Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Llena de Amor #7 Tue 8/17/10 Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.
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Lorenzo and his flavor of the day are in bed in a hotel, working up a sweat with their snoozling. An angry man knocks on the door. ‘Tis the hot-sheets-hoochie’s husband. Horrors!
In the foyer at Malice Manor, Ilitia tells the dramatic tale of her airport hostage excitement. Emanuel boredly asks who the guy was, and she tells him not to worry; she’ll take care of him herself (I just bet she will). Then she says she has gifts for everyone except Marianela, and is somehow surprised that Mari can actually speak, even though they spoke outside. This sets Kristel off yet again, but she quickly redirects herself and tells them all that she and Mauricio have planned a welcome party for Marianela that very night at the club. Mari and Emanuel share a wary look, knowing this can’t be good.
Back at the Inn of Sin, Lorenzo is panicking and Ms. Hoochie is sobbing, worried that the hellbent husband will kill them both. Lorenzo frantically calls Lucas. The husband bursts into the room and sticks a gun in Lorenzo’s shiny face.
Ilitia and Kristel escort Marianela out of the house by the pumpkin stems as she protests that she does not want to go to a party, especially dressed like this. Emanuel and Axel trail behind, arguing that Mari doesn’t have to go if she doesn’t want to. Kristel whines about all the effort she’s put into planning this party; it would be so rude for Mari to waste all that! Axel says Kristel plans parties for any old thing, so it’s no big deal for a person to skip one. Mari says besides, she is still in mourning. Ilitia tells her that’s why she needs to get out and do something fun. Emanuel agrees that might be true. Her mother would want her to be happy. “But in this costume?” He says he’s in costume, too, so it’s all good {but he’s a dashing pirate, whereas she looks ridiculous and can hardly move. Can’t they stop at a store on the way? Of course not}.
Fedra slinks in to see Emiliano in bed and make sure he’s down for the count. He is. “And now, to kill these fancy clothes!” (a matar esas galas…is this sort of a twelve dancing princesses thing?) Anyhoo, she’s heading out to live it up.
Benigno watches from behind a tree as Bernardo gets the car ready and Fedra comes out. He reports to the General on his radio. The General tells himself that ever since Fedra arrived in this house, she has only brought disgrace and shame. His only purpose in life is to make her pay and see her consumed in the fires of hell.
Lorenzo is on his knees, begging the cuckolded husband not to send him to hell with the pistol. Besides, hell is where the guy will go if he shoots, because that is what the prisons are. “Shut up!” says the mad marido. His wife, still in bed, begs him not to do it. She promises this will never happen again! “Of course it won’t happen again, because I will kill you along with this bastard!” He raises a hand and goes toward his wife, and Lorenzo jumps up and tells him, “Do what you want with me, but leave her alone!” He hops into bed next to her, like that will help, and the guy actually shoots. A spot of blood appears through the sheet. Finally the security guy arrives and wrestles the gun away. Lorenzo howls and clutches his…leg? Can’t tell, it’s off-screen.
At Netty’s Pension, Brandon is giving everyone the gifts his has brought from his foreign adventure. He tells Netty that he’ll give Eva’s gift to Marianela instead. A guy named Jairo arrives and wants to take Doris out to a party. Gladiola says no way; she is not going out this late at night. Jairo says they aren’t going to some trashy club. It’s a club of fine upstanding citizens! (I suspect not. I suspect the membership includes Kristel and her skeezy boytoy.) Oliver sides with Gladiola. Doris tells him to stay out of it. She begs to go, because she never gets to go out and have fun. Brandon says he’ll go as a chaperone! Jairo just shakes his head. Oliver says he’ll go, too! What could be safer than two policemen to accompany her?
Fedra is about to get out of the car, but Bernardo thinks she should wait while he makes sure there are no mirones (onlookers). She’s too wound up to wait, and she prances into some club.
Mauricio is in some club with a pink drink in his hand. He tells his buddy he’s bored with the motorcycle he bought two months ago. The friend wants to buy it from him, but he says he doesn’t want money. However, if the friend manages to kiss the piñata who just walked in with Kristel, the bike is his. It’s a deal.
Kristel rushes over and sits on Mauricio’s lap, claiming she’s dying and needs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Axel gags. Marianela has managed to sit down in her giant pumpkin. Ilitia drags Emanuel off to dance, leaving Mari undefended. Mauricio’s friend Alfredo snuggles up as close as he can get (not very close) and asks her if she wants to dance. She doesn’t, but Kristel bullies her into it. Marianela gamely gives it a go. With the moves Alfredo is sliming all over her, she’s probably now glad she’s in a giant pumpkin bubble. Kristel laughs. Emanuel gets concerned.
Over to Fedra’s club, La Mala Noche. An announcer introduces the surprise they’ve all been waiting for! And of course it is Fedra, in a skimpy wench outfit and mask. She slinks and slithers around the stage, brandishing a whip, writhing and wiggling. The besuited businessmen golf-clap their appreciation.
Alfredo is getting rather fresh with our gordita gourd, and she’s had enough. She tells him to stop mocking her and walks away. He chases her and says he’s not mocking; he’s really attracted to sexy plump things like her. He plants a big kiss on her. Emanuel watches all this while absentmindedly twirling Ilitia. “Oooh, baby, your cousin is a fast one!” trills Ilitia. Emanuel drops her mid-twirl as he goes to Mari’s rescue, and Ili falls right into the arms of Brandon. She pulls away and sticks her nose into the air.
Emanuel hauls Alfredo off Mari and throws him against the wall. None of that, young man, you hear?! Alfredo says it’s not a big deal. It was just a bet. Mari says Kristel and her pondscum boyfriend must be behind this.
Ilitia tells Brandon this is an exclusive club, so what is he doing here? He says he was invited. (Yeah, by himself.) She thinks he is stalking her, of course, and calls him a nopal (prickly pear cactus). He calls her a wax doll. She calls for her Baby to come save her. Baby seems to have disappeared. Brandon says Baby was smart to escape while he had the chance.
Marianela and Emanuel are out on the roof deck. Mari says she really doesn’t want to be here. Em says after this, people will leave her alone. Sure. Besides, she has a swashbuckling pirate here to protect her. She thanks him and says she’s a terrible dancer. He says that’s no big deal; Axel also has two left feet {yes, and look at how much fun he has at these shindigs}. Emiliano gets her to agree to try to have some fun.
Kristel giggles to Ilitia that she’s entered Marianela in the beauty contest. Ilitia thinks that’s awesome but wonders if Mari will go along with it. Mauricio is wondering the same thing. Kristel says “zero stress!” She knows how to convince Mari.
Oliver tries to get Brandon interested in checking out the ladies, but Brandon says he doesn’t like these snooty types. Doris heads out to the dance floor and Jairo tries to follow, but Brandon pushes him back and swizzles out onto the floor with Doris himself.
Emanuel and Marianela rejoin their group at the bar, minus Axel, who is nowhere to be seen. Kristel pretends to declare peace with Mari and even shakes on it. Em drags Mauricio away for a little chat. Kristel orders drinks for all the girls, against Mari’s protests. They insist it’s super light and she should drink it.
In the hall, Emanuel shakes Mauricio by the lapels and demands an explanation for the pants theft. Mauricio spins his tall tale again. See, it was just an accident! “And the bet with Alfredo, was that also an accident?” He tells Mau to leave Mari alone, or else! Emanuel’s friend André comes along and asks if everything is okay. Blabbidy blah catching up; it seems André is looking for work, and Emanuel says he’ll see if the publicity agency has anything. André also says he’s announcing the beauty contest. André’s novia Rebeca joins them and is also introduced to Mauricio. Rebeca will be competing in the beauty contest. André and Rebeca for some reason seem to feel the need to prove how hot ‘n’ heavy they are by making out right then and there. Mauricio and Emanuel both raise their eyebrows.
Ilitia and Kristel have done their best to get Mari drunk, and now Mari is feeling mighty fine and ordering more drinks on her own. Axel finds them and is annoyed by this scene. Kristel teases that Mari will turn out to be a drunk like her mother. The witches abandon Axel and Mari, and he tries to get her to stop drinking. Lorena swoops in to throw herself at him. “Just what I needed,” he thinks. “How can I get rid of her?”
Fedra is still working it onstage. Bernardo comes in, is greeted by name by the bartender, and asks for his usual. He grins in appreciation of Fedra’s performance.
André is introduced to Ilitia and wonders why she hasn’t entered the contest. She says it wouldn’t be fair to the others, as she would certainly win. André wonders about Emanuel’s other sister entering, because there are two Ruiz y de Teresa ladies on the list. Emanuel says no, Gretel certainly won’t be in the beauty contest.
She is, however, getting plenty of beauty sleep. The cat lounges next to her, looking bored. Gretel wakes up.
Axel is still trying to get Marianela to stop drinking, and Lorena is still groping him and trying to get him to abandon the drunk and have some fun. He says he needs to take care of his cousin. “This is your cousin? Where did you find her, in an aquarium of whales?” Axel ignores her and tells Mari he’s going to take her home. Marianela agrees. She now has all the drink umbrellas stuck in her headband and is cradling the fishbowl of popcorn. She seems on the verge of vomiting into it.
André starts off the beauty contest. Kristel is the first contestant. She struts the stage, trying to subtly communicate with Ilitia at the same time. Rebeca is next. She is also appreciated by the crowd. Doris, however, is more interested in André. She tells Brandon that he is a famous model and she recognizes him from magazines and advertisements, but he looks even better in person! And his voice! So divine! Brandon isn’t impressed, and Jairo is looking utterly bored and fed up.
Some club guy tries to drag Marianela to the stage. He gets her there, against her will, and she staggers across the stage as the crowd hoots and throws popcorn. André tries to settle them down. Marianela has come to the conclusion that this is a singing festival, and she wrestles the microphone away from André, saying she has a special number for her special cousin. Emanuel and Axel are horrified. Marianela, thoroughly anesthetized, thinks this is all great fun.
Brandon is incensed that they’re all making fun of this poor girl, and says he should put them all in jail. Doris figures out that Marianela Ruiz y de Teresa must be Netty’s niece. She fits the description exactly!
Gretel sits up in bed. She asks out loud what happened and says “Marianela has returned!”
Marianela is calling for her music and Emanuel is trying to convince her to go home. Everyone else is yelling. Mari starts singing unaccompanied, and dances, too. Kristel gloats. Suddenly, Mari feels really sick. Netty’s gang decides to rescue Mari from this situation. However, Emanuel gets there first, and Mari gratefully throws herself at him, knocking him over and landing on top of him. She can’t move in her giant pumpkin suit. Oliver and Brandon help them up, and Emanuel says he’ll take Mari home. Brandon says she isn’t going anywhere with them. “Who the heck are you?” Em asks. They get into a big fight over Mari. Brandon gains some ground by flashing his police badge.
Kristel, Mauricio, and Ilitia reconnoiter. Kristel and Mau think their plan worked even better than they hoped for. Ilitia doesn’t like the chaos the whole place has turned into, and thinks Emanuel may suspect that they are behind it. Gee, ya think? Kristel teases her that her novio certainly seems interested in Marianela, hee hee. Ilitia thinks that is ridiculous; no way could he prefer that caloriefest. Mauricio wonders who Emanuel is fighting with. Ilitia says he’s a disgusting rude policeman. Kristel thinks he’s mighty attractive. Axel comes over to yell at her for setting Marianela up for humiliation.
He-manuel says he’s not intimidated by Brandon. After all, he pays the salaries of the police. Doris says they are not leaving Mari in the hands of these snotty brats. Mari says she wants to leave with Emanuel. Brandon says he’ll use force if he has to.
Ilitia beckons Brandon over and orders him out of the club.
Axel is still yelling at Kristel. Mauricio comes to her defense. Kristel again tells Axel he’d better find a novia.
The others are also still fighting. This is getting very tiresome. Jairo shows his invitation to Ilitia and the guard to prove he was invited. She wonders why the others don’t have invitations. Brandon says of course they had to come along, to chaperone! {Frankly, Doris’s dress is sitting so low on her chest, I can see why her mother didn’t want her going out. It’s on the verge of a major malfunction.} Anyway, Brandon et al decide to leave. Everyone in the club is just standing around staring.
Gretel walks around the house, wondering where everyone is. She finds her father asleep in bed, notices that her mother isn’t there, and says, “She went again. She did it again.” She asks her sleeping dad when he’s going to open his eyes and realize that it’s all a lie.
Fedra gets up close and personal with a club patron. Bernardo doesn’t like this. He decks the guy and drags Fedra away as she lashes out with her whip.
André and Emanuel haul Marianela to the car. She wants dessert. They have some trouble getting her into the seat. Emanuel’s leg gets crushed in the process.
Mañana: Emanuel drags Marianela to her bed. She falls into it on top of him, so naturally the easiest thing for him to do is just stay there with a smile on his face until she wakes up. Kissy kissy.
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August 17, 2010 Dinero #174 A Failed Quest
First thing first. Can someone tag this for me? I can't stand too much more torture after I post this.
Sorry for the great delay but since this was one of the most difficult ones to recap I couldn't get myself up to do it. So grab a Tequila or your drink of choice and help me trudge along this most sobering recap.
So let's prepare ourselves and dive into this recap styled after a Greek Tragedy.
We start off this recap with the last scene from last night. We have the lovely Susana and Dandy arguing over Rafa and the failed wedding. Susana calls Ale just as she's out the door. Guess what? No answer! Is it too late? Susana thinks so.
We arrive at the Medina residence. Seems like both Rafa and Julieta couldn't sleep. Leonora tells them that Jaime went to look for her and Rafa recounts his own encounter with Jaime. Rafa confesses that he could not forgive Jaime for what he did to Julieta. BUT our Hero is appreciative of his wedding cancellation. No breakfast for our hero he has to do like Hermes and deliver some trucks.
Julieta and Leonora stay behind and Julieta says she prefers to not tell our hero about her appointment with the lovely Marian.
Speaking of Aphrodite... We see Marian very early at her office. She's very happy this morning. Chepis tells her about the wedding between Ale and Marco that came in the newspaper. So Rafa loses his beloved Ale... how sad and convenient too.
Rafa is now at Siglo and is talking to the crew. He's not going to Ale's wedding. Rafa tells the crew about the deal of the three for three. Marino comes in and talks about the romance between Ale and Rafa only to be shut up by the rest of the crew. Marino is also a little on the happy side and the Siglo crew wants to know why. Again its Rosaura who hits the nail on the head it must have something to do with Sandra.
Back to Susana's place she is having some doubts about telling Ale about the wedding. Dandy talks and talks until finally she finally cracks. Dandy calls Rafa, he's on the road so he stops at the edge of the road and answers. Susana talks to Rafa. Rafa tells her about how all three of them can return to Siglo. They move on to the wedding. Susana tells him that Ale only accepted to get married because of Rafa's own wedding. Susana tells him he has to deliver those trucks, but Rafa decides to go stop the wedding. The quest begins!
Susana hangs up and tells Dandy its time to stop a wedding. Guess they have to go to the club and talk to Ale. But maybe Susana doesn't want to get involved... Dandy talks some sense into her. The difference between the two is that Dandy will do anything to help Rafa (remember his encounter with Carmela) while Susana only puts morals and rules before everything else. Stop thinking and just do! That did the trick. Susana will be ready in three minutes... better make that two. Well this part of the quest is done.
Meanwhile it seems like Marian is celebrating Ale's wedding. She wants to find out why Rafa owes money to Vicky's family. Chepis tells her that it could be an obstacle for her. Ahhh but what if Marian loans him the money? Then Rafa will be hers from all sides and on all fronts. The phone rings and its Julieta who's outside.
We are introduced to the scene where the quest, fail or succeed, must end. Rosario is making sure everything is going well. Suddenly we have Marco (Hades) come into the picture. All he wants is make sure he has everything going as planned. Rosario only wants one thing. A promise from Marco to make her happy and always be faithful. Well part of that is certainly true: he has been faithful for quite some time now. Marco tells her that he loves Ale he would never do that.
Marco's phone rings and its Chavez. What could he possibly want now? Well he ordered the workers at the Hacienda to multiply the production, for lots and lots of money. And Mololongo was also there too. We dive into the memory bank of Chavez. Nothing of great importance happens here. Its funny but we'll leave it out and continue on our quest. Seems like the ghost is real. Marco wants to talk later and Chavez is very worried.
We have Rafa driving like a madman. Vicky has her veil on Rafa's picture. Her friend is trying to talk some sense into her. She's talking nothing but truth but Vicky's wrath is too great. She shatters through the senseful talk of her friend and declares her hate for Ale!
Ale is at the club thinking that she is about to get married and Rafa didn't do anything to stop her. Why is she so sad if he's such a bad person? Well its pretty simple really: she loves him. Her thoughts finally arrive to Marco she comforts herself and thinks what a good man Marco is. Ale thinks she was one more on Rafa's list to cross off.
Susana and Dandy have arrived at the Club. For a moment it seems like the quest might be feasible. All they have to do is make it through the security checkpoint. But of course neither Susana nor Dandy are on the guest list so they have to keep the line moving and leave.
Back at Siglo Beltran receives a call from Romulo telling him that the trucks have arrived but that Rafa hasn't. Beltran becomes concerned but assures Romulo Rafa is about to arrive. He asks to call Rafa. He's still on the road and his phone rings once more. All care is thrown out the window and he answers the phone and keeps driving. Its Susana and she has the bad news that she and Dandy can't get in. Rafa tells them that they have to get by any means necessary. Just stop the wedding! There is no more time. And Rafa keeps driving down the road like a madman.
We are now at Vicky's house and Don Gaston and his son are talking at the table. They will act a little more civilly and call him on his cell.
Back at the club the judge has arrived and the ceremony will begin.
Dandy and Susana are outside trying to figure out how to penetrate the great fortress that is the club. Rafa has finally arrived and he begins to convene with his two friends. His phone rings and its Marian. Well she can wait now for the problem at hand: stopping that wedding. One minute won't make a difference right? He answers and promises to call back in ten minutes. The security guard comes in and checks Rafa against the guest list. Rafa knows he isn't on there so he just bolts into the club. There goes our hero into the great unknown willing to face anything in order to fulfill his quest.
The ceremony continues on and all the small things come in making some time.
We are back at Marian's office and we have Julieta in an interview. Marian is asking her what problems Rafa has because she called him and he told her of a problem. Julieta is willling to talk about Rafa with Marian. So what part of what Jaime did to her does she not deserve? I'm having trouble remembering.
Rafa is trying to penetrate the premises and the ceremony but he is being chased by security from all angles. Meanwhile inside Marco and Ale's wedding is marching along pretty fast.
Marian finally knows all of Rafa's story... how is this a job interview?! Well she gets the job.
Rafa is finally caught and subdued. He is kicked out of the club left to tell Susana that she is a witness to this failed quest. The phone rings and its Beltran Rafa better close that truck deal or be ready for the consequences. The security guard comes by to pressure them into leaving. Everyone is annoyed.
Back inside the club Ale is about to give her yes. She peeks at the window and with one final look at Rosario she gives her fateful yes. It is done the quest has failed Marco and Ale are married and it is all over... for now.
Ale and Marco sign on the dotted line as we get screenshots of Rafa. Split screen of Rafa and Ale.
Susana tries to reason with the guard. The guard looks at Rafa and lets her in for 5 minutes. She runs in to test her luck.
Ale and Marco are toasting as Ale cries her little eyes out. Marco goes in for a kiss and just then Susana arrives. She asks the judge if its all over and he tells her that it is. She laments herself over her failure. Ale spots Susana and goes to her. Susana how great that you did come! Susana begins to tell her how much she loves her and everything and couldn't pass up the chance to wish her the best. Susana seems to gain the courage to tell Ale of the failed Rafa wedding only to chicken out at the last moment for the rest of the conversation. She leaves without saying a word.
Beltran and Arcadia are at Siglo in her office. They talk about the truck deal and are comforted by the fact that Dandy is supposedly with Rafa trying to close out the deal. In the end of course its about money, money, money.
Outside Rafa is trying to keep the ope. His phone rings and its from Vicky's house. He answers and tells Don Gaston he will have the money tomorrow. Susana comes in and tells Rafa that his quest has ended and in typical Greek tragedy ending we end with an echoing NOOO!
Guess we have to tell Rafa about how the phoenix rises again from the ashes?
Sorry for the great delay but since this was one of the most difficult ones to recap I couldn't get myself up to do it. So grab a Tequila or your drink of choice and help me trudge along this most sobering recap.
So let's prepare ourselves and dive into this recap styled after a Greek Tragedy.
We start off this recap with the last scene from last night. We have the lovely Susana and Dandy arguing over Rafa and the failed wedding. Susana calls Ale just as she's out the door. Guess what? No answer! Is it too late? Susana thinks so.
We arrive at the Medina residence. Seems like both Rafa and Julieta couldn't sleep. Leonora tells them that Jaime went to look for her and Rafa recounts his own encounter with Jaime. Rafa confesses that he could not forgive Jaime for what he did to Julieta. BUT our Hero is appreciative of his wedding cancellation. No breakfast for our hero he has to do like Hermes and deliver some trucks.
Julieta and Leonora stay behind and Julieta says she prefers to not tell our hero about her appointment with the lovely Marian.
Speaking of Aphrodite... We see Marian very early at her office. She's very happy this morning. Chepis tells her about the wedding between Ale and Marco that came in the newspaper. So Rafa loses his beloved Ale... how sad and convenient too.
Rafa is now at Siglo and is talking to the crew. He's not going to Ale's wedding. Rafa tells the crew about the deal of the three for three. Marino comes in and talks about the romance between Ale and Rafa only to be shut up by the rest of the crew. Marino is also a little on the happy side and the Siglo crew wants to know why. Again its Rosaura who hits the nail on the head it must have something to do with Sandra.
Back to Susana's place she is having some doubts about telling Ale about the wedding. Dandy talks and talks until finally she finally cracks. Dandy calls Rafa, he's on the road so he stops at the edge of the road and answers. Susana talks to Rafa. Rafa tells her about how all three of them can return to Siglo. They move on to the wedding. Susana tells him that Ale only accepted to get married because of Rafa's own wedding. Susana tells him he has to deliver those trucks, but Rafa decides to go stop the wedding. The quest begins!
Susana hangs up and tells Dandy its time to stop a wedding. Guess they have to go to the club and talk to Ale. But maybe Susana doesn't want to get involved... Dandy talks some sense into her. The difference between the two is that Dandy will do anything to help Rafa (remember his encounter with Carmela) while Susana only puts morals and rules before everything else. Stop thinking and just do! That did the trick. Susana will be ready in three minutes... better make that two. Well this part of the quest is done.
Meanwhile it seems like Marian is celebrating Ale's wedding. She wants to find out why Rafa owes money to Vicky's family. Chepis tells her that it could be an obstacle for her. Ahhh but what if Marian loans him the money? Then Rafa will be hers from all sides and on all fronts. The phone rings and its Julieta who's outside.
We are introduced to the scene where the quest, fail or succeed, must end. Rosario is making sure everything is going well. Suddenly we have Marco (Hades) come into the picture. All he wants is make sure he has everything going as planned. Rosario only wants one thing. A promise from Marco to make her happy and always be faithful. Well part of that is certainly true: he has been faithful for quite some time now. Marco tells her that he loves Ale he would never do that.
Marco's phone rings and its Chavez. What could he possibly want now? Well he ordered the workers at the Hacienda to multiply the production, for lots and lots of money. And Mololongo was also there too. We dive into the memory bank of Chavez. Nothing of great importance happens here. Its funny but we'll leave it out and continue on our quest. Seems like the ghost is real. Marco wants to talk later and Chavez is very worried.
We have Rafa driving like a madman. Vicky has her veil on Rafa's picture. Her friend is trying to talk some sense into her. She's talking nothing but truth but Vicky's wrath is too great. She shatters through the senseful talk of her friend and declares her hate for Ale!
Ale is at the club thinking that she is about to get married and Rafa didn't do anything to stop her. Why is she so sad if he's such a bad person? Well its pretty simple really: she loves him. Her thoughts finally arrive to Marco she comforts herself and thinks what a good man Marco is. Ale thinks she was one more on Rafa's list to cross off.
Susana and Dandy have arrived at the Club. For a moment it seems like the quest might be feasible. All they have to do is make it through the security checkpoint. But of course neither Susana nor Dandy are on the guest list so they have to keep the line moving and leave.
Back at Siglo Beltran receives a call from Romulo telling him that the trucks have arrived but that Rafa hasn't. Beltran becomes concerned but assures Romulo Rafa is about to arrive. He asks to call Rafa. He's still on the road and his phone rings once more. All care is thrown out the window and he answers the phone and keeps driving. Its Susana and she has the bad news that she and Dandy can't get in. Rafa tells them that they have to get by any means necessary. Just stop the wedding! There is no more time. And Rafa keeps driving down the road like a madman.
We are now at Vicky's house and Don Gaston and his son are talking at the table. They will act a little more civilly and call him on his cell.
Back at the club the judge has arrived and the ceremony will begin.
Dandy and Susana are outside trying to figure out how to penetrate the great fortress that is the club. Rafa has finally arrived and he begins to convene with his two friends. His phone rings and its Marian. Well she can wait now for the problem at hand: stopping that wedding. One minute won't make a difference right? He answers and promises to call back in ten minutes. The security guard comes in and checks Rafa against the guest list. Rafa knows he isn't on there so he just bolts into the club. There goes our hero into the great unknown willing to face anything in order to fulfill his quest.
The ceremony continues on and all the small things come in making some time.
We are back at Marian's office and we have Julieta in an interview. Marian is asking her what problems Rafa has because she called him and he told her of a problem. Julieta is willling to talk about Rafa with Marian. So what part of what Jaime did to her does she not deserve? I'm having trouble remembering.
Rafa is trying to penetrate the premises and the ceremony but he is being chased by security from all angles. Meanwhile inside Marco and Ale's wedding is marching along pretty fast.
Marian finally knows all of Rafa's story... how is this a job interview?! Well she gets the job.
Rafa is finally caught and subdued. He is kicked out of the club left to tell Susana that she is a witness to this failed quest. The phone rings and its Beltran Rafa better close that truck deal or be ready for the consequences. The security guard comes by to pressure them into leaving. Everyone is annoyed.
Back inside the club Ale is about to give her yes. She peeks at the window and with one final look at Rosario she gives her fateful yes. It is done the quest has failed Marco and Ale are married and it is all over... for now.
Ale and Marco sign on the dotted line as we get screenshots of Rafa. Split screen of Rafa and Ale.
Susana tries to reason with the guard. The guard looks at Rafa and lets her in for 5 minutes. She runs in to test her luck.
Ale and Marco are toasting as Ale cries her little eyes out. Marco goes in for a kiss and just then Susana arrives. She asks the judge if its all over and he tells her that it is. She laments herself over her failure. Ale spots Susana and goes to her. Susana how great that you did come! Susana begins to tell her how much she loves her and everything and couldn't pass up the chance to wish her the best. Susana seems to gain the courage to tell Ale of the failed Rafa wedding only to chicken out at the last moment for the rest of the conversation. She leaves without saying a word.
Beltran and Arcadia are at Siglo in her office. They talk about the truck deal and are comforted by the fact that Dandy is supposedly with Rafa trying to close out the deal. In the end of course its about money, money, money.
Outside Rafa is trying to keep the ope. His phone rings and its from Vicky's house. He answers and tells Don Gaston he will have the money tomorrow. Susana comes in and tells Rafa that his quest has ended and in typical Greek tragedy ending we end with an echoing NOOO!
Guess we have to tell Rafa about how the phoenix rises again from the ashes?
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
El Clon, Tues., August 17 - Summary for Discussion
We open with Cristina looking on in sadness as Malicia and Pablo suck face. No confrontation. She leaves.
Ratoncita comes home to the rat's nest. She is all happy about her job until the Chump asks for the papers. She says that she forgot them again. When the Chump asks her to try and remember, she bares her little rat fangs and has at him. She says that she is all stressed out from her job and he is being selfish in thinking only about his problems. The poor Chump doesn't know what hit him.
Vicki can't resist the opportunity to say to Cristina, 'Te lo dije desde un principio. Esa mujer es una arpía,' I've told you this from the beginning. That woman is a witch. Cristina tells her that since she went to Morocco all her friends have betrayed her. 'Not me,' protests Vicki.
Rogelio tells Clara that he has been thinking of her in the morning, the afternoon and the night. Clara says that she feels the same. If Fernando weren't there, Rogelio says that he would ask to spend the night with her.
Leo tells Lucas that he can't sleep for thinking about the kid. Lucas says that Leo can't adopt everyone who looks like Diego. Leo says, 'no es que se parezca, es el, es Diego,' he doesn't look like him, it's him, it's Diego. Lucas is skeptical but Leo replies that Lucas hasn't seen the kid. Lucas protests that since Leo doesn't know the mother and never donated sperm, the kid can't be his son. Leo replies that he can't explain it but when he hugged the kid, he felt that Daniel was his son.
Lucas- '¡Ay, Jade! Si tú supieras cuánto te necesito,' Oh Jade, if only you know how much I need you.
Jade - 'No te imaginas cuánto daño me has hecho, Lucas,' You have no idea how much you hurt me, Lucas.
Jadiya launches a guerrilla war against Rania. Shades of Jade and the lamb, she puts salt on the 'gazelle horn' pastries that Rania made for Said. Said declares the pastries inedible and angrily leaves. Butter wouldn't melt in little Jadiya's mouth as she tells Rania, ¿No te dije que sabián mal, Rania? Mucha sal, ¡Qué lástima!' Didn't I tell you that they tasted bad, Rania? . Too much salt. What a pity.
Zoraida tells Mohamed, Latifa and Ali about Jadiya's war on Rania. Mohamed defends Said but Ali says that Said let vengeance get the better of him. He pushed Jade and Lucas together to prove that he had won the battle for Jade. 'La presa más fácil para el genio del mal es un hombre con rabia,' The easiest prey for an evil genie is an angry man,' says Ali. 0:15
It's the next morning. The Chump is ready to put their first fight behind them but the ratoncita is getting ready to abandon the sinking Chump ship. She tells him that she needs a break to think about their relationship.
Dora wakes Daniel up. He tells her that he won't rest until he finds out everything about himself. Dora replies that all he needs to know is that she is his mother. Daniel tells her that Albieri took him to see Leo and Leo said that he was his son. Dora insists that she had artificial insemination and gave birth to him. Daniel suggests that she ask Leo and Albieri for a DNA test. Dora tells him to ask for it himself since they won't deny him anything.
Dora tells Estela that she doesn't know what Albieri did to make her son look so much like his dead godson.
Daniel tells Estela about meeting Jade in Morocco. He says that he will find her again.
Jade drags Zoraida off to a mall where the Naz is going to bring Jadiya.
Dr. Silvia comes to see Estela. She starts to tell Estela that Dora sent her the wrong picture but is impactada when she sees Daniel in the flesh. She flees in a panic.
Nati calls Marisa to ask for money. Marisa asks what she needs money for and Nati invents some stuff that she needs. Marisa calmly and rationally and most un-Marisa like offers to buy the stuff for Nati or they can go together and buy it. Nati rejects these offers, of course. Then Marisa tells Nati that she is cutting off her allowance. 'Hasta nunca' See you never, says Nati and hangs up. Then Nati starts disconnecting the stereo Alej bought for her.
Our other druggie teen, Fernando, has stolen money from his mother's purse.
Silvia comes to the clinic looking for Albieri.
The Chump has told Julio about his fight with Malicia. He doesn't understand what is the big problem about bringing the papers. He says that he is going to move his stuff into the apartment so that they can work out their problems together. He thinks that she might be stressed out from her job. 'Ojalá sea eso, Escobar, ojalá,' Let's hope that's it,' replies Julio.
Every time Anita calls for Albieri, Luisa tells her that he is asleep. She says that he must really be in crisis. Dr. Silvia replies that he has reason to be after what he did.
In the Only Mall in Miami are Lucia and Andrea. Andrea tells her mother that Nati has stopped going to school again. Also there are Rania and her shadow, Amina, the Naz and Jadiya. Up comes Jade and Zoraida but Jadiya shrinks away from her mother and clings to the Naz. The Naz keeps repeating that she didn't tell Jadiya anything and she didn't have anything to do with Jadiya's reaction to her seeing her mother.
When Rania wonders if Zoraida told Jade that they would be coming to the Mall, the Naz protects Zoraida by saying that Jade always shops here. Even gold can't tempt Jadiya. She just wants to go home.
Jade is destrozada.
Silvia tells Anita that Daniel is a clone and that he was created in this lab. When Anita asks how she knows, Silvia says that she knows the matrix (conozco la matriz), whatever that means.
Marisa tells Lucas how she handled Nati's request for money. Rosa tells them that Lucia is on her way over. Lucas urges her to keep what has happened to themselves (en casa) and Marisa agrees. Marisa tells Lucas that she feels like her life is changing. She has no energy and just thinks about Nati all the time. Lucas tells her that Nati is strong and will get through this. Marisa replies that she thinks something broke inside Natalia and she doesn't know what it is, when it happened or how to fix it.
[Maybe Lucas needs a little 'manscaping' on his brows]
Alej brings lunch home for Nati but she isn't home. Then he notices that the stereo is missing.
Just what we were missing - Enrique and his shrink. He says that addicts will do anything to get drugs.
Rania, Amina and the Naz tell Said about Jadiya's encounter with Jade at the Mall. The Naz says that seeing the ingratitude of a child is very hard, as she knows personally. This provides an opportunity for the Naz to launch into her usual diatribe (which I would prefer to Enrique's anti drug PSA's) about how she is nothing but a decorated camel to her two brothers.
Jadiya asks Said how her mother could fall in love with a Westerner. Said replies that someday she will understand.
Jade returns home and tells Zoraida that she blames everything that has happened on Lucas.
Lucia tells Marisa that she saw Jade at the mall. Lucas overhears and Marisa starts to look like her old self. Nothing like a little jealousy to get your mind off your drug addicted daughter.
Daniel tells Estela that he will marry Jade.
Jade tells Zoraida that she will go back to Said to be with Jadiya.
The credits roll.
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Tue 8/17/10 Club Gancho... Even Dogs Don't Deserve This Heat
Welcome to Club Gancho. Sorry I didn't get this posted yesterday. Lots of stuff going on. Schools about to start here in Texas so lots of preschool things: sports physicals, vaccinations, check ups...
This past weekend was challenging. Our well conked out on Sunday, fortunately it was up and running by late Sunday evening... just in time for the AC to die. The AC guy came out yesterday afternoon and officially pronounced it... muerto. Fortunately the storms and rain rescued us from the stifling heat last night. If our luck holds out we should come home to a new AC this afternoon. Hard to remember how we survived before air conditioning.
The feature drink this week is Shiner Bock. Simple, tasty, and thirst busting. Iced Luzianne tea and fresh lemonade are available for those who would prefer a non-alcoholic beverage. As a snack we have today marinated Gulf shrimp with peppers, olives, cauliflower, pearl onions, carrots and probably other veggies. The only oil is a little olive oil in the marinade.
Since you guys haven't complained (yet) about the pet pictures let me share one of my favorites of Bonnie Belle and Jack sharing a lazy moment together as they enjoy the AC (when it was still alive) and contemplate the heat outdoors.
Summer Dreamin'
This past weekend was challenging. Our well conked out on Sunday, fortunately it was up and running by late Sunday evening... just in time for the AC to die. The AC guy came out yesterday afternoon and officially pronounced it... muerto. Fortunately the storms and rain rescued us from the stifling heat last night. If our luck holds out we should come home to a new AC this afternoon. Hard to remember how we survived before air conditioning.
The feature drink this week is Shiner Bock. Simple, tasty, and thirst busting. Iced Luzianne tea and fresh lemonade are available for those who would prefer a non-alcoholic beverage. As a snack we have today marinated Gulf shrimp with peppers, olives, cauliflower, pearl onions, carrots and probably other veggies. The only oil is a little olive oil in the marinade.
Since you guys haven't complained (yet) about the pet pictures let me share one of my favorites of Bonnie Belle and Jack sharing a lazy moment together as they enjoy the AC (when it was still alive) and contemplate the heat outdoors.
Summer Dreamin'In the quest for pictures of our Gancho beauties, we return to the archives to retrieve photos of two faves, one young and the other a bit more senior. Credit to Hombre for the pic of our favorite bruja. Enjoy.
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STuD, 8/16/10: Showdown at Los Cascabeles
Capitulo 56
Repeated from last week, Ivana and Tizzy are arguing over Val’s intentions toward JM. Ivana ends the conversation by vowing that she won’t permit Val to take Jose Miguel.
Lummy is thanking Don Ernesto for trying to get Crisanta to accept her portion of Rosendo’s salary. Don Ernie says it’s nothing, it was all Valentina’s idea. A blissful Valentina bursts into the room and showers Ernie and Lummy with hugs and kisses. They’re pleasantly surprised, and she kisses each of them again before floating upstairs in a cloud of cartoon hearts and sprinkles. Benita walks in on the shocked Ernie and Lummy, who inform Benita that Valentina’s completely changed her tune. Benita smiles knowingly and says Lummy should get ready for the return of the sweet, real Valentina.
JM returns home a conquering hero, but is greeted by a grim-faced Juan and Sabino. They’ve just gotten the results of a test on a possibly poisonous weed growing on the hacienda. Juan and Sabino argue over who gets to break the news, but finally reveal that the weed was found to be harmless: somebody must have poisoned the cow on purpose! Sabino says Val must’ve become enraged over their supposed “bet” and poisoned the cow. JM staunchly defends her. “I’d put my hands in the fire for her,” JM says; he’s that sure of her innocence. JM admits, though, that the poisoner has it in for him, and there’s surely more mischief to come.
Back at Los Cascabeles, Benita surprises a beaming Val as she emerges from her bathroom/thinking tub. Benita demands to hear all the juicy details. “What details?” Val demurs, before hopping onto the bed and giving Benita the dish.
“JM and I are in love,” Val announces, and Benita swoons backward onto the bed. Val and Benita channel their inner 13-year-old girls by jumping up and down and shrieking. “I’m the happiest woman in the world!” Val shrieks. “I feel like my heart is going to burst!” “Careful, nina, you’re going to splatter me with love,” Benita shrieks back. At this rate, Enshrieketa is going to burst into the room at any second.
But as Val starts shrieking “JM loves me! He loves me!” It’s Count Skankula that darkens Val’s doorstep. Val and Benita’s faces fall. “You robbed his love from me, Valentina,” Ivana says flatly. “You don’t know how much I hate you.” She underlines that point by grabbing Val and flinging her around the room. Damn, I don’t know who’s gonna win this one. Val is probably more physically fit, but Ivana has more artificial body parts than the Bionic Woman.
The flinging culminates in a catfight on the bed, at least until Benita can drag Ivana off of Val. Ivana’s howling draws the attention of Tizzy, who walks in and demands to know what’s up. Ivana twists her face into some semblance of anguish and tells Tizzy that Valentina stole JM even though she knew how much she lusted after, I mean loved, him. Valentina tries to speak, but Ivana cuts her off, saying that if Valentina has everything, why did she need to take the only thing that ever mattered to her? Lummy is feeling left out, I guess, so she runs into the room for Valentina’s rebuttal.
Val begs Ivana to understand -- she fought this sentiment precisely because she knew it would hurt Ivana. Val’s cut short as Ivana starts clawing and vowing revenge again. As Tizzy starts dragging her out, Ivana snarls: “Hopefully history repeats itself. I hope JM betrays you the way Alonso betrayed you. It’s the least you deserve.”
Burn.
Back at Ivana’s room, she screams at Tizzy about how Valentina is an egoista and can’t stand to see her happy. First Val hated JM, and now she’s in love with him. “She’s doing this to torment me!” Tizzy’s protests only make Ivana madder. “I should have died when I took those sleeping pills,” Ivana says, “then I wouldn’t have ended up here.” Ivana insists that JM is the only man in the world for her and begs for Tizzy’s help.
Back at Camp Montesinos, Fed is congratulating JM on winning Valentina’s heart, but warns him that Val has a “strong character.” Speaking of bitches, Fed worries that Leo won’t take JM’s news well, and they agree not to tell her for now. JM, oblivious to Los Cascabeles Smackdown 2010, hopes that Ivana won’t take the news too hard. Fed warns that a woman scorned is capable of anything.
Sandra is crying to Dr. Felipe and describing her encounter with Horacio. She’s realized that compared to Ivana, she’s just a backwoods country girl that no man could be attracted to. Felipe responds by calling her beautiful and drying her tears. He says that when he first met her, fainted on the floor of her bedroom, he thought wow, this city has some beautiful women. “Even though you were the color of a fresh corpse!” That Flippy has a way with words.
Timo is mangling a math problem while Horacio wrestles with the cash register. Horacio is feeling restless, and Timo suggests he go for a walk. Horacio does him one better and decides to close down the store early. “I get to go home early!” Timo cries, but Horacio rains on his parade: Timo will have to accompany him. Where? Horacio won’t say.
Sandra thanks Flippy for listening to her prattle. “I can’t talk with my parents, much less my mother.” Felipe says that anytime she feels like talking, he’ll be there. “With house calls!” Sandra rains on his parade by marveling that the same woman who stole Horacio’s love also betrayed Flippy. Sandra regrets thinking that Val was the one trying to steal Horacio, and sheepishly tells Flippy about how she slapped her. Sandra is too scared to apologize, but Felipe insists Val’s a good egg.
Benita is comforting Valentina. Val says Ivana’s reaction was to be expected. But Benita says Ivana’s hateful words are indefensible, considering all the love and patience (and *cough* money *cough*) Val has shown her over the years. “She reacted like a woman in love,” Valentina muses. “If I had been in her place …” Benita is having none of it. Tizzy and Val have babied Ivana too much, Benita says, and her behavior is the consequence. Val hopes Ivana will get over it, but Benita shatters that illusion. “Ivana won’t stop at anything until she’s Mrs. Montesinos,” Benita says.
JM reaches home, where Leo has been waiting to have dinner with him. Too bad JM’s already had dinner with his father. He excuses himself to go do some architectin‘. Leo ill-advisedly tries to lure him back by saying that Ivana was at Montesinos Manor earlier. She laments that Ivana went away disappointed after she didn’t get to see him. JM tries to introduce Mom to cold, hard reality with a sit-down chat. “I know you think she’s the girl for me, and I respect your opinion, but Ivana doesn’t interest me at all.” Leo asks if Valentina Villalba is the one who really interests him. JM dodges the question and begs Leo not to get Ivana’s hopes up.
Leo talks up Ivana like she’s selling a used car (although the used car probably has fewer miles on it). JM is steadfast and says Ivana will find happiness with some other guy, maybe … Horacio? Leo is unimpressed, and JM divulges that Horacio broke off with Sandra because he’s in love with Ivana. Leo is even less pleased. JM hints at Horacio and Ivana’s hot love affair, which surprises Leo.
Meanwhile, Horacio is pounding back a tequila at the bar, next to a far less festive and far more sober Timo. He shares his philosophy on the two kinds of women: the kind that will make you suffer, and the kind that will make you suffer more. Just then the band shows up. Horacio encourages them to play, and they begin a special corrido Timo says was written expressly about Valentina Villalba. Horacio orders them to stop, because it’ll only remind him of Ivana.
They start a new song and Horacio joins in, singing about his broken heart and the woman who done him wrong. I’d translate the lyrics, but I think his staggering and wild gesturing got the point across.
A glowering Enriqueta intercepts Sandra and Flippy as he drops her home. Enriqueta pointedly says good night to the poor doctor, but Sandra sends him off with a kiss on the cheek and an “hasta pronto.” Sandra scolds Enriqueta for her rudeness. Enriqueta says that she’s taking her attempt to make Horacio jealous too far. Sandra is confused, but Enriqueta knowingly says that Sandra’s trying to make Horacio jealous by courting the doctor. Sandra laughs. “Yeah, of course.” Methinks Horacio is the furthest thing from her mind.
Meanwhile, Timo is trying to drag a drunken Horacio out of the bar. “I’ve never seen you like this, much less over a woman.” Horacio admits he’s always had an eye for the ladies, but says that he truly fell in love with Ivana. Timo encourages him to fight for the woman he loves, but Horacio sadly laments that Ivana’s fallen in love with his best friend, and there’s nothing he can do about it, even if JM doesn’t return her feelings.
JM scribbles in his notebook before pausing to remember his liplock with Val in the school field. He throws down his pen. “I love you, Valentina!” he shouts to the walls and the mice that probably live inside those walls. “I love you more than I ever thought it was possible to love!”
In Los Cascabeles, Val completes his thought. “I love you, Jose Miguel. Thanks to you my life now has meaning.” If those crazy kids strung a few tin cans and a string between their ranchos, maybe they could talk to each other instead of babbling to themselves.
Ivana, meanwhile, is tossing and turning in bed. She curses at Valentina and says “JM is my only happiness, and you want to take him.” She’s rudely interrupted in that thought by Ghost Oscar. “After what you did to me, you’ll never find happiness,” he says. Ivana hurls a pillow and abuses, but Oscar tries to wrestle the blanket away from her. Ivana’s screaming and bad acting eventually scare Ghost Oscar away.
Fed and Sabino are hanging out by the lake when they see the herd of cows. Fed says the cows must be moved, because they might eat some of that poisonous Johnson weed, just like the cow that died. Sabino shares the test results with him; it wasn’t a plant that poisoned that cow. He laments that JM won’t listen to reason and refuses to believe that Valentina Villalba was behind the poisoning. Fed doesn’t understand, since she and JM patched up their differences. But not Rosendo, Sabino says ominously. Sabino asks Fed to warn JM, because Rosendo has him in his sights. Especially since Rosendo’s rumored to be in love with Valentina.
Fed protests that Val would never look twice at a guy like Rosendo. Sabino says it doesn’t matter: to Rosendo, Val is already his property. Fed hopes they can all avoid a tragedy.
Over breakfast, Valentina swears up and down that she never meant to hurt Ivana. Tizzy understands, but the damage is done. No matter what, Ivana now thinks that Valentina intentionally betrayed her. “What do you want,” Valentina asks, “that I renounce JM so that Ivana feels better?” Tizzy says of course not. After so much pain, Valentina deserves to be happy.
Ivana walks into Rosendo’s lair and announces that JM has finally conquered Valentina. She demands that he do something, and soon. “What do you want me to do, kill him?” Rosendo shouts. Ivana angrily tells him not to be such a brute, but Rosendo flies into a rage and says he’s used to removing his obstacles. Ivana counters that she knows how to remove obstacles, too. Besides ending up with JM, she would then inherit the millions from her deceased cousin Valentina.
Rosendo grabs Ivana by the throat. “You do something to La Duena,” he says, and “I swear, you’ll regret it.”
“The same thing goes for you,” she pants, “if you do anything to Jose Miguel. You don’t know me.” But we, and Oscar, sure do!
Rosendo lets go of her throat. “You’re the real viper in this hacienda.” Ivana replies with “I’m not the only one. That's why us two get along so well.”
Don Ernesto and Jose Miguel are overseeing work on the schoolhouse. At this rate, they’ll finish sooner than they expected. Valentina arrives, and Ernie says he better talk to her -- they both know she’ll refuse to speak to Jose Miguel. JM tells him not to worry about it, and strides over to La Duena. She immediately embraces him before getting serious. “Ivana knows about us.” JM holds her hand (discretion FAIL) and says that’s too bad. “Ivana hates me,” Valentina says. JM says people in pain say a lot of things they don’t mean.
“I don’t want to hurt her,” Valentina says. “We’ve had our differences the past couple of months, but she’s my cousin. She’s my blood." JM says Ivana will come to understand (uh, he has met her, right?) and embraces Valentina. Don Ernesto is pleasantly surprised.
Fed walks into the lion’s den, and Leo pounces immediately. “I thought you’d never set foot back in this place.” Fed says it’s his house too, and he can visit as he pleases. Leo says that if Fed’s expecting her to beg him to come back, he’s wasting his time. He says he knows she’s not the begging kind; she’s too proud. Leo smirks: "It’s not pride, it’s dignity." Something that JM obviously didn’t inherit from her, because he’s always at Los Cascabeles chasing Valentina.
Maybe he inherited that lack of dignity, Fed says, from his real father! Teresa chooses that moment to tell Leo that somebody’s looking for JM. It’s Rosendo!
“Hi, patrona,” he says as a horrified Leo turns away. “What, you don’t recognize me any more? Because I haven’t forgotten you.”
Back at the school site, JM is telling Valentina he hopes Ivana won’t become a wedge between them. After all, they’ve had plenty of roadblocks already. Valentina agrees. She’ll need some time to sort things out, but nothing will ever come between them. “That’s the way I like it,” JM says, removing her hat in preparation for a passionate kiss.
Back at Montesinos Manor, Leo tells Rosendo she could never forget a thief like him. “You call me a thief just because I borrowed a few pesos?” Rosendo asks. Fed orders him out, but Rosendo insists he’ll only talk to JM.
Fed says he knows Rosendo’s been targeting JM since he arrived in town, and he wants him to stop … or else. "Please, Don Federico,” Rosendo says. “Everybody knows you’re old and sick. And everybody knows you’ve always been a man of …weak character.”
“Not when it comes to my son," Fed says. "If you lay one hand on him, I’ll kill you.” Rosendo looks unconvinced.
Repeated from last week, Ivana and Tizzy are arguing over Val’s intentions toward JM. Ivana ends the conversation by vowing that she won’t permit Val to take Jose Miguel.
Lummy is thanking Don Ernesto for trying to get Crisanta to accept her portion of Rosendo’s salary. Don Ernie says it’s nothing, it was all Valentina’s idea. A blissful Valentina bursts into the room and showers Ernie and Lummy with hugs and kisses. They’re pleasantly surprised, and she kisses each of them again before floating upstairs in a cloud of cartoon hearts and sprinkles. Benita walks in on the shocked Ernie and Lummy, who inform Benita that Valentina’s completely changed her tune. Benita smiles knowingly and says Lummy should get ready for the return of the sweet, real Valentina.
JM returns home a conquering hero, but is greeted by a grim-faced Juan and Sabino. They’ve just gotten the results of a test on a possibly poisonous weed growing on the hacienda. Juan and Sabino argue over who gets to break the news, but finally reveal that the weed was found to be harmless: somebody must have poisoned the cow on purpose! Sabino says Val must’ve become enraged over their supposed “bet” and poisoned the cow. JM staunchly defends her. “I’d put my hands in the fire for her,” JM says; he’s that sure of her innocence. JM admits, though, that the poisoner has it in for him, and there’s surely more mischief to come.
Back at Los Cascabeles, Benita surprises a beaming Val as she emerges from her bathroom/thinking tub. Benita demands to hear all the juicy details. “What details?” Val demurs, before hopping onto the bed and giving Benita the dish.
“JM and I are in love,” Val announces, and Benita swoons backward onto the bed. Val and Benita channel their inner 13-year-old girls by jumping up and down and shrieking. “I’m the happiest woman in the world!” Val shrieks. “I feel like my heart is going to burst!” “Careful, nina, you’re going to splatter me with love,” Benita shrieks back. At this rate, Enshrieketa is going to burst into the room at any second.
But as Val starts shrieking “JM loves me! He loves me!” It’s Count Skankula that darkens Val’s doorstep. Val and Benita’s faces fall. “You robbed his love from me, Valentina,” Ivana says flatly. “You don’t know how much I hate you.” She underlines that point by grabbing Val and flinging her around the room. Damn, I don’t know who’s gonna win this one. Val is probably more physically fit, but Ivana has more artificial body parts than the Bionic Woman.
The flinging culminates in a catfight on the bed, at least until Benita can drag Ivana off of Val. Ivana’s howling draws the attention of Tizzy, who walks in and demands to know what’s up. Ivana twists her face into some semblance of anguish and tells Tizzy that Valentina stole JM even though she knew how much she lusted after, I mean loved, him. Valentina tries to speak, but Ivana cuts her off, saying that if Valentina has everything, why did she need to take the only thing that ever mattered to her? Lummy is feeling left out, I guess, so she runs into the room for Valentina’s rebuttal.
Val begs Ivana to understand -- she fought this sentiment precisely because she knew it would hurt Ivana. Val’s cut short as Ivana starts clawing and vowing revenge again. As Tizzy starts dragging her out, Ivana snarls: “Hopefully history repeats itself. I hope JM betrays you the way Alonso betrayed you. It’s the least you deserve.”
Burn.
Back at Ivana’s room, she screams at Tizzy about how Valentina is an egoista and can’t stand to see her happy. First Val hated JM, and now she’s in love with him. “She’s doing this to torment me!” Tizzy’s protests only make Ivana madder. “I should have died when I took those sleeping pills,” Ivana says, “then I wouldn’t have ended up here.” Ivana insists that JM is the only man in the world for her and begs for Tizzy’s help.
Back at Camp Montesinos, Fed is congratulating JM on winning Valentina’s heart, but warns him that Val has a “strong character.” Speaking of bitches, Fed worries that Leo won’t take JM’s news well, and they agree not to tell her for now. JM, oblivious to Los Cascabeles Smackdown 2010, hopes that Ivana won’t take the news too hard. Fed warns that a woman scorned is capable of anything.
Sandra is crying to Dr. Felipe and describing her encounter with Horacio. She’s realized that compared to Ivana, she’s just a backwoods country girl that no man could be attracted to. Felipe responds by calling her beautiful and drying her tears. He says that when he first met her, fainted on the floor of her bedroom, he thought wow, this city has some beautiful women. “Even though you were the color of a fresh corpse!” That Flippy has a way with words.
Timo is mangling a math problem while Horacio wrestles with the cash register. Horacio is feeling restless, and Timo suggests he go for a walk. Horacio does him one better and decides to close down the store early. “I get to go home early!” Timo cries, but Horacio rains on his parade: Timo will have to accompany him. Where? Horacio won’t say.
Sandra thanks Flippy for listening to her prattle. “I can’t talk with my parents, much less my mother.” Felipe says that anytime she feels like talking, he’ll be there. “With house calls!” Sandra rains on his parade by marveling that the same woman who stole Horacio’s love also betrayed Flippy. Sandra regrets thinking that Val was the one trying to steal Horacio, and sheepishly tells Flippy about how she slapped her. Sandra is too scared to apologize, but Felipe insists Val’s a good egg.
Benita is comforting Valentina. Val says Ivana’s reaction was to be expected. But Benita says Ivana’s hateful words are indefensible, considering all the love and patience (and *cough* money *cough*) Val has shown her over the years. “She reacted like a woman in love,” Valentina muses. “If I had been in her place …” Benita is having none of it. Tizzy and Val have babied Ivana too much, Benita says, and her behavior is the consequence. Val hopes Ivana will get over it, but Benita shatters that illusion. “Ivana won’t stop at anything until she’s Mrs. Montesinos,” Benita says.
JM reaches home, where Leo has been waiting to have dinner with him. Too bad JM’s already had dinner with his father. He excuses himself to go do some architectin‘. Leo ill-advisedly tries to lure him back by saying that Ivana was at Montesinos Manor earlier. She laments that Ivana went away disappointed after she didn’t get to see him. JM tries to introduce Mom to cold, hard reality with a sit-down chat. “I know you think she’s the girl for me, and I respect your opinion, but Ivana doesn’t interest me at all.” Leo asks if Valentina Villalba is the one who really interests him. JM dodges the question and begs Leo not to get Ivana’s hopes up.
Leo talks up Ivana like she’s selling a used car (although the used car probably has fewer miles on it). JM is steadfast and says Ivana will find happiness with some other guy, maybe … Horacio? Leo is unimpressed, and JM divulges that Horacio broke off with Sandra because he’s in love with Ivana. Leo is even less pleased. JM hints at Horacio and Ivana’s hot love affair, which surprises Leo.
Meanwhile, Horacio is pounding back a tequila at the bar, next to a far less festive and far more sober Timo. He shares his philosophy on the two kinds of women: the kind that will make you suffer, and the kind that will make you suffer more. Just then the band shows up. Horacio encourages them to play, and they begin a special corrido Timo says was written expressly about Valentina Villalba. Horacio orders them to stop, because it’ll only remind him of Ivana.
They start a new song and Horacio joins in, singing about his broken heart and the woman who done him wrong. I’d translate the lyrics, but I think his staggering and wild gesturing got the point across.
A glowering Enriqueta intercepts Sandra and Flippy as he drops her home. Enriqueta pointedly says good night to the poor doctor, but Sandra sends him off with a kiss on the cheek and an “hasta pronto.” Sandra scolds Enriqueta for her rudeness. Enriqueta says that she’s taking her attempt to make Horacio jealous too far. Sandra is confused, but Enriqueta knowingly says that Sandra’s trying to make Horacio jealous by courting the doctor. Sandra laughs. “Yeah, of course.” Methinks Horacio is the furthest thing from her mind.
Meanwhile, Timo is trying to drag a drunken Horacio out of the bar. “I’ve never seen you like this, much less over a woman.” Horacio admits he’s always had an eye for the ladies, but says that he truly fell in love with Ivana. Timo encourages him to fight for the woman he loves, but Horacio sadly laments that Ivana’s fallen in love with his best friend, and there’s nothing he can do about it, even if JM doesn’t return her feelings.
JM scribbles in his notebook before pausing to remember his liplock with Val in the school field. He throws down his pen. “I love you, Valentina!” he shouts to the walls and the mice that probably live inside those walls. “I love you more than I ever thought it was possible to love!”
In Los Cascabeles, Val completes his thought. “I love you, Jose Miguel. Thanks to you my life now has meaning.” If those crazy kids strung a few tin cans and a string between their ranchos, maybe they could talk to each other instead of babbling to themselves.
Ivana, meanwhile, is tossing and turning in bed. She curses at Valentina and says “JM is my only happiness, and you want to take him.” She’s rudely interrupted in that thought by Ghost Oscar. “After what you did to me, you’ll never find happiness,” he says. Ivana hurls a pillow and abuses, but Oscar tries to wrestle the blanket away from her. Ivana’s screaming and bad acting eventually scare Ghost Oscar away.
Fed and Sabino are hanging out by the lake when they see the herd of cows. Fed says the cows must be moved, because they might eat some of that poisonous Johnson weed, just like the cow that died. Sabino shares the test results with him; it wasn’t a plant that poisoned that cow. He laments that JM won’t listen to reason and refuses to believe that Valentina Villalba was behind the poisoning. Fed doesn’t understand, since she and JM patched up their differences. But not Rosendo, Sabino says ominously. Sabino asks Fed to warn JM, because Rosendo has him in his sights. Especially since Rosendo’s rumored to be in love with Valentina.
Fed protests that Val would never look twice at a guy like Rosendo. Sabino says it doesn’t matter: to Rosendo, Val is already his property. Fed hopes they can all avoid a tragedy.
Over breakfast, Valentina swears up and down that she never meant to hurt Ivana. Tizzy understands, but the damage is done. No matter what, Ivana now thinks that Valentina intentionally betrayed her. “What do you want,” Valentina asks, “that I renounce JM so that Ivana feels better?” Tizzy says of course not. After so much pain, Valentina deserves to be happy.
Ivana walks into Rosendo’s lair and announces that JM has finally conquered Valentina. She demands that he do something, and soon. “What do you want me to do, kill him?” Rosendo shouts. Ivana angrily tells him not to be such a brute, but Rosendo flies into a rage and says he’s used to removing his obstacles. Ivana counters that she knows how to remove obstacles, too. Besides ending up with JM, she would then inherit the millions from her deceased cousin Valentina.
Rosendo grabs Ivana by the throat. “You do something to La Duena,” he says, and “I swear, you’ll regret it.”
“The same thing goes for you,” she pants, “if you do anything to Jose Miguel. You don’t know me.” But we, and Oscar, sure do!
Rosendo lets go of her throat. “You’re the real viper in this hacienda.” Ivana replies with “I’m not the only one. That's why us two get along so well.”
Don Ernesto and Jose Miguel are overseeing work on the schoolhouse. At this rate, they’ll finish sooner than they expected. Valentina arrives, and Ernie says he better talk to her -- they both know she’ll refuse to speak to Jose Miguel. JM tells him not to worry about it, and strides over to La Duena. She immediately embraces him before getting serious. “Ivana knows about us.” JM holds her hand (discretion FAIL) and says that’s too bad. “Ivana hates me,” Valentina says. JM says people in pain say a lot of things they don’t mean.
“I don’t want to hurt her,” Valentina says. “We’ve had our differences the past couple of months, but she’s my cousin. She’s my blood." JM says Ivana will come to understand (uh, he has met her, right?) and embraces Valentina. Don Ernesto is pleasantly surprised.
Fed walks into the lion’s den, and Leo pounces immediately. “I thought you’d never set foot back in this place.” Fed says it’s his house too, and he can visit as he pleases. Leo says that if Fed’s expecting her to beg him to come back, he’s wasting his time. He says he knows she’s not the begging kind; she’s too proud. Leo smirks: "It’s not pride, it’s dignity." Something that JM obviously didn’t inherit from her, because he’s always at Los Cascabeles chasing Valentina.
Maybe he inherited that lack of dignity, Fed says, from his real father! Teresa chooses that moment to tell Leo that somebody’s looking for JM. It’s Rosendo!
“Hi, patrona,” he says as a horrified Leo turns away. “What, you don’t recognize me any more? Because I haven’t forgotten you.”
Back at the school site, JM is telling Valentina he hopes Ivana won’t become a wedge between them. After all, they’ve had plenty of roadblocks already. Valentina agrees. She’ll need some time to sort things out, but nothing will ever come between them. “That’s the way I like it,” JM says, removing her hat in preparation for a passionate kiss.
Back at Montesinos Manor, Leo tells Rosendo she could never forget a thief like him. “You call me a thief just because I borrowed a few pesos?” Rosendo asks. Fed orders him out, but Rosendo insists he’ll only talk to JM.
Fed says he knows Rosendo’s been targeting JM since he arrived in town, and he wants him to stop … or else. "Please, Don Federico,” Rosendo says. “Everybody knows you’re old and sick. And everybody knows you’ve always been a man of …weak character.”
“Not when it comes to my son," Fed says. "If you lay one hand on him, I’ll kill you.” Rosendo looks unconvinced.
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Llena de Amor #6 Mon 8/16/10 The lost supper
Friday refresher, in case you’ve forgotten over the weekend: Axel pours his heart out to Greta, who is unconscious, and therefore a great listener, that he has to act like somebody he isn’t. There’s no such thing as happiness. Emanuel takes out his frustrations on a punching bag and tells Benigno that he’s upset about the problems with Marianela. Benigno suggests he take her a rose – that always melts women. Marianela hugs the box with her mother’s ashes and tells them she’s upset that Emanuel isn’t the friend she’d hoped he’d be. There’s a knock and it’s Emanuel with a rose. Sure enough, it works, especially when he explains that the pie was meant for Kristel. He wants to be her friend.
*****
This touching speech is interrupted by Delicia the maid barging in with a huge box that she says Kristel sent. Oh, and she hasn’t been able to find Marianela’s pin. Emanuel’s ears prick up.
Fedra tells Bernardo that his mother didn’t need to have more than one kid – he’s one in a million. He says he never knew his mother. Lucky you, says Fedra. He hands her a bottle and tells her just 20 drops, that’s all she can have. She has to be careful. She kisses the bottle and leaves the room, telling him to have her car ready at 11:00.
Bernardo thoughtbubbles Fedra, you always get your way. I’ve been with you more than 20 years, serving your little whims. He gets out a small inlaid box and gets out the silver lily. It’s been more than 20 years, he thoughtbubbles some more, since the lily sank to the bottom of the sea. He looks at the lily and hopes this isn’t a bad omen. There’s nothing like a bad omen to brighten the hearts of viewerdom, who perk up at the mention of one.
More thoughtbubbling: The jewel that Jose Maria Sevilla had made all those years ago “pasado nos persigue Capitan” (I have no idea what that means – the past haunts us? Who is Capitan?). And more: If you weren’t dead it would be easier to know where the lily came from, if only the sea hadn’t swallowed you forever the night the ship sank.
We see a burning ship sinking, but it doesn’t look like anything modern – it has masts….more like a scene from The Pinta, The Niña and The Glub Glub Glub.
I’m completely confused, which is frustrating because I’m sure all of this is important. If the lily was at the bottom of the sea, how did it get to the surface again? Why does the ship look like it sank 220 years ago, not 20 years ago?
Marianela tells Delicia that the lily was her only remembrance of her mother. Delicia trots out, saying she’ll get Benigno to help her look for it. Emanuel asks Marianela what it looks like, not letting on that he’s seen it. He says he’ll find it for her for sure.
In his room, he asks himself why he didn’t tell Marianela he had the lily. Maybe it’s because it looked like the one in the drawing Bernardo did for him. He guesses he ought to give it back, or she’ll hate him forever. Poor thing, she hasn’t had a moment’s peace since she arrived.
Marianela looks in the big box and says her trademark oh no no no no no. Is this what Kristel and Fedra want me to wear? She remembers her mother’s voice telling her what matters is who we are inside.
Muñeca is smiling seductively at her husband Lorenzo at home. She just couldn’t wait to be with him! He says he’s awfully tired, but she says suggestively that she knows just what’ll wake him up. She disappears up the stairs, his fake smile fades, and he thoughtbubbles that there’s no getting out of this.
Fedra is in Emiliano’s office pouring a drink and, using a dropper, adding the mystery liquid. He says he doesn’t want to argue. She acts innocent, and he tells her seems like arguing is what they do a lot lately.
F: Do you want me to turn into some boring old gray-haired thing like your Muñeca Rivera?
E: We’re not talking about her.
F: She was your intended until I appeared in your life. You know what I think when you gripe about me? That you wish you hadn’t left her.
E: Please, it was arranged by our families. We were never in love.
F: (handing him the drink and stroking his shoulder) That’s what you told me the first time we made love? Remember, mi amor?
E: (enjoying being nuzzled) I love when you do like that – you drive me crazy.
Fedra smiles seductively as he drinks, and thoughtbubbles, You or any other man that I feel like seducing.
There’s a knock at the door but they ignore it while she twirls her high heel in her hand and lifts the glass to his lips while he smiles happily.
Muñeca appears in the bedroom in a slinky number and dims the lights. Lorenzo thoughtbubbles that he’s not going to be able to get out of it. She begins nuzzling him and says she’s been dreaming of this moment. Really? he says, yawning.
Fedra is on Emiliano’s lap and he’s saying yummy, he loooves making love to her. She pouts that he doesn’t listen to her. He says he can’t believe how she affects him – she’s the most desirable woman he’s ever known. He takes another drink and yawns profoundly. She holds him to her chest.
Muñeca is starting to disrobe Lorenzo when his cells rings. She begs him not to answer it, but he says he just has to. It’s Lucas at some party or bar saying he’s there with two lovely things. Lorenzo fakes at his end: Can’t you get along without me? Okay, I’ll come.
Muñeca is crushed and begs him to stay. He says filming on the commercial is hung up and they’re a bunch of incompetents. He feigns deep regret and hotfoots it out of there.
It’s dinnertime at Emiliano’s house and everyone is arranged around the table. Fedra gripes about the food, which isn’t her planned menu, but Emanuel says it’s healthy – fat’s bad for you. Kristel says Marianela (who isn’t there) ought to know. Axel mutters that the family table is a battleground. Emiliano, still yawning, announced to everyone that this is Marianela’s first time to have dinner with them.
Just then she appears, dressed in a pumpkin costume, and taking the high road. She gives them a sparkly smile and says to Fedra and Kristel that they didn’t think she’d put on the costume, but look, she did and here she is.
Netty is weeping in front of a statue of a santo and Brandon comes in and says how sorry he is, he just heard. She laments that Eva was just finally having the life she deserves. Brandon tells her to try to be happy. Do it for herself. Do it for Eva. Remember how every time Eva visited she said this was a house full of happy people? We have to keep being happy people for her. He gives Netty a kiss on the head.
You’re right, she says. We need to remember Eva with joy. Brandon is happy the old Netty is back. He asks about Marianela and Netty bursts into tears again.
At the house of unhappy people, Marianela thanks Kristel for lending her the outfit. Emanuel thinks it’s a very poor joke. Kristel protests that it wasn’t, she just didn’t have anything that Marianela could fit into, and the pumpkin outfit is the height of fashion – she got first prize once when she wore it.
Emanuel offers her a chair and Marianela mooshes the pumpkin down a bit while Kristal and Fedra suppress laughter. Emanuel says he’s going to his room a minute. Fedra tells them all to eat – Marianela must be starving.
Marianela tries not to show that she was insulted and gives herself a silent pep talk. She was trying to be brave, but maybe she just came off ridiculous.
Ilitia has a huuuuge problem, she tells her mama Muñeca. Which dress should she wear to see Emanuel – the red one or the black one? Muñeca says that maybe she (Muñeca) has hit the age and stage where those kinds of things don’t work. Well, she guesses the black one. Great! says Ilitia, then I’ll wear the red one.
Muñeca looks distracted. Ilitia wants to know why her mother didn’t argue when she picked the other dress. Muñeca just tells her she’ll be late. Ilitia, actually for a nanosecond noticing another human being, asks her if she’s okay.
Emiliano tells Marianela to eat all she wants. Fedra tells him not to say that, she’ll empty the larder. Marianela says she’s not very hungry. Axel says he understands, this family would put anyone off their feed. Kristel says it’ll be a great way for Marianela to diet.
Emanuel comes back dressed as a pirate and he and Axel high-five. Now what, says Fedra, and he says it seemed to be a costume party.
Muñeca is sitting in her room looking wistful when her maid Flora brings her some tea. Muñeca says Lorenzo didn’t even say goodbye. It seems like she’s invisible to him. She says she doesn’t want dinner, she’s just going to take her sleeping pills, and she sends Flora off.
She looks at a photo of her and Lorenzo happy together. She tells it she’s going to sleep because she’s tired of going to bed alone, and that he hasn’t made love to her even once a month, and she’s tired of pretending it doesn’t matter. She’s had it. She shakes out too many pills into her hand. She wishes he’d tell her even once that he loves her. She swallows the handful of pills.
Fedra tells Emanuel to lose the pirate costume, she doesn’t want people horsing around at her dinner table. Emanuel ignores that and sits down and smiles. Emiliano asks her to just let them all eat in peace. Axel wants to know why it’s okay that Marianela can be dressed as a pumpkin, but it’s not okay for Emanuel to be dressed as a pirate.
Emanuel thinks it’s splendid that dinner has turned into a costume party. He compliments Kristel on hers. She looks surprised. He tells her she came as a superficial bitch. I guess what he really said was “witch.” Kristel whines for her mother to do something. Fedra tells Emiliano to shape everybody up, but he’s fallen asleep.
Netty is miserable – she feels like Emiliano’s family has made off with everything now that Eva is gone – they have that big house… Brandon asks her if she really thinks Marianela will be happy there. Netty knows she won’t. What she needs right now is love and she’s not going to get it there. They have tons of money but they’re empty inside. They made Eva’s life miserable.
Brandon tells her money can’t buy happiness, and says he’d like to meet Marianela. If she’s as pretty as her mother, he says, he might fall in love with her. Netty arches her eyebrows.
Emiliano is so groggy his head hits the table. He reckons he’ll go on to bed. He staggers out.
It’s time for dessert and the maid comes in with ice cream, which makes Fedra furious. Where’s the lemon pie? Kristel says Marianela wiped it out. Thanks a lot, says Fedra. If you wanted to ruin our whole evening, you certainly succeeded. Since you arrived in this house, everything’s gone to hell.
Sorry, I don’t agree, says Marianela, leaving the table.
Netty is praising Marianela to Brandon. She was first in her class! She made this sling! She’s a wonderful person! Wow, says Brandon. She’s tender, sweet, she inherited her mother’s character. Wow, says Brandon again, she sounds like a saint. I’m guessing maybe you’re leaving out that she’s not so good looking? Oh, no! says Netty. She has the prettiest face. But she’s….gordita.
Emanuel is lecturing his mother and sister, telling them that Marianela is at a rough time in her life, she just lost her mama and… Kristel yawns loudly. Axel fervidly agrees with Emanuel and says they should make every effort to be kind to her. Fedra says that as long she follows the rules, there’s no problem.
Fedra says she’ll try. Emanuel asks Kristel if she will too. Sure, says Kristel who starts dramatizing Poor orphan who just lost her mother… Emanuel tells her she doesn’t get it. Her last two remaining brain cells aren’t up to the burden. He leaves and Fedra and Kristel break into laughter about the excellent pumpkin adventure while Axel shakes his head in disgust.
Emanuel has walked out into the night and sits on the front stairs and wonders why his mother and Kristel are so mean to Marianela. In the background, Marianela walks out and sees him and thinks how she wants to thank him for the pirate routine. Maybe he really does like her. She starts to walk towards him when out of nowhere appears Ilitia, who throws her arms around him and kisses him. They call each other mi amor. Marianela is crushed.
Flora the maid finds Muñeca passed out on the floor of her bedroom. Panicked, she calls for Fidel, whoever that is. I’m guessing it’s not the dog.
Marianela thoughtbubbles that Emanuel’s girlfriend is so thin and they look so in love. Just then Ilitia spots her and wonders what the heck that is. Marianela turns to run away at a pumpkin trot, but Emanuel calls to her.
Ilitia wonders if there’s a costume party going on and nobody told her. Emanuel introduces Marianela. Ilitia makes a few snippy jokes at Marianela’s expense and Emanuel frowns. Marienela looks sad.
Still at the dinner table, Kristel wonders why Emanuel defends Marianela. Fedra says he’s just that way, but she has to understand who’s in charge in the house. Axel says they’re just mad because she doesn’t take their insults lying down. Fedra is surprised he’s defending her too and Kristel wonders if he prefers chubby girls, instead of her slim girlfriends. He gets mad and says that has nothing to do with it. Kristel says people are starting to talk, so he better find himself a girlfriend and fast. She flounces off and he’s livid.
Fedra tells him to sit and asks him what people are talking about. He stares at the tablecloth. She doesn’t want their name dragged through the mud. He’s not interested in what people say, particularly since a lot of them are party-people bed hoppers. Fedra says that sort of thing should interest him, particularly at his age, it’s normal. He retorts that it doesn’t make him abnormal if he doesn’t like Fabiola.
Fedra says how about Lorena? He’s not interested in her either. Fedra tells him he better get him a girlfriend, like now, and stop this gossip. If not, she doesn’t know what they’re going to do with him. Don’t make up stuff! he protests. She says they don’t have certain kinds of people in her family, using (I’m guessing) using circumlocutions for gay. She goes over to him and says she figures he’ll leave the house with a medical degree in hand and a worthy girl on his arm. She wants that photo for her album. If that doesn’t happen, there’ll be serious problems, understand? She strokes his hair while he glares.
Fidel has arrived and is on his knees next to prostrate Muñeca. He tells Flora to call an ambulance, something telenovela characters are incapable of doing unless prompted. Meantime, at some club, Lorenzo is all over some tall, blonde lovely.
Marianela asks Ilitia if she’s a model. Yes, says Ilitia, but I don’t give autographs in my time off. Ilitia wonders if Kristel’s home, she wants to see her. Emanuel tells her to go on in. Ilitia says she’s glad to meet his cousin, she must have a huge heart, ha ha.
Fidel and Flora are awaiting the ambulance and he tells her to call Ilitia. Flora gets her on her cell and starts to tell her Your mother… Ilitia interrupts her and says she’s with her novio and doesn’t want her mother bothering her right now. Give her a kiss and tell her I’ll talk to her later. Bye.
Kristel is admiring her figure in a long mirror, turning this way and that, while she talks on the phone to Mauricio who is on his cell somewhere grassy, probably the club lawn. He tells her that it was her idea to throw a welcome party for her cousin and everything’s all ready at the club. Kristel laughs that Marianela is unfortunately dressed like a pumpkin right now. He tells her to bring her, they’re going to have the beauty contest and she has to be there.
Kristel says she’ll bring her. Mauricio tells her to use his car, which is still there. Ilitia appears at the doorway of Kristel’s room and they laugh and hug.
Marianela and Emanuel are still outside in front of the house, and she thanks him for his kindness and understanding, and for dressing up like a pirate so she didn’t feel so bad. What makes you think I did it for you? he asks. Maybe I have this whole pirate fantasy life. He does a little pirate shtick.
To my mind, when it comes to humiliation, looking like Errol Flynn is hardly comparable to looking like giant orange-colored squash with tendrils, but hey, his heart is in the right place.
Lorenzo and the blonde come into a hotel room, smooching. She wonders why a guy like him doesn’t have his own pad for romantic adventures. He says he does and it depends on how she performs in the hotel room. He’s rough with her and tells her not to take him to heaven, but to hell. Women like you are my downfall.
She takes a silettoed high-heel in each hand and, raising her hands over her head like a picador, embeds them in him, then leaves him for dead.
Okay, that didn’t happen. Actually, and this must be like some blonde joke, she doesn’t see what a truly scary guy he is and she says Kiss me. Tell me what you want and I’ll do it.
Ilitia asks Kristel how she got an elephant for a cousin. Kristel is mortified , mortifed! she’s related to somebody like that – she makes her skin crawl. Emanuel and Marianela come in and Fedra and Axel appear. Ilitia gushes over Fedra, telling her she looks wonderful, and tries to greet Axel, but he rudely shoves by her.
Fedra asks after her parents, and Ilitia says her mother is probably alone right now, while her father is out doing something he shouldn’t. Fedra tells her her father needs to stay out of trouble. While all this conversation goes on, Manuel isn’t paying attention, and is horsing around bumping against Marianela’s pumpkin costume.
The ambulance guys are there, putting Muñeca on a stretcher. They figure her stomach will be pumped. They want to know if Flora and Fidel are family members, and they explain who they are (Fidel is the chauffeur, it turns out), but they are the ones on the spot, so they figure they are acting as family since nobody else is around.
Lorenzo and blonde are snoozling in bed when there’s a pounding on the door. My husband! says the blonde. We hear the guy outside yelling that he knows she’s in there with some guy and he’s going to kill them both.
Okay by me.
Ilitia is telling about her awful experience at the airport, but assures everyone she’ll take care of that police fellow after what he did to her. She says she brought home presents for everyone, but not for the cousin. Marianela says that’s okay, I don’t expect gifts from someone I’d never met.
Ilitia is surprised Marianela is so outspoken and Kristel says she has tons of personality. Emanuel tells her to knock it off, and Kristel says that, just to show she listened to what he said about including Marianela, she’s putting on a welcome party this very evening at the club.
Tonight? says Marianela.
Avances: It’s a party at the club where everybody is hip and Marianela is a pumpkin. Will she turn into a coach at midnight? Looks like she’s having fun, though, and one fellow even tries to kiss her. She goes to hug Emanuel and ends up falling on top of him.
*****
This touching speech is interrupted by Delicia the maid barging in with a huge box that she says Kristel sent. Oh, and she hasn’t been able to find Marianela’s pin. Emanuel’s ears prick up.
Fedra tells Bernardo that his mother didn’t need to have more than one kid – he’s one in a million. He says he never knew his mother. Lucky you, says Fedra. He hands her a bottle and tells her just 20 drops, that’s all she can have. She has to be careful. She kisses the bottle and leaves the room, telling him to have her car ready at 11:00.
Bernardo thoughtbubbles Fedra, you always get your way. I’ve been with you more than 20 years, serving your little whims. He gets out a small inlaid box and gets out the silver lily. It’s been more than 20 years, he thoughtbubbles some more, since the lily sank to the bottom of the sea. He looks at the lily and hopes this isn’t a bad omen. There’s nothing like a bad omen to brighten the hearts of viewerdom, who perk up at the mention of one.
More thoughtbubbling: The jewel that Jose Maria Sevilla had made all those years ago “pasado nos persigue Capitan” (I have no idea what that means – the past haunts us? Who is Capitan?). And more: If you weren’t dead it would be easier to know where the lily came from, if only the sea hadn’t swallowed you forever the night the ship sank.
We see a burning ship sinking, but it doesn’t look like anything modern – it has masts….more like a scene from The Pinta, The Niña and The Glub Glub Glub.
I’m completely confused, which is frustrating because I’m sure all of this is important. If the lily was at the bottom of the sea, how did it get to the surface again? Why does the ship look like it sank 220 years ago, not 20 years ago?
Marianela tells Delicia that the lily was her only remembrance of her mother. Delicia trots out, saying she’ll get Benigno to help her look for it. Emanuel asks Marianela what it looks like, not letting on that he’s seen it. He says he’ll find it for her for sure.
In his room, he asks himself why he didn’t tell Marianela he had the lily. Maybe it’s because it looked like the one in the drawing Bernardo did for him. He guesses he ought to give it back, or she’ll hate him forever. Poor thing, she hasn’t had a moment’s peace since she arrived.
Marianela looks in the big box and says her trademark oh no no no no no. Is this what Kristel and Fedra want me to wear? She remembers her mother’s voice telling her what matters is who we are inside.
Muñeca is smiling seductively at her husband Lorenzo at home. She just couldn’t wait to be with him! He says he’s awfully tired, but she says suggestively that she knows just what’ll wake him up. She disappears up the stairs, his fake smile fades, and he thoughtbubbles that there’s no getting out of this.
Fedra is in Emiliano’s office pouring a drink and, using a dropper, adding the mystery liquid. He says he doesn’t want to argue. She acts innocent, and he tells her seems like arguing is what they do a lot lately.
F: Do you want me to turn into some boring old gray-haired thing like your Muñeca Rivera?
E: We’re not talking about her.
F: She was your intended until I appeared in your life. You know what I think when you gripe about me? That you wish you hadn’t left her.
E: Please, it was arranged by our families. We were never in love.
F: (handing him the drink and stroking his shoulder) That’s what you told me the first time we made love? Remember, mi amor?
E: (enjoying being nuzzled) I love when you do like that – you drive me crazy.
Fedra smiles seductively as he drinks, and thoughtbubbles, You or any other man that I feel like seducing.
There’s a knock at the door but they ignore it while she twirls her high heel in her hand and lifts the glass to his lips while he smiles happily.
Muñeca appears in the bedroom in a slinky number and dims the lights. Lorenzo thoughtbubbles that he’s not going to be able to get out of it. She begins nuzzling him and says she’s been dreaming of this moment. Really? he says, yawning.
Fedra is on Emiliano’s lap and he’s saying yummy, he loooves making love to her. She pouts that he doesn’t listen to her. He says he can’t believe how she affects him – she’s the most desirable woman he’s ever known. He takes another drink and yawns profoundly. She holds him to her chest.
Muñeca is starting to disrobe Lorenzo when his cells rings. She begs him not to answer it, but he says he just has to. It’s Lucas at some party or bar saying he’s there with two lovely things. Lorenzo fakes at his end: Can’t you get along without me? Okay, I’ll come.
Muñeca is crushed and begs him to stay. He says filming on the commercial is hung up and they’re a bunch of incompetents. He feigns deep regret and hotfoots it out of there.
It’s dinnertime at Emiliano’s house and everyone is arranged around the table. Fedra gripes about the food, which isn’t her planned menu, but Emanuel says it’s healthy – fat’s bad for you. Kristel says Marianela (who isn’t there) ought to know. Axel mutters that the family table is a battleground. Emiliano, still yawning, announced to everyone that this is Marianela’s first time to have dinner with them.
Just then she appears, dressed in a pumpkin costume, and taking the high road. She gives them a sparkly smile and says to Fedra and Kristel that they didn’t think she’d put on the costume, but look, she did and here she is.
Netty is weeping in front of a statue of a santo and Brandon comes in and says how sorry he is, he just heard. She laments that Eva was just finally having the life she deserves. Brandon tells her to try to be happy. Do it for herself. Do it for Eva. Remember how every time Eva visited she said this was a house full of happy people? We have to keep being happy people for her. He gives Netty a kiss on the head.
You’re right, she says. We need to remember Eva with joy. Brandon is happy the old Netty is back. He asks about Marianela and Netty bursts into tears again.
At the house of unhappy people, Marianela thanks Kristel for lending her the outfit. Emanuel thinks it’s a very poor joke. Kristel protests that it wasn’t, she just didn’t have anything that Marianela could fit into, and the pumpkin outfit is the height of fashion – she got first prize once when she wore it.
Emanuel offers her a chair and Marianela mooshes the pumpkin down a bit while Kristal and Fedra suppress laughter. Emanuel says he’s going to his room a minute. Fedra tells them all to eat – Marianela must be starving.
Marianela tries not to show that she was insulted and gives herself a silent pep talk. She was trying to be brave, but maybe she just came off ridiculous.
Ilitia has a huuuuge problem, she tells her mama Muñeca. Which dress should she wear to see Emanuel – the red one or the black one? Muñeca says that maybe she (Muñeca) has hit the age and stage where those kinds of things don’t work. Well, she guesses the black one. Great! says Ilitia, then I’ll wear the red one.
Muñeca looks distracted. Ilitia wants to know why her mother didn’t argue when she picked the other dress. Muñeca just tells her she’ll be late. Ilitia, actually for a nanosecond noticing another human being, asks her if she’s okay.
Emiliano tells Marianela to eat all she wants. Fedra tells him not to say that, she’ll empty the larder. Marianela says she’s not very hungry. Axel says he understands, this family would put anyone off their feed. Kristel says it’ll be a great way for Marianela to diet.
Emanuel comes back dressed as a pirate and he and Axel high-five. Now what, says Fedra, and he says it seemed to be a costume party.
Muñeca is sitting in her room looking wistful when her maid Flora brings her some tea. Muñeca says Lorenzo didn’t even say goodbye. It seems like she’s invisible to him. She says she doesn’t want dinner, she’s just going to take her sleeping pills, and she sends Flora off.
She looks at a photo of her and Lorenzo happy together. She tells it she’s going to sleep because she’s tired of going to bed alone, and that he hasn’t made love to her even once a month, and she’s tired of pretending it doesn’t matter. She’s had it. She shakes out too many pills into her hand. She wishes he’d tell her even once that he loves her. She swallows the handful of pills.
Fedra tells Emanuel to lose the pirate costume, she doesn’t want people horsing around at her dinner table. Emanuel ignores that and sits down and smiles. Emiliano asks her to just let them all eat in peace. Axel wants to know why it’s okay that Marianela can be dressed as a pumpkin, but it’s not okay for Emanuel to be dressed as a pirate.
Emanuel thinks it’s splendid that dinner has turned into a costume party. He compliments Kristel on hers. She looks surprised. He tells her she came as a superficial bitch. I guess what he really said was “witch.” Kristel whines for her mother to do something. Fedra tells Emiliano to shape everybody up, but he’s fallen asleep.
Netty is miserable – she feels like Emiliano’s family has made off with everything now that Eva is gone – they have that big house… Brandon asks her if she really thinks Marianela will be happy there. Netty knows she won’t. What she needs right now is love and she’s not going to get it there. They have tons of money but they’re empty inside. They made Eva’s life miserable.
Brandon tells her money can’t buy happiness, and says he’d like to meet Marianela. If she’s as pretty as her mother, he says, he might fall in love with her. Netty arches her eyebrows.
Emiliano is so groggy his head hits the table. He reckons he’ll go on to bed. He staggers out.
It’s time for dessert and the maid comes in with ice cream, which makes Fedra furious. Where’s the lemon pie? Kristel says Marianela wiped it out. Thanks a lot, says Fedra. If you wanted to ruin our whole evening, you certainly succeeded. Since you arrived in this house, everything’s gone to hell.
Sorry, I don’t agree, says Marianela, leaving the table.
Netty is praising Marianela to Brandon. She was first in her class! She made this sling! She’s a wonderful person! Wow, says Brandon. She’s tender, sweet, she inherited her mother’s character. Wow, says Brandon again, she sounds like a saint. I’m guessing maybe you’re leaving out that she’s not so good looking? Oh, no! says Netty. She has the prettiest face. But she’s….gordita.
Emanuel is lecturing his mother and sister, telling them that Marianela is at a rough time in her life, she just lost her mama and… Kristel yawns loudly. Axel fervidly agrees with Emanuel and says they should make every effort to be kind to her. Fedra says that as long she follows the rules, there’s no problem.
Fedra says she’ll try. Emanuel asks Kristel if she will too. Sure, says Kristel who starts dramatizing Poor orphan who just lost her mother… Emanuel tells her she doesn’t get it. Her last two remaining brain cells aren’t up to the burden. He leaves and Fedra and Kristel break into laughter about the excellent pumpkin adventure while Axel shakes his head in disgust.
Emanuel has walked out into the night and sits on the front stairs and wonders why his mother and Kristel are so mean to Marianela. In the background, Marianela walks out and sees him and thinks how she wants to thank him for the pirate routine. Maybe he really does like her. She starts to walk towards him when out of nowhere appears Ilitia, who throws her arms around him and kisses him. They call each other mi amor. Marianela is crushed.
Flora the maid finds Muñeca passed out on the floor of her bedroom. Panicked, she calls for Fidel, whoever that is. I’m guessing it’s not the dog.
Marianela thoughtbubbles that Emanuel’s girlfriend is so thin and they look so in love. Just then Ilitia spots her and wonders what the heck that is. Marianela turns to run away at a pumpkin trot, but Emanuel calls to her.
Ilitia wonders if there’s a costume party going on and nobody told her. Emanuel introduces Marianela. Ilitia makes a few snippy jokes at Marianela’s expense and Emanuel frowns. Marienela looks sad.
Still at the dinner table, Kristel wonders why Emanuel defends Marianela. Fedra says he’s just that way, but she has to understand who’s in charge in the house. Axel says they’re just mad because she doesn’t take their insults lying down. Fedra is surprised he’s defending her too and Kristel wonders if he prefers chubby girls, instead of her slim girlfriends. He gets mad and says that has nothing to do with it. Kristel says people are starting to talk, so he better find himself a girlfriend and fast. She flounces off and he’s livid.
Fedra tells him to sit and asks him what people are talking about. He stares at the tablecloth. She doesn’t want their name dragged through the mud. He’s not interested in what people say, particularly since a lot of them are party-people bed hoppers. Fedra says that sort of thing should interest him, particularly at his age, it’s normal. He retorts that it doesn’t make him abnormal if he doesn’t like Fabiola.
Fedra says how about Lorena? He’s not interested in her either. Fedra tells him he better get him a girlfriend, like now, and stop this gossip. If not, she doesn’t know what they’re going to do with him. Don’t make up stuff! he protests. She says they don’t have certain kinds of people in her family, using (I’m guessing) using circumlocutions for gay. She goes over to him and says she figures he’ll leave the house with a medical degree in hand and a worthy girl on his arm. She wants that photo for her album. If that doesn’t happen, there’ll be serious problems, understand? She strokes his hair while he glares.
Fidel has arrived and is on his knees next to prostrate Muñeca. He tells Flora to call an ambulance, something telenovela characters are incapable of doing unless prompted. Meantime, at some club, Lorenzo is all over some tall, blonde lovely.
Marianela asks Ilitia if she’s a model. Yes, says Ilitia, but I don’t give autographs in my time off. Ilitia wonders if Kristel’s home, she wants to see her. Emanuel tells her to go on in. Ilitia says she’s glad to meet his cousin, she must have a huge heart, ha ha.
Fidel and Flora are awaiting the ambulance and he tells her to call Ilitia. Flora gets her on her cell and starts to tell her Your mother… Ilitia interrupts her and says she’s with her novio and doesn’t want her mother bothering her right now. Give her a kiss and tell her I’ll talk to her later. Bye.
Kristel is admiring her figure in a long mirror, turning this way and that, while she talks on the phone to Mauricio who is on his cell somewhere grassy, probably the club lawn. He tells her that it was her idea to throw a welcome party for her cousin and everything’s all ready at the club. Kristel laughs that Marianela is unfortunately dressed like a pumpkin right now. He tells her to bring her, they’re going to have the beauty contest and she has to be there.
Kristel says she’ll bring her. Mauricio tells her to use his car, which is still there. Ilitia appears at the doorway of Kristel’s room and they laugh and hug.
Marianela and Emanuel are still outside in front of the house, and she thanks him for his kindness and understanding, and for dressing up like a pirate so she didn’t feel so bad. What makes you think I did it for you? he asks. Maybe I have this whole pirate fantasy life. He does a little pirate shtick.
To my mind, when it comes to humiliation, looking like Errol Flynn is hardly comparable to looking like giant orange-colored squash with tendrils, but hey, his heart is in the right place.
Lorenzo and the blonde come into a hotel room, smooching. She wonders why a guy like him doesn’t have his own pad for romantic adventures. He says he does and it depends on how she performs in the hotel room. He’s rough with her and tells her not to take him to heaven, but to hell. Women like you are my downfall.
She takes a silettoed high-heel in each hand and, raising her hands over her head like a picador, embeds them in him, then leaves him for dead.
Okay, that didn’t happen. Actually, and this must be like some blonde joke, she doesn’t see what a truly scary guy he is and she says Kiss me. Tell me what you want and I’ll do it.
Ilitia asks Kristel how she got an elephant for a cousin. Kristel is mortified , mortifed! she’s related to somebody like that – she makes her skin crawl. Emanuel and Marianela come in and Fedra and Axel appear. Ilitia gushes over Fedra, telling her she looks wonderful, and tries to greet Axel, but he rudely shoves by her.
Fedra asks after her parents, and Ilitia says her mother is probably alone right now, while her father is out doing something he shouldn’t. Fedra tells her her father needs to stay out of trouble. While all this conversation goes on, Manuel isn’t paying attention, and is horsing around bumping against Marianela’s pumpkin costume.
The ambulance guys are there, putting Muñeca on a stretcher. They figure her stomach will be pumped. They want to know if Flora and Fidel are family members, and they explain who they are (Fidel is the chauffeur, it turns out), but they are the ones on the spot, so they figure they are acting as family since nobody else is around.
Lorenzo and blonde are snoozling in bed when there’s a pounding on the door. My husband! says the blonde. We hear the guy outside yelling that he knows she’s in there with some guy and he’s going to kill them both.
Okay by me.
Ilitia is telling about her awful experience at the airport, but assures everyone she’ll take care of that police fellow after what he did to her. She says she brought home presents for everyone, but not for the cousin. Marianela says that’s okay, I don’t expect gifts from someone I’d never met.
Ilitia is surprised Marianela is so outspoken and Kristel says she has tons of personality. Emanuel tells her to knock it off, and Kristel says that, just to show she listened to what he said about including Marianela, she’s putting on a welcome party this very evening at the club.
Tonight? says Marianela.
Avances: It’s a party at the club where everybody is hip and Marianela is a pumpkin. Will she turn into a coach at midnight? Looks like she’s having fun, though, and one fellow even tries to kiss her. She goes to hug Emanuel and ends up falling on top of him.
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