and he can’t have her around. He’d run to the ends of the earth to avoid that. Eduardo’s doing leg lifts and he says just tell her no. JM says it’s not so easy, she looks at me with those pleading eyes that go right to her soul. Ed says don’t make yourself crazy. JM says I can’t have her under my roof, see her every day. Her innocent way of hugging me! I have to keep her away.
Back to Stef and Mari. Mari is giving some attitude and says Ceci likes me. Stef says she does because she feels sorry for you, you’re such a low-class naca. And besides your wedding present is horrible. Stef calls her a few more names and Mari shoves her into the pool. Stef floats on her back, arms out. Ceci has come out and seen and she says what have you done, Mari?
Stef coughs like she’s taken on water and dramatically makes the side of the pool where she droops and gasps. Mari says she started it – she’s a giant hypocrite! Stef says she’s lying as usual. Mari says you’re the liar! Ceci says enough! I saw you push her! Go to your room. Mari runs off and Stef leans against Ceci saying she pushed me, mama!
Mari, frustrated and crying, gets to her room. Caute wags and listens as Mari tells him that Stef put on a giant act and Ceci believes her. What can I do? She drops her head on her knees and sobs. She remembers running hand-in-hand with JM on the lawn.
Pat is typing hunt-and-peck on his laptop and here come Isa and Stef (little bows in her now-dry hair) who ask to talk to him. Stef looks long-suffering and Pat says what’s up? Isa starts to talk, and Stef fakes not wanting to talk about it. Isa insists and says Mari is trying to steal JM from Stef.
Meantime, Mari is in her big round bathtub giving Cuate another bath. Since his feet rarely touch ground, it’s hardly likely he is dirty. Ceci comes in and Mari tries a small smile.
The judge is saying that he’s seen JM and Mari hug, but do they really think Mari could steal him away? Stef says I don’t know, but he IS a man. The judge says she’s a disgrace. Isa says dear God, how long is she going to stay in this house?
Mari tries to make a bit of bright chat with Ceci, holding out the nice shampoo for her to sniff. It doesn’t work. Mari says you’re mad at me, huh? Ceci says that was really bad. Mari says I don’t want you mad at me, can we forget it? Ceci says it’s not that easy. She tells Mari to finish it up with the dog and don’t make noise, so Pat doesn’t hear her. She tells Mari not to cause her any more problems, and she leaves.
Martirio stops Ceci in the hall and says the judge wants to talk to her, looks like more problems with Mari. Ceci slumps, then straightens up and heads off.
The judge tells Ceci to come in and shut the door. He remembers his promise not to say bad things about Mari, but he says Mari has been flirting with JM. Ceci can’t believe it.
Elsa has shown up at Nelson’s digs and says she’s just come to say goodbye. He says let’s not talk about goodbyes. She’s crying and says she has to say goodbye to everything, this is her last time there. When she marries tomorrow, she’ll be a different person. He says don’t betray yourself, your feelings. Elsa says there is no other way. Nelson says I’ll be waiting for you tomorrow, at the exact time of your wedding. Elsa says please, Nelson!
It’s still light, but Stef is getting ready to go out to dinner with JM and Eduardo. Ceci comes in and says she’s heard about Mari flirting with JM. Stef says she’s suffered in silence, but she’s seen things that hurt her. Ceci says she saw that Mari had torn up his photo, and that she hugged him. Stef says I’m worried that she’s seducing him, that she’s constantly coming on to him. He’s a man, after all.
Ceci tries to comfort her saying you’re going to get married in a month. Stef tells her that Mari wants to move in with them, that’s she’s thinking up every excuse to pursue him. Help me, mama.
Mari is still crying in her room. Ceci comes in looking for her, then sees her squatting against the wall. She asks why Mari is crying and Mari says no reason. You wouldn’t believe me. In this house, everybody says everything is Marichuy’s fault, and nobody will listen to me, nobody believes me, not even you.
Ceci says do you feel you’re innocent? Is your heart as pure and innocent as it seems? (Or maybe she said as pure an innocent as you pretend, I’m not sure.)
Mari pictures the frightening man chasing her through the woods. She turns her face away. Ceci says you have to look into your heart, repent what you’ve done and ask for forgiveness. She leaves and Mari cries some more.
Ceci goes to Isa’s room where Isa has pulled everything out of the drawers pretending to look for the missing emerald necklace. She says regretfully that it’s obvious that it’s been stolen and she’s sorry, but she’ll have to tell Patricio. Ceci says no no. Isa says I’m really sorry, but it has to be done.
Ceci puts her hand over her mouth. Isa is next seen telling Pat. Ceci comes in and Pat tells her to go get Mari. Ceci wrings her hands and Isa says it’s hard for Ceci, I’ll go.
Mari has stopped crying and is petting Cuate. Isa comes and tells her Pat wants to see her. Mari says what did I do now? Ceci says you ought to know. Mari rolls her eyes.
Pat jumps right on her – where is the necklace? Mari says what necklace? Pat says the one you stole. Mari says you’re lying and they both raise their voices. He slaps her.
Ceci reproaches him and he says she yelled at me. He tells her to leave, and he tells Ceci that he’s going to call the police. Ceci says no! Isa, who has been watching, pretending to be distressed, says don’t call them, we don’t know who took it. Cut to Mari in her room, distraught and dumbfounded. Cut back to Isa saying we need proof, we need to go through her things. The judge says she could have hidden it anywhere and she’s not stupid enough to have it in her room. Isa says we’ll find it and then you can send her to jail.
Mari is staring at her photo of JM. Why did you send me here, JM? Why don’t you pity me, God? She remembers Dora telling her that Isa is her enemy. Mari realizes Stef, too!
It’s Elsa’s wedding day and a car festooned with bows is pulling into her parents’ driveway. In the house, Elsa is in her wedding gown and her mother is fussing over her, saying how beautiful she looks, and how proud she will be in the church. Her mother, in a glittery-gold over-the-top outfit runs off to get her father to tell him the car is ready. We see that Elsa’s gown is very simple and her veil short and plain. I guess if you’re not marrying for love in novelaland, you don’t get a really great gown. Certainly not a train.
Elsa flashes back to Nelson telling her he was going to wait for her on her wedding day. She has tears in her eyes. Meantime, Eduardo is waiting at the church, and people are arriving. JM is there. Here comes the Velardes with their fake daughter, who glues herself to JM.
Back at the house, Elsa is really crying. She rips off the veil, scrawls a note on the wall and flees, throwing something (her lipstick?) on the floor. A flower from her bouquet tumbles from the bed. Her parents begin to wonder why she’s so late and go to look, but too late, she’s running, car keys in hand, past the cactus garden, jumps in a jeep, and away she drives.
Her parents come into her room, calling for her. Her mother sees the veil and bouquet and guesses. They see that she has written on her mirror “perdon.” Mama faints and papa says don’t faint now!
Eduardo is looking at his watch and saying she’s a half-hour late. The judge says don’t worry, some brides like to build up the suspense to make a grand entrance. Elsa’s dad shows up and tells Eduardo that his little bird has flown.
Mari sees Dora and says where is everybody? Dora says they’re all at a wedding. Mari says great and she eyes the house.
Nelson is in the lotus position, doing deep-breathing exercises. We see white high heels come in. Elsa and Nelson fall into each other’s arms.
Mari is starting to check the house, namely Isa’s room. Here comes everyone into the foyer, back early. They head for their rooms.
Mari finds the necklace hidden in a mask on the wall. She is triumphant.
Avances: looks like Stef has come in and Mari is holding up the necklace and saying ah ha! It also looks like JM is on Mari’s team and maybe is taking her out of the judge’s house.
Thursday: Outside her parents’ house, Nelson is asking Elsa if she’s going to marry somebody who isn’t him. Elsa says all the invitations have gone out, the ceremony arranged. Nelson waxes poetic about how they’d planned to go hand-in-hand under a starry sky into the future. In some heavy-handed symbolism, they try to kiss between the bars of the fence and then free-spirit Nelson climbs up and they kiss over the fence. Uh oh, here comes Dad striding across the lawn, looking like a thundercloud, and mom watches from the window.
Mari says I’m being accused of theft! Ceci tries to calm her, but Mari says I stole the milk for the orphans and I stole the flowers to put in front of the Virgin! Pat says milk, flowers, money, it’s all theft. Mari says according to you. She flees the room. Pat says she’s mouthy. Isa rolls her eyes.
Elsa says it just can’t be – what are you looking at, Nelson? She turns to see her papa. She nervously introduces Nelson. Papa glares and Elsa says bye now, say hi to everyone, and Nelson acknowledges her papa, then leaves. Elsa tells her papa he’s just a friend and papa says I saw you kissing him.
Pat and Ceci enter their bedroom. Pat says see how rebellious Mari is? And Ceci says you called her a thief. He mentions the broken plate and Ceci says it was an accident and she was just trying to defend herself. And the money? says Pat and they both stare in the direction of the table.
Mari is in her room, tearful and angry, ranting about the accusation. She tells Cuate she’s accused here, and at the other house Onelia hates her. She pounds the bed and cries.
Back to Elsa and her dad. She’s telling him that the kiss was just to congratulate her and that friends do that. Oh no you don’t, says her papa, I know my kisses, and that wasn’t a friendship kiss. Elsa says let’s just forget it, okay? But he keeps at it, and she says he’s one of my artist friends. Papa says even more shameful. Elsa says he’s nothing to be ashamed of and she points out that she’s past the age of consent. She runs off.
The money is still on the table in the Velarde’s bedroom. See? says Ceci. Pat says I’ll leave it here and she’ll steal it tomorrow. Ceci says she’s probably up crying in her room and Pat says that’s just dramatics.
Ceci goes into Mari’s room, the only cheerfully decorated room in the house, though its inhabitant is not cheery. She tells Mari to forget about the broken bowl, they’ll get another. Mari says no, I’ll work it off. Ceci says I knew you’d say that, but you don’t need to, nor to use the money we give you. Mari says did you see how upset Pat was, and then he called me a thief too! Mari swears on the Virgin she’s never stolen money, then says Ceci is a saint and hugs her. Their DNA high five.
Cande is coming to visit Mari, she is waddling up the long driveway. Meantime, Isa runs into the judge who is just leaving for the bank. She wants to know if Mari fell for their trap and the judge says no, apparently she didn’t have an opportunity. He leaves, and Isa looks like goody! She sneaks off through the house.
The judge’s car passes Cande and she mutters horrible old man. She continues on, munching on a treat. We see she has a plastic bag filled with snacks for Mari.
Isa is sneaking towards the Velarde’s bedroom when Ceci is just coming out. Ceci is unsuspecting, and says she’s going to down to get something to eat, as the household is in disarray today. Isa says because of Mari. It’s sad that you were so mistaken about that girl. Ceci looks distressed and heads off. Isa goes into their room and takes the money and tucks it into her bosom.
Cande and Mari are visiting in the garden, eating Cande’s treats. Mari tells about the problems with the judge and says now he’s called her a thief. She says Ceci said it’s because she stole that milk. Cande says he’s declared war. Mari tells about the broken bowl and how upset he was. Cande says she tells Padre Anselmo that Ceci is a saint.
Mari gets something from the treat bag and Cande says I got that for me. Mari pulls out what looks like a churro and Cande says that’s my favorite! Mari smiles wryly and says we’ll split it. Cande says the padre said that Isa told him the judge didn’t want anybody visiting Mari. Mari says I can believe it. I’m asking JM to let me live with him again.
Ceci goes in the bedroom and sees the money is gone. No puede ser, she says, rubbing her brow.
Cande heads out down the long driveway.
Mari comes romping over to where Stefi is lounging by the pool despite the cloudy day. Mari wants to know if she liked the present and Stef says mm hmm, and flips through her magazine. Mari says she put it on Rocio’s credit card. She wants to know if Stef is looking at pictures of bridal gowns. She comes close and says she likes that one. Stef squirms bit, but Mari doesn’t notice and strokes her hair. Stef says she should be the one to choose. Mari is all puppy friendly as says guess what! When you get married, I’m going to come live with you. Stef freezes. What did you say?
Ceci is sitting in the bedroom and Pat comes in. Ceci is staring at the now-empty table and he follows her gaze. Ah ha! He says Mari took the money and Ceci says don’t be so sure it’s her. Pat lists the help and doesn’t think it’s any of them. Ceci says you have no proof.
Mari is babbling on about moving in with Stef and JM and Stef gets ugly and says no way, and get the hell lost. She advances on Mari. Mari says I thought we were like sisters. Stef says have you looked in the mirror? You’re common, you don’t know how to act among fine people. Go back to your kind! Nobody…nobody!…likes you here. Mari gives her a chin-up steady look.
JM is on the sit-up machine at the gym, talking to Eduardo. He says he’s got a Mari problem, namely that she wants to come live with him and he can’t have her around. He’d run to the ends of the earth to avoid that. Eduardo’s doing leg lifts and he says just tell her no. JM says it’s not so easy, she looks at me with those pleading eyes that go right to her soul. Ed says don’t make yourself crazy. JM says I can’t have her under my roof, see her every day. Her innocent way of hugging me! I have to keep her away.
Back to Stef and Mari. Mari is giving some attitude and says Ceci likes me. Stef says she does because she feels sorry for you, you’re such a low-class naca. And besides your wedding present is horrible. Stef calls her a few more names and Mari shoves her into the pool. Stef floats on her back, arms out. Ceci has come out and seen and she says what have you done, Mari?
Stef coughs like she’s taken on water and dramatically makes the side of the pool where she droops and gasps. Mari says she started it – she’s a giant hypocrite! Stef says she’s lying as usual. Mari says you’re the liar! Ceci says enough! I saw you push her! Go to your room. Mari runs off and Stef leans against Ceci saying she pushed me, mama!
Mari, frustrated and crying, gets to her room. Caute wags and listens as Mari tells him that Stef put on a giant act and Ceci believes her. What can I do? She drops her head on her knees and sobs. She remembers running hand-in-hand with JM on the lawn.
Pat is typing hunt-and-peck on his laptop and here come Isa and Stef (little bows in her now-dry hair) who ask to talk to him. Stef looks long-suffering and Pat says what’s up? Isa starts to talk, and Stef fakes not wanting to talk about it. Isa insists and says Mari is trying to steal JM from Stef.
Meantime, Mari is in her big round bathtub giving Cuate another bath. Since his feet rarely touch ground, it’s hardly likely he is dirty. Ceci comes in and Mari tries a small smile.
The judge is saying that he’s seen JM and Mari hug, but do they really think Mari could steal him away? Stef says I don’t know, but he IS a man. The judge says she’s a disgrace. Isa says dear God, how long is she going to stay in this house?
Mari tries to make a bit of bright chat with Ceci, holding out the nice shampoo for her to sniff. It doesn’t work. Mari says you’re mad at me, huh? Ceci says that was really bad. Mari says I don’t want you mad at me, can we forget it? Ceci says it’s not that easy. She tells Mari to finish it up with the dog and don’t make noise, so Pat doesn’t hear her. She tells Mari not to cause her any more problems, and she leaves.
Martirio stops Ceci in the hall and says the judge wants to talk to her, looks like more problems with Mari. Ceci slumps, then straightens up and heads off.
The judge tells Ceci to come in and shut the door. He remembers his promise not to say bad things about Mari, but he says Mari has been flirting with JM. Ceci can’t believe it.
Elsa has shown up at Nelson’s digs and says she’s just come to say goodbye. He says let’s not talk about goodbyes. She’s crying and says she has to say goodbye to everything, this is her last time there. When she marries tomorrow, she’ll be a different person. He says don’t betray yourself, your feelings. Elsa says there is no other way. Nelson says I’ll be waiting for you tomorrow, at the exact time of your wedding. Elsa says please, Nelson!
It’s still light, but Stef is getting ready to go out to dinner with JM and Eduardo. Ceci comes in and says she’s heard about Mari flirting with JM. Stef says she’s suffered in silence, but she’s seen things that hurt her. Ceci says she saw that Mari had torn up his photo, and that she hugged him. Stef says I’m worried that she’s seducing him, that she’s constantly coming on to him. He’s a man, after all.
Ceci tries to comfort her saying you’re going to get married in a month. Stef tells her that Mari wants to move in with them, that’s she’s thinking up every excuse to pursue him. Help me, mama.
Mari is still crying in her room. Ceci comes in looking for her, then sees her squatting against the wall. She asks why Mari is crying and Mari says no reason. You wouldn’t believe me. In this house, everybody says everything is Marichuy’s fault, and nobody will listen to me, nobody believes me, not even you.
Ceci says do you feel you’re innocent? Is your heart as pure and innocent as it seems? (Or maybe she said as pure an innocent as you pretend, I’m not sure.)
Mari pictures the frightening man chasing her through the woods. She turns her face away. Ceci says you have to look into your heart, repent what you’ve done and ask for forgiveness. She leaves and Mari cries some more.
Ceci goes to Isa’s room where Isa has pulled everything out of the drawers pretending to look for the missing emerald necklace. She says regretfully that it’s obvious that it’s been stolen and she’s sorry, but she’ll have to tell Patricio. Ceci says no no. Isa says I’m really sorry, but it has to be done.
Ceci puts her hand over her mouth. Isa is next seen telling Pat. Ceci comes in and Pat tells her to go get Mari. Ceci wrings her hands and Isa says it’s hard for Ceci, I’ll go.
Mari has stopped crying and is petting Cuate. Isa comes and tells her Pat wants to see her. Mari says what did I do now? Ceci says you ought to know. Mari rolls her eyes.
Pat jumps right on her – where is the necklace? Mari says what necklace? Pat says the one you stole. Mari says you’re lying and they both raise their voices. He slaps her.
Ceci reproaches him and he says she yelled at me. He tells her to leave, and he tells Ceci that he’s going to call the police. Ceci says no! Isa, who has been watching, pretending to be distressed, says don’t call them, we don’t know who took it. Cut to Mari in her room, distraught and dumbfounded. Cut back to Isa saying we need proof, we need to go through her things. The judge says she could have hidden it anywhere and she’s not stupid enough to have it in her room. Isa says we’ll find it and then you can send her to jail.
Mari is staring at her photo of JM. Why did you send me here, JM? Why don’t you pity me, God? She remembers Dora telling her that Isa is her enemy. Mari realizes Stef, too!
It’s Elsa’s wedding day and a car festooned with bows is pulling into her parents’ driveway. In the house, Elsa is in her wedding gown and her mother is fussing over her, saying how beautiful she looks, and how proud she will be in the church. Her mother, in a glittery-gold over-the-top outfit runs off to get her father to tell him the car is ready. We see that Elsa’s gown is very simple and her veil short and plain. I guess if you’re not marrying for love in novelaland, you don’t get a really great gown. Certainly not a train.
Elsa flashes back to Nelson telling her he was going to wait for her on her wedding day. She has tears in her eyes. Meantime, Eduardo is waiting at the church, and people are arriving. JM is there. Here comes the Velardes with their fake daughter, who glues herself to JM.
Back at the house, Elsa is really crying. She rips off the veil, scrawls a note on the wall and flees, throwing something (her lipstick?) on the floor. A flower from her bouquet tumbles from the bed. Her parents begin to wonder why she’s so late and go to look, but too late, she’s running, car keys in hand, past the cactus garden, jumps in a jeep, and away she drives.
Her parents come into her room, calling for her. Her mother sees the veil and bouquet and guesses. They see that she has written on her mirror “perdon.” Mama faints and papa says don’t faint now!
Eduardo is looking at his watch and saying she’s a half-hour late. The judge says don’t worry, some brides like to build up the suspense to make a grand entrance. Elsa’s dad shows up and tells Eduardo that his little bird has flown.
Mari sees Dora and says where is everybody? Dora says they’re all at a wedding. Mari says great and she eyes the house.
Nelson is in the lotus position, doing deep-breathing exercises. We see white high heels come in. Elsa and Nelson fall into each other’s arms.
Mari is starting to check the house, namely Isa’s room. Here comes everyone into the foyer, back early. They head for their rooms.
Mari finds the necklace hidden in a mask on the wall. She is triumphant.
Avances: looks like Stef has come in and Mari is holding up the necklace and saying ah ha! It also looks like JM is on Mari’s team and maybe is taking her out of the judge’s house.
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Fuego 10-23 "Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes"
Shout out to David Bowie cause...Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Hash Rehash…Nic covered it so well last night, need I say more…
Thank you Televisa for the cheesy scene chewing of not one night…but two nights with scenes of Sofie and Juan rehash.
Now down to the native village, Juan is petting the mysterious beautiful black horse. Said Horse is only mysterious, because well face it fans, Juan is an overwhelming tool & has lost his memory, his dignity and the laws of physics say, soon to lose whatever remaining threads are still holding his one pair of too tight previous owned by Oscar undies. After caressing the horse, Juan turns to the long line of waiting natives and continues to inject grinning extras with vaccine. Of course he does not wash his hands, fear not viewers this is quite sanitary compared with later scenes.
Babe Doc is withering on her bed she moans, turning this way and that. No it isn’t a Juan dream, it’s the fever. Nestor Miranda (yes I like Nic have no idea what this tool’s name is) anyway he is the father of Babe Doc, enters the Babe Hut, Babe Doc is moaning and babbling she is incoherent. He rushes in and quickly assesses the situation, locates a syringe of genuine ju-ju juice and gives her an injection in the arm.
This is some awesome medicine, Babe’s vision clears, she sees Nestor, Pa! Seriously this is like in thirty seconds. He tells her how proud he is of her, how he was wrong. Yadda Yadda Yadda.
---During this Crapfest I am thinking, hmmm plague, straw walls, HELLO, didn’t the fleas live on the rats in the straw that was all over the floors of the house in filthy ole Europe?---
How come when I stumbled home at seventeen, moaning, babbling, incoherent and unable to stand my Dad smacked me around and grounded me for a month? Jeez, I guess it is fortunate that the amount of alcohol I consumed killed the plague cause I didn’t get no life saving vaccine.
Anyway back at the hacienda, Sofie is so freekin thrilled that Juan is back, no doubt he has brought the missing hija. Right in the middle of her little blue bird of happiness dream, Pablito walks in and says, Juan isn’t back, I made the pan cause I don’t want you to forget Juan & start humping that Damien guy. (Okay he didn’t say the humping part, but he was thinking it)
Sofie is all shades of put-out. She chastises Pablito, telling him that Juan is a hija stealer. Pablito sticks up for Juan. Sofie says she loved Juan so much and thinking he was back made her so happy, but alas her dreams are dashed.
--Okay I get that Sofie is DEPRESSED, but I guess she forgot that she promised to be a mother to this little waif. Pablito believes in Juan, Sofie believes in crushing any hope Pablito may have left. In a beautiful touching scene the camera cuts to Sofie, with a sad ginormus tear rolling down her wan, pale face. After dashing any hope Pablito may still have about goodness, the future and someday finding true love, the kid makes an exit out the balcony. Sofie says he is a true Reyes, using the balcony. Hopefully this knowledge of scaling walls into women’s bedrooms will come into more productive practice as soon as Pablito enters puberty.
Over in Jimena’s room Eva, Sarita & Jimena are hugging, crying & forgiving Eva. Eva of course is crying cause indeed it must somehow be her fault. By the by, Jimena is decked out in a mini-skirt, red shirt & big red hoop earrings. Sofie comes in and she is amazed that Jimena is up and about. Jimena has a fleeting look of guilt. I guess cause she has been faking it and boinking Oscar nightly. This quickly turns to an “All Sofie All the Time” moment and she tells them the Sofie Pan story and lil Pablito story. Sofie says she remember the happiest times of her life were in Juan’s arms. Sarita trashes Juan and flounces down on the bed.
--Seriously could Sarita be any less appealing? As if in any other existence other than Mexidoom a nag like Sarita could get a guy like Franco. Nope, Nada, Never.
Anyway this moves on to a totally bonding of the four Mujers. I fully thought Gabi would walk in and horsewhip the group, but no such luck.
Over at Damien the wanna be bullfighters hacienda, Damien is once again making people play bull fight with that lame ass fake bull. What am I not getting about this? I mean this looks like something you would do with a six year old, that you were grooming to grow up and be a matador. I mean by this age should Damien be practicing with a least calves?
Gabi arrives in the black coach of doom. She is there to thank Damien for saving her life from the scary black hole she fell in the other night. Really millions of people die yearly when they fall in a hole in their own back yard in a warm climate. Damien kisses her hand, I’m sure that forced Gabi to stifle a squirm of womanly pleasure. They go into the house to talk.
Back at the village, Juan is continuing to vaccinate ever increasing lines of natives. I believe this scene was actually filmed in Florida at an early voting location. They told them they could get free Flu shots during the five hour wait. Juan’s next victim, oops patient is a small baby girl. Hija, mi Hija. Silvester & other patients at the free clinic/polling station start staring at Juan. Of course I assume they are used to his non- sensical babbling, seizures and other socially awkward behaviors. Silvester asks if Juan has a daughter? Did I say I had a daughter? Yes Juan is indeed an idiot & he is indeed giving people injections.
Now Gabi & Damien are having some wine, it is muy rico. Yes it is special wine from Chile, it is “Boone’s Farm Chile”, Gabi is telling Damien thanks again for saving my worthless bitch life. She starts in how educated and so on so forth Damien is. Damien says he is interested in Sofie the flawless. Gabi seems to be surprised. She mentions Juan, and Damien says he knows all about Juan. Gabi starts trashing Juan and Damien says he has only heard good things about Juan from the people of Puelbo. Then Gabi starts trashing the other two Reyes RatBastard brothers. Demian says they have been quite decent with him and quite honorable. Damien goes on to say he loves Sofie and would like to marry her. Gabi has a smug on her face.
--My husband says she wants to ride the Damien train—as in “I love doin Sofie seconds.”
Witch Doctor guy is just standing around when Porn Jefe wanders up spewing puke he begs for help and Witch doctor tells him to go see the real Babe Doc, cause Witch dude can’t help him.
--PSA never cop a feel off a plague victim—porn jefe was all over fevered Doc last night.
Okay now Sofie is in town talking to a Nun at the convent, you know the convent these annoying sisters run off to every time Ma gets too pissed or the Reyes boyz are mean. Sofie tells the Nun that she has been to every orphanage in a fifty kilometer range or in easier to visualize words, she has been to every orphanage within the bubble dome that encloses Mexidoom from the rest of the world. “Well isn’t that special”, says the Nun. The Nun in a here is a ginormus clue moment states, we got in three girls and two boys just about then. Sofie’s eyes widen to a frightening state, “Three girls right here, right here in my own pueblo”?
The Nun realizes that she must speak slowly and perhaps actually draw a simple picture of stick children answers, “Yes and two boys”.
---Okay viewers you know by the way this is being set up—we now have our answer—
Pablo is making a pillowcase of goods to take on a journey in search of Juan, he will find Juan. He leaves a note on the counter for his two remaining Padres & Quintana. Our young “Hucko El Fino” is taking the burro, Mariachi (who appears in normal dress) and setting off on his big adventure.
The two Padres are working the fields, they are lamenting not having enough money to pay the mortgage and may lose their hacienda. Is the entire cast of Pueblo that the boys are allowing to live in the hacienda contributing nothing? Anyway Demian rides up and tells the boys that he loves Sofie and will marry her if he can. Basically he is a nice guy that likes and respects them and no hard feelings. They all shake hands.
In a modern day miracle of medicine; Babe Doc is totally recovered, so recovered in fact she is perky, pretty and sitting down to a big heaping helping of lunch with Pa Nestor. Pa is so proud of her, the work she is doing, blah blah blah. She confesses she has fallen in love. Reeeeaaaallllllyyyy? Pa queries, “Another doctor who works here too?” No a ranchero, who has amnesia and no idea who he is, but he is totally awesome & wears tiny black bikinis & guess what Pa, I’ve done everything, but slip him a ruffie and he respects me so much that we sleep next to each other each and every night and we still haven’t danced the horizontal mambo. Jeez, Pa looks thrilled, so glad he sent her to medical school.
Really she didn’t give that many details, but keeping with Full Disclosure I thought Pa should know.
Does he love you?
Babe bats her eyes and continues with Juan’s amnesia & general lack of normal cognitive thinking, no commitment has really been made.
Porn Jefe wanders in during lunch and continues to spew puke everywhere. He lurches and falls to the floor. Pa announce that Porn is dead. I beg to differ, no matter what you do, like racism, classism there will always be pornism. Oh well. Jeez are these “Medical Greats” not concerned that this guy just spewed either virus filled or bacteria filled liters of infection everywhere?
Okay now over to the orphanage Sofie spots the three girl orphans, you can tell by the sidewise looks from the Nuns, that one of these three is indeed lil Maria Guadalupe. For the love of Gawd, how much time has actually passed, these girls are huge, I mean I don’t have any kids but aren’t they like six to nine months old at least? I mean their heads aren’t flopping around or anything (unlike their father). Seriously Sofie imagine if you would have actually strolled on over to the orphanage on one of you nightly jaunts. Oh yeah I forgot the Virgincita didn’t literally climb down from the alter and take you by your pale wan hand and lead you over there. Sofie knows that one of the three is indeed her daughter. The Nun is giving her the “Ya think?” look.
Quintana arrives home from a day of motorcycling, she finds Pablito’s note. She reads it and runs out of the house. Now, we the audience don’t know what the note said. I myself, believe it said, “I am sick and tired of that lame ass sanctimonious bitch, you loser fathers stuck me with as a so called mother. I will prove her wrong about my mentally challenged father or die trying.”
To make a long story short..Quintana running finds Damien, she tells him that Pablito is run off to find Juan. Damien takes off to find him.
Back at the orphanage Sofie can’t decide which one is her kid. Oh Sofie just take which ever one seems the most inclined to actually allow you to dress her in Gawd awful little floor length prairie dresses that match yours exactly. Ought-Oh here comes the slimy Dr. Gomez. He looks Sofie in the eye and asks what she is doing there. Sofie asks where did these girls come from? Dr. Gomez looks guilty as hell, he tells her that they came from different ranches, they were unwanted. Sofie stares at him, she knows he is lying.
Pablo is trying to cross a very rickity bridge, he is trying to force the burro. A plank breaks an Pablito is dangling, screaming for help. Demian rides up and saves Pablito. Pablito hugs him. Oscar and Franco arrive as the cart part falls over the edge. Pablo tells the boys that Demian saved Burro, Marachi & Pablo. The Reyes boys hug their boy. They are grateful to Demian. Yes Juan, people are starting to realize Demian really is a lot better to have around than you are. OMG what if he bakes too?
Now Fer is talking to Dr Gomez. Gomez tells Fer that Sofie doesn’t know anything, but he wants to alert Fer that she is asking questions. Gomez says he wants to be left out of it, should the truth come out.
Gabi is now visiting the kids, she is paying for the three, she wants them to have anything they want.
---Okay now we know for sure, one of these kids is Sofies---Get the ruffles ready
Juan comes back in the hut, Dr. Nestor comes in behind him. Juan in his usual socially unacceptable manner asks “Who are you?” Dr. Nestor says he is Babe Doc’s Pa. Juan says that Juan doesn’t know who he is. (meaning Juan). Dr. Nestor says “I know who you are, you are Juan Reyes.”
The End
Okay this leads me to ask—did they not give Juan a name? Like Juan Doe? I mean did people just call him “Hey you?”
Tomorrow---
Blah blah blah
Sofie is in the church and apparently the Virgincita has totally had it with Sofie cause Juan appears at the back of the room and Sofie turns to see Juan in his still sparkling white pajamas.
At last At last…the rain has come and we are at the end of The Long Hot Summer.
(Turn and face the strain)
Hash Rehash…Nic covered it so well last night, need I say more…
Thank you Televisa for the cheesy scene chewing of not one night…but two nights with scenes of Sofie and Juan rehash.
Now down to the native village, Juan is petting the mysterious beautiful black horse. Said Horse is only mysterious, because well face it fans, Juan is an overwhelming tool & has lost his memory, his dignity and the laws of physics say, soon to lose whatever remaining threads are still holding his one pair of too tight previous owned by Oscar undies. After caressing the horse, Juan turns to the long line of waiting natives and continues to inject grinning extras with vaccine. Of course he does not wash his hands, fear not viewers this is quite sanitary compared with later scenes.
Babe Doc is withering on her bed she moans, turning this way and that. No it isn’t a Juan dream, it’s the fever. Nestor Miranda (yes I like Nic have no idea what this tool’s name is) anyway he is the father of Babe Doc, enters the Babe Hut, Babe Doc is moaning and babbling she is incoherent. He rushes in and quickly assesses the situation, locates a syringe of genuine ju-ju juice and gives her an injection in the arm.
This is some awesome medicine, Babe’s vision clears, she sees Nestor, Pa! Seriously this is like in thirty seconds. He tells her how proud he is of her, how he was wrong. Yadda Yadda Yadda.
---During this Crapfest I am thinking, hmmm plague, straw walls, HELLO, didn’t the fleas live on the rats in the straw that was all over the floors of the house in filthy ole Europe?---
How come when I stumbled home at seventeen, moaning, babbling, incoherent and unable to stand my Dad smacked me around and grounded me for a month? Jeez, I guess it is fortunate that the amount of alcohol I consumed killed the plague cause I didn’t get no life saving vaccine.
Anyway back at the hacienda, Sofie is so freekin thrilled that Juan is back, no doubt he has brought the missing hija. Right in the middle of her little blue bird of happiness dream, Pablito walks in and says, Juan isn’t back, I made the pan cause I don’t want you to forget Juan & start humping that Damien guy. (Okay he didn’t say the humping part, but he was thinking it)
Sofie is all shades of put-out. She chastises Pablito, telling him that Juan is a hija stealer. Pablito sticks up for Juan. Sofie says she loved Juan so much and thinking he was back made her so happy, but alas her dreams are dashed.
--Okay I get that Sofie is DEPRESSED, but I guess she forgot that she promised to be a mother to this little waif. Pablito believes in Juan, Sofie believes in crushing any hope Pablito may have left. In a beautiful touching scene the camera cuts to Sofie, with a sad ginormus tear rolling down her wan, pale face. After dashing any hope Pablito may still have about goodness, the future and someday finding true love, the kid makes an exit out the balcony. Sofie says he is a true Reyes, using the balcony. Hopefully this knowledge of scaling walls into women’s bedrooms will come into more productive practice as soon as Pablito enters puberty.
Over in Jimena’s room Eva, Sarita & Jimena are hugging, crying & forgiving Eva. Eva of course is crying cause indeed it must somehow be her fault. By the by, Jimena is decked out in a mini-skirt, red shirt & big red hoop earrings. Sofie comes in and she is amazed that Jimena is up and about. Jimena has a fleeting look of guilt. I guess cause she has been faking it and boinking Oscar nightly. This quickly turns to an “All Sofie All the Time” moment and she tells them the Sofie Pan story and lil Pablito story. Sofie says she remember the happiest times of her life were in Juan’s arms. Sarita trashes Juan and flounces down on the bed.
--Seriously could Sarita be any less appealing? As if in any other existence other than Mexidoom a nag like Sarita could get a guy like Franco. Nope, Nada, Never.
Anyway this moves on to a totally bonding of the four Mujers. I fully thought Gabi would walk in and horsewhip the group, but no such luck.
Over at Damien the wanna be bullfighters hacienda, Damien is once again making people play bull fight with that lame ass fake bull. What am I not getting about this? I mean this looks like something you would do with a six year old, that you were grooming to grow up and be a matador. I mean by this age should Damien be practicing with a least calves?
Gabi arrives in the black coach of doom. She is there to thank Damien for saving her life from the scary black hole she fell in the other night. Really millions of people die yearly when they fall in a hole in their own back yard in a warm climate. Damien kisses her hand, I’m sure that forced Gabi to stifle a squirm of womanly pleasure. They go into the house to talk.
Back at the village, Juan is continuing to vaccinate ever increasing lines of natives. I believe this scene was actually filmed in Florida at an early voting location. They told them they could get free Flu shots during the five hour wait. Juan’s next victim, oops patient is a small baby girl. Hija, mi Hija. Silvester & other patients at the free clinic/polling station start staring at Juan. Of course I assume they are used to his non- sensical babbling, seizures and other socially awkward behaviors. Silvester asks if Juan has a daughter? Did I say I had a daughter? Yes Juan is indeed an idiot & he is indeed giving people injections.
Now Gabi & Damien are having some wine, it is muy rico. Yes it is special wine from Chile, it is “Boone’s Farm Chile”, Gabi is telling Damien thanks again for saving my worthless bitch life. She starts in how educated and so on so forth Damien is. Damien says he is interested in Sofie the flawless. Gabi seems to be surprised. She mentions Juan, and Damien says he knows all about Juan. Gabi starts trashing Juan and Damien says he has only heard good things about Juan from the people of Puelbo. Then Gabi starts trashing the other two Reyes RatBastard brothers. Demian says they have been quite decent with him and quite honorable. Damien goes on to say he loves Sofie and would like to marry her. Gabi has a smug on her face.
--My husband says she wants to ride the Damien train—as in “I love doin Sofie seconds.”
Witch Doctor guy is just standing around when Porn Jefe wanders up spewing puke he begs for help and Witch doctor tells him to go see the real Babe Doc, cause Witch dude can’t help him.
--PSA never cop a feel off a plague victim—porn jefe was all over fevered Doc last night.
Okay now Sofie is in town talking to a Nun at the convent, you know the convent these annoying sisters run off to every time Ma gets too pissed or the Reyes boyz are mean. Sofie tells the Nun that she has been to every orphanage in a fifty kilometer range or in easier to visualize words, she has been to every orphanage within the bubble dome that encloses Mexidoom from the rest of the world. “Well isn’t that special”, says the Nun. The Nun in a here is a ginormus clue moment states, we got in three girls and two boys just about then. Sofie’s eyes widen to a frightening state, “Three girls right here, right here in my own pueblo”?
The Nun realizes that she must speak slowly and perhaps actually draw a simple picture of stick children answers, “Yes and two boys”.
---Okay viewers you know by the way this is being set up—we now have our answer—
Pablo is making a pillowcase of goods to take on a journey in search of Juan, he will find Juan. He leaves a note on the counter for his two remaining Padres & Quintana. Our young “Hucko El Fino” is taking the burro, Mariachi (who appears in normal dress) and setting off on his big adventure.
The two Padres are working the fields, they are lamenting not having enough money to pay the mortgage and may lose their hacienda. Is the entire cast of Pueblo that the boys are allowing to live in the hacienda contributing nothing? Anyway Demian rides up and tells the boys that he loves Sofie and will marry her if he can. Basically he is a nice guy that likes and respects them and no hard feelings. They all shake hands.
In a modern day miracle of medicine; Babe Doc is totally recovered, so recovered in fact she is perky, pretty and sitting down to a big heaping helping of lunch with Pa Nestor. Pa is so proud of her, the work she is doing, blah blah blah. She confesses she has fallen in love. Reeeeaaaallllllyyyy? Pa queries, “Another doctor who works here too?” No a ranchero, who has amnesia and no idea who he is, but he is totally awesome & wears tiny black bikinis & guess what Pa, I’ve done everything, but slip him a ruffie and he respects me so much that we sleep next to each other each and every night and we still haven’t danced the horizontal mambo. Jeez, Pa looks thrilled, so glad he sent her to medical school.
Really she didn’t give that many details, but keeping with Full Disclosure I thought Pa should know.
Does he love you?
Babe bats her eyes and continues with Juan’s amnesia & general lack of normal cognitive thinking, no commitment has really been made.
Porn Jefe wanders in during lunch and continues to spew puke everywhere. He lurches and falls to the floor. Pa announce that Porn is dead. I beg to differ, no matter what you do, like racism, classism there will always be pornism. Oh well. Jeez are these “Medical Greats” not concerned that this guy just spewed either virus filled or bacteria filled liters of infection everywhere?
Okay now over to the orphanage Sofie spots the three girl orphans, you can tell by the sidewise looks from the Nuns, that one of these three is indeed lil Maria Guadalupe. For the love of Gawd, how much time has actually passed, these girls are huge, I mean I don’t have any kids but aren’t they like six to nine months old at least? I mean their heads aren’t flopping around or anything (unlike their father). Seriously Sofie imagine if you would have actually strolled on over to the orphanage on one of you nightly jaunts. Oh yeah I forgot the Virgincita didn’t literally climb down from the alter and take you by your pale wan hand and lead you over there. Sofie knows that one of the three is indeed her daughter. The Nun is giving her the “Ya think?” look.
Quintana arrives home from a day of motorcycling, she finds Pablito’s note. She reads it and runs out of the house. Now, we the audience don’t know what the note said. I myself, believe it said, “I am sick and tired of that lame ass sanctimonious bitch, you loser fathers stuck me with as a so called mother. I will prove her wrong about my mentally challenged father or die trying.”
To make a long story short..Quintana running finds Damien, she tells him that Pablito is run off to find Juan. Damien takes off to find him.
Back at the orphanage Sofie can’t decide which one is her kid. Oh Sofie just take which ever one seems the most inclined to actually allow you to dress her in Gawd awful little floor length prairie dresses that match yours exactly. Ought-Oh here comes the slimy Dr. Gomez. He looks Sofie in the eye and asks what she is doing there. Sofie asks where did these girls come from? Dr. Gomez looks guilty as hell, he tells her that they came from different ranches, they were unwanted. Sofie stares at him, she knows he is lying.
Pablo is trying to cross a very rickity bridge, he is trying to force the burro. A plank breaks an Pablito is dangling, screaming for help. Demian rides up and saves Pablito. Pablito hugs him. Oscar and Franco arrive as the cart part falls over the edge. Pablo tells the boys that Demian saved Burro, Marachi & Pablo. The Reyes boys hug their boy. They are grateful to Demian. Yes Juan, people are starting to realize Demian really is a lot better to have around than you are. OMG what if he bakes too?
Now Fer is talking to Dr Gomez. Gomez tells Fer that Sofie doesn’t know anything, but he wants to alert Fer that she is asking questions. Gomez says he wants to be left out of it, should the truth come out.
Gabi is now visiting the kids, she is paying for the three, she wants them to have anything they want.
---Okay now we know for sure, one of these kids is Sofies---Get the ruffles ready
Juan comes back in the hut, Dr. Nestor comes in behind him. Juan in his usual socially unacceptable manner asks “Who are you?” Dr. Nestor says he is Babe Doc’s Pa. Juan says that Juan doesn’t know who he is. (meaning Juan). Dr. Nestor says “I know who you are, you are Juan Reyes.”
The End
Okay this leads me to ask—did they not give Juan a name? Like Juan Doe? I mean did people just call him “Hey you?”
Tomorrow---
Blah blah blah
Sofie is in the church and apparently the Virgincita has totally had it with Sofie cause Juan appears at the back of the room and Sofie turns to see Juan in his still sparkling white pajamas.
At last At last…the rain has come and we are at the end of The Long Hot Summer.
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QE Thursday 10/23 - In that place there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Prepare yourselves friends, this is a depressing episode with very little to make you smile. I forgot how Ferro's ugly crying scale works and if someone reminds me I might rate the criers accordingly.
And now, on with the show...
Repeat of Sara and Bruto's odious conversation, he sabotaged Zuly's operation with expired drugs, which, as Emily pointed out, is ridiculous. Bruto says he put something in the meds that will make her have a violent allergic shock. He explains that whatever Al uses to arrest Zuly's shock will aggravate the crisis and then she'll be done for.
We see Al work as Bruto explains it and sure enough, as soon as Al injects Zuly she flatlines.
Al approaches the unsuspecting family in the waiting room. He says there was a complication, it's very serious, Zuly went into shock and now she's in a coma.
Bruto and Sara try to out-sneer each other. Bruto says he'd love to see stupid Diana's face. Sara curls her lip. Bruto says it's perfect because this will also ruin Alonso's career, bwaahaaahaaaa!
Al explains to the family that Zuly had an allergic reaction. Lorena stops them from blaming Al and Vasco chimes in that all surgery carries a risk. Lor optimistically says people in comas get better after a few days, right? She tells Al to have faith, he is going to save her mama! He tells her that the Director has called a meeting to discuss what happened. Maybe they will figure out a way to help Zuly.
Bruto and Sara share a violent kiss. She says she loves it when men go crazy for her and do what she says. He pushes her face, says he's nobody's lackey (achichincle) and angrily kisses her. He is so totally kitty-whipped.
Diana tells Vasco she's afraid, she wishes she had his faith but she doesn't. She can't imagine life without her ma.
Omar thought bubbles that this is his punishment for being unfaithful, that it should be him and not Zulema.
Al assures his jefa the Director that the operation should have gone fine, he did all the necessary tests and prep and he was confident. Jefa is concerned when she finds out Al operated on his 'suegra' but she seems to be on his side. She hopes maybe the meeting will shed some light on the situation.
Lor comforts Diana who says it's like a bad dream, and oh s**t they have to tell Julian. Lor tells her not to lose faith. After Di and Vasco leave Lor says a little prayer to the virgin.
The tribunal begins. The senior doctors want a detailed description of what happened. Bruto arrives late and tells Al he's so sorry about what happened and surely they will find out what happened. Grrrrrr!
Lor sadly walks the halls, this is cut with scenes of the tribunal while violins play morosely.
Al does a lot of face rubbing while he explains what he did, he used standard procedure to try to reverse the shock, including an application of 'karmabencina', whatever that is.Bruto says at least that worked or they would be regretting something else, though he doesn't know which is worse. The Director gets kind of mad at Bruto, they don't need his value judgements! The senior doctors discuss various things that could have happened and Bruto, in an attempt to bring the blame back around to Al, lets slip to the tribunal that Zuly was too close to Al, practically his Mother in Law. The guys are impactados and say Al should have sent her somewhere else for the surgery. Bruto lifts his eyebrow in triumph.
Tori shows the Tai Chi Lady (TCL) pics of his family. She coos over Tori and tells him his close family is enviable. She asks how does he act when he shows pictures of his partner? Tori jokes and says if she looks like a witch he runs, ha ha ha. TCL acts insulted, is that how he thinks of her? Tori is confused at the direction this conversation is going. She comes right out and says she'd like to be his girlfriend, at their age they can't waste time. (What happened to the black widow? Did she just disappear like so many telenovela characters?)
Paula, looking very hot these days, tells Betina she's proud of her dancing victory and she's touched that Bettina (and Ivan as it turns out) want to give their money to her to go to Thailand, but no way will she accept their money. This scene is about the only ray of sunshine tonight and it's very touching. Paula says she will allow Betina to buy her some great videos of Thailand and they can watch them together...with Ivan. Mother and daughter hug, gosh they're cute!
TCL is very pushy and wants Tori to show her his room so she can decide whether they should live at his place or hers. Tori comments that she's really taking this women's lib thing to heart. TCL figures he's one of those guys who likes to take the initiative but he swears no, he just wants to be friends and have her cook sometimes. She asks what will it take to change things and he says he just needs to get to know her. She pouts. She's kind of weird if you ask me.
It looks like the tribunal is about to wrap things up. The Director advises them not to prejudge Al. Al says he'll face the consequences if he made a mistake but nobody can accuse him of being callous. One Dr. says sometimes coldness is necessary, it's a sign of professionalism. Other Dr. says it's not good to get close to a patient. The Director says she's always admired Al's humanity but one of the other guys says "but look at the result". All I can say is out of all the people in that room I know who I would want to be my doctor.
Lorena tells Omar to keep the faith, Al is in a meeting and maybe they will discover something to help her ma. He's back on the 'it's all my fault' thing, Zuly got the operation for him, "but also for her health" adds Lor. She tells him not to blame himself and to believe in love.
Over at his work Omar's boss tells Greta that Omar is out because his wife's condition is very serious, she's in a coma. Greta lets slip a tiny smile.
Paula and Betina go to Ivan and Ern's place where Paula thanks Ivan for wanting to send her to Thailand but his half of the money belongs to him. Ern suggests he'd like to see Africa, ha ha. Like all young teens Betina takes advantage of Paula's good mood to ask permission to go to a quinceañera with Ivan.
The Director says the possibility of Zuly recovering is remote, meeting over. Al rubs his face in despair.
Vasco fills Babs in on Zuly's condition. Diana kind of snaps at Babs but then Babs offers to babysit Saulito so Diana and Vasco can go to the hospital. Diana decides to be a little nicer.
While Omar paces the hospital halls he gets a call from Greta. She says she's truly concerned about his wife. (She's so concerned she's busting out of her blouse.) If he needs a friend he knows whom to call. Omar gives her the brushoff and she tells the air that he'll need her, that's for certain.
Al tells Lor that Zuly is in a deep coma and it could get worse, more complications could manifest themselves in a few days. "Like what, like what?" she cries. He tells her she needs to be strong and to prepare herself. "For what? For what?" she cries. He stands there like a doleful robot while she breaks down and cries, why did she find her mama only to have to lose her?
More crying post-commercial. "Born and raised an orphan and I only had my mother a few days, it's not fair!" Lor really is a master cryer, heart-rending but not ugly. Al finally wakes up and tells her to be strong. She says she can feel Zuly's first hug when she called her 'mama' in San Martin.
Speaking of ugly, Diana and Vasco run into Bruno, he smirkingly says too bad about yo mama, heh heh. Di and Vasco see Lor crying and wonder, did Zuly die? Diana comorts Lorena and says she believes in miracles because their mother is a fighter. Lor suddenly says she has to see Zulema.
She makes demands at the nurse's desk until Al shows up and whisks her away. He warns her that Zuly is in IC and to prepare herself.
Omar shows up and Diana gives him the bad news, that Al has little hope Zuly will recover. She'll be like the living dead until the end of her life.
Cut to Zuly all hooked up to hoses and electricity. Lor cries, "por favor I need you, be strong". Al watches robotically.
Back to the poor house and Babs coos to Saulito while Matilde looks on. Babs even calls herself 'abuela' while baby cries loudly, then sucks super loudly on his bottle. Someone spank the sound guy please.
Over at Redeemed Acres Snorty searches the ads for an apartment. She's worried about the sale of the house, the vultures have all flown in for the kill because they've heard she's desperate. One apartment in the paper jumps out at her and she shows it to Auggie. That's all the time these two get tonight.
Bruto gets home and Sara jumps his bones. She's excited because The Fatty is practically dead and Lor is crazy with sadness. Wheeeeeee! He assures her that Zuly is a vegetable, worse than dead, so why is Sara so glum? Is she thinking of Al?
Cut to Al, tormented and rubbing his face again. Hang onto your hats folks, a miracle is about to happen. No, Zuly doesn't wake up. It's Alonso, he actually shows emotion. He looks truly anguished, he says he brought Zuly and Lorena together only to snatch Zuly away again, he shouldn't be forgiven. He was so sure everything would be fine, it's his fault. No, says Lor, it's destiny, bad luck, but not you Alonso, not you. He doesn't buy it, this was his responsibility. No no, avers Lor. Hug me, she cries. There is new background music, I wonder what it means.
Sara seems a bit troubled that Al might lose his license, he wasn't quite as bad to her as the others. (She has a short memory.) Bruto yells that Sara may not hate him but he does and he wants to see Al ruined. He yells that Al hates Sara. They scream at each other some more. She wants a loan so that she can get out of there, it's too risky if he leaves now but she can. Bruto reminds her they don't have money and she'll have to wait until the end of the month...it seems she's already forgotten what it means to live hand to mouth (vivir al día). They shout some more, she wants to leave this damn town, he does too and they'll leave together, but for now they'll have angry sex and he swears no human will separate them.
Greta visits Paula who doesn't want to talk to her. Greta needs to talk to a friend. She tells Paula that Zulema is in a coma and Alonso is responsible. Greta, with friends like you...
Omar, Vasco, Diana and Lor sadly return home. They're a little cranky to Babs. Diana tells her only God can help them and he seems to have forgotten them.
Omar sits on his bed and cries. Lor tries to comfort him, Zuly will live! A phone rings ominously in the background.
Diana enters and says that Julian's on the phone to check on Zuly's operation. What will she tell him?
Greta tells Pau about Zuly. Pau insists Zuly will be OK. Greta says The Fatty wasn't a saint but she doesn't deserve this, she wouldn't wish it on her worst enemy. Nice going Greta. Paula tells Betina that Al has a serious problem.
Al wails to Tori his career is in jeapordy. He gave Lor his word he'd take care of her ma and at any moment she could be pronounced brain dead. Al says the only justice would be if he were dead instead of Zulema.
This pisses off Tori who jumps up and gets on Al's case, he's one of the best doctors, snap out of it! Paula and Bet show up and rush to Al. Tio it's not your fault! Al says if they really want to help please say nothing.
Next morning Ern's little family is happily eating breakfast. Suddenly Ivan says Betina just called about something horrible, Lorena's mother is in a coma. Poor Lorena, sighs Ern. He feels her pain. He wants to do something but he's supposed to leave her alone.
Rosy and Julian rush into the waiting room. Julian weeps uncontrollably, but the big surprise is he's probably the ugliest crier in the history of telenovelas.
Lor is at Zuly's bedside talking to her, encouraging her, she knows Zuly can hear her, she loves her, they all love her!
Julian ugly-cries some more. He says Zuly's condition isn't living and his mama doesn't deserve this. Al walks in and Julian yells at him while Rosy holds him back, "What did you do to my mother you damn murderer? Murderer!" Al hears these words echo in his brain.
Mañana: Bruto and Sara booze it up, Omar cries, Julian threatens and Ernesto hugs Lorena.
And now, on with the show...
Repeat of Sara and Bruto's odious conversation, he sabotaged Zuly's operation with expired drugs, which, as Emily pointed out, is ridiculous. Bruto says he put something in the meds that will make her have a violent allergic shock. He explains that whatever Al uses to arrest Zuly's shock will aggravate the crisis and then she'll be done for.
We see Al work as Bruto explains it and sure enough, as soon as Al injects Zuly she flatlines.
Al approaches the unsuspecting family in the waiting room. He says there was a complication, it's very serious, Zuly went into shock and now she's in a coma.
Bruto and Sara try to out-sneer each other. Bruto says he'd love to see stupid Diana's face. Sara curls her lip. Bruto says it's perfect because this will also ruin Alonso's career, bwaahaaahaaaa!
Al explains to the family that Zuly had an allergic reaction. Lorena stops them from blaming Al and Vasco chimes in that all surgery carries a risk. Lor optimistically says people in comas get better after a few days, right? She tells Al to have faith, he is going to save her mama! He tells her that the Director has called a meeting to discuss what happened. Maybe they will figure out a way to help Zuly.
Bruto and Sara share a violent kiss. She says she loves it when men go crazy for her and do what she says. He pushes her face, says he's nobody's lackey (achichincle) and angrily kisses her. He is so totally kitty-whipped.
Diana tells Vasco she's afraid, she wishes she had his faith but she doesn't. She can't imagine life without her ma.
Omar thought bubbles that this is his punishment for being unfaithful, that it should be him and not Zulema.
Al assures his jefa the Director that the operation should have gone fine, he did all the necessary tests and prep and he was confident. Jefa is concerned when she finds out Al operated on his 'suegra' but she seems to be on his side. She hopes maybe the meeting will shed some light on the situation.
Lor comforts Diana who says it's like a bad dream, and oh s**t they have to tell Julian. Lor tells her not to lose faith. After Di and Vasco leave Lor says a little prayer to the virgin.
The tribunal begins. The senior doctors want a detailed description of what happened. Bruto arrives late and tells Al he's so sorry about what happened and surely they will find out what happened. Grrrrrr!
Lor sadly walks the halls, this is cut with scenes of the tribunal while violins play morosely.
Al does a lot of face rubbing while he explains what he did, he used standard procedure to try to reverse the shock, including an application of 'karmabencina', whatever that is.Bruto says at least that worked or they would be regretting something else, though he doesn't know which is worse. The Director gets kind of mad at Bruto, they don't need his value judgements! The senior doctors discuss various things that could have happened and Bruto, in an attempt to bring the blame back around to Al, lets slip to the tribunal that Zuly was too close to Al, practically his Mother in Law. The guys are impactados and say Al should have sent her somewhere else for the surgery. Bruto lifts his eyebrow in triumph.
Tori shows the Tai Chi Lady (TCL) pics of his family. She coos over Tori and tells him his close family is enviable. She asks how does he act when he shows pictures of his partner? Tori jokes and says if she looks like a witch he runs, ha ha ha. TCL acts insulted, is that how he thinks of her? Tori is confused at the direction this conversation is going. She comes right out and says she'd like to be his girlfriend, at their age they can't waste time. (What happened to the black widow? Did she just disappear like so many telenovela characters?)
Paula, looking very hot these days, tells Betina she's proud of her dancing victory and she's touched that Bettina (and Ivan as it turns out) want to give their money to her to go to Thailand, but no way will she accept their money. This scene is about the only ray of sunshine tonight and it's very touching. Paula says she will allow Betina to buy her some great videos of Thailand and they can watch them together...with Ivan. Mother and daughter hug, gosh they're cute!
TCL is very pushy and wants Tori to show her his room so she can decide whether they should live at his place or hers. Tori comments that she's really taking this women's lib thing to heart. TCL figures he's one of those guys who likes to take the initiative but he swears no, he just wants to be friends and have her cook sometimes. She asks what will it take to change things and he says he just needs to get to know her. She pouts. She's kind of weird if you ask me.
It looks like the tribunal is about to wrap things up. The Director advises them not to prejudge Al. Al says he'll face the consequences if he made a mistake but nobody can accuse him of being callous. One Dr. says sometimes coldness is necessary, it's a sign of professionalism. Other Dr. says it's not good to get close to a patient. The Director says she's always admired Al's humanity but one of the other guys says "but look at the result". All I can say is out of all the people in that room I know who I would want to be my doctor.
Lorena tells Omar to keep the faith, Al is in a meeting and maybe they will discover something to help her ma. He's back on the 'it's all my fault' thing, Zuly got the operation for him, "but also for her health" adds Lor. She tells him not to blame himself and to believe in love.
Over at his work Omar's boss tells Greta that Omar is out because his wife's condition is very serious, she's in a coma. Greta lets slip a tiny smile.
Paula and Betina go to Ivan and Ern's place where Paula thanks Ivan for wanting to send her to Thailand but his half of the money belongs to him. Ern suggests he'd like to see Africa, ha ha. Like all young teens Betina takes advantage of Paula's good mood to ask permission to go to a quinceañera with Ivan.
The Director says the possibility of Zuly recovering is remote, meeting over. Al rubs his face in despair.
Vasco fills Babs in on Zuly's condition. Diana kind of snaps at Babs but then Babs offers to babysit Saulito so Diana and Vasco can go to the hospital. Diana decides to be a little nicer.
While Omar paces the hospital halls he gets a call from Greta. She says she's truly concerned about his wife. (She's so concerned she's busting out of her blouse.) If he needs a friend he knows whom to call. Omar gives her the brushoff and she tells the air that he'll need her, that's for certain.
Al tells Lor that Zuly is in a deep coma and it could get worse, more complications could manifest themselves in a few days. "Like what, like what?" she cries. He tells her she needs to be strong and to prepare herself. "For what? For what?" she cries. He stands there like a doleful robot while she breaks down and cries, why did she find her mama only to have to lose her?
More crying post-commercial. "Born and raised an orphan and I only had my mother a few days, it's not fair!" Lor really is a master cryer, heart-rending but not ugly. Al finally wakes up and tells her to be strong. She says she can feel Zuly's first hug when she called her 'mama' in San Martin.
Speaking of ugly, Diana and Vasco run into Bruno, he smirkingly says too bad about yo mama, heh heh. Di and Vasco see Lor crying and wonder, did Zuly die? Diana comorts Lorena and says she believes in miracles because their mother is a fighter. Lor suddenly says she has to see Zulema.
She makes demands at the nurse's desk until Al shows up and whisks her away. He warns her that Zuly is in IC and to prepare herself.
Omar shows up and Diana gives him the bad news, that Al has little hope Zuly will recover. She'll be like the living dead until the end of her life.
Cut to Zuly all hooked up to hoses and electricity. Lor cries, "por favor I need you, be strong". Al watches robotically.
Back to the poor house and Babs coos to Saulito while Matilde looks on. Babs even calls herself 'abuela' while baby cries loudly, then sucks super loudly on his bottle. Someone spank the sound guy please.
Over at Redeemed Acres Snorty searches the ads for an apartment. She's worried about the sale of the house, the vultures have all flown in for the kill because they've heard she's desperate. One apartment in the paper jumps out at her and she shows it to Auggie. That's all the time these two get tonight.
Bruto gets home and Sara jumps his bones. She's excited because The Fatty is practically dead and Lor is crazy with sadness. Wheeeeeee! He assures her that Zuly is a vegetable, worse than dead, so why is Sara so glum? Is she thinking of Al?
Cut to Al, tormented and rubbing his face again. Hang onto your hats folks, a miracle is about to happen. No, Zuly doesn't wake up. It's Alonso, he actually shows emotion. He looks truly anguished, he says he brought Zuly and Lorena together only to snatch Zuly away again, he shouldn't be forgiven. He was so sure everything would be fine, it's his fault. No, says Lor, it's destiny, bad luck, but not you Alonso, not you. He doesn't buy it, this was his responsibility. No no, avers Lor. Hug me, she cries. There is new background music, I wonder what it means.
Sara seems a bit troubled that Al might lose his license, he wasn't quite as bad to her as the others. (She has a short memory.) Bruto yells that Sara may not hate him but he does and he wants to see Al ruined. He yells that Al hates Sara. They scream at each other some more. She wants a loan so that she can get out of there, it's too risky if he leaves now but she can. Bruto reminds her they don't have money and she'll have to wait until the end of the month...it seems she's already forgotten what it means to live hand to mouth (vivir al día). They shout some more, she wants to leave this damn town, he does too and they'll leave together, but for now they'll have angry sex and he swears no human will separate them.
Greta visits Paula who doesn't want to talk to her. Greta needs to talk to a friend. She tells Paula that Zulema is in a coma and Alonso is responsible. Greta, with friends like you...
Omar, Vasco, Diana and Lor sadly return home. They're a little cranky to Babs. Diana tells her only God can help them and he seems to have forgotten them.
Omar sits on his bed and cries. Lor tries to comfort him, Zuly will live! A phone rings ominously in the background.
Diana enters and says that Julian's on the phone to check on Zuly's operation. What will she tell him?
Greta tells Pau about Zuly. Pau insists Zuly will be OK. Greta says The Fatty wasn't a saint but she doesn't deserve this, she wouldn't wish it on her worst enemy. Nice going Greta. Paula tells Betina that Al has a serious problem.
Al wails to Tori his career is in jeapordy. He gave Lor his word he'd take care of her ma and at any moment she could be pronounced brain dead. Al says the only justice would be if he were dead instead of Zulema.
This pisses off Tori who jumps up and gets on Al's case, he's one of the best doctors, snap out of it! Paula and Bet show up and rush to Al. Tio it's not your fault! Al says if they really want to help please say nothing.
Next morning Ern's little family is happily eating breakfast. Suddenly Ivan says Betina just called about something horrible, Lorena's mother is in a coma. Poor Lorena, sighs Ern. He feels her pain. He wants to do something but he's supposed to leave her alone.
Rosy and Julian rush into the waiting room. Julian weeps uncontrollably, but the big surprise is he's probably the ugliest crier in the history of telenovelas.
Lor is at Zuly's bedside talking to her, encouraging her, she knows Zuly can hear her, she loves her, they all love her!
Julian ugly-cries some more. He says Zuly's condition isn't living and his mama doesn't deserve this. Al walks in and Julian yells at him while Rosy holds him back, "What did you do to my mother you damn murderer? Murderer!" Al hears these words echo in his brain.
Mañana: Bruto and Sara booze it up, Omar cries, Julian threatens and Ernesto hugs Lorena.
Labels: enemiga
Thursday, October 23, 2008
El Cuerpo del Deseo, - Thurs., Oct. 23 - Things are revealed at the beach house
Andrés is so furious with PJ/S that he grabs something that he is going to smash onto PJ/S's head .
Fortunately, Azur barks and distracts Andrés. Good dog.
Ángela pooh poohs Antonio's suggestion that PJ could have come back in Salvador's body.
Much to Andrés' annoyance, Isabel ogles PJ/S on the plane trip. Vicky is not a good traveler.
Simón finds the new hot Valeria playing the piano and romance is born.
Okaaay! Now the good stuff. Isabel sends for PJ/S so they can go on a drive around the area. Andrés is sleeping.
Got to love the headband.
Isabel and PJ/S end up on a beach alone. PJ/S is shirtless and Isabel can barely keep from drooling.
She suggests PJ/S might like a swim.
PJ/S takes off his pants in the water and apparently wasn't wearing any underwear. He throws the pants back onto the beach and Mario jumped a little too far out of the water and there had to be a digital coverup. We can enjoy what we got.
Fortunately, Azur barks and distracts Andrés. Good dog.
Ángela pooh poohs Antonio's suggestion that PJ could have come back in Salvador's body.
Much to Andrés' annoyance, Isabel ogles PJ/S on the plane trip. Vicky is not a good traveler.
Simón finds the new hot Valeria playing the piano and romance is born.
Okaaay! Now the good stuff. Isabel sends for PJ/S so they can go on a drive around the area. Andrés is sleeping.
Got to love the headband.
Isabel and PJ/S end up on a beach alone. PJ/S is shirtless and Isabel can barely keep from drooling.
She suggests PJ/S might like a swim.
PJ/S takes off his pants in the water and apparently wasn't wearing any underwear. He throws the pants back onto the beach and Mario jumped a little too far out of the water and there had to be a digital coverup. We can enjoy what we got.
Labels: cuerpo
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
QE, Wednesday 10/22 (#86): The Divine Light's batteries run down
Lorena and Alonso sit down in the restaurant and smooch. Then they have a nauseating conversation about how a crummy little place can have the tastiest food. (Just in case anyone forgot that these two aren't fancy and materialistic.) Sara watches them kiss again and says to herself, out loud, that they'd better enjoy it while they can because it's not going to last.
Ivan asks Ern how it went last night. Ernesto tells Ivan his intel was bad - Lorena and Alonso are engaged. He admits that he lost her due to his own idiocy, and he can't top what Alonso did for her (the DNA thing). He's going to have to forget her, though he's not sure if he can. His womanizing days are over. It'll be awful hard to fill the hole that Lorena left.
Alonso catches Sara staring at them and asks Lore if she wants to leave. Lore's willing to ignore her. She doesn't want to hide, but she thinks it must really hurt Sara to see them together, because (Lorena says) the only sincere thing she ever did in her life was fall in love with Alonso. He says he'll always regret having anything to do with Sara. (She keeps looking at Sara, which is not the best way to ignore her!)
They kiss again and tuck into their breakfast. Sara comes over and says to them what she said to herself before, "enjoy your 15 minutes of glory because I don't think you'll last that long." She taunts them about all the nights she spent at his side and says that as long as she's alive, they won't be happy.
Lorena follows her out (over Alonso's protests). Their cute conversation, paraphrased:
Sara: You came here to throw your relationship in my face.
Lore: Alonso never stopped loving me, even when he was with you.
Sara: Well, let's see if you can improve on my performance between the sheets! I doubt you can make him quiver* the way I did!" (Actually the dictionary says estremecer="shudder" but that translation struck me as way too funny for this situation...)
Lore: You must be very sad, knowing that the whole time he was kissing you, the man you loved was thinking of me.
Sara: You won't be able to forget what he did to you.
Lore: That's because you don't know how to love. I'm going to marry him, and we'll make up for all the time we wasted thanks to your miserable intrigue. And I'm warning you, you're going to pay for what you did.
Sara: You got to your parents after I did; you're going to be with Alonso after me; you're just leftovers.
Lore: I feel sorry for you. I've got a family, boyfriend, job. You're just going to be bitter and lonely.
Then they trade threats, and Lorena warns that Sara's going to end up in jail.
Lore goes back into the restaurant, and Alonso expresses some more regrets and swears up and down that he loved her then and he still does. Lore says that's Sara's punishment.
Sara walks down the street, once again talking out loud (never heard of thought-bubbling?) that she's losing everything. She can't even pay for a taxi. She has to take the bus. Sweet!
Magda complains that the batteries on their Divine Light of Good Fortune are running low. She and Efrain squabble over which of them does more work. She thinks it's time to get rid of that Jacqueline; maybe have one of the spirits tell her to go on a mission to Patagonia!
Just then, Jacqui comes in beaming; she's still wearing that same pink dress. I would have spilled sooooo much food on that thing by now, but on her it still looks clean and crisp. Magda asks her if she's sure she wants to go on with them, living a life of hardship and sacrifice. J-girl is sure! She will do whatever the Divine Light of asks of her In that case, Magda tells her, she must go north on foot and find a woman named Eufrosina who just lost her husband and wants to communicate with him. She needs their help!
Magda has no advice as to how Jacqui will recognize this woman, but gives some crazy directions on how to get there. She tells Jacqui to bring the woman back when she finds her someday.
After Jacqui leaves, Magda and Efrain crack up laughing that she fell for that old trick. Efrain recalls that they tried that one on someone else three years ago, and she hasn't come back yet!
Meanwhile, Sara tries to get severance pay from the TV show. The manager reminds Sara that she doesn't deserve severance because she QUIT. Sara says they made her quit. The manager says Sara signed her resignation. Sara threatens to sue. The manager tells her she'll just waste her time and money.
Ernesto shows up to do his show, and Sara yells at him for not being man enough to keep Lorena from going back to Alonso. He tells her she's got no right to yell at him, and he knows what kind of person she is and he's not going to fall for her game. Lorena's where she wants to be. Furthermore, he doubts that Alonso would go back to Sara if she were the last woman on earth! Who would? She's a liar and a cheat. And then he walks away from her.
Lorena notes that Zulema seems nervous. She thinks it's because of the operation, but Zulema says she thinks Omar is fooling around with someone else because he's being cold and distant. Lore doesn't believe it, but Zulema says their life is boring and tedious after years of routine. Lorena suggests that Zule call him and ask him out on a date.
So Zulema calls the office, and Greta says oh! You just missed him! He's gone out with clients. Zulema cluelessly thanks her. Then Unregretful tells D'ohmar what just happened, and he loves it. He even says she was so hot at the wedding he couldn't take his eyes off of her. Blech. She's ready to start partying.
Jacqui returns to the Divine Light etc. and announces that the spirit guided her right to Eufrosina and she's going to come in tomorrow! Magda and Efrain are practically speechless. Magda says there are two more missions, but they're going to let her take a break first!
Diana puts the baby to bed, and Vasco says he's been waiting for a chance to tell her that he loves her and Saulito. She says she needs to recover from all she's been through with Bruno. He agrees to be patient.
Zulema's getting ready for bed. She's not happy about D'ohmar's "night job." Lorena wants her mother to cut him some slack and he's probably exhausted from working such long hours. Yeah, sure, THAT'S why he's so tired... Zulema agrees she's being unfair, assuming the worse. Lorena's got a date with Alonso. Zulema gets gloomy and says she hopes Lorena isn't left with nothing more than happy memories. Lorena says that when Zule gets her cute old figure back, Daddy will go nuts. (Again, focusing on the presumed cosmetic benefit of the surgery rather than the urgent need to lose weight quickly.)
Lorena and Alonso go someplace and jump up and down to music. Lorena looks for a bathroom and spots Daddy and the skank sucking face in a dark corner.
He tells Greta he feels strange - he hasn't been to a place like this in years. (Gee, if only there had been some woman in his life who would have liked to go places with him.) Greta tells him to relax and enjoy their night.
Alonso is still bouncing alone to the music when Lore comes back, crying, and wants to leave. He assumes that she saw Ernesto. As usual, instead of just explaining "I saw my dad kissing a some creepy girl" she acts all mysterious and insists that he take her home.
Betina unwraps her ankle. It looks pretty good, considering. She gets off the bed and very carefully practices her dance moves.
Finally, when Lore gets home, she tells Alonso what she saw. She cannot understand why her father would do this.
Ivan gets home and says Betina's not going to dance at the contest tomorrow, but she's still going to be there to support him. Ern supposes her family (meaning Alonso) will be there too. Ivan says he'll understand if Ern doesn't want to go. Ern says they're all going to be there for him.
Alonso says there's no excuse for what he did, but she should still listen and try to understand. She's angry. She's not sure how she's not going to yell at him, but she agrees to listen. He's sorry he can't help. She says his support helps more than he knows. She gets out of the car.
Beti calls Alonso and asks him to take her to the dance contest tomorrow. She wants to be there even if she can't compete. He's not sure it's a good idea, but he agrees to do it.
D'ohmar is surprised to find Lorena waiting up for him when he comes home. "I've been waiting for you," she says sadly. He says he was out with clients. She tells him to stop lying - she knows he has a lover, she saw them kissing at the disco. She insists that they go somewhere else to talk, because she doesn't even want to discuss this in the house.
Bruno comes home and flings something at Sara that doesn't look big enough to be food, but he says he got it from the cafeteria at the hospital. She says she's not a dog for him to throw food at. He begs to differ.
She complains about the crummy way they're living, and he tells her to get a job. That way they'll be able to rent something better. She wants to get her revenge first. He suggests that she get ready to look for a job soon, then, because the fat lady is having her operation the day after tomorrow.
Omar admits that he's been having a thing with his coworker for a few weeks. He says he loves Zulema, but Lore says that's a strange way to show it! Zulema adores him, he's the love of her life, and she's noticed his distant attitude. "I suppose you went for this woman only because of her appearance, right? Or worse yet, you're in love?" He assures Lorena that it's just a fling and his family is more important. He didn't want to hurt them.
Lorena tells him to do the right thing and break it off. He promises to end it tomorrow morning and never cheat again. They agree they don't want Zulema to be hurt by knowing about this.
Bruno assures Sara that whatever's to go wrong with Zule's operation has already been set up. She tries to reward him with sex, but he rejects her and says she's like a horny tramp (or something like that). She likes the challenge, he protests again, she slaps him, it looks like he's going to hit her, she gets even more excited, and then he says "quit talking, you know how to turn me on!"
It's a big day at the Temple of the Divine Light of Good Fortune; the seance is about to begin. Efrain wants to know what Magda's found out about Eufrosina. Apparently she wasn't very talkative and Magda wasn't able to search her bag, but the woman's husband's name was Aquino. Efrain's not worried; he'll just play it by ear.
Efrain and Magda join Jacqui, Eufrosina, and a few other people at the table. Efrain puts on some theatrics and starts calling to Eufrosina in a growly voice. She's really happy to hear from her husband - so she can ask him where the hell he hid the deed to their house! The spirit of Quino says these worldly things are nothing compared to his love for her.
E: Huh? Our parents arranged the marriage and we hated each other!
Q: Oh, I loved you, you just didn't know it.
E: You hid it really well, with all your lovers. Cut the crap, tell me where those papers are!
Q: I'll tell you, but first you must show me that you don't care about material things.
E: We're going to have tests? Okay, What's your name?
Q: Q... Quino Joaquin.
E: And what was the name of your cat?
Q: ...Bolita?
Eufrosina gets up and smacks Efrain. Her husband's full name was Aquirino and he was allergic to cats. She calls them a bunch of charlatans and storms out. Jacqui is indignant. They made a fool of her! Magda tries to blame evil forces for the seance's failure, but I guess even Jacqui has her limits. She leaves and mutters aloud to herself in the street (again, not a thought-bubbler) that she's now without friends, money, or dignity. "Now what will become of me?
At the hospital, Lore tells Alonso how it went with her father. And now here's Zulema for her final pre-op checkup. (Bruno eavesdrops.) Alonso promises a quick recovery and then she'll feel great!
Omar tells Regreta that Lore saw them. She's relieved to hear that Lore won't tell Zulema, but she sort of misses the point and think it means that they need to be more careful. He's like um, no, we're done. Getting caught opened his eyes. She tries to talk him out of it, "but I loooooove you." He picks his family over her. She says he's selfish and instead of punishing himself, he should know that he's not happy with his wife. He pushes her away and tells her to back down. She gives up and says she was really happy with him.
That evening, Omar tells Lore it's all done. Then Zule comes in, happy that she just ate a big plate of enchiladas for the last time!
Pretend that I don't throw a fit over this because it's a perfect example of how Zulema never even TRIED to control her diet; and you're especially not supposed to eat anything before an operation! The anesthesia can make you barf... Man, they make this surgery sound like it's like getting your ears pierced!
Omar says he's sad that after this operation, he won't be able to call her his little fatty anymore. She says he can call her "momia" (mummy) because she'll be all bandaged up. Alonso shows up and says Zule should be resting up for the surgery. Omar agrees and says it's not as simple as going to the dentist.
Jacqui ends up at the convent, says she's a sinner and she's led an empty life and wants to change. She wants to turn her life around and help people. The nun has mercy on her and lets her in. The convent door closes and that is probably the end of J-girl's story.
Alonso examines Beti's ankle backstage at the dance contest. "I don't know what you did, but it looks much better." He's not sure if she can dance on it or not, but he'll bandage it up tightly and she can try.
Ern shows up with the little kids and has to sit in the same row as Betina's family and Lorena and Alonso. Lore is sad she can't say hi to the kids.
Beti and Ivan dance first. We see more of the audience than we see of the kids, especially Ernesto glowering at Lorena and Alonso. The kids do fine, Beti's foot doesn't fly off, and they get a standing ovation. (Sadly, there's no sign of the Mean Girl gnashing her teeth.) They make the semifinals, but the other couple gives an anemic performance. Beti and Ivan win the trophy and 25,000 pesos ($1,824 at today's exchange rate). Their families run up to congratulate and hug them. Ernesto gives Lore a pained look over Ivan's shoulder. Gina asks who "that man" is. Alonso introduces himself as Betina's uncle.
Paula takes a picture of the whole gang. Lorena is making a miserable face while her two suitors glare at one another behind her.
Next morning, Zulema gets a good-luck call from Julian on his honeymoon and tells him not to worry. Diana gives Zule a blessing. Omar hangs around awkwardly in the background and doesn't say anything.
Now Zulema's on the table. Everyone's in sexy blue Tyvek gowns. Alonso says she's going to breathe in the anesthetic, and by the time she wakes up they'll be all done. They put the mask on her face. "Don't worry! It's going to go great!"
Sara's upset that Bruno's at home instead of at the hospital. He says he did everything yesterday, and all they have to do is wait. He put expired drugs in a fresh package. The expired drugs will cause something like an allergic reaction that will affect multiple crucial functions. She'll go into shock almost immediately. It's the worst thing that can happen to a doctor. Sara is pleased.
Indeed, Zulema's heartbeat is already speeding up and she's having trouble breathing. Alonso cancels the procedure and orders 3 cc's of some other drug.
Mexico airdate: 8 de septiembre
Next time: I'm guessing the other drug doesn't work either, because Zulema flatlines.
Ivan asks Ern how it went last night. Ernesto tells Ivan his intel was bad - Lorena and Alonso are engaged. He admits that he lost her due to his own idiocy, and he can't top what Alonso did for her (the DNA thing). He's going to have to forget her, though he's not sure if he can. His womanizing days are over. It'll be awful hard to fill the hole that Lorena left.
Alonso catches Sara staring at them and asks Lore if she wants to leave. Lore's willing to ignore her. She doesn't want to hide, but she thinks it must really hurt Sara to see them together, because (Lorena says) the only sincere thing she ever did in her life was fall in love with Alonso. He says he'll always regret having anything to do with Sara. (She keeps looking at Sara, which is not the best way to ignore her!)
They kiss again and tuck into their breakfast. Sara comes over and says to them what she said to herself before, "enjoy your 15 minutes of glory because I don't think you'll last that long." She taunts them about all the nights she spent at his side and says that as long as she's alive, they won't be happy.
Lorena follows her out (over Alonso's protests). Their cute conversation, paraphrased:
Sara: You came here to throw your relationship in my face.
Lore: Alonso never stopped loving me, even when he was with you.
Sara: Well, let's see if you can improve on my performance between the sheets! I doubt you can make him quiver* the way I did!" (Actually the dictionary says estremecer="shudder" but that translation struck me as way too funny for this situation...)
Lore: You must be very sad, knowing that the whole time he was kissing you, the man you loved was thinking of me.
Sara: You won't be able to forget what he did to you.
Lore: That's because you don't know how to love. I'm going to marry him, and we'll make up for all the time we wasted thanks to your miserable intrigue. And I'm warning you, you're going to pay for what you did.
Sara: You got to your parents after I did; you're going to be with Alonso after me; you're just leftovers.
Lore: I feel sorry for you. I've got a family, boyfriend, job. You're just going to be bitter and lonely.
Then they trade threats, and Lorena warns that Sara's going to end up in jail.
Lore goes back into the restaurant, and Alonso expresses some more regrets and swears up and down that he loved her then and he still does. Lore says that's Sara's punishment.
Sara walks down the street, once again talking out loud (never heard of thought-bubbling?) that she's losing everything. She can't even pay for a taxi. She has to take the bus. Sweet!
Magda complains that the batteries on their Divine Light of Good Fortune are running low. She and Efrain squabble over which of them does more work. She thinks it's time to get rid of that Jacqueline; maybe have one of the spirits tell her to go on a mission to Patagonia!
Just then, Jacqui comes in beaming; she's still wearing that same pink dress. I would have spilled sooooo much food on that thing by now, but on her it still looks clean and crisp. Magda asks her if she's sure she wants to go on with them, living a life of hardship and sacrifice. J-girl is sure! She will do whatever the Divine Light of asks of her In that case, Magda tells her, she must go north on foot and find a woman named Eufrosina who just lost her husband and wants to communicate with him. She needs their help!
Magda has no advice as to how Jacqui will recognize this woman, but gives some crazy directions on how to get there. She tells Jacqui to bring the woman back when she finds her someday.
After Jacqui leaves, Magda and Efrain crack up laughing that she fell for that old trick. Efrain recalls that they tried that one on someone else three years ago, and she hasn't come back yet!
Meanwhile, Sara tries to get severance pay from the TV show. The manager reminds Sara that she doesn't deserve severance because she QUIT. Sara says they made her quit. The manager says Sara signed her resignation. Sara threatens to sue. The manager tells her she'll just waste her time and money.
Ernesto shows up to do his show, and Sara yells at him for not being man enough to keep Lorena from going back to Alonso. He tells her she's got no right to yell at him, and he knows what kind of person she is and he's not going to fall for her game. Lorena's where she wants to be. Furthermore, he doubts that Alonso would go back to Sara if she were the last woman on earth! Who would? She's a liar and a cheat. And then he walks away from her.
Lorena notes that Zulema seems nervous. She thinks it's because of the operation, but Zulema says she thinks Omar is fooling around with someone else because he's being cold and distant. Lore doesn't believe it, but Zulema says their life is boring and tedious after years of routine. Lorena suggests that Zule call him and ask him out on a date.
So Zulema calls the office, and Greta says oh! You just missed him! He's gone out with clients. Zulema cluelessly thanks her. Then Unregretful tells D'ohmar what just happened, and he loves it. He even says she was so hot at the wedding he couldn't take his eyes off of her. Blech. She's ready to start partying.
Jacqui returns to the Divine Light etc. and announces that the spirit guided her right to Eufrosina and she's going to come in tomorrow! Magda and Efrain are practically speechless. Magda says there are two more missions, but they're going to let her take a break first!
Diana puts the baby to bed, and Vasco says he's been waiting for a chance to tell her that he loves her and Saulito. She says she needs to recover from all she's been through with Bruno. He agrees to be patient.
Zulema's getting ready for bed. She's not happy about D'ohmar's "night job." Lorena wants her mother to cut him some slack and he's probably exhausted from working such long hours. Yeah, sure, THAT'S why he's so tired... Zulema agrees she's being unfair, assuming the worse. Lorena's got a date with Alonso. Zulema gets gloomy and says she hopes Lorena isn't left with nothing more than happy memories. Lorena says that when Zule gets her cute old figure back, Daddy will go nuts. (Again, focusing on the presumed cosmetic benefit of the surgery rather than the urgent need to lose weight quickly.)
Lorena and Alonso go someplace and jump up and down to music. Lorena looks for a bathroom and spots Daddy and the skank sucking face in a dark corner.
He tells Greta he feels strange - he hasn't been to a place like this in years. (Gee, if only there had been some woman in his life who would have liked to go places with him.) Greta tells him to relax and enjoy their night.
Alonso is still bouncing alone to the music when Lore comes back, crying, and wants to leave. He assumes that she saw Ernesto. As usual, instead of just explaining "I saw my dad kissing a some creepy girl" she acts all mysterious and insists that he take her home.
Betina unwraps her ankle. It looks pretty good, considering. She gets off the bed and very carefully practices her dance moves.
Finally, when Lore gets home, she tells Alonso what she saw. She cannot understand why her father would do this.
Ivan gets home and says Betina's not going to dance at the contest tomorrow, but she's still going to be there to support him. Ern supposes her family (meaning Alonso) will be there too. Ivan says he'll understand if Ern doesn't want to go. Ern says they're all going to be there for him.
Alonso says there's no excuse for what he did, but she should still listen and try to understand. She's angry. She's not sure how she's not going to yell at him, but she agrees to listen. He's sorry he can't help. She says his support helps more than he knows. She gets out of the car.
Beti calls Alonso and asks him to take her to the dance contest tomorrow. She wants to be there even if she can't compete. He's not sure it's a good idea, but he agrees to do it.
D'ohmar is surprised to find Lorena waiting up for him when he comes home. "I've been waiting for you," she says sadly. He says he was out with clients. She tells him to stop lying - she knows he has a lover, she saw them kissing at the disco. She insists that they go somewhere else to talk, because she doesn't even want to discuss this in the house.
Bruno comes home and flings something at Sara that doesn't look big enough to be food, but he says he got it from the cafeteria at the hospital. She says she's not a dog for him to throw food at. He begs to differ.
She complains about the crummy way they're living, and he tells her to get a job. That way they'll be able to rent something better. She wants to get her revenge first. He suggests that she get ready to look for a job soon, then, because the fat lady is having her operation the day after tomorrow.
Omar admits that he's been having a thing with his coworker for a few weeks. He says he loves Zulema, but Lore says that's a strange way to show it! Zulema adores him, he's the love of her life, and she's noticed his distant attitude. "I suppose you went for this woman only because of her appearance, right? Or worse yet, you're in love?" He assures Lorena that it's just a fling and his family is more important. He didn't want to hurt them.
Lorena tells him to do the right thing and break it off. He promises to end it tomorrow morning and never cheat again. They agree they don't want Zulema to be hurt by knowing about this.
Bruno assures Sara that whatever's to go wrong with Zule's operation has already been set up. She tries to reward him with sex, but he rejects her and says she's like a horny tramp (or something like that). She likes the challenge, he protests again, she slaps him, it looks like he's going to hit her, she gets even more excited, and then he says "quit talking, you know how to turn me on!"
It's a big day at the Temple of the Divine Light of Good Fortune; the seance is about to begin. Efrain wants to know what Magda's found out about Eufrosina. Apparently she wasn't very talkative and Magda wasn't able to search her bag, but the woman's husband's name was Aquino. Efrain's not worried; he'll just play it by ear.
Efrain and Magda join Jacqui, Eufrosina, and a few other people at the table. Efrain puts on some theatrics and starts calling to Eufrosina in a growly voice. She's really happy to hear from her husband - so she can ask him where the hell he hid the deed to their house! The spirit of Quino says these worldly things are nothing compared to his love for her.
E: Huh? Our parents arranged the marriage and we hated each other!
Q: Oh, I loved you, you just didn't know it.
E: You hid it really well, with all your lovers. Cut the crap, tell me where those papers are!
Q: I'll tell you, but first you must show me that you don't care about material things.
E: We're going to have tests? Okay, What's your name?
Q: Q... Quino Joaquin.
E: And what was the name of your cat?
Q: ...Bolita?
Eufrosina gets up and smacks Efrain. Her husband's full name was Aquirino and he was allergic to cats. She calls them a bunch of charlatans and storms out. Jacqui is indignant. They made a fool of her! Magda tries to blame evil forces for the seance's failure, but I guess even Jacqui has her limits. She leaves and mutters aloud to herself in the street (again, not a thought-bubbler) that she's now without friends, money, or dignity. "Now what will become of me?
At the hospital, Lore tells Alonso how it went with her father. And now here's Zulema for her final pre-op checkup. (Bruno eavesdrops.) Alonso promises a quick recovery and then she'll feel great!
Omar tells Regreta that Lore saw them. She's relieved to hear that Lore won't tell Zulema, but she sort of misses the point and think it means that they need to be more careful. He's like um, no, we're done. Getting caught opened his eyes. She tries to talk him out of it, "but I loooooove you." He picks his family over her. She says he's selfish and instead of punishing himself, he should know that he's not happy with his wife. He pushes her away and tells her to back down. She gives up and says she was really happy with him.
That evening, Omar tells Lore it's all done. Then Zule comes in, happy that she just ate a big plate of enchiladas for the last time!
Pretend that I don't throw a fit over this because it's a perfect example of how Zulema never even TRIED to control her diet; and you're especially not supposed to eat anything before an operation! The anesthesia can make you barf... Man, they make this surgery sound like it's like getting your ears pierced!
Omar says he's sad that after this operation, he won't be able to call her his little fatty anymore. She says he can call her "momia" (mummy) because she'll be all bandaged up. Alonso shows up and says Zule should be resting up for the surgery. Omar agrees and says it's not as simple as going to the dentist.
Jacqui ends up at the convent, says she's a sinner and she's led an empty life and wants to change. She wants to turn her life around and help people. The nun has mercy on her and lets her in. The convent door closes and that is probably the end of J-girl's story.
Alonso examines Beti's ankle backstage at the dance contest. "I don't know what you did, but it looks much better." He's not sure if she can dance on it or not, but he'll bandage it up tightly and she can try.
Ern shows up with the little kids and has to sit in the same row as Betina's family and Lorena and Alonso. Lore is sad she can't say hi to the kids.
Beti and Ivan dance first. We see more of the audience than we see of the kids, especially Ernesto glowering at Lorena and Alonso. The kids do fine, Beti's foot doesn't fly off, and they get a standing ovation. (Sadly, there's no sign of the Mean Girl gnashing her teeth.) They make the semifinals, but the other couple gives an anemic performance. Beti and Ivan win the trophy and 25,000 pesos ($1,824 at today's exchange rate). Their families run up to congratulate and hug them. Ernesto gives Lore a pained look over Ivan's shoulder. Gina asks who "that man" is. Alonso introduces himself as Betina's uncle.
Paula takes a picture of the whole gang. Lorena is making a miserable face while her two suitors glare at one another behind her.
Next morning, Zulema gets a good-luck call from Julian on his honeymoon and tells him not to worry. Diana gives Zule a blessing. Omar hangs around awkwardly in the background and doesn't say anything.
Now Zulema's on the table. Everyone's in sexy blue Tyvek gowns. Alonso says she's going to breathe in the anesthetic, and by the time she wakes up they'll be all done. They put the mask on her face. "Don't worry! It's going to go great!"
Sara's upset that Bruno's at home instead of at the hospital. He says he did everything yesterday, and all they have to do is wait. He put expired drugs in a fresh package. The expired drugs will cause something like an allergic reaction that will affect multiple crucial functions. She'll go into shock almost immediately. It's the worst thing that can happen to a doctor. Sara is pleased.
Indeed, Zulema's heartbeat is already speeding up and she's having trouble breathing. Alonso cancels the procedure and orders 3 cc's of some other drug.
Mexico airdate: 8 de septiembre
Next time: I'm guessing the other drug doesn't work either, because Zulema flatlines.
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Cuidado con el Angel, October 22, 2008
We start with a recap of JM, Stephi and Ceci talking about what happened the night before with MC and the man she claims was in her room.
JM congratulations Ed about the upcoming wedding to his cousin. Ed can't wait to establish a life with her and to start having kids. Stephi walks up to the receptionist asking for JM and comes face to face with Israel and dismisses him with a wave of her hand. Stephi walks in JM's office and sees the invitation for Ed's wedding. She then comments on how the bride must be very happy and so will she when they set the date for their wedding. JM tells her to pick a date.
Padre Anselmo is outside talking to Adrian about the incident last night at the Velares house. At that moment Isa pulls up and tells the Padre as promised she has come to talk to him.
Back in JM's office Stephi is estatic about picking a date and JM then decides to call Israel into his office to talk about the incident that happened the day before between Stephi and him.
Isa walks into Padre Anselmo's office and says that she has come to explain what happened last night. The Padre says that he is listening and will not run her off. (he's p'od about what happened and is sarcastic to her). Isa asks for his forgiveness about her behavior. She goes on to say that Patricio was in a foul mood about MC and her bad behavior which has created tension in the house. She says that MC friends are no longer permitted to visit her even the Padre. She advises the Padre to wait until MC comes to him and not to return to the house.
Mayita is upstairs in the attic with her other abuela. Abuela is telling her a story about a donkey.
JM is talking to Israel and Stephi about the incident and says it is not important? He offers Israel an apology which pisses Stephi. She apologizes to Israel and he apologizes to her. JM says that they must get along as she will be his wife. Stepi asks JM if he has a calender and as he goes to ring his secretary, she insists on retrieving it herself. She walks into reception and gets the calender then informs Israel that the only reason she apologized was for JM and that she does not like him. Israel says I don't like you either. She walks back into JM's office and is going thru the calender and asks if the 26th of next month is good for him. He says perfect and she kisses him. (Is it me or do you find her constantly calling him "mi amor" sickening and her constant affection nauseating)?
We come back from break with Isa coming into the house and Patricio looking for her to tell her that he has set a trap for MC. He then proceeds to tell her what he did and where he set the trap at. Patricio asks Isa to invent a reason for MC to go into his room. She sneaks into his bedroom and removes the money off the dresser and as an after thought takes Ceci's favorite perfume.
Stephi goes to visit Onelia and tells her that they have set the date for the wedding. Rocio and Mayita are taking a stroll in the garden. Stephi tells Mayita that she will be marrying her dad and that she will be her new mommy.
MC is in the kitchen feeding the dog and Isa asks MC to put roses in Ceci's room since she and Stephi have an arrangement and Ceci does not. MC gladly accepts the roses and rushes off. Isa goes to tell Patricio that she has sent MC into his bedroom. The trap has been set. MC walks in the bedroom singing to herself and arranging the roses in the vase when she accidentally knocks over the wallet. As she is picking it up along with some leaves, Patricio walks in and asks her what is she doing? She says you scared me and I was just arranging the roses and he asks why she had his wallet in her hands. MC response is that she knocked it off the dresser by accident and leaves. Patricio picks up his wallet and notices that money is missing.
Stephi tells Isa that the wedding date has been set. As they are walking down the hall they come across Patricio who says that MC stole money from him. Isa convinces him to set another trap just to make sure.
MC goes out to the garden to get more classes from Adrian. He asks MC if she has done what he has asked of her. He comes across JM's name written in the notebook 50 times.
Ceci is in her bedroom looking for her favorite perfume and thinks that she left it in the bathroom. Patricio tells her not to look that basically MC took it along with the money. He calls her a theif. Ceci defends MC saying you cannot accuse someone of theft without proof. He says he caught her. Stephi interupts them and tells them that she has set a wedding date.
Isa and Stephi are talking in the hallway and Isa has another trick to make MC look bad.
Padre and Cande are shucking corn and talking about what happened the night before when Padre went to visit MC.
MC says goodbye to Adrian and JM drives up. MC wants to talk to JM, but JM wants to move his car. MC insists that he leaves it and grabs his hand and they run down the lawn. MC wants to know when JM is going to teach her and he says he would like to, but does not have time. MC says that you will have less time when you marry. Have you picked a date yet? Next month answers JM. "Wow, that's quick. So are you taking me to live with you too?" asks MC.
At Elsa' house we see her sitting with her parents qho are asking her about what she wants to live. She does not care and tells her parents whatever they want. The maid comes in and informs Elsa that Nelson is here to see her.
Isa is in the dining room putting oil around the rim of the centerpiece.
JM says that you want to live with me? That cannot happen. Other things are said, but the important thing is that she is hugging him and he wraps his arms around her and as Stephi and Patricio are walking and talking in the garden they come across this scene. MC asks are you going to take me to your house? JM tells her that they will talk about it another day. Just then Patricio and Stephi walk up to them and JM stands up quickly looking very uncomfortable. MC does not notice and says that she will bring her wedding gift to them and runs to her room.
Ceci is confiding to Isa about what Patricio has said about MC and that he has set another trap. Isa asks where and Ceci tells her. MC runs in and informs them that she is getting the wedding gift for JM and Stephi and will be right back.
Nelson calls Elsa over and asks if she is really marrying Ed.
Rocio and Onelia are talking about Stephi. Rocio does not believe that Mayita is happy about Stephi being her new mommy. Onelia disagrees with her and is only happy that JM is not hooking up with MC. Rocio takes up for MC and Onelia says the only reason you like her is because of her friend (Vicente). Rocio then tells her off.
JM, Stephi and Patricio are talking about who's going to pay for the wedding. MC shows up with her gift. JM says that this is original and Stephi says that it looks expensive. JM leaves with Stephi accompanying him and Ceci says it's time for lunch and she will inform the kitchen staff. Isa says no, let MC do it. Then proceeds to accompany her. Isa tells MC to get the centerpiece off the dining table and as she picks it up, it slides out of her hands and falls to the floor. Ceci is upset and Paticio says if MC knows how expensive that centerpiece was. MC says that she will pay for it. Patricio asks with what money. The money that you stole?
Tomorrow: Another fight!!!
JM congratulations Ed about the upcoming wedding to his cousin. Ed can't wait to establish a life with her and to start having kids. Stephi walks up to the receptionist asking for JM and comes face to face with Israel and dismisses him with a wave of her hand. Stephi walks in JM's office and sees the invitation for Ed's wedding. She then comments on how the bride must be very happy and so will she when they set the date for their wedding. JM tells her to pick a date.
Padre Anselmo is outside talking to Adrian about the incident last night at the Velares house. At that moment Isa pulls up and tells the Padre as promised she has come to talk to him.
Back in JM's office Stephi is estatic about picking a date and JM then decides to call Israel into his office to talk about the incident that happened the day before between Stephi and him.
Isa walks into Padre Anselmo's office and says that she has come to explain what happened last night. The Padre says that he is listening and will not run her off. (he's p'od about what happened and is sarcastic to her). Isa asks for his forgiveness about her behavior. She goes on to say that Patricio was in a foul mood about MC and her bad behavior which has created tension in the house. She says that MC friends are no longer permitted to visit her even the Padre. She advises the Padre to wait until MC comes to him and not to return to the house.
Mayita is upstairs in the attic with her other abuela. Abuela is telling her a story about a donkey.
JM is talking to Israel and Stephi about the incident and says it is not important? He offers Israel an apology which pisses Stephi. She apologizes to Israel and he apologizes to her. JM says that they must get along as she will be his wife. Stepi asks JM if he has a calender and as he goes to ring his secretary, she insists on retrieving it herself. She walks into reception and gets the calender then informs Israel that the only reason she apologized was for JM and that she does not like him. Israel says I don't like you either. She walks back into JM's office and is going thru the calender and asks if the 26th of next month is good for him. He says perfect and she kisses him. (Is it me or do you find her constantly calling him "mi amor" sickening and her constant affection nauseating)?
We come back from break with Isa coming into the house and Patricio looking for her to tell her that he has set a trap for MC. He then proceeds to tell her what he did and where he set the trap at. Patricio asks Isa to invent a reason for MC to go into his room. She sneaks into his bedroom and removes the money off the dresser and as an after thought takes Ceci's favorite perfume.
Stephi goes to visit Onelia and tells her that they have set the date for the wedding. Rocio and Mayita are taking a stroll in the garden. Stephi tells Mayita that she will be marrying her dad and that she will be her new mommy.
MC is in the kitchen feeding the dog and Isa asks MC to put roses in Ceci's room since she and Stephi have an arrangement and Ceci does not. MC gladly accepts the roses and rushes off. Isa goes to tell Patricio that she has sent MC into his bedroom. The trap has been set. MC walks in the bedroom singing to herself and arranging the roses in the vase when she accidentally knocks over the wallet. As she is picking it up along with some leaves, Patricio walks in and asks her what is she doing? She says you scared me and I was just arranging the roses and he asks why she had his wallet in her hands. MC response is that she knocked it off the dresser by accident and leaves. Patricio picks up his wallet and notices that money is missing.
Stephi tells Isa that the wedding date has been set. As they are walking down the hall they come across Patricio who says that MC stole money from him. Isa convinces him to set another trap just to make sure.
MC goes out to the garden to get more classes from Adrian. He asks MC if she has done what he has asked of her. He comes across JM's name written in the notebook 50 times.
Ceci is in her bedroom looking for her favorite perfume and thinks that she left it in the bathroom. Patricio tells her not to look that basically MC took it along with the money. He calls her a theif. Ceci defends MC saying you cannot accuse someone of theft without proof. He says he caught her. Stephi interupts them and tells them that she has set a wedding date.
Isa and Stephi are talking in the hallway and Isa has another trick to make MC look bad.
Padre and Cande are shucking corn and talking about what happened the night before when Padre went to visit MC.
MC says goodbye to Adrian and JM drives up. MC wants to talk to JM, but JM wants to move his car. MC insists that he leaves it and grabs his hand and they run down the lawn. MC wants to know when JM is going to teach her and he says he would like to, but does not have time. MC says that you will have less time when you marry. Have you picked a date yet? Next month answers JM. "Wow, that's quick. So are you taking me to live with you too?" asks MC.
At Elsa' house we see her sitting with her parents qho are asking her about what she wants to live. She does not care and tells her parents whatever they want. The maid comes in and informs Elsa that Nelson is here to see her.
Isa is in the dining room putting oil around the rim of the centerpiece.
JM says that you want to live with me? That cannot happen. Other things are said, but the important thing is that she is hugging him and he wraps his arms around her and as Stephi and Patricio are walking and talking in the garden they come across this scene. MC asks are you going to take me to your house? JM tells her that they will talk about it another day. Just then Patricio and Stephi walk up to them and JM stands up quickly looking very uncomfortable. MC does not notice and says that she will bring her wedding gift to them and runs to her room.
Ceci is confiding to Isa about what Patricio has said about MC and that he has set another trap. Isa asks where and Ceci tells her. MC runs in and informs them that she is getting the wedding gift for JM and Stephi and will be right back.
Nelson calls Elsa over and asks if she is really marrying Ed.
Rocio and Onelia are talking about Stephi. Rocio does not believe that Mayita is happy about Stephi being her new mommy. Onelia disagrees with her and is only happy that JM is not hooking up with MC. Rocio takes up for MC and Onelia says the only reason you like her is because of her friend (Vicente). Rocio then tells her off.
JM, Stephi and Patricio are talking about who's going to pay for the wedding. MC shows up with her gift. JM says that this is original and Stephi says that it looks expensive. JM leaves with Stephi accompanying him and Ceci says it's time for lunch and she will inform the kitchen staff. Isa says no, let MC do it. Then proceeds to accompany her. Isa tells MC to get the centerpiece off the dining table and as she picks it up, it slides out of her hands and falls to the floor. Ceci is upset and Paticio says if MC knows how expensive that centerpiece was. MC says that she will pay for it. Patricio asks with what money. The money that you stole?
Tomorrow: Another fight!!!
Labels: Cuidado
Fuego, Wed., Oct. 22: It just goes to show you that losing your mind can be healthy, remedial, and productive.
Buenas noches a todos.
It’s been two weeks since I’ve watched this god-forsaken show, and I’m just not the same; I almost completely regained my sanity.
It does my heart good to see little Sofia moseying around town with her “Se Busca” fliers. I won’t even comment on how they were produced in a town with no ink cartridges. To her demise, nobody’s seen the guy. I think I saw some people grin when they found out Juan was missing. Then the one old guy breaks it to her softly: Sofia—Juan’s been gone for what seems like weeks (though it’s difficult to say because nobody around here has grasped the concept of time) and he’s not comin’ back. I swear to the Virgin, nobody’s seen your daughter or Juan. What does Sofia do? She crouches down in agony and constipation and clinches her teeth: (to the Virgin) you’re a mother, so help me find my daughter. We’ve seen this so many times I should write it down, produce it en mase, and distribute “Sofia’s Prayer” to all my Catholic friends and neighbors.
Oh my God. I can seriously say (not without a smile, though) that I never expected our little Juan to become a health-care seminar leader and motivational speaker. I’m telling you; it was the water and the tight jeans that really characterized the former Juan. Think “Rocky” locker-room pep-talk meets Dr. Phil: We must maintain our health and listen to every word the lady doctor says. But the witch doctor says she’s evil. Screw him! says Juan—he couldn’t even cure that one girl. Not true; it’s the girl doctor’s fault. Nope. Juan is one of us, he respects our tribal customs, says a man who is definitely not an indigenous person. Yeah right says Witch Doctor. Well, you know the laws of the tribe; now you must fight. If you don’t accept, you’ll have to leave and never come back (doesn’t give the guy much of an option). Gee, I think I played a similar game when I was eight years old, and even then I thought it was stupid. Just goes to show you that living in huts in the middle of forests was and continues to be detrimental to modern humanity.
Speaking of adolescent games, it’s tea time at Gramps’s tree house and Sofia explains that Fernie has become even more ambitious, if that’s possible, since he has become Gabi’s sole heir. I’m really worried about Mom, says Sofia. Since when does she give a rat’s patooty about her mother? Then she tells Gramps that Damian has been like an angel sent from Heaven above. Who’s Damian Ferrer? Oh, look, there he is now! I had so much respect for him until he saluted Gramps. I’m telling you, it’s the water. Anyway, he tells Gramps that he raises horses, always tells the truth, and is in love with Sofia. Puh-lease, that’s like the oldest line in the book. But, you know Gramps, who pretty much wrote that book. Naturally, Gramps is impressed, Sofia’s embarrassed, and Damian’s relieved. Do you know the story of Sofia? Please don’t tell it—we hear about it every night. Gramps relates that Sofia WAS in love with Juan Reyes. Thank God, Damian stops him, and says he, like us, knows all about it.
Ding, ding, ding. And in this corner, weighing in at 275 lbs. (all bark and no bite, oh, wait, that’s the dog show) Juan R-r-r-reyes! You have to win Juan; my dying daughter depends on it. No pressure, no pressure. And in the other corner, weighing in at 150 lbs. (he’s got a bandana, and no shirt—what else can I say? He just looks tough) The Wi-wi-wi-witch Doctor! Of course, tribal law dictates that we can’t start until the master of ceremonies flings some smelly stuff onto the dirt fighting grounds. Juan, tapping into his machismo side, takes off his shirt as well, but you never turn your back to the storm! Just then, WD attacks like a ragging little bull, jumps on Juan’s back, and goes for the eyes—just like in tae-kwon-do classes. They both fall back, but WD gets up and kicks Juan where it counts a few times. Juan tries to get up, but he can’t see! WD punches him some more, and then raises his arms in victory. It’s all over folks! But wait, there’s a bucket of water, which replenishes Juan’s thirst and heals his blindness. Now the triumphant music plays and Juan punches WD square in the face. He picks him up and defiantly delivers him to two bystanders. As the WD stands there, Juan declares his defeat and tells them that everyone has to be vaccinated. All told, the WD put up a better fight and delivered more blows, but you know me, the eternal cynic. Now the mayoral figure will symbolically lead the effort by vaccinating himself first. Woohoo for making strides toward civilization.
Fernie is basically ripping all the ranch workers new asses. Why did you let them go, they were at the point of provoking a tragedy. They claim that they acted in the best interest of the girls. I really have no clue what they’re talking about. To say that Fernie is berserk is an understatement, so just imagine his fury when he tells his workers to get water to his ranch come Hell or high water. You gotta love the pathetic extra who smirks when Fernie has his tantrums.
So, is it any surprise that Gramps loves Damian? However, he tells the kid close, but no cigar; he’s too late and won’t be able to conquer Sofia’s heart. Gramps, you know that I only think about my daughter, says Sofia. Not to worry, I’m not a man who gives up easily, says Damian. It’s moments like these that make me want to rewrite and therefore revolutionize Mexican telenovelas. Gramps insists that he get to know Damian, because y’all know what happened when they didn’t get to know Fernie the last time love was in the air. Well, that was sort of the point…
Things are going smashingly well with the vaccinations. This scene evokes so many questions: with what is she injecting them, are the needles sterile, how did she obtain the vaccinations, who paid for them, etc., etc.
Why does this Nestor Miranda character always play the doctor in everything? It’s as old as, well, this telenovela. Anyway, Gabi is sure to remind him that Sofia is a false, conniving, calculating bitch who tries to get everyone on her side. This reminds me of someone else we know. But the doctor doesn’t buy it and tells her that she’s wrong, and Sofia really cares for her mother, so take that. No! She deceived you, just like everyone else. Nestor gives Gabi a little sermon about loving her children, and you know the story by heart, inside out, and upside down.
Oh, God, don’t tell me that Jimena is pulling a Hugo (ADCLS). Granted, I’ve missed a lot, but that’s just low even for her. Anyway, she was up and about one second, and then she uses her “illness” as a pretext to manipulate poor Eva’s fragile, fragile feelings. Bitch. As Eva is street walking down Memory Lane Jimena cries and jerks her head some; nobody in a coma moves that much, nobody. Now that she’s blown her cover she hugs Eva and apologizes; I have no earthly idea why. Why is it that every time I watch this damn show Eva, Jimena, and Sarita are ALWAYS crying, hugging, and asking each other for forgiveness?
So it’s obvious that you’re cultured, you’ve traveled the world, you’re smart, handsome, and well-behaved says Gramps to Damian (who reminds me of myself). Then the question we all ask ourselves: why the hell did you come to live here? The answer: he lost his wife and kids, and it’s been nearly impossible to start over again. I’ve never lost my wife and kids (nor do I have any), but if I did, I probably wouldn’t move to remote regions of Mexico in order to start anew.
Gabi hassles Nestor (that’s not his name, but a rose by any other name smells as sweet) about playing into the hands of Sofia. Well, ma’am, in my long, successful career as a cardiologist, I’ve seen cases where people think they have heart conditions, when really they have problems with their souls. But this doesn’t move Gabi, and she sure as hell doesn’t need his services. One last diagnose: you’re selfish, and manipulative, but if you ever want to change, look me up. He’s full of clichés, isn’t he? I swear I’ll never look you up, even if I’m dying. Sofia Sofia! You always turn people against me; damn you!
Sofia’s and Damian’s leisure walk is interrupted by Pablito, who tells Sofia that Capricho has gone missing again—can no one get the damn horse a leash?—and he probably went looking for Juan. There’s a better chance that Capricho falls down the well and Juan finds him, than Capricho finding Juan.
You know, I’ve always loved and admired Juan for his ethereal ability to bounce back and roll with the punches. Sure he was blinded, kicked around, and beat-up, but you’d never know it. Maybe it’s that vaccine, which leads me to another question… Oh boy, so Juan tells his assistant, who for all we know could be a doctor too, that all he could think about was the one guy’s “niña.” Juan then asks himself why he feels connected to her; who is she? Well, I’ll say this much; her name is “mi niña” and your script writers made it a special point to question her existence.
So Sofia has it in her pretty little head that Capricho is missing because Juan came back for him, and Franco and Oscar are complicit in Juan’s crime of stealing his own daughter. I’m gonna say this: it’s traumatizing enough to lose your baby fresh out of the womb, so why the hell aren’t local authorities, for lack of a better term, doing all they can to find the baby? Hell, when a local police officer kidnapped (and later killed) a pregnant mother of 8 months in my suburban community, every relief organization and representatives from the FBI were looking for the kid until they found her. I guess reality just doesn’t sell—it’s not sexy.
So Capricho is trying to take Juan home, but Juan has no clue what’s going on, and pulls the horse by its snout in the opposite direction. It’s odd that when the horse wants something he has no problem articulating his desires, but when Juan wants something, the horse is as stupid as a horse.
Damian tells Sofia that he really admires her, and will stand by her side for the long haul. It’s painfully obvious that he’s been watching too many telenovelas.
Now Pablito is Juanito, that is, he’s the head baker, and wants to bake Sofia something that will never let her forget about Juan. Isn’t it funny that in his old life, Juan didn’t give two shits about hygiene in the kitchen, but now he wants to vaccinate everyone. Just goes to show you that losing your mind, literally, can be healthy and productive.
Comment: the extras/indigenous tribe people are laughably pathetic. Remember that Juan can’t do anything without brute force, so how the hell are these people not fazed whatsoever by the injections? I’m just saying, if you’re gonna show close-ups on their faces, they should at conceal their smiling countenances.
So apparently the doctorcita is sick with whatever everyone else had, and she really needs the injection. If you were the doctor giving everyone the injections, and you knew there was a plague going around, wouldn’t you give yourself the injection before you reached the brink of death? Well, the point is, she didn’t, and the one guy comes in for revenge and a quickie, and then throws all her medications on the floor. They were still in their boxes, so that doesn’t mean you can’t still save yourself honey. Whatever…
Gramps catches Fernie stealing, yet again, and Fernie denies it. He must be a very confused individual because his interior monologue tells him that he is stealing, but he tells everyone on the outside that he’s not stealing.
So Gabi is sitting in front of a mirror and hyperventilating. She flashes back to her times in the graveyard/pit when she couldn’t get out. She wants to thank the person who came up to her and told her it would be okay. Whatever it takes to heal…
Then, Gramps accuses Fernie of setting up the burry-Gabi-alive ordeal, and tells Gabi that Fernie arranged it all better than Napoleon or Alexander the Great could have done. Like I said, I missed two weeks, so I assume this is why she was “ill.” Of course, Gabi doesn’t believe a word and apologizes to Fernie. But then again, she wants to talk to Fernie seriously. That will never happen…
How cute, Pablito made Sofia a little “S” cookie. Sofia immediately thinks it was Juan, and holds the cookie as if it were Juan’s own heart. Then she takes a sensual bite and remembers their first kiss, their first sexual experiences, and we’ll save the rest for cable. I wish my cookies would evoke such passion. “Juan’s back!” Not quite, honey…
Tomorrow: Damian tells Franco and Oscar that he isn’t there to create hate and animosity, and furthermore, he is prepared to marry Sofia. Well, they’re not too happy about Damian moving in on their brother’s gal, so they resent Damian. Hot diggity, doesn’t this description get you hot and bothered and jazzed for another episode?
It’s been two weeks since I’ve watched this god-forsaken show, and I’m just not the same; I almost completely regained my sanity.
It does my heart good to see little Sofia moseying around town with her “Se Busca” fliers. I won’t even comment on how they were produced in a town with no ink cartridges. To her demise, nobody’s seen the guy. I think I saw some people grin when they found out Juan was missing. Then the one old guy breaks it to her softly: Sofia—Juan’s been gone for what seems like weeks (though it’s difficult to say because nobody around here has grasped the concept of time) and he’s not comin’ back. I swear to the Virgin, nobody’s seen your daughter or Juan. What does Sofia do? She crouches down in agony and constipation and clinches her teeth: (to the Virgin) you’re a mother, so help me find my daughter. We’ve seen this so many times I should write it down, produce it en mase, and distribute “Sofia’s Prayer” to all my Catholic friends and neighbors.
Oh my God. I can seriously say (not without a smile, though) that I never expected our little Juan to become a health-care seminar leader and motivational speaker. I’m telling you; it was the water and the tight jeans that really characterized the former Juan. Think “Rocky” locker-room pep-talk meets Dr. Phil: We must maintain our health and listen to every word the lady doctor says. But the witch doctor says she’s evil. Screw him! says Juan—he couldn’t even cure that one girl. Not true; it’s the girl doctor’s fault. Nope. Juan is one of us, he respects our tribal customs, says a man who is definitely not an indigenous person. Yeah right says Witch Doctor. Well, you know the laws of the tribe; now you must fight. If you don’t accept, you’ll have to leave and never come back (doesn’t give the guy much of an option). Gee, I think I played a similar game when I was eight years old, and even then I thought it was stupid. Just goes to show you that living in huts in the middle of forests was and continues to be detrimental to modern humanity.
Speaking of adolescent games, it’s tea time at Gramps’s tree house and Sofia explains that Fernie has become even more ambitious, if that’s possible, since he has become Gabi’s sole heir. I’m really worried about Mom, says Sofia. Since when does she give a rat’s patooty about her mother? Then she tells Gramps that Damian has been like an angel sent from Heaven above. Who’s Damian Ferrer? Oh, look, there he is now! I had so much respect for him until he saluted Gramps. I’m telling you, it’s the water. Anyway, he tells Gramps that he raises horses, always tells the truth, and is in love with Sofia. Puh-lease, that’s like the oldest line in the book. But, you know Gramps, who pretty much wrote that book. Naturally, Gramps is impressed, Sofia’s embarrassed, and Damian’s relieved. Do you know the story of Sofia? Please don’t tell it—we hear about it every night. Gramps relates that Sofia WAS in love with Juan Reyes. Thank God, Damian stops him, and says he, like us, knows all about it.
Ding, ding, ding. And in this corner, weighing in at 275 lbs. (all bark and no bite, oh, wait, that’s the dog show) Juan R-r-r-reyes! You have to win Juan; my dying daughter depends on it. No pressure, no pressure. And in the other corner, weighing in at 150 lbs. (he’s got a bandana, and no shirt—what else can I say? He just looks tough) The Wi-wi-wi-witch Doctor! Of course, tribal law dictates that we can’t start until the master of ceremonies flings some smelly stuff onto the dirt fighting grounds. Juan, tapping into his machismo side, takes off his shirt as well, but you never turn your back to the storm! Just then, WD attacks like a ragging little bull, jumps on Juan’s back, and goes for the eyes—just like in tae-kwon-do classes. They both fall back, but WD gets up and kicks Juan where it counts a few times. Juan tries to get up, but he can’t see! WD punches him some more, and then raises his arms in victory. It’s all over folks! But wait, there’s a bucket of water, which replenishes Juan’s thirst and heals his blindness. Now the triumphant music plays and Juan punches WD square in the face. He picks him up and defiantly delivers him to two bystanders. As the WD stands there, Juan declares his defeat and tells them that everyone has to be vaccinated. All told, the WD put up a better fight and delivered more blows, but you know me, the eternal cynic. Now the mayoral figure will symbolically lead the effort by vaccinating himself first. Woohoo for making strides toward civilization.
Fernie is basically ripping all the ranch workers new asses. Why did you let them go, they were at the point of provoking a tragedy. They claim that they acted in the best interest of the girls. I really have no clue what they’re talking about. To say that Fernie is berserk is an understatement, so just imagine his fury when he tells his workers to get water to his ranch come Hell or high water. You gotta love the pathetic extra who smirks when Fernie has his tantrums.
So, is it any surprise that Gramps loves Damian? However, he tells the kid close, but no cigar; he’s too late and won’t be able to conquer Sofia’s heart. Gramps, you know that I only think about my daughter, says Sofia. Not to worry, I’m not a man who gives up easily, says Damian. It’s moments like these that make me want to rewrite and therefore revolutionize Mexican telenovelas. Gramps insists that he get to know Damian, because y’all know what happened when they didn’t get to know Fernie the last time love was in the air. Well, that was sort of the point…
Things are going smashingly well with the vaccinations. This scene evokes so many questions: with what is she injecting them, are the needles sterile, how did she obtain the vaccinations, who paid for them, etc., etc.
Why does this Nestor Miranda character always play the doctor in everything? It’s as old as, well, this telenovela. Anyway, Gabi is sure to remind him that Sofia is a false, conniving, calculating bitch who tries to get everyone on her side. This reminds me of someone else we know. But the doctor doesn’t buy it and tells her that she’s wrong, and Sofia really cares for her mother, so take that. No! She deceived you, just like everyone else. Nestor gives Gabi a little sermon about loving her children, and you know the story by heart, inside out, and upside down.
Oh, God, don’t tell me that Jimena is pulling a Hugo (ADCLS). Granted, I’ve missed a lot, but that’s just low even for her. Anyway, she was up and about one second, and then she uses her “illness” as a pretext to manipulate poor Eva’s fragile, fragile feelings. Bitch. As Eva is street walking down Memory Lane Jimena cries and jerks her head some; nobody in a coma moves that much, nobody. Now that she’s blown her cover she hugs Eva and apologizes; I have no earthly idea why. Why is it that every time I watch this damn show Eva, Jimena, and Sarita are ALWAYS crying, hugging, and asking each other for forgiveness?
So it’s obvious that you’re cultured, you’ve traveled the world, you’re smart, handsome, and well-behaved says Gramps to Damian (who reminds me of myself). Then the question we all ask ourselves: why the hell did you come to live here? The answer: he lost his wife and kids, and it’s been nearly impossible to start over again. I’ve never lost my wife and kids (nor do I have any), but if I did, I probably wouldn’t move to remote regions of Mexico in order to start anew.
Gabi hassles Nestor (that’s not his name, but a rose by any other name smells as sweet) about playing into the hands of Sofia. Well, ma’am, in my long, successful career as a cardiologist, I’ve seen cases where people think they have heart conditions, when really they have problems with their souls. But this doesn’t move Gabi, and she sure as hell doesn’t need his services. One last diagnose: you’re selfish, and manipulative, but if you ever want to change, look me up. He’s full of clichés, isn’t he? I swear I’ll never look you up, even if I’m dying. Sofia Sofia! You always turn people against me; damn you!
Sofia’s and Damian’s leisure walk is interrupted by Pablito, who tells Sofia that Capricho has gone missing again—can no one get the damn horse a leash?—and he probably went looking for Juan. There’s a better chance that Capricho falls down the well and Juan finds him, than Capricho finding Juan.
You know, I’ve always loved and admired Juan for his ethereal ability to bounce back and roll with the punches. Sure he was blinded, kicked around, and beat-up, but you’d never know it. Maybe it’s that vaccine, which leads me to another question… Oh boy, so Juan tells his assistant, who for all we know could be a doctor too, that all he could think about was the one guy’s “niña.” Juan then asks himself why he feels connected to her; who is she? Well, I’ll say this much; her name is “mi niña” and your script writers made it a special point to question her existence.
So Sofia has it in her pretty little head that Capricho is missing because Juan came back for him, and Franco and Oscar are complicit in Juan’s crime of stealing his own daughter. I’m gonna say this: it’s traumatizing enough to lose your baby fresh out of the womb, so why the hell aren’t local authorities, for lack of a better term, doing all they can to find the baby? Hell, when a local police officer kidnapped (and later killed) a pregnant mother of 8 months in my suburban community, every relief organization and representatives from the FBI were looking for the kid until they found her. I guess reality just doesn’t sell—it’s not sexy.
So Capricho is trying to take Juan home, but Juan has no clue what’s going on, and pulls the horse by its snout in the opposite direction. It’s odd that when the horse wants something he has no problem articulating his desires, but when Juan wants something, the horse is as stupid as a horse.
Damian tells Sofia that he really admires her, and will stand by her side for the long haul. It’s painfully obvious that he’s been watching too many telenovelas.
Now Pablito is Juanito, that is, he’s the head baker, and wants to bake Sofia something that will never let her forget about Juan. Isn’t it funny that in his old life, Juan didn’t give two shits about hygiene in the kitchen, but now he wants to vaccinate everyone. Just goes to show you that losing your mind, literally, can be healthy and productive.
Comment: the extras/indigenous tribe people are laughably pathetic. Remember that Juan can’t do anything without brute force, so how the hell are these people not fazed whatsoever by the injections? I’m just saying, if you’re gonna show close-ups on their faces, they should at conceal their smiling countenances.
So apparently the doctorcita is sick with whatever everyone else had, and she really needs the injection. If you were the doctor giving everyone the injections, and you knew there was a plague going around, wouldn’t you give yourself the injection before you reached the brink of death? Well, the point is, she didn’t, and the one guy comes in for revenge and a quickie, and then throws all her medications on the floor. They were still in their boxes, so that doesn’t mean you can’t still save yourself honey. Whatever…
Gramps catches Fernie stealing, yet again, and Fernie denies it. He must be a very confused individual because his interior monologue tells him that he is stealing, but he tells everyone on the outside that he’s not stealing.
So Gabi is sitting in front of a mirror and hyperventilating. She flashes back to her times in the graveyard/pit when she couldn’t get out. She wants to thank the person who came up to her and told her it would be okay. Whatever it takes to heal…
Then, Gramps accuses Fernie of setting up the burry-Gabi-alive ordeal, and tells Gabi that Fernie arranged it all better than Napoleon or Alexander the Great could have done. Like I said, I missed two weeks, so I assume this is why she was “ill.” Of course, Gabi doesn’t believe a word and apologizes to Fernie. But then again, she wants to talk to Fernie seriously. That will never happen…
How cute, Pablito made Sofia a little “S” cookie. Sofia immediately thinks it was Juan, and holds the cookie as if it were Juan’s own heart. Then she takes a sensual bite and remembers their first kiss, their first sexual experiences, and we’ll save the rest for cable. I wish my cookies would evoke such passion. “Juan’s back!” Not quite, honey…
Tomorrow: Damian tells Franco and Oscar that he isn’t there to create hate and animosity, and furthermore, he is prepared to marry Sofia. Well, they’re not too happy about Damian moving in on their brother’s gal, so they resent Damian. Hot diggity, doesn’t this description get you hot and bothered and jazzed for another episode?
Labels: Fuego
El Cuerpo del Deseo, Tues, & Wed., Oct. 21 & 22 - Isabel & Andrés get married and no one is happy
PJ/S runs into Valeria returning from her humiliating meeting with Andrés. Like everyone except Isabel and Andrés, she says that he reminds her of PJ. When PJ/S asks if she was fond of PJ, Valeria says that she loved him secretly. PJ/S is moved and sheds a tear at this. He tells Valeria that in memory of PJ, she has to demand the respect owed to her and not run away. He says that the next time he looks into her eyes, he wants to see the real Valeria.
Something bad must be going to happen at the beach house because people keep wanting PJ/S to assure them that he will come back from there. Here is it Gaetana. Later, Ángela says that she has feeling that PJ/S won't come back.
The happy bride appears.
PJ/S's reaction.
At the altar
The bride is having flashbacks to the sex in the rain with PJ/S during the service.
The happy couple (and their chauffeur) after the wedding.
You only need PJ/S to give you advice and you change your life around completely. Valeria comes down the stairs as a perfectly made up and beautiful woman full of self confidence. Everyone is impactada.
PJ/S has a spiffy new uniform for the beach house. Rebeca comes to tell him how unfair it is that Isabel is taking him away from her and that she can't live without him.
Walter can't resist stealing a wallet from a guest at the wedding.
When Andrés can't get Isabel to change her mind about taking PJ/S on their honeymoon, Andrés says that he will get PJ/S to resign. Andrés confronts PJ/S and tells him to resign or he will throw him out in front of all the guests. "Go ahead and try," says PJ/S.
Here is Soledad from La Traicíon in her black wedding dress.
Something bad must be going to happen at the beach house because people keep wanting PJ/S to assure them that he will come back from there. Here is it Gaetana. Later, Ángela says that she has feeling that PJ/S won't come back.
The happy bride appears.
PJ/S's reaction.
At the altar
The bride is having flashbacks to the sex in the rain with PJ/S during the service.
The happy couple (and their chauffeur) after the wedding.
You only need PJ/S to give you advice and you change your life around completely. Valeria comes down the stairs as a perfectly made up and beautiful woman full of self confidence. Everyone is impactada.
PJ/S has a spiffy new uniform for the beach house. Rebeca comes to tell him how unfair it is that Isabel is taking him away from her and that she can't live without him.
Walter can't resist stealing a wallet from a guest at the wedding.
When Andrés can't get Isabel to change her mind about taking PJ/S on their honeymoon, Andrés says that he will get PJ/S to resign. Andrés confronts PJ/S and tells him to resign or he will throw him out in front of all the guests. "Go ahead and try," says PJ/S.
Here is Soledad from La Traicíon in her black wedding dress.
Labels: cuerpo
Cuidado Con El Ángel #22, 21 Oct 08 Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
It is a dark night in the DF. Marichuy is nestled all snug in her bed, while visions of sugarplums or quite possibly Juan Miguel, who could be considered a sugarplum, dance in her head. Her door opens and closes, and a dark figure approaches her bed, accompanied by ominous music. Cuate is alarmed and awakens Mari, who screams and dives around and crawls under the bed to avoid the shadowy figure in the hat and cape.
Pat and Ceci are sitting in bed when they hear the screams. Patricio looks annoyed, because you know those orphans, they are always screaming in the night just to make his life difficult. They think she’s just having nightmares again and sit around discussing it calmly for a minute before Ceci finally gets up to go check on Mari. The witches get up, too. By the time they all get there, Mari is hiding under the covers screaming and there is no one else in the room.
Elsa eats a late dinner with my telenovio Eduardo in Benihana or its Mexican equivalent. She thinks JM must be angry at Mari about the party dustup, Ed says no. Elsa doesn’t understand why he’s engaged to Estefanía; she thought he liked Marichuy. Join the chorus, honey. Eduardo says he does, but there is too much class difference between them. He says that totally straight-faced, as though in any universe that would be a reason to marry Stef. Then he mentions sending out their wedding invitations and she looks grim, and the expression intensifies when he reminds her that she won’t be working at the theater anymore after they’re married. Why? Is being married to him such a demanding job that one can’t fit in some theater work? I may have to reconsider.
Ceci tries to comfort Marichuy as they sit in her bed, where she has pulled the sheets off for more to hide under. Mari tells them about the man in the hat, but they think she was dreaming. Stef tries to get Ceci to abandon Mari, but Mari begs her not to leave. Stef and Martirio smirk at each other.
Adrián helps Candelaria with the laundry as he tells her about the classes he’s giving Marichuy. He says she’s smart and eager to learn, but Cande says he must not know her; she’ll lose interest in two days. Adrián thinks she’s wrong.
Martirio and Stef finally leave. In the hall they run into Isa, dressed all in black with a hat and cape. Where’s your broom, witch? Ceci stays with Marichuy until she falls asleep. The three witches cackle hysterically in Stef’s room.
The next day, doctors JM and Ed enter their office, where some secretary lady and Israel, who does apparently work there, give them the day’s info. Seems today is pro bono day.
Marichuy is in the orchard where the apples are always ripe, petting the docile deer, while the birds braid her hair and the mice make her a dress for the ball. The first parts, anyway. The gardener gives her a rose.
Cecilia is in Stef’s room arranging her necklaces on strange ceramic heads when Mari comes in with a basket of roses and a vase, joking like she is selling tamales, which makes Ceci laugh. Mari admires the necklace Ceci is holding (she says “chido”, cool) and Ceci lets her hold it and tells her it’s very valuable. Marichuy says if she had a necklace like that she could sell it and buy lots of things. Oh, it’s the heirloom necklace.
Stef enters the curaloco office where the secretary and Israel are working. Israel asks if she has an appointment, and she says she’s JM’s fiancée. Israel tells her she may wait if she’d like, so she sits and promptly lights a cigarette, then tries to send Israel to fetch her more. He says that’s not his job (he’s not a mandadero, errand boy) and she repeats snottily that she is the FIANCÉE of Dr. Juan Miguel San Roman. He’s still not an errand boy.
Lots of flyover footage of ocean and islands, then some divers haul Viv’s boy-toy-gone-wrong onto the beach. From the bullet holes, they brilliantly deduce that he was murdered.
In Madrid, Viviana wears a swimsuit and hangs out on the balcony drinking wine, with no regrets over the murder and excited to be starting her new life.
Stef berates Israel for not following her orders, he repeats that it’s not his job and besides, she doesn’t even say please, so she says she doesn’t have to say please to him; he works for JM and hasn’t he heard she is the FIANCÉE of Juan Miguel. He calls her out on her bad manners and she leaves, threatening to have him fired. Let’s do hope the good doctor hears all about this.
Stef arrives at home and complains to Ceci about the horrible way that office guy treated her, not quite telling the tale the way it happened. Ceci just tells her to mention it to Juan Miguel, then walks off all buddy-buddy with Marichuy, to Stef’s dismay. In her room, Stef takes out the necklace and remembers Mari’s comment about how expensive it is.
Patricio tells Isabela that some money is missing from his desk. She suggests that maybe Ceci took it, probably knowing very well that she herself took it. Pat goes out to the rose garden where Ceci and Mari are cutting roses, and Ceci tells him of course she didn’t take it. Then it has been stolen!, he says. But who could have taken it? Isa acts distraught, then suggests Marichuy as the culprit. In a shocking twist, Patricio is willing to believe that. Ceci says she would never do something like that, because she sees a difference between taking milk for starving orphans and stealing money for no reason, but Pat and Isa say, once a thief, always a thief. Ceci says no puede ser.
Isa and Stef stir their eyes of newt and wings of bats while cackling over their success in convincing Patricio that Mari stole the money. Isa gloats that he already wants to send her back to jail, but how about a final blow, the necklace? There is no crack of lightning and roll of thunder, but there should have been.
Mari sits by the fountain and calls Rocío, who is exercising by the pool at the castle. They make plans to go out.
Stef appears to be actually thinking for once, as she is ruminating on the fact that Marichuy is the real daughter of Ceci and Pat, and if they find out she’s lied to them all this time she will lose everything, including JM. Isa tells her to just work on getting the wedding happening ASAP, and leave the guacha to her. She tells her, no pierdas la cordura. Cordura means prudence or wisdom.
Mari and Rocío are shopping, apparently buying a wedding gift for the half-blissfully betrothed, and naturally just must stop for a bite at Domino’s Pizza.
JM calls Israel at the office to tell him he can leave early. JM won’t be returning to the office, he’s going to visit his novia. Speaking of which, Israel has something he wants to discuss. JM says they’ll talk in the morning. Israel and the secretary grimace at each other.
JM arrives at the mansion and Ceci says she wants to talk to him about something serious.
Rocío and Mari hear all about the fabulous pizza specials and rave at length about the delicious options. That is quality drama at ITS BEST. Finally they sit down and Rocío says she doesn’t think JM is any too enamored of Stef. Mari says she’s seen them kissing, and Rocío says of course they kiss, but so?
Ceci tells JM about Mari’s nightmares.
Mari tells Rocío about the hat-wearing person in her room in the night, and wonders if it was the same person as before. She says she wants to be able to stop being afraid, and then maybe she could fall in love, like Stef, who seems so happy. Gee, Marichuy, if only you had a curalocos to help you with that.
Ceci suggests that JM could help Mari. Hey, what an idea! She doesn’t know whether the man is real or a dream.
Elsa visits Nelson and he tells her she looks sad. He calls her “hermético” or tight-lipped, impenetrable. She says it’s because she’s neither the classy person her parents and Eduardo think she is, nor the existential hipster Nelson thinks she is. They snuggle on his bed as she dumps him and he looks devastated.
Stef complains to JM about that chavo (from what I have gleaned from internet slang dictionaries, that’s like a greaser dude, think John Travolta in Grease. I don’t see how that applies to our sweet Israel. Anyone?). She says he was rude to her and calls him majadero (stupid, annoying). She thinks he should be fired. She tells him what actually happened and he looks like he is seriously reconsidering marrying this nightmare. He says Israel isn’t an office boy; he is studying medicine.
Isa works more on convincing Pat that Mari is the thief. Pat says he’s sure of it and he will set a trap to catch her.
Stef kisses JM and Mari walks in and is all, ooh, awkward. JM looks busted and Mari says she’s going to go get their wedding gift, but JM says he wants to talk to her. ALONE. Stef is every bit as thrilled about that as you would imagine.
JM and Mari go out to the garden and JM puts his jacket on Marichuy. He asks about her nightmares. She says she’s had them for a long time, and he asks her to tell him exactly what she dreams. She flashes back to the terror in the woods but tells him about the person in her room and says that wasn’t a dream, it was real, she’s sure. He says he can help her.
Nelson drops by Vicente’s loft, where Amador is hanging out as usual. Doesn’t the wolf get lonely, and why is Vicente still putting up with this loser? Nelson is sad because Elsa is getting married at the end of the month, and Amador is as sensitive as he always is and laughs at him. Vicente tries to comfort Nelson and looks annoyed at Amador.
Marichuy tells JM about her bad dream, how a man is chasing her and she tries to flee but can’t, but stops when she gets to where the man grabs her. JM looks very concerned, but repeats that he can help her. She is sobbing, and he looks teary too.
Padre Anselmo goes to visit Marichuy. Isa hustles him back out the front door and lies to him about family problems to get him away from the house.
JM asks Mari about the man in the dream, and she tells him she never saw his face. He asks if there are any men like that in her life. Ummmm, you met him, remember, Juan Miguel? Your fist knows his face quite intimately.
JM goes inside and tells Stef why he’s worried about Marichuy. He assures Ceci that she can be helped.
Marichuy cowers in her bed and cries.
Pat and Ceci are sitting in bed when they hear the screams. Patricio looks annoyed, because you know those orphans, they are always screaming in the night just to make his life difficult. They think she’s just having nightmares again and sit around discussing it calmly for a minute before Ceci finally gets up to go check on Mari. The witches get up, too. By the time they all get there, Mari is hiding under the covers screaming and there is no one else in the room.
Elsa eats a late dinner with my telenovio Eduardo in Benihana or its Mexican equivalent. She thinks JM must be angry at Mari about the party dustup, Ed says no. Elsa doesn’t understand why he’s engaged to Estefanía; she thought he liked Marichuy. Join the chorus, honey. Eduardo says he does, but there is too much class difference between them. He says that totally straight-faced, as though in any universe that would be a reason to marry Stef. Then he mentions sending out their wedding invitations and she looks grim, and the expression intensifies when he reminds her that she won’t be working at the theater anymore after they’re married. Why? Is being married to him such a demanding job that one can’t fit in some theater work? I may have to reconsider.
Ceci tries to comfort Marichuy as they sit in her bed, where she has pulled the sheets off for more to hide under. Mari tells them about the man in the hat, but they think she was dreaming. Stef tries to get Ceci to abandon Mari, but Mari begs her not to leave. Stef and Martirio smirk at each other.
Adrián helps Candelaria with the laundry as he tells her about the classes he’s giving Marichuy. He says she’s smart and eager to learn, but Cande says he must not know her; she’ll lose interest in two days. Adrián thinks she’s wrong.
Martirio and Stef finally leave. In the hall they run into Isa, dressed all in black with a hat and cape. Where’s your broom, witch? Ceci stays with Marichuy until she falls asleep. The three witches cackle hysterically in Stef’s room.
The next day, doctors JM and Ed enter their office, where some secretary lady and Israel, who does apparently work there, give them the day’s info. Seems today is pro bono day.
Marichuy is in the orchard where the apples are always ripe, petting the docile deer, while the birds braid her hair and the mice make her a dress for the ball. The first parts, anyway. The gardener gives her a rose.
Cecilia is in Stef’s room arranging her necklaces on strange ceramic heads when Mari comes in with a basket of roses and a vase, joking like she is selling tamales, which makes Ceci laugh. Mari admires the necklace Ceci is holding (she says “chido”, cool) and Ceci lets her hold it and tells her it’s very valuable. Marichuy says if she had a necklace like that she could sell it and buy lots of things. Oh, it’s the heirloom necklace.
Stef enters the curaloco office where the secretary and Israel are working. Israel asks if she has an appointment, and she says she’s JM’s fiancée. Israel tells her she may wait if she’d like, so she sits and promptly lights a cigarette, then tries to send Israel to fetch her more. He says that’s not his job (he’s not a mandadero, errand boy) and she repeats snottily that she is the FIANCÉE of Dr. Juan Miguel San Roman. He’s still not an errand boy.
Lots of flyover footage of ocean and islands, then some divers haul Viv’s boy-toy-gone-wrong onto the beach. From the bullet holes, they brilliantly deduce that he was murdered.
In Madrid, Viviana wears a swimsuit and hangs out on the balcony drinking wine, with no regrets over the murder and excited to be starting her new life.
Stef berates Israel for not following her orders, he repeats that it’s not his job and besides, she doesn’t even say please, so she says she doesn’t have to say please to him; he works for JM and hasn’t he heard she is the FIANCÉE of Juan Miguel. He calls her out on her bad manners and she leaves, threatening to have him fired. Let’s do hope the good doctor hears all about this.
Stef arrives at home and complains to Ceci about the horrible way that office guy treated her, not quite telling the tale the way it happened. Ceci just tells her to mention it to Juan Miguel, then walks off all buddy-buddy with Marichuy, to Stef’s dismay. In her room, Stef takes out the necklace and remembers Mari’s comment about how expensive it is.
Patricio tells Isabela that some money is missing from his desk. She suggests that maybe Ceci took it, probably knowing very well that she herself took it. Pat goes out to the rose garden where Ceci and Mari are cutting roses, and Ceci tells him of course she didn’t take it. Then it has been stolen!, he says. But who could have taken it? Isa acts distraught, then suggests Marichuy as the culprit. In a shocking twist, Patricio is willing to believe that. Ceci says she would never do something like that, because she sees a difference between taking milk for starving orphans and stealing money for no reason, but Pat and Isa say, once a thief, always a thief. Ceci says no puede ser.
Isa and Stef stir their eyes of newt and wings of bats while cackling over their success in convincing Patricio that Mari stole the money. Isa gloats that he already wants to send her back to jail, but how about a final blow, the necklace? There is no crack of lightning and roll of thunder, but there should have been.
Mari sits by the fountain and calls Rocío, who is exercising by the pool at the castle. They make plans to go out.
Stef appears to be actually thinking for once, as she is ruminating on the fact that Marichuy is the real daughter of Ceci and Pat, and if they find out she’s lied to them all this time she will lose everything, including JM. Isa tells her to just work on getting the wedding happening ASAP, and leave the guacha to her. She tells her, no pierdas la cordura. Cordura means prudence or wisdom.
Mari and Rocío are shopping, apparently buying a wedding gift for the half-blissfully betrothed, and naturally just must stop for a bite at Domino’s Pizza.
JM calls Israel at the office to tell him he can leave early. JM won’t be returning to the office, he’s going to visit his novia. Speaking of which, Israel has something he wants to discuss. JM says they’ll talk in the morning. Israel and the secretary grimace at each other.
JM arrives at the mansion and Ceci says she wants to talk to him about something serious.
Rocío and Mari hear all about the fabulous pizza specials and rave at length about the delicious options. That is quality drama at ITS BEST. Finally they sit down and Rocío says she doesn’t think JM is any too enamored of Stef. Mari says she’s seen them kissing, and Rocío says of course they kiss, but so?
Ceci tells JM about Mari’s nightmares.
Mari tells Rocío about the hat-wearing person in her room in the night, and wonders if it was the same person as before. She says she wants to be able to stop being afraid, and then maybe she could fall in love, like Stef, who seems so happy. Gee, Marichuy, if only you had a curalocos to help you with that.
Ceci suggests that JM could help Mari. Hey, what an idea! She doesn’t know whether the man is real or a dream.
Elsa visits Nelson and he tells her she looks sad. He calls her “hermético” or tight-lipped, impenetrable. She says it’s because she’s neither the classy person her parents and Eduardo think she is, nor the existential hipster Nelson thinks she is. They snuggle on his bed as she dumps him and he looks devastated.
Stef complains to JM about that chavo (from what I have gleaned from internet slang dictionaries, that’s like a greaser dude, think John Travolta in Grease. I don’t see how that applies to our sweet Israel. Anyone?). She says he was rude to her and calls him majadero (stupid, annoying). She thinks he should be fired. She tells him what actually happened and he looks like he is seriously reconsidering marrying this nightmare. He says Israel isn’t an office boy; he is studying medicine.
Isa works more on convincing Pat that Mari is the thief. Pat says he’s sure of it and he will set a trap to catch her.
Stef kisses JM and Mari walks in and is all, ooh, awkward. JM looks busted and Mari says she’s going to go get their wedding gift, but JM says he wants to talk to her. ALONE. Stef is every bit as thrilled about that as you would imagine.
JM and Mari go out to the garden and JM puts his jacket on Marichuy. He asks about her nightmares. She says she’s had them for a long time, and he asks her to tell him exactly what she dreams. She flashes back to the terror in the woods but tells him about the person in her room and says that wasn’t a dream, it was real, she’s sure. He says he can help her.
Nelson drops by Vicente’s loft, where Amador is hanging out as usual. Doesn’t the wolf get lonely, and why is Vicente still putting up with this loser? Nelson is sad because Elsa is getting married at the end of the month, and Amador is as sensitive as he always is and laughs at him. Vicente tries to comfort Nelson and looks annoyed at Amador.
Marichuy tells JM about her bad dream, how a man is chasing her and she tries to flee but can’t, but stops when she gets to where the man grabs her. JM looks very concerned, but repeats that he can help her. She is sobbing, and he looks teary too.
Padre Anselmo goes to visit Marichuy. Isa hustles him back out the front door and lies to him about family problems to get him away from the house.
JM asks Mari about the man in the dream, and she tells him she never saw his face. He asks if there are any men like that in her life. Ummmm, you met him, remember, Juan Miguel? Your fist knows his face quite intimately.
JM goes inside and tells Stef why he’s worried about Marichuy. He assures Ceci that she can be helped.
Marichuy cowers in her bed and cries.
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