Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Llena de Amor #27 Tue 9/14/10 Don Máximo plays his remaining card, everyone’s got aces up their sleeves, and it’s a full house at Netty’s.
Don Máximo tells Benigno that he won’t leave Marianela helpless and let the house fall into the hands of that harpy.
Upstairs, Marianela and Netty have made the wise decision to make like stoners and split this joint. Emanuel desperately begs Mari to stay, but she says never has she been so eager to leave a place. She tells Gretel that she was right; she never should have come here. Gretel is teary and can’t disagree. Oliver tells Gretel not to cry; she’ll see him again. That would cheer me up, but Gretel is still playing hard to get. The pensión clan leaves as that bit of background music I like, the one that’s reminiscent of “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” plays. Emanuel is beginning to cry for real now. He blames Fedra for driving Mari out of the house. Fedra starts insulting Eva all over again, and Emanuel says it is shameful how the only thing that matters in this family is money. He walks out. Ilitia tries to chase after him, squealing that she is not like that, but Gretel yanks her back.
At the hospital, Gladiola tries to comfort Begoña. She says both their kids are going to be fine, and Begoña is lucky, because at least she has a man. Begoña sobs that she has nothing, nothing! The guy is married! “What have I gotten myself into? What was I thinking?”
Emiliano asks what is going to happen with the inheritance. Bernardo says the lawyers will get a handwriting analysis, and if it proves that Eva wrote the letter, then Fedra will get the money immediately. Fedra smooches all over Emiliano’s face and says she would NEVER take money that didn’t rightfully belong to her.
The household staff and firefighters parade into the salon. The head bombero announces that an iron caused the fire. Fedra demands to know who was ironing. Kristel swears that she saw Nereida ironing, so the fire was absolutely definitely for sure her fault.
The gang arrives at the pensión, and Netty welcomes Mari to her new home. They report to Dolores and Consuelo that the inheritance money is lost, but Netty assures Mari that she doesn’t need money. Her new life here will be Llena de Amor, instead. They ask where Doris and Gladiola are and are informed that Doris is in the hospital after she fainted from poisoning. “Oh no! Then I’m in trouble, too!” exclaims Netty.
Emiliano and Gretel have a private little confab. Emiliano thinks Eva would not have left Marianela with nothing, no matter how bad things got. However, alcoholism can make people do desperate things, so he doesn’t know what to think. Gretel points out how strange it is that Fedra never showed him those papers before.
Fedra storms back through, yelling about the mess in the laundry room and telling Nereida to get her things and get out. Emiliano feebly tries to protest, and Nereida more adamantly tries to defend herself, but Kristel does her best to hush her up and Fedra is, as usual, not interested in facts anyway. She tells Nereida she’ll have to pay for all the clothes that were burned and she’d better be gone by morning. Kristel theatrically sniffles about her poor burned clothing.
Netty freaks out and asks whether she looks hinchada (swollen) or pale. They all wonder what in the heck she’s on about, and she dramatically swans about and hyperventilates and decides she needs to go to the hospital. The worst part is, she hasn’t had time to make her will leaving things to Marianela! But she doesn’t have anything to leave anyway! “Stop, tia, you are not dying!” says Mari. “What’s all this about poisoning?” Brandon asks. Netty explains that they were in the elevator at the mall, and there was a lot of gas. “You shouldn’t eat so many beans, then,” says Oliver. Netty melodramatically relates the tale.
Gladiola tells Begoña that she felt helpless at first, too, when her husband died, but Begoña will be surprised at how strong she can be when she needs to take care of her child. Begoña is not comforted, and thinks she can’t possibly go it alone. She has no money, no job, no family in town, and what about the future illnesses and accidents, when Lorenzo won’t be there? Gladiola suggests that at least he’ll help financially, but Begoña cries that the money is his wife’s.
Netty is convinced she’s dying. Brandon agrees to take her to the hospital, but the rest of the ladies have to stay home because it’s dangerous out at night. Oliver says “me vas a dejar como la guayabera? (are you going to leave me out?)” No way. He’s going with them. The guys rush out, leaving behind Netty, who collapses on the sofa, having convinced herself that she is horribly sick and feels worse than they can even imagine. Mari thinks she’s nuts.
Gladiola urges Begoña to come and live in Netty’s pensión. That way she won’t be alone! The place is full of love and they all support each other! And it’s super cheap! Begoña seems interested. {Just how big is that place?}
The next morning, the pensioners eat chilaquiles for breakfast, Netty having neither gone to the hospital nor died during the night. Netty claims she couldn’t sleep all night, she was so afraid she wouldn’t wake up. Angela comes in and Netty introduces her to Mari. Mari goes to shake her hand and Angela jumps like she’s shaken hands with a lightning bolt.
Gretel sleeps fitfully. In her dreams, she sees Luis Felipe, Mari’s father, arguing with Fedra:
LF: The deception is over, Fedra!
F: Look, bastard, you are not going to take away everything I’ve worked so hard to get in life, understand?
LF: I know what kind of woman you are, and I want you out of the house immediately. You’ll leave the same way you arrived, with NOTHING. And I’m going to tell my brother that you are a cualquiera.
(Little-girl Gretel is watching all this, hidden out of sight. She sees Fedra choke Luis Felipe, kick him, and throw him over the balcony.)
Gretel wakes up, crying and breathing hard, saying it’s the same horrible nightmare that she can’t get out of her head. “Is this going to torture me my whole life?!”
Angela has Mari’s hand in a death grip and is in a trance, which seems to bother Mari just a tad. Finally Angela snaps out of it and tells Mari that her destiny is a great love, which will divide her life into a before and after and make her spill tears of blood.
Begoña has little Cristián back, ready to leave the hospital, and Doris has been discharged as well, though she still looks pretty weak. Gladiola invites Begoña to come with them and have something to eat, but Begoña says she has to wait for her baby’s father, who is coming to pick them up. Brandon and Oliver help Doris walk out. Lorenzo skulks into the waiting room, but ducks back behind a wall when he sees the naco poli. He comes back after they leave and Begoña wonders who he was hiding from. He tells her to hurry up.
Emanuel laughs with Axel that since Marianela arrived at the house, he hasn’t had a moment of peace. But she was awesome and never gave up. She just kept trying to win their affection. Axel agrees that she’s great. She even went back to the club after she was treated so horribly there, just to find him, and she fought with those guys to defend him. “Oh, yes, speaking of that night at the club,” says Emanuel, “what’s going on with you? Are you okay?” Axel insists that nothing is going on; he just drank too much. Emanuel gives him a big hug and says to remember that he’s there to support him, no matter what. Axel smiles and blinks his Bambi eyes. “So are you going to get Marianela to come back?” asks Axel. “Oh, yes, I will do everything possible to get mi gordita to return,” says Emanuel. Axel teases him about the MI gordita.
Netty can’t believe that Marianela is going to have such a big tragic romance as all that. Mari is a bit offended that Netty seems to think she won’t even have a novio. Consuelo cries that she hopes Mari will find a novio who makes her happy, not a tragic one like Angela predicted. She runs off crying. Netty insists that if Mari has a novio, she wants to know who it is.
The Ruiz y de Teresa men breakfast. Axel says Marianela should not have had to leave her own house. Emiliano is just worried he’ll be in trouble when Tia Carlota finds out. What will he tell her? The truth, says Axel, that Mom took all her money. Emanuel says Fedra needs to change her attitude. Dark cloud Gretel rolls in and tells them they’re all naïve and have no idea what Fedra is capable of.
Fedra whines to Bernardo that he’d better deal with the legal stuff quickly, because she hates surprises. He shows her the newspaper, with a front-page story saying that Eva Pavón’s death is still under investigation. He assures her it was an impeccable job, so they will never find out who was responsible. She’s still worried that the expert will see through the handwriting forgery, but he heh-hehs that everyone has a price and it’s all taken care of. She’s happy even though she’s wearing hideous pants.
Gretel says Fedra is playing them all like puppets. Emiliano thinks she’s just paranoid, but Emanuel says he believes that Gretel knows something they don’t know. Gretel again says that it doesn’t make sense that Fedra would keep all her loans to Eva a secret. “What are you suggesting? That your mother falsified information to steal Marianela’s money?” Emiliano asks dismissively. The wheels start to turn in Emanuel’s pretty head.
Marianela tells Netty there’s no way she could have a novio. She hardly even knows any people, and doesn’t even have friends. “You aren’t in love with Emanuel, are you?” Netty asks. Mari laughs that off. “Good,” says Netty, “because that kind of love between cousins is a sin.” “Don’t worry, Mari’s great love doesn’t share the same blood,” says Angela. Doris returns home to great celebration.
The RydT bunch continue to argue over how much of a monster Fedra is. Delicia hovers and listens in until they all stare at her and she runs off and Emanuel laughs. The two of them should have more scenes together; they’re so funny. Axel says everyone has secrets. “Oh, reeeeeeally, Axel? What’s yours?” Emiliano asks. Axel says he’s not ready to talk about it. Emiliano hassles him so he runs out, leaving Emil confused. This sets off a big fight about everything in the house being screwed up. Emanuel says especially regarding Marianela; when she left it broke his soul (!), and Emiliano needs to get his wife to behave herself or else! Emiliano yells at him to let him manage his family himself, and when Emanuel gets married… Emanuel interjects that in his future family, everything is going to be very different! He storms out. Emiliano is still confused, so Gretel clarifies for him that his kids don’t believe in him.
In his bedroom, Emanuel stews over Marianela living in the pensión with that horrid Brandon. He decides he’s got to get her out of there.
Over at the pensión, Marianela wallows in memories of her teary departure from Emanuel. Brandon offers hugs and sympathy.
Emanuel goes to the General for help in getting Marianela back. The General says he still has a card up his sleeve, and he’s going to play it. He’s willing his money to Mari while he’s still alive. Benigno escorts the lawyer in.
Marianela decides she’s going to cheer up. No crying in the pensión, only love and happiness. She doesn’t need the money. She will make it on her own. Brandon approves and kisses her on the head. Oliver and Doris are also happy to hear this. Oliver says he knows how she feels, though, since he also lost out on a huge inheritance. Such a joker, you’d think he’d try a little harder to actually be funny. The polis leave for work and Oliver tries to give Doris a goodbye kiss and gets smacked.
Kristel is disgusted to find Nereida still working in the kitchen, after Fedra fired her. Nereida says they both know very well the fire was not her fault. Delicia defends Nereida and says she saw clearly what happened. There was plenty of heat in the laundry room, but it wasn’t just from the iron! Kristel throws fruit at her. Then she tells Nereida that she’ll keep her mouth shut if she knows what’s good for her. “What’s good for me is keeping my job,” says Nereida. Kristel says if she keeps the secret, she’ll make sure she has enough money not to starve, but she’s leaving either way. “Wrong!” says Gretel, entering the kitchen. She tells Kristel to make sure Nereida can stay, or she’ll tell Fedra what really happened in the laundry room.
Lowrenzo continues to be awful to Begoña back in her apartment. He’s headed back home to be with his wife and daughter. She’s mad that she and the baby only get crumbs, but tries to sweet-talk him into more. He snarls that a family is the one thing he will never give her. Begoña remembers Gladiola telling her that she doesn’t need some loser man for her baby to have a family, she can create a family of the pensión residents. “Well, we have nothing to lose by going to see,” she tells the baby.
Ilitia has decided her chest is a gift, and wrapped it with a bow. Also, she’s yelling at Muñeca for throwing Lowrenzo out. “Can’t you put yourself in my place for a moment?” Muñeca asks. “No! My daddy is awesome, and you’re just trying to ruin his life with your little jealous fits and suicide attempts!” Ilitia brats. Muñeca can’t believe how selfish and uncaring her daughter is. Ilitia tells her if daddy doesn’t come home, she is going to go with him. Sounds like a great bonus to me. She leaves and Muñeca cries.
Emiliano tells Gretel that he agrees Marianela should come back, and he’ll take charge of making it happen. So, it’s not likely. Tia Carlota calls and he lies to her that everything is fine and Marianela got her inheritance, no problema. Carlota wants to talk to Mari, and Emiliano pretends the phone connection is bad. Gretel shakes her head and rolls her eyes. She tells him he can’t cover the sun with a finger; is he trying to become Fedra’s accomplice?
Marianela sings into a feather duster. Netty joins her. They’re really getting into it when Begoña walks in. She watches them, smiling.
Begoña tells Gladiola that she really likes the place and would like to discuss living there, but right now she has a really big favor to ask. She has an important appointment and has no one to watch the baby. Gladiola eagerly agrees to take care of him and refuses Begoña’s offer of pay, as she remembers what it was like to be a young single mom and struggling. Begoña leaves. I wonder whether she plans to return.
Kristel calls Agent Orange and tells him (while he runs on a treadmill) that she tried to blame the maids for the fire, but Gretel knows it was them. AO thinks they need to get Gretel a man so she’ll lighten up. Kristel then laughs about how funny it was that the whale lost her inheritance and had to go live with her aunt. She quickly hangs up when Bernardo and Fedra come down the stairs (not quickly enough nor headfirst enough). Okay, at first I thought it was the pants that were the Fedral offense, but now I think she is wearing zebra-print thigh-high boots. An interesting choice for a woman prone to using animals as insults. Kristel pouts to her mother that the fire was just an accident, and she shouldn’t fire that poor maid. Fedra mocks Kristel’s nun-like charity.
Ilitia takes a break from her heavy shopping duties to sit in a café and order a cappuchino, skinny, skim milk, lactose free, sugar free, caffeine free. Much like Ilitia’s whole life, there is no point. A lady at a neighboring table is reading the new TV y Novelas with her photo on the cover. She grabs it and reads Brandon’s and reality’s version of events, that he had to tie her up because she was hysterical and would have gotten them all killed. “WHAT?! HYSTERICAL?!!! DO I LOOK HYSTERICAL?!” she hysterically hystericalizes. Everyone in the café stares. “I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!” she tells the magazine, beating it and throwing it across the room.
Gladiola happily heads out to the park with the baby in the stroller, giggling that this is good practice for when she has grandchildren. Marianela falls back into a funk, wondering about Angela’s weird prediction. “Is it true what that strange woman said, that a grand love is going to bring me grand pain?” she wonders out loud. “Nope, that will never happen, because that guy will have to deal with me,” says a voice behind her. She squeals and runs over to hug Emanuel. He picks her up and swings her around, straining his back a bit, but he hides the pain from her. She offers him coffee or juice, but he says he’ll take a hug and kiss instead. She hugs him.
Tomorrow: Emanuel tries to convince Marianela to leave with him. The ladies aren’t having it and try to beat him off with a broom. He says he won’t leave without her. Fortunately, the pensión seems to expand as needed to accommodate any number of people, so he can just live there.
Ponerse sus moños – to stand firm on one’s principles
Tiznado – blackened, smudged
Dejar como la guayabera – to exclude
Chiruza, chirucita – lowly, vulgar woman (what Kristel called Nereida and Delicia)
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La Verdad Oculta 009 TUE 2010/09/14: Tuesday Night's Alright for Fighting
At Pachita's office, Gabriela looks for her dad but meets Leonardo who informs her a man met her dad and took him off somewhere. Then Leonardo uses the chance to make time with her, but Gabriela lets it roll off her back.
At the prison, Marcos plans more trouble with the local low life. Back at Mario's office, Mario sweetens the disguise deal by dangling the true identity of Márta's killer over Santiago's head. Santiago's furious to think it would have been Adolfo, but Mario points out Adolfo implicated both of them.
The warden lets Gregorio off for now due to Juan José vouching for him; but they are still investigating who placed the drugs, and that person or persons will pay. Gregorio returns to his cell.
At Mario's, Abelardo barely averts David discovering Santiago in the office; but David relents and exits. Inside Mario assures Santiago he will help him resolve all associated problems with the plan. Mario will give Santiago an explanatory letter to absolve Santiago of any charges.
They have time; when Mario does die, he'll be far away. Santiago will take his place. Santiago is to quit his job; and later as the two of them exit across the lawn, Bertha casts an evil eye their way from her bedroom window above.
Gregorio reports what the warden said to Juan José, but Gregorio's sure it's Marcos harassing him. Juan José lightens Gregorio's mood by sharing some cake Elsa brought. Gregorio dreams again of his glorious treasure when he gets out.
Roberto mashes companionably on Julieta at work; and she's not minding much, when David enters and asks that Gabriela be told to meet him in the office.
At Adolfo's, Yolanda criticizes his harsh treatment of Carlos, but Adolfo's interested in toughening him up. Spoiling him is her job, he says.
Yolanda wants Adolfo to trust Carlos with more of the business, but Adolfo complains Carlos is still immature and consumed with skirt chasing. And as you well know, he says pointedly: when hormones come in, brain cells go out. Adolfo's lack of trust is why Carlos is always at David's throat, Yolanda says.
Félix enters, and Adolfo sends Yolanda packing unhappily; when Félix suggests sending Carlos on the smuggling operation, Adolfo's horrified Carlos would ruin everything. Adolfo sends Félix out on the Veracruz job to bring back the truck.
Gabriela irritates David by coming late to the club office and complains she puts him off and makes excuses to him -- and then goes off to a restaurant with a moron like Carlos. She angrily explains about the uniforms and says besides, she can see who she wants -- and he can go around with his little COUSIN!
Carlos and Roberto enter; Gabriela exits; and a fight ensues between the two suitors over her, which amazingly is broken up by Roberto, masquerading as the adult in the room. Roberto suggests they settle the problem with a bet.
At the prison mess hall, just when Juan José thinks it's safe to go back into the water, Gregorio accidentally on purpose dumps his meal on Marcos's head, causing a general dust-up and mayhem of all room occupants.
Bertha is up early at Mario's to go to church and her mother's grave. At the breakfast table, Mario lamely invents an imaginary salesman who was supposedly in his office yesterday, when David asks who took up all his time.
As Bertha exits, Roberto enters to discuss the bet he plans with David and Carlos over Gabriela, which very idea enrages David, who literally heaves him right back out the door.
At Gabriela's, Julieta effuses over possibly going out with Roberto, but Gabriela tries to discourage her; she doesn't like him. Julieta is disgusted they never get to go out with anybody.
The warden furiously tries to pry the truth out of the fight participants, but none of them will spill; so he puts them all into solitary.
On the street in front of Gabriela's apartment building, David begs Pachita to climb upstairs and bring down Gabriela, who when she arrives on the street will barely talk to him. He wants to explain about things, and she finally relents to meet with him a few minutes before church later. After she exits, David looks pleased.
Santiago arrives home and announces to the girlz he has quit his job and will be "selling books" with the fellow who came by several times. Leonardo visits and wants to invite "all of them" to dinner, and Santiago agrees that Leonardo can return later with take-out instead.
Santiago likes Leonardo, and Julieta is thrilled to have company. But after Santiago exits, Gabriela's disgusted that once again now she has to put up with being stuck and miss a date with David. Julieta erupts indignantly to hear Gabriela has a date and decides for sure she's going out with Roberto now.
At Adolfo's, when Yolanda hears Félix has gone to pick up the goods, she wonders what will happen when one day Carlos learns about his shady deals. Adolfo says he won't find out -- unless she tells him; and Yolanda won't tell him, because it would hurt Carlos, she says. But he's smart and will find out anyway.
Yolanda reminds Adolfo it's the 20th anniversary of Márta's death, but he doesn't care. Santiago visits Márta's grave at the cemetery, where Bertha has also arrived and spies him malevolently.
Carlos visits with Yolanda to her great delight and asks about Gabriela and Julieta. She begs him not to mess with them -- especially not with Gabriela. She lights a candle and tells him it's for an old friend from her acting and dancing days.
This reminds Carlos to ask about his mother, of whom he has not even a photo. Did she know her? Yolanda answers disconcerted that they were -- er, good friends. Carlos only remembers Yolanda since he was little, and that's why he loves her like a mother, he says, moving close and kissing her hands tenderly. Yolanda sighs blissfully and caresses Carlos's face.
During dinner at Gabriela's, it comes out that Leonardo's from Durango, where his family lives. The doorbell rings, and out in the hallway it's a police subordinate with the news the smuggling truck has arrived, and Leonardo exits. Gabriela's relieved she can meet David now.
At the garment factory, when Elsa again asks Roberto for another loan, he recommends Carlos; but she's hesitant Carlos might misunderstand.
David awaits Gabriela anxiously at the ice cream parlor and is relieved when she arrives on time; he explains right away he was angry not at her but at Carlos last night, for that stupid uniform pretext. And apologizes for Alejandra's slight, explaining he gave her a hard time later. David wants them to use familiar address; and when she objects it might look bad, he points out they are both single -- and she's adorable.
Félix & Co. are just pulling the smuggling truck into the warehouse when Leonardo and his AFI troops appear and shoot their lights out. Félix is wounded but escapes. At Adolfo's condo, Yolanda is exiting as Roberto arrives.
He's alone in the living room when someone groans loudly, and the wounded Félix falls into the room from another entrance, bringing Adolfo running down the stairs. Adolfo calls his private physician and is prepared to pay an astonished Roberto big time to keep his mouth shut.
At the prison, Marcos plans more trouble with the local low life. Back at Mario's office, Mario sweetens the disguise deal by dangling the true identity of Márta's killer over Santiago's head. Santiago's furious to think it would have been Adolfo, but Mario points out Adolfo implicated both of them.
The warden lets Gregorio off for now due to Juan José vouching for him; but they are still investigating who placed the drugs, and that person or persons will pay. Gregorio returns to his cell.
At Mario's, Abelardo barely averts David discovering Santiago in the office; but David relents and exits. Inside Mario assures Santiago he will help him resolve all associated problems with the plan. Mario will give Santiago an explanatory letter to absolve Santiago of any charges.
They have time; when Mario does die, he'll be far away. Santiago will take his place. Santiago is to quit his job; and later as the two of them exit across the lawn, Bertha casts an evil eye their way from her bedroom window above.
Gregorio reports what the warden said to Juan José, but Gregorio's sure it's Marcos harassing him. Juan José lightens Gregorio's mood by sharing some cake Elsa brought. Gregorio dreams again of his glorious treasure when he gets out.
Roberto mashes companionably on Julieta at work; and she's not minding much, when David enters and asks that Gabriela be told to meet him in the office.
At Adolfo's, Yolanda criticizes his harsh treatment of Carlos, but Adolfo's interested in toughening him up. Spoiling him is her job, he says.
Yolanda wants Adolfo to trust Carlos with more of the business, but Adolfo complains Carlos is still immature and consumed with skirt chasing. And as you well know, he says pointedly: when hormones come in, brain cells go out. Adolfo's lack of trust is why Carlos is always at David's throat, Yolanda says.
Félix enters, and Adolfo sends Yolanda packing unhappily; when Félix suggests sending Carlos on the smuggling operation, Adolfo's horrified Carlos would ruin everything. Adolfo sends Félix out on the Veracruz job to bring back the truck.
Gabriela irritates David by coming late to the club office and complains she puts him off and makes excuses to him -- and then goes off to a restaurant with a moron like Carlos. She angrily explains about the uniforms and says besides, she can see who she wants -- and he can go around with his little COUSIN!
Carlos and Roberto enter; Gabriela exits; and a fight ensues between the two suitors over her, which amazingly is broken up by Roberto, masquerading as the adult in the room. Roberto suggests they settle the problem with a bet.
At the prison mess hall, just when Juan José thinks it's safe to go back into the water, Gregorio accidentally on purpose dumps his meal on Marcos's head, causing a general dust-up and mayhem of all room occupants.
Bertha is up early at Mario's to go to church and her mother's grave. At the breakfast table, Mario lamely invents an imaginary salesman who was supposedly in his office yesterday, when David asks who took up all his time.
As Bertha exits, Roberto enters to discuss the bet he plans with David and Carlos over Gabriela, which very idea enrages David, who literally heaves him right back out the door.
At Gabriela's, Julieta effuses over possibly going out with Roberto, but Gabriela tries to discourage her; she doesn't like him. Julieta is disgusted they never get to go out with anybody.
The warden furiously tries to pry the truth out of the fight participants, but none of them will spill; so he puts them all into solitary.
On the street in front of Gabriela's apartment building, David begs Pachita to climb upstairs and bring down Gabriela, who when she arrives on the street will barely talk to him. He wants to explain about things, and she finally relents to meet with him a few minutes before church later. After she exits, David looks pleased.
Santiago arrives home and announces to the girlz he has quit his job and will be "selling books" with the fellow who came by several times. Leonardo visits and wants to invite "all of them" to dinner, and Santiago agrees that Leonardo can return later with take-out instead.
Santiago likes Leonardo, and Julieta is thrilled to have company. But after Santiago exits, Gabriela's disgusted that once again now she has to put up with being stuck and miss a date with David. Julieta erupts indignantly to hear Gabriela has a date and decides for sure she's going out with Roberto now.
At Adolfo's, when Yolanda hears Félix has gone to pick up the goods, she wonders what will happen when one day Carlos learns about his shady deals. Adolfo says he won't find out -- unless she tells him; and Yolanda won't tell him, because it would hurt Carlos, she says. But he's smart and will find out anyway.
Yolanda reminds Adolfo it's the 20th anniversary of Márta's death, but he doesn't care. Santiago visits Márta's grave at the cemetery, where Bertha has also arrived and spies him malevolently.
Carlos visits with Yolanda to her great delight and asks about Gabriela and Julieta. She begs him not to mess with them -- especially not with Gabriela. She lights a candle and tells him it's for an old friend from her acting and dancing days.
This reminds Carlos to ask about his mother, of whom he has not even a photo. Did she know her? Yolanda answers disconcerted that they were -- er, good friends. Carlos only remembers Yolanda since he was little, and that's why he loves her like a mother, he says, moving close and kissing her hands tenderly. Yolanda sighs blissfully and caresses Carlos's face.
During dinner at Gabriela's, it comes out that Leonardo's from Durango, where his family lives. The doorbell rings, and out in the hallway it's a police subordinate with the news the smuggling truck has arrived, and Leonardo exits. Gabriela's relieved she can meet David now.
At the garment factory, when Elsa again asks Roberto for another loan, he recommends Carlos; but she's hesitant Carlos might misunderstand.
David awaits Gabriela anxiously at the ice cream parlor and is relieved when she arrives on time; he explains right away he was angry not at her but at Carlos last night, for that stupid uniform pretext. And apologizes for Alejandra's slight, explaining he gave her a hard time later. David wants them to use familiar address; and when she objects it might look bad, he points out they are both single -- and she's adorable.
Félix & Co. are just pulling the smuggling truck into the warehouse when Leonardo and his AFI troops appear and shoot their lights out. Félix is wounded but escapes. At Adolfo's condo, Yolanda is exiting as Roberto arrives.
He's alone in the living room when someone groans loudly, and the wounded Félix falls into the room from another entrance, bringing Adolfo running down the stairs. Adolfo calls his private physician and is prepared to pay an astonished Roberto big time to keep his mouth shut.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
El Clon Tuesday September 14: Summary for Discussion
Capítulo 149: In which Lucas learns he and Daniel have a little something in common; Daniel is in Fez taking the BOA tour of the medina (Boring Old Anglo); Said is hot on the trail of Jade and Rania is hot on the trail of Said; Luisa may be a Mother Wolf but Leo is the Great White Hunter; and Real Men Don’t Wear Gold.
Dora agrees to let Lucas look at Daniel’s room. She tells him that Daniel has always had somewhat offbeat tastes; Lucas remembers how everyone thought he was ‘different’. Daniel is a great skateboarder; Lucas always wanted to skateboard but Rosa wouldn't let him. Then Lucas notices a grey veil – is it from Morocco? he asks. Dora confirms that it is and adds:
Sueña con una mujer con velo y dice que se va a casar con ella.
He dreams about a woman wearing a veil and says he’s going to marry her.
Said is getting ready to leave for the airport. He is irritated by Rania’s suggestion that he stay in a hotel.
The cousins, Samira and Jadiya, are exchanging secrets. Mi mamá se va a volver (my mother is coming back), confides Jadiya happily. Yo besé a Carlos! (I kissed Carlos), confides her cousin.
Latifa, the Naz and Amina are with the baby. Rania joins them and tells them she’s upset that Said might stay at Alí’s house. She can’t allow him to be anywhere near Jade. Of course he is staying at Alí’s house, declares the Naz. She manages to offend both Latifa and Rania by adding that she knows her brothers – both of them – very well and neither is capable of passing up an opportunity to pursue an odalisque.
Gloria is wondering why Alejandro made a trip to his old apartment and didn’t bring back her chairs.
We see Daniel wandering through the medina with an English-language tour group that, at first glance, seems sponsored by AARP.
Alí is at home teaching the children. He explains the traditional answer to what makes some people good and others bad: un pedazo de carne, (a piece of flesh) within each person: el corazón! (the heart). Jade feels uneasy, she feels someone’s presence and she is afraid. It’s not Said, says Zoraida. He hasn’t arrived yet.
Abdul is in the medina with Zumaya when he sees a familiar figure: ¿Lucas? Daniel looks up and smiles uncertainly. Abdul scurries away with Zumaya, heading straight to Alí’s house with the news:
¡No te imaginas quién llegó a Fez! Acabo de verlo en la medina! ¡Lucas!
You can’t imagine who has come to Fez! I just saw him in the medina! Lucas!
Not possible, insists Alí. But Abdul holds his ground: It was Lucas all right, although he seemed more cheerful and about twenty years younger. Who’s Lucas? Zumaya wants to know as the women leave Alí and Abdul to talk.
Abdul says he is bringing him the news so he can be on guard. It would be futile to warn Jade. After all, asking her to show good sense would be like asking a camel to play the flute.
And Jade, muy impactada, murmurs to herself: Volvió. Lucas volvió. (He’s back)
Back in Miami, Cris is thumbing through bridal magazines, daydreaming about the perfect wedding dress (maybe a red one, Leo loves her in red). Has Leo proposed? asks Vicki. No, answers her friend, but he will. And we’ll have a happy ending to our stormy love story.
Marisa looks on silently as Nati lies in her hospital bed. We hear Enrique’s voiceover – how his mother must have felt when he was an addict.
And in Fez, Jade is whistling past the graveyard. Yo ya no siento nada por Lucas (I don’t feel anything for Lucas anymore) she declares to Zoraida. Both she and Zoraida know that Abdul saw la sombra (the shadow) of Lucas. Zoraida persists in calling him un genio malo, but Jade understands he is a clone, a copy of Lucas. And she wonders: ¿Será que tiene el mismo corazón? (Is it possible he has the same heart?/feelings?)
Meanwhile, back at Dora’s in Miami, Lucas says: Yo también me enamoré de una mujer en Marruecos; se llama Jade. (I also fell in love with a woman in Morocco; her name is Jade.) ¿Jade? echoes Dora. She is suddenly in a great hurry to leave, noticeably anxious to get Lucas out of there.
Back at Casa Ferrer, Lucas finds Marisa is distraught after her visit with Natalia. Of her daughter she says: She’s not herself, she’s not the girl we raised.
Still at home, Fernando has the nerve to ask Clara for money. She wants to know what that girl was doing in her house. She’s my girlfriend, he says. (Better or worse than Malicia? You decide.) He tries to get away from his mother and her questions, but she won’t allow it. She wants to know what happened to her watch, the watch she had worked so hard to buy. At first he denies responsibility but at last he breaks down: Yo robé tu reloj! (I robbed your watch!) I sold it to buy drugs! Soy un drogadicto! (I’m an addict). And I can’t bear this pain! I need money to buy drugs right now!
We see Daniel in his tour group. [Man, that Luisa. I think her plan must be to kill Daniel by boring him to death.]
Zumaya would like her Tío Abdul to buy her a television so she can watch the telenovelas from Cairo. She may as well be asking for permission to burn en el mármol del infierno, although Alí thinks a tv is a useful machine for learning about the world.
Jade and Zoraida agree that her estrangement from Lucas and Zein is a chance to get back together with Said.
Daniel wanders a few steps away from the group and finds himself almost on Jade’s doorstep. Es aquí! Aquí vive Jade! (It’s here. Here is where Jade lives!) He smiles.
Said is going to be staying here at the house, Zoraida informs Alí. Alí warns Jade not to go outside. Lucas is here, he says and with Said coming, the slightest mischance may interfere with the two of you coming together again ‘aunque sea una hebra de cabello que esté fuera de lugar’ (even if it’s a strand of hair that’s out of place). [It's odd how Alí and Jade talk about Daniel as if he were Lucas] Then Alí says once again that he made a mistake years ago when, by trying to extinguish the fire of Jade and Lucas’s love, he actually fanned the flames.
Speaking of flames, Rania is blazing with fury. She declares to Amina and Latifa that she will never let Said bring Jade back to the house – and she is sure that is his mission in going to Fez. She will go to Fez, she declares, and she’ll take her son with her! Without Said’s permission? asks Amina. In this country, says Rania, a woman doesn’t need a man’s permission to travel. (It seems our little sheltered Rania has tasted of the liberties of the west – or perhaps she’s been watching those Cairo telenovelas).
And speaking of women breaking free, Jadiya (yes, Jadiya!) stands look-out while Samira phones Carlos. Carlos doesn’t like all this sneaking around. He’d like to meet Samira’s father. [No, you wouldn’t Carlos, you really wouldn’t].
Samira is soooooo in love. As in love as Princess Nazira was with Prince Pablo? asks Jadiya. Well in that case, Jadiya has heard the Naz say that if the occidental converts to Islam, the family will accept him. Asunto arreglado!
Alej is at the hospital to see Nati. The doctor tells him she is en una crisis de abstinencia muy grande (in a very severe withdrawal crisis). But once that is over, she will be discharged to her parents. She will need rehab. And Enrique cuts in to remind us of the futility of treatment against one’s will; and yet there were times when he would have died, if not for the treatment.
Natalia has been out of control, pounding on the door and demanding to be released. But when Alej arrives, she is puddled on the floor. At the sound of his voice, she looks up. She goes to him, he takes her in his arms, and she says: Sácame de aquí. No soy ninguna drogadicta. (Get me out of here. I’m not a drug addict.) When he tries to tell her that her parents are on the way, that she needs to wait for them, she becomes enraged, reviles him, and screams at him to get out.
Later, Alej and Andrea talk about this sad encounter, how Natalia is not the person they knew. If she continues down this path, they agree, they are going to lose her.
Leo arrives at Albieri’s clinic and announces, as Mother Wolf Luisa watches, that he is going to court to fight for paternal rights to Daniel. (Voy a presentar una demanda de paternidad).
What will you gain by that? asks Albieri. (¿Qué sacas con esa?)
He wants to change the boy’s name to Ferrer and include him in his will. And to do so, he wants Albieri to testify that Daniel is, indeed, a clone made from Ferrer genetic stuff. After all:
Dora es una madre sustituto. Le prestó su vientre.
Dora is a substitute mother. She loaned him her womb.
His real mother was Isabel. And any other woman could have done what Dora did – Daniel would have been the same. [This is not only foul, foul, foul, it is technically, as well as emotionally, untrue – during pregnancy there is a transfer of a small number of cells from mother to fetus and fetus to mother. We all carry maternal cells for decades after birth – microchimerism is the technical term. You can’t get away from your mother, even if you want to. Even if she’s not your ‘mother’]
Luisa springs into action: Cloning is illegal in this country, she tells Leo. If you go ahead with your lawsuit, if you make this public, not only will Albieri lose his medical license, he’ll go to jail!
Gloria congratulates Mohamed on the birth of his nephew. She would like to choose a gold chain from the store as a gift for him. Culture Clash Ahead: It turns out that Real Men Don’t Wear Gold. So if Gloria’s ‘Baby’ were to wear a gold scapular blessed by the pope, that would make him less than manly? she asks. Then how about I give the kid calzones de plata!!!! (silver drawers/underpants)
And Ramón doesn’t exactly sweeten Gloria’s mood when he comes along brandishing a letter from the owner of Alej’s apartment – It is a list of all the items Natalia and the Spotless Movers have stolen and he wants to be reimbursed. Of course, Gloria doesn’t know about the Spotless Movers. Why is he asking you to pay for these things? she asks Alejandro.
Credits roll.
Dora agrees to let Lucas look at Daniel’s room. She tells him that Daniel has always had somewhat offbeat tastes; Lucas remembers how everyone thought he was ‘different’. Daniel is a great skateboarder; Lucas always wanted to skateboard but Rosa wouldn't let him. Then Lucas notices a grey veil – is it from Morocco? he asks. Dora confirms that it is and adds:
Sueña con una mujer con velo y dice que se va a casar con ella.
He dreams about a woman wearing a veil and says he’s going to marry her.
Said is getting ready to leave for the airport. He is irritated by Rania’s suggestion that he stay in a hotel.
The cousins, Samira and Jadiya, are exchanging secrets. Mi mamá se va a volver (my mother is coming back), confides Jadiya happily. Yo besé a Carlos! (I kissed Carlos), confides her cousin.
Latifa, the Naz and Amina are with the baby. Rania joins them and tells them she’s upset that Said might stay at Alí’s house. She can’t allow him to be anywhere near Jade. Of course he is staying at Alí’s house, declares the Naz. She manages to offend both Latifa and Rania by adding that she knows her brothers – both of them – very well and neither is capable of passing up an opportunity to pursue an odalisque.
Gloria is wondering why Alejandro made a trip to his old apartment and didn’t bring back her chairs.
We see Daniel wandering through the medina with an English-language tour group that, at first glance, seems sponsored by AARP.
Alí is at home teaching the children. He explains the traditional answer to what makes some people good and others bad: un pedazo de carne, (a piece of flesh) within each person: el corazón! (the heart). Jade feels uneasy, she feels someone’s presence and she is afraid. It’s not Said, says Zoraida. He hasn’t arrived yet.
Abdul is in the medina with Zumaya when he sees a familiar figure: ¿Lucas? Daniel looks up and smiles uncertainly. Abdul scurries away with Zumaya, heading straight to Alí’s house with the news:
¡No te imaginas quién llegó a Fez! Acabo de verlo en la medina! ¡Lucas!
You can’t imagine who has come to Fez! I just saw him in the medina! Lucas!
Not possible, insists Alí. But Abdul holds his ground: It was Lucas all right, although he seemed more cheerful and about twenty years younger. Who’s Lucas? Zumaya wants to know as the women leave Alí and Abdul to talk.
Abdul says he is bringing him the news so he can be on guard. It would be futile to warn Jade. After all, asking her to show good sense would be like asking a camel to play the flute.
And Jade, muy impactada, murmurs to herself: Volvió. Lucas volvió. (He’s back)
Back in Miami, Cris is thumbing through bridal magazines, daydreaming about the perfect wedding dress (maybe a red one, Leo loves her in red). Has Leo proposed? asks Vicki. No, answers her friend, but he will. And we’ll have a happy ending to our stormy love story.
Marisa looks on silently as Nati lies in her hospital bed. We hear Enrique’s voiceover – how his mother must have felt when he was an addict.
And in Fez, Jade is whistling past the graveyard. Yo ya no siento nada por Lucas (I don’t feel anything for Lucas anymore) she declares to Zoraida. Both she and Zoraida know that Abdul saw la sombra (the shadow) of Lucas. Zoraida persists in calling him un genio malo, but Jade understands he is a clone, a copy of Lucas. And she wonders: ¿Será que tiene el mismo corazón? (Is it possible he has the same heart?/feelings?)
Meanwhile, back at Dora’s in Miami, Lucas says: Yo también me enamoré de una mujer en Marruecos; se llama Jade. (I also fell in love with a woman in Morocco; her name is Jade.) ¿Jade? echoes Dora. She is suddenly in a great hurry to leave, noticeably anxious to get Lucas out of there.
Back at Casa Ferrer, Lucas finds Marisa is distraught after her visit with Natalia. Of her daughter she says: She’s not herself, she’s not the girl we raised.
Still at home, Fernando has the nerve to ask Clara for money. She wants to know what that girl was doing in her house. She’s my girlfriend, he says. (Better or worse than Malicia? You decide.) He tries to get away from his mother and her questions, but she won’t allow it. She wants to know what happened to her watch, the watch she had worked so hard to buy. At first he denies responsibility but at last he breaks down: Yo robé tu reloj! (I robbed your watch!) I sold it to buy drugs! Soy un drogadicto! (I’m an addict). And I can’t bear this pain! I need money to buy drugs right now!
We see Daniel in his tour group. [Man, that Luisa. I think her plan must be to kill Daniel by boring him to death.]
Zumaya would like her Tío Abdul to buy her a television so she can watch the telenovelas from Cairo. She may as well be asking for permission to burn en el mármol del infierno, although Alí thinks a tv is a useful machine for learning about the world.
Jade and Zoraida agree that her estrangement from Lucas and Zein is a chance to get back together with Said.
Daniel wanders a few steps away from the group and finds himself almost on Jade’s doorstep. Es aquí! Aquí vive Jade! (It’s here. Here is where Jade lives!) He smiles.
Said is going to be staying here at the house, Zoraida informs Alí. Alí warns Jade not to go outside. Lucas is here, he says and with Said coming, the slightest mischance may interfere with the two of you coming together again ‘aunque sea una hebra de cabello que esté fuera de lugar’ (even if it’s a strand of hair that’s out of place). [It's odd how Alí and Jade talk about Daniel as if he were Lucas] Then Alí says once again that he made a mistake years ago when, by trying to extinguish the fire of Jade and Lucas’s love, he actually fanned the flames.
Speaking of flames, Rania is blazing with fury. She declares to Amina and Latifa that she will never let Said bring Jade back to the house – and she is sure that is his mission in going to Fez. She will go to Fez, she declares, and she’ll take her son with her! Without Said’s permission? asks Amina. In this country, says Rania, a woman doesn’t need a man’s permission to travel. (It seems our little sheltered Rania has tasted of the liberties of the west – or perhaps she’s been watching those Cairo telenovelas).
And speaking of women breaking free, Jadiya (yes, Jadiya!) stands look-out while Samira phones Carlos. Carlos doesn’t like all this sneaking around. He’d like to meet Samira’s father. [No, you wouldn’t Carlos, you really wouldn’t].
Samira is soooooo in love. As in love as Princess Nazira was with Prince Pablo? asks Jadiya. Well in that case, Jadiya has heard the Naz say that if the occidental converts to Islam, the family will accept him. Asunto arreglado!
Alej is at the hospital to see Nati. The doctor tells him she is en una crisis de abstinencia muy grande (in a very severe withdrawal crisis). But once that is over, she will be discharged to her parents. She will need rehab. And Enrique cuts in to remind us of the futility of treatment against one’s will; and yet there were times when he would have died, if not for the treatment.
Natalia has been out of control, pounding on the door and demanding to be released. But when Alej arrives, she is puddled on the floor. At the sound of his voice, she looks up. She goes to him, he takes her in his arms, and she says: Sácame de aquí. No soy ninguna drogadicta. (Get me out of here. I’m not a drug addict.) When he tries to tell her that her parents are on the way, that she needs to wait for them, she becomes enraged, reviles him, and screams at him to get out.
Later, Alej and Andrea talk about this sad encounter, how Natalia is not the person they knew. If she continues down this path, they agree, they are going to lose her.
Leo arrives at Albieri’s clinic and announces, as Mother Wolf Luisa watches, that he is going to court to fight for paternal rights to Daniel. (Voy a presentar una demanda de paternidad).
What will you gain by that? asks Albieri. (¿Qué sacas con esa?)
He wants to change the boy’s name to Ferrer and include him in his will. And to do so, he wants Albieri to testify that Daniel is, indeed, a clone made from Ferrer genetic stuff. After all:
Dora es una madre sustituto. Le prestó su vientre.
Dora is a substitute mother. She loaned him her womb.
His real mother was Isabel. And any other woman could have done what Dora did – Daniel would have been the same. [This is not only foul, foul, foul, it is technically, as well as emotionally, untrue – during pregnancy there is a transfer of a small number of cells from mother to fetus and fetus to mother. We all carry maternal cells for decades after birth – microchimerism is the technical term. You can’t get away from your mother, even if you want to. Even if she’s not your ‘mother’]
Luisa springs into action: Cloning is illegal in this country, she tells Leo. If you go ahead with your lawsuit, if you make this public, not only will Albieri lose his medical license, he’ll go to jail!
Gloria congratulates Mohamed on the birth of his nephew. She would like to choose a gold chain from the store as a gift for him. Culture Clash Ahead: It turns out that Real Men Don’t Wear Gold. So if Gloria’s ‘Baby’ were to wear a gold scapular blessed by the pope, that would make him less than manly? she asks. Then how about I give the kid calzones de plata!!!! (silver drawers/underpants)
And Ramón doesn’t exactly sweeten Gloria’s mood when he comes along brandishing a letter from the owner of Alej’s apartment – It is a list of all the items Natalia and the Spotless Movers have stolen and he wants to be reimbursed. Of course, Gloria doesn’t know about the Spotless Movers. Why is he asking you to pay for these things? she asks Alejandro.
Credits roll.
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La Fea Más Bella #3-4 9/14/10 Fernando puts Lety first, and Lety puts him first.
Read Chris's original recap. Note, that recap covers Caps 2 and 3. Cap 3 starts at the paragraph that begins, “Marcia is determined that Alicia get inside Fernando’s private zone.”
Capitulo 31. Fernando meets with Alicia and Lety to explain their duties. He puts Alicia in her place. See transcript.
2. Omar lusts after Alicia, and Fernando says she’s attracted to big wallets. The two joke about Lety being a bat in a cave. Fernando is mad because Alicia left early.
3. Marcia discovers that Fernando foiled her surveillance plot and put Lety in charge of his agenda and phones. If Lety doesn’t join Marcia’s side, her days are numbered.
4. Fernando and Omar go to the dressing room. Lety tries to bring him CD’s but gets lost and ends up on stage.
5. Luigi makes a deal: I won’t hire women you seduced and dumped, and the fea doesn’t enter my studio.
6. Lety apologizes for interrupting the show. Fernando chooses tonight’s babe, and Omar covers for him, but Ariel catches him.
7. Pop makes sure Lety was treated well at work. They bought a car but they need her to help with payments.
8. Fernando worries that Lety hasn’t got what it takes and won’t last long at Conceptos.
9. Lety wins points with Lola because she won’t rat on her. Saimon, the messenger, messes with Lety.
Spanish lesson.
I know that today’s transcription is long. But it’s one of my 10 favorite scenes from the whole series. Don Fernando wields power magnificently. The dialog is fairly easy to follow. And it has a liberal sprinkling of three very good vocabulary words: cargar, meter, and ocuparse. If you haven’t tried to match a transcription to a scene’s dialog yet, this is a very good place to start.
Fernando’s office. Fernando, Alicia, and Lety.A: What did Humberto & Teresita tell you?
F: Humberto and Ter… Nothing in particular. Don’t worry.
A: Get us two coffees, one black, please.
L: Okay, where is..
F: No. Sit down. She isn’t here to bring coffee.
Fern calls the cafeteria for coffee.
A: Fernando, that’s not for you. You’re the president. If you don’t want her to bring it, call someone who’s in charge of it. What were you thinking, a president calling the cafeteria?
F: President, right. And so that you are perfectly clear, if one of you should order coffee, that is YOU Alicia.
L: It doesn’t bother me, Don Fernando.
F: Shh! Thank you. But she’s not here to bring me coffee. Understand, Alicia? Good. Now let’s talk about your duties, eh? (to Lety) You’ll be in charge of the bank accounts, cost analysis, etc. You’ll take direct calls from our clients and providers. Alicia? You’ll be in charge of reception. You will..
A: Yes, I know what I have to do. Manage your image, public relations, food for meetings, .. .
F: Or if I want a cup of coffee, for example.
A: Yes, I’ll be in charge of all of that (cargar: to carry, be in charge of). By the way, something I want to say. I know it’s foolish, but I think I should have the title of assistant, not secretary. You already have a secretary. Isn’t that enough?
F: Yes, that’s a good observation. If someone should get the title of assistant, it will be her (Lety). You have the duties of a secretary. Don't keep harping on it (no le des mas vueltas - thanks, Marta).
A: If you’ve given her those duties, I can help too. I have 6 semesters of finance..
F: And you don’t have any experience. Let her take care of that (ocuparse: to deal with, take care of).. Now the next topic. This office has two direct phone lines and two extensions. One of the direct lines is my private line.
A: Of course, I’ll be in charge of that.
F: NO. She will handle the private line.
A: But Fernando, I can manage your personal calls, your phone directory, your agenda, your appointments. I’m your friend!
F: Alicia, sit down. My directory and my agenda (planner / appointment book) will be Linda’s responsibility.
A: Linda?
L: Leticia.
F: Leticia (I think this is the first time he’s said her right name.)
Are you clear about your duties? Take this. Secure it very well in your desk.
L: Yes. I’ll take care of it, sir. May I leave? I need to arrange my office.
F: (To Alicia.) Do you have any questions?
A: One question. Are you sure that you want me here?
F: Ah, la verdad de la verdad? I know that you’ll do well at the work I give you. Who else could manages our image & PR? Ah! Another thing that is very important. Don’t mess with Linda, nor with her work. Okay? (meter: put in, like a put a key into a lock)
L: (alone) Could it be that he sees me as Linda (pretty)? That would be a true miracle.
Capitulo 4
Read Chris's original recap. Note, that recap covers Episodes 4 and 5. If you don’t want to read ahead, stop at the paragraph that begins, “Marcia and Alicia storm into Lety’s office.” That paragraph actually includes the last part of today’s second cap (#4), but it also includes the opening scene from tomorrow’s, so if you don’t want a spoiler, don’t read that paragraph.
1. Fernando halts Saimon’s initiation of the new employee and demands Lety’s computer stat!, but then he reams her out for leaving his agenda in the open. He commands her to never release it to anyone.
2. Fern tells off Alicia for leaving early yesterday. Marcia defends her. Lety listens while Fern and Marcia fight over who will control his personal life, and Fernando threatens their engagement.
3. Lety tells Fernando that an old squeeze, Karla Lagunes, is there to see him, and Fern tells Lety to get rid of her while he distracts Marcia. Lety announces a fake meeting with Arte Video. Alicia sees Karla.
4. Fern whisks Karla away. Marcia threatens Paula’s job, so Paula squeals on Fernando.
5. Luigi and Omar argue about production costs. Luigi says that Conceptos’ success is thanks to his creative genius alone.
6. Lety recruits Omar to help cover Fernando’s tracks. Fern calls while Marcia is grilling Lety, so Lety speaks in code to keep him safe. Fernando tells Karla to get lost or she’ll never get another job.
7. Marcia demands Fernando’s agenda, but Lety refuses. Omar tells Lety that the important thing is to support her boss. The cuartel gossips about Fernando vs. Marcia vs. Lety.
8. Lopez fires Lety. Marcia tells Lety that had she sided with Marcia, this wouldn’t have happened.
Capitulo 31. Fernando meets with Alicia and Lety to explain their duties. He puts Alicia in her place. See transcript.
2. Omar lusts after Alicia, and Fernando says she’s attracted to big wallets. The two joke about Lety being a bat in a cave. Fernando is mad because Alicia left early.
3. Marcia discovers that Fernando foiled her surveillance plot and put Lety in charge of his agenda and phones. If Lety doesn’t join Marcia’s side, her days are numbered.
4. Fernando and Omar go to the dressing room. Lety tries to bring him CD’s but gets lost and ends up on stage.
5. Luigi makes a deal: I won’t hire women you seduced and dumped, and the fea doesn’t enter my studio.
6. Lety apologizes for interrupting the show. Fernando chooses tonight’s babe, and Omar covers for him, but Ariel catches him.
7. Pop makes sure Lety was treated well at work. They bought a car but they need her to help with payments.
8. Fernando worries that Lety hasn’t got what it takes and won’t last long at Conceptos.
9. Lety wins points with Lola because she won’t rat on her. Saimon, the messenger, messes with Lety.
Spanish lesson.
I know that today’s transcription is long. But it’s one of my 10 favorite scenes from the whole series. Don Fernando wields power magnificently. The dialog is fairly easy to follow. And it has a liberal sprinkling of three very good vocabulary words: cargar, meter, and ocuparse. If you haven’t tried to match a transcription to a scene’s dialog yet, this is a very good place to start.
Fernando’s office. Fernando, Alicia, and Lety.A: What did Humberto & Teresita tell you?
F: Humberto and Ter… Nothing in particular. Don’t worry.
A: Get us two coffees, one black, please.
L: Okay, where is..
F: No. Sit down. She isn’t here to bring coffee.
Fern calls the cafeteria for coffee.
A: Fernando, that’s not for you. You’re the president. If you don’t want her to bring it, call someone who’s in charge of it. What were you thinking, a president calling the cafeteria?
F: President, right. And so that you are perfectly clear, if one of you should order coffee, that is YOU Alicia.
L: It doesn’t bother me, Don Fernando.
F: Shh! Thank you. But she’s not here to bring me coffee. Understand, Alicia? Good. Now let’s talk about your duties, eh? (to Lety) You’ll be in charge of the bank accounts, cost analysis, etc. You’ll take direct calls from our clients and providers. Alicia? You’ll be in charge of reception. You will..
A: Yes, I know what I have to do. Manage your image, public relations, food for meetings, .. .
F: Or if I want a cup of coffee, for example.
A: Yes, I’ll be in charge of all of that (cargar: to carry, be in charge of). By the way, something I want to say. I know it’s foolish, but I think I should have the title of assistant, not secretary. You already have a secretary. Isn’t that enough?
F: Yes, that’s a good observation. If someone should get the title of assistant, it will be her (Lety). You have the duties of a secretary. Don't keep harping on it (no le des mas vueltas - thanks, Marta).
A: If you’ve given her those duties, I can help too. I have 6 semesters of finance..
F: And you don’t have any experience. Let her take care of that (ocuparse: to deal with, take care of).. Now the next topic. This office has two direct phone lines and two extensions. One of the direct lines is my private line.
A: Of course, I’ll be in charge of that.
F: NO. She will handle the private line.
A: But Fernando, I can manage your personal calls, your phone directory, your agenda, your appointments. I’m your friend!
F: Alicia, sit down. My directory and my agenda (planner / appointment book) will be Linda’s responsibility.
A: Linda?
L: Leticia.
F: Leticia (I think this is the first time he’s said her right name.)
Are you clear about your duties? Take this. Secure it very well in your desk.
L: Yes. I’ll take care of it, sir. May I leave? I need to arrange my office.
F: (To Alicia.) Do you have any questions?
A: One question. Are you sure that you want me here?
F: Ah, la verdad de la verdad? I know that you’ll do well at the work I give you. Who else could manages our image & PR? Ah! Another thing that is very important. Don’t mess with Linda, nor with her work. Okay? (meter: put in, like a put a key into a lock)
L: (alone) Could it be that he sees me as Linda (pretty)? That would be a true miracle.
Capitulo 4
Read Chris's original recap. Note, that recap covers Episodes 4 and 5. If you don’t want to read ahead, stop at the paragraph that begins, “Marcia and Alicia storm into Lety’s office.” That paragraph actually includes the last part of today’s second cap (#4), but it also includes the opening scene from tomorrow’s, so if you don’t want a spoiler, don’t read that paragraph.
1. Fernando halts Saimon’s initiation of the new employee and demands Lety’s computer stat!, but then he reams her out for leaving his agenda in the open. He commands her to never release it to anyone.
2. Fern tells off Alicia for leaving early yesterday. Marcia defends her. Lety listens while Fern and Marcia fight over who will control his personal life, and Fernando threatens their engagement.
3. Lety tells Fernando that an old squeeze, Karla Lagunes, is there to see him, and Fern tells Lety to get rid of her while he distracts Marcia. Lety announces a fake meeting with Arte Video. Alicia sees Karla.
4. Fern whisks Karla away. Marcia threatens Paula’s job, so Paula squeals on Fernando.
5. Luigi and Omar argue about production costs. Luigi says that Conceptos’ success is thanks to his creative genius alone.
6. Lety recruits Omar to help cover Fernando’s tracks. Fern calls while Marcia is grilling Lety, so Lety speaks in code to keep him safe. Fernando tells Karla to get lost or she’ll never get another job.
7. Marcia demands Fernando’s agenda, but Lety refuses. Omar tells Lety that the important thing is to support her boss. The cuartel gossips about Fernando vs. Marcia vs. Lety.
8. Lopez fires Lety. Marcia tells Lety that had she sided with Marcia, this wouldn’t have happened.
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La Verdad Oculta EP08 09/14/2010 - Jealous youngsters and reckless old men
* Club Sagitario
Cruel headache starts torturing Mario who almost falls into David's arms. Blondie says that his dad may be exhausted. Mario quickly agrees, and asks him to escort him home.
* prison
Marcos and Elsa have a heated quarrel on phone. Marcos still believes that his sister has a money laundering manufacture behind her kitchen and aggressively commands her to send him cash as soon as possible. No wonder he's worried: if he doesn't pay to his new low-life friends he'll be in deep trouble.
* Guilléns' flat
Leonardo helps Julieta to carry her heavy bags into the flat and they finally introduce to each other. Leo would like to maintain a friendly relationship with his neighbours and he learns that the girls work as waitresses in Club Sagitario.
* Zárate factory
Salomón can't believe that Elsa dares to ask for loan again and harshly rebuffs the girl. After he leaves, Roberto, who's familiar with financial problems advises her to visit Carlos, the guy she met in his flat. She's grateful for the advice, but would rather sell dresses to his girlfriend.
* Guilléns' flat
Gaby announces to Fausto that she and Julieta are going to help Carlos to choose new uniforms. No, they couldn't reject his wish. Daddy says that it's high time to quit that damned job since the bosses take advantage of the girls' good nature and goes to bed grumbling.
* prison
Juan José secretly visits Gregorio and reports to the old scoundrel that he was interrogated by the warden and he kept telling him that Greg surely had nothing to do with the drug the guards found under his mattress. Thanks to his insistence the case will be investigated. Gandalf is joyful for his help and loyalty, and swears that he'll get even with the guy who set the trap for him. Of course he knows who did it.
* Genovés villa
Father and son talk about the Genovés girls. Since Alejandra's business doesn't go well, he David wants to asks her to redesign his office. Mario agrees and says that when David will be the head of the family he should keep taking care of the girls until they get married. Okay dad, but you won't die for a very long time. Bertha is jealous at the friendship of Ale and David and believes that she has ulterior motives but as usual, Ale doesn't take seriously the accusations of her little sister.
After the cousins left the house Bertha storms into the study and offers Mario to help around the household. (Gawd, Dora will quit if the little princess starts to boss her around.) Mario is very grateful for her kindness until Bertha casually mentions that David isn't his son. Her mother told Bertha and Alejandra that a servant abandoned him when he was a newborn. Mario's head starts to fume. He orders Abelardo to bring Fausto ASAP. In the hall Bertha starts to give orders to Dora, and yes, she acts like an obnoxious little brat.
* Club Sagitario
Roberto brings Elsa to the club. While the girl waits outside Rob tells Carlos that here's the opportunity to hit on her. But Carlos isn't interested, he wants Gaby and already has a plan how to seduce her.
* Alejandra's office
David and Ale discuss the new design of his office. First Mina comes in and Ale introduces them, then Roberto, Elsa and her big suitcase arrive. Ale warmly welcomes Elsa and the ladies march off to look at the dresses.
* street
Abelardo asks Fausto to visit Mario. Fausto objects as usual, Abelardo gets angry as usual, and Leonardo shows up, wow, that's a new element. Fausto gives in.
* Alejandra's office
Roberto tells David that he and Carlos are going to have lunch with the little waitresses and well, they have other plans with them. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. David looks like he would gladly punch both Roberto and Carlos.
As Roberto leaves he tries to give Alejandra a goodbye kiss, but she evades like a professional boxer. David, who's nervous like Jack Bauer in the 24th hour quickly invites her for lunch.
* restaurant
The four kids arrive at the elegant restaurant, and Carlos immediately starts to court Gabriela who seems to be muy uncomfortable. When Roberto finds out that neither of the girls have boyfriend he hurries to hit on Julieta - just when Alejandra and David arrive. Ayyyy. They join them and the boyz' faces become sour. Alejandra recognizes the ladies, they're waitresses from Club Sagitario, aren't they? Her eyes could kill.
* Genovés villa
Mario offers to give half of his fortune to Gabriela and another huge amount of money to Fausto in exchange for his silence... and for taking his place for six months! Fausto laughs at his absurd idea but when he realizes that Mario talks seriously his smile freezes.
* Guilléns' flat
The girls arrive home. Gaby's so angry that she almost explodes. They shouldn't have accepted the invitation of Carlos, they should've been more suspicious. The bastards fooled them. At the end of the month they'll quit, period!
* Zárate factory
Salomón is very pleased with the business Elsa did. She again begs for money. Salomón finally agrees.
* Guilléns' flat
The girls whine in the kitchen. Julieta is fed up with being a waitress, and Gaby agrees, they need to study something. For example, how to use the computer.
* Genovés villa
Fausto keep telling Mario that his idea is stupid. It's not his fault that Mario signed tha absurd contract with Adolfo! Mario threatens him that if Fausto doesn't obey he'll reveal his true identity to Gabriela and to the police. Fausto silently breaks, and Mario shares his plan: they'll set up cameras all around the house, so Fausto will be able to study his life and prepare for the task in the next months.
While Bertha is trying to give orders to Abelardo (unsuccessfully) in the hall, David and Alejandra arrive home, bickering about what happened in the restaurant. Bertha is amused at their story.
* prison
JJ witnesses that Elsa gives the money to her brother and also hears how disgustingly Marcos treats the girl.
* Club Sagitario
Carlos is frustrated since his plan hasn't worked, but Roberto calms him: these girls are simple waitresses, they'll surely snap at the opportunity to get closer to their bosses.
* prison
Marcos and JJ have a quarrel, he doesn't like the way he treats the girl, and anyway, why does he need that money? He cares for Marcos, he and Elsa are like family for him. Marcos isn't impressed and advises him to not get involved.
* Guilléns' flat
The girls discuss Carlos and Roberto. Julieta is a bit naive and thinks that maybe the boys don't want to fool them. When people fall in love money doesn't matter.
* Genovés villa
It's late night, and the men are still arguing in the study. Fausto doubts that the plan would work, it's impossible to fool people this way! Mario grabs his scarf and hisses: you're capable to do it!
Cruel headache starts torturing Mario who almost falls into David's arms. Blondie says that his dad may be exhausted. Mario quickly agrees, and asks him to escort him home.
* prison
Marcos and Elsa have a heated quarrel on phone. Marcos still believes that his sister has a money laundering manufacture behind her kitchen and aggressively commands her to send him cash as soon as possible. No wonder he's worried: if he doesn't pay to his new low-life friends he'll be in deep trouble.
* Guilléns' flat
Leonardo helps Julieta to carry her heavy bags into the flat and they finally introduce to each other. Leo would like to maintain a friendly relationship with his neighbours and he learns that the girls work as waitresses in Club Sagitario.
* Zárate factory
Salomón can't believe that Elsa dares to ask for loan again and harshly rebuffs the girl. After he leaves, Roberto, who's familiar with financial problems advises her to visit Carlos, the guy she met in his flat. She's grateful for the advice, but would rather sell dresses to his girlfriend.
* Guilléns' flat
Gaby announces to Fausto that she and Julieta are going to help Carlos to choose new uniforms. No, they couldn't reject his wish. Daddy says that it's high time to quit that damned job since the bosses take advantage of the girls' good nature and goes to bed grumbling.
* prison
Juan José secretly visits Gregorio and reports to the old scoundrel that he was interrogated by the warden and he kept telling him that Greg surely had nothing to do with the drug the guards found under his mattress. Thanks to his insistence the case will be investigated. Gandalf is joyful for his help and loyalty, and swears that he'll get even with the guy who set the trap for him. Of course he knows who did it.
* Genovés villa
Father and son talk about the Genovés girls. Since Alejandra's business doesn't go well, he David wants to asks her to redesign his office. Mario agrees and says that when David will be the head of the family he should keep taking care of the girls until they get married. Okay dad, but you won't die for a very long time. Bertha is jealous at the friendship of Ale and David and believes that she has ulterior motives but as usual, Ale doesn't take seriously the accusations of her little sister.
After the cousins left the house Bertha storms into the study and offers Mario to help around the household. (Gawd, Dora will quit if the little princess starts to boss her around.) Mario is very grateful for her kindness until Bertha casually mentions that David isn't his son. Her mother told Bertha and Alejandra that a servant abandoned him when he was a newborn. Mario's head starts to fume. He orders Abelardo to bring Fausto ASAP. In the hall Bertha starts to give orders to Dora, and yes, she acts like an obnoxious little brat.
* Club Sagitario
Roberto brings Elsa to the club. While the girl waits outside Rob tells Carlos that here's the opportunity to hit on her. But Carlos isn't interested, he wants Gaby and already has a plan how to seduce her.
* Alejandra's office
David and Ale discuss the new design of his office. First Mina comes in and Ale introduces them, then Roberto, Elsa and her big suitcase arrive. Ale warmly welcomes Elsa and the ladies march off to look at the dresses.
* street
Abelardo asks Fausto to visit Mario. Fausto objects as usual, Abelardo gets angry as usual, and Leonardo shows up, wow, that's a new element. Fausto gives in.
* Alejandra's office
Roberto tells David that he and Carlos are going to have lunch with the little waitresses and well, they have other plans with them. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge. David looks like he would gladly punch both Roberto and Carlos.
As Roberto leaves he tries to give Alejandra a goodbye kiss, but she evades like a professional boxer. David, who's nervous like Jack Bauer in the 24th hour quickly invites her for lunch.
* restaurant
The four kids arrive at the elegant restaurant, and Carlos immediately starts to court Gabriela who seems to be muy uncomfortable. When Roberto finds out that neither of the girls have boyfriend he hurries to hit on Julieta - just when Alejandra and David arrive. Ayyyy. They join them and the boyz' faces become sour. Alejandra recognizes the ladies, they're waitresses from Club Sagitario, aren't they? Her eyes could kill.
* Genovés villa
Mario offers to give half of his fortune to Gabriela and another huge amount of money to Fausto in exchange for his silence... and for taking his place for six months! Fausto laughs at his absurd idea but when he realizes that Mario talks seriously his smile freezes.
* Guilléns' flat
The girls arrive home. Gaby's so angry that she almost explodes. They shouldn't have accepted the invitation of Carlos, they should've been more suspicious. The bastards fooled them. At the end of the month they'll quit, period!
* Zárate factory
Salomón is very pleased with the business Elsa did. She again begs for money. Salomón finally agrees.
* Guilléns' flat
The girls whine in the kitchen. Julieta is fed up with being a waitress, and Gaby agrees, they need to study something. For example, how to use the computer.
* Genovés villa
Fausto keep telling Mario that his idea is stupid. It's not his fault that Mario signed tha absurd contract with Adolfo! Mario threatens him that if Fausto doesn't obey he'll reveal his true identity to Gabriela and to the police. Fausto silently breaks, and Mario shares his plan: they'll set up cameras all around the house, so Fausto will be able to study his life and prepare for the task in the next months.
While Bertha is trying to give orders to Abelardo (unsuccessfully) in the hall, David and Alejandra arrive home, bickering about what happened in the restaurant. Bertha is amused at their story.
* prison
JJ witnesses that Elsa gives the money to her brother and also hears how disgustingly Marcos treats the girl.
* Club Sagitario
Carlos is frustrated since his plan hasn't worked, but Roberto calms him: these girls are simple waitresses, they'll surely snap at the opportunity to get closer to their bosses.
* prison
Marcos and JJ have a quarrel, he doesn't like the way he treats the girl, and anyway, why does he need that money? He cares for Marcos, he and Elsa are like family for him. Marcos isn't impressed and advises him to not get involved.
* Guilléns' flat
The girls discuss Carlos and Roberto. Julieta is a bit naive and thinks that maybe the boys don't want to fool them. When people fall in love money doesn't matter.
* Genovés villa
It's late night, and the men are still arguing in the study. Fausto doubts that the plan would work, it's impossible to fool people this way! Mario grabs his scarf and hisses: you're capable to do it!
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Llena de Amor #26 Mon 9/13/10 There’s a fire; Marianela proceeds to the nearest exit
Friday: Kristel, Ilitia and Mauricio in their undies! The laundry room on fire! Emanuel passed out in the burning room! Whoo-hoo! Our hero Brandon runs into the flames, a fringed wet blanket his cape of invulnerability.
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He finds Emanuel, which wasn’t really hard to do given that the laundry room is pretty darned small. Still, he’s a hero!
Lorenzo and Begoña have arrived at the clinic with the sick baby. Lorenzo plunks himself down on a couch and flashes back to a time when Ilitia was sick as a little girl. What a cooing, doting daddy! Little Ilitia wishes she had a sibling, but he tells her that he doesn’t want to share his love with anybody – it’s all for her. Plus we see that Ilitia is actually a brunette. This show is chock full of people with terrible secrets.
Begoña asks him to come into the examining room with her, but Lorenzo is cold. He finally forces himself to promise that at least he won’t leave, but he’s staying in the waiting room. She leaves and a nurse comes up with paperwork, asking if he’s the father. He tells her he’s not sure. He tells her the baby’s name is Christian, and tells her to put Begoña’s last name, Riquelme, then he asks if they do paternity tests there.
Dr Arnoldo has come to see Doris, who is unconscious on the bed with Gladiola and Consuelo fluttering as he examines her. Dr Arnoldo tells them it looks like she’s been poisoned. It occurs to Dr Arnoldo to call an ambulance. Hey, good thinking, doc! He says if they don’t rush her to the hospital, she could die.
Axel and Gretel are walking among some trees – they both just had to get away from all that drama. Gretel tells him she knows it’s all lies, because Fedra’s ambition and evilness are boundless. Axel comes to a halt and says he knows Gretel has some secret that has wounded her – won’t she please cough it up? Does it have something to do with their mother?
Everything has to do with her, says Gretel, staring into the darkness.
Marianela must be really myopic, because she’s down on her hands and knees looking for her glasses. Benigno comes in and finds them. Marianela tells him the house is on fire and right away he wants to call the general on his radio. Marianela says no time!
Brandon is trying to get Emanuel to come around. Finally he does enough for Brandon to help him up, wrap a blanket over him and get him out of there. Looks like the laundry room is like the burning bush; it burns but is not consumed. Here in So. Calif., a fire can take out a whole neighborhood in the time this one’s been burning. We also know to grab the hamster and the goldfish and get the heck out of the house, not hang around in the living room.
Fedra has completely lost it, and drat, none of the rest of the family is there to see. She is hysterical, I guess suffering from a post-traumatic stress flashback. She tries to hide behind the furniture and begs Bernardo to save her and her son – the ship is burning!
Benigno is calling the general anyway. Ilitia comes in wrapped in a towel, Delicia, right on her heels, breathlessly tells them Emanuel went into the fire and didn’t come out and now Brandon has gone in after him. They all rush off.
Fedra tries to run out of the living room, still begging Bernardo to save her son. Chema! Save your son! she says. Axel and Gretel come in and hear. Shut up, says Bernardo slapping her, you’re going to ruin everything! Axel demands to know why he hit his mother.
Marianela is outside the burning laundry room, also hysterical, wanting to know where her cousin is. Everyone is hollering and there’s too much smoke to see. But here comes out hero out of the orange smoke, helping Emanuel out. Marienela hugs Emanuel, who tells her he’s okay, he just hit his noggin, but he’s not burned. He says Brandon saved his life. They all go into the house. No sign of the firemen, but nobody seems worried.
In the living room, Bernardo tells Gretel and Axel that Fedra is just scared by the fire, and worried about her son’s safety. Axel says he’s never seen her that way, and what’s this about a burning boat? That’s right, says Bernardo, her parents’ boat, her parents were killed aboard a burning boat out in the ocean, you know that. Right, says Gretel, they were attacked by pirates. But she was saying for Chema to save her son. Who is this Chema?
Mauricio and Kristel are washing off the smoke in the swimming pool, she lamenting that her makeup is wrecked. Kristel gets out of the pool, so we get to admire her bulging boobies. Ilitia throws them both towels and tells them the fire was all their fault. Not so loud! says Kristel. Ilitia is mad at them because Emanuel had to risk his life. Maurico grumbles that his super-hero acts are getting boring. Ilitia tells him Emanuel’s twice the man he is. And that police guy had to save him.
Gretel’s still demanding to know who this Chema is that her mother had a child with. Bernardo tells her Fedra’s just real upset. A lot of back and forth until Fedra says she meant Emanuel. Bernardo and Axel take her upstairs. Gretel is astonished about the secret in her mother’s past.
Finally the firemen show up, Oliver with them. He directs them to the laundry room, because I guess they didn’t notice all the orange smoke. Gretel wants to know what he’s doing there. He smiles and happy music plays.
Marianela puts a bandage on the back of Emanuel’s head where he hit it. Her asthma seems to be starting up. Emanuel thanks Brandon again, and Brandon modestly says anyone would have done the same. They fist bump. Marianela gasps for air. She gets out the inhaler and Emanuel takes it in her hand and squirts it for her. Brandon rolls his eyes. After she’s better, Brandon tells her to come along so they can find Netty.
Fedra’s still in bad shape. She’s on her bed, raving a bit, and Bernardo is trying to get her to have a little hooch to calm her down. She refuses, but he tells her she better before blabs to everybody who she really is. She blubbers that she couldn’t stand for the same thing that happened to him should happen to her son. The fire was about to kill her, she was practically paralyzed and she called for Chemo, but he didn’t answer. You saved his life, not me. The father died in that fire. (I hope I got that right – corrections are welcome!)
Bernardo tells her not to let the past wreck everything. She says she can’t forget, that sometimes she has terrible nightmares where she hears the explosion and feels the fire burning her, and she jumps into the sea.
Bernardo is very worried that Gretel suspects something, maybe knows everything. Fedra says she just can’t face anything more today, and she curls into the bed.
Gretel wants to know what Oliver’s doing there. He starts to fudge something, but makes the mistake of calling her mi reina, then mi princessa. They banter a long time, and he says gosh, he came to save and instead he’s getting crucified. Cute! Anyway, finally he says that Brandon and Netty are there and could be in some danger, so he had to come check on them. Oh really? says Gretel.
Benigno is down in the general’s quarters. I still miss his wild locks. Now he looks like any other old tio that we all have in our basements. No flair. He tells Beningo that the paramedics gave him some nitro to put under his tongue when he gets chest pains. Modern medicine! he marvels. Astonishing paramedics, I marvel. Benigno looks a bit drained and says it’s been quite a night what with the paramedic sirens and the firemen sirens. He tells about how everyone was running around like chickens with their heads cut off.
The general is sure Fedra set the fire as a distraction. Did Marianela get her inheritance? I don’t know, says Benigno nervously, starting to back out of the room. The general demands that he find out. Netty appears in the doorway and says what happened to Marianela was horrible.
Oliver tells Gretel he’s not leaving until he has Netty and Brandon. She tells him to wait outside; she doesn’t have time for this. He notes that she doesn’t have time to even smile at a joke – what’s with all the crabby people in this house?
Brandon makes a heartfelt speech (backed up by heartfelt music) about how she has such lovely eyes, but they’re such sad eyes. Etc. He’d give her the world if she’d let him. She yells a bit again, but doesn’t seem to really have her heart in it now.
Emanuel, Marienela and Brandon come in. Brandon demands to know what Oliver’s doing there. Oliver pops his eyes and jerks his head towards Gretel.
Nereida brings towels to the shivering young ladies poolside, and Emanuel’s pants for Mauricio. The girls take off and Mauricio taunts Nereida – like what you see? She snaps at him and stomps off.
Gladiola has taken Doris to emergency. They roll Doris in and Gladiola sits on the waiting room couch and sobs. Wouldn’t you know, next to her is Lorenzo, who offers her his handkerchief. She blows her nose into it with a honk and hands it back to him. He looks at it like eeewww, and just then Begoña sits on his other side, takes the handkerchief and weeps into it.
He tells her Christian will be fine. She’s thrilled with the name and gives him a hug. Not here, he says sternly.
Apparently Netty has told Maximo the whole story. He’s furious, and says he’ll get his lawyers. Netty tells him she hates to say it, but maybe Fedra’s in the right. She saw the papers! That was Eva’s handwriting. Maximo thinks it’s robbery.
Axel is outside and spots Mauricio and wants to know if he’s escaping. Just taking a little air, says Maricio. Oh yeah? says Axel. Why are you wearing my brothers’ clothes? Mauricio gives him some lip, and says he got his shirt dirty, so Kristel borrowed one of her brother’s. Axel doesn’t believe him. Mauricio tells him maybe he shouldn’t be seen talking to Axel, people might get the wrong idea about him. Axel grabs him by the collar and tells him he better show some respect.
Brandon, Netty and Emanuel come into the living room where Oliver and Gretel are. Marianela introduces Oliver to Emanuel. Gretel wonders if he doesn’t have someplace better to be. Netty rushes in and says she has an earful of news for Brandon about what they did to Marianela, and she rushes upstairs saying she has to get everything together. Emanuel wonders what she means by getting things together, and Brandon wonders what’s that about the inheritance.
Emanuel and Marianela explain that there were some papers, and Brandon thinks it’s fishy. Emanuel tells him not to talk that way. Ilitia and Kristel appear and Ilitia runs to hug Emanuel. She says she wants those nacos out of there. Emanuel gives them an embarrassed smile.
Back in the waiting room, Bladiola and Lorenzo are on the little couch together again. Bladiola goes on and on, patting his arm, telling him his son will be okay, and her son is a policeman and got them a good insurance policy, etc. Lorenzo keeps skitching away, but the couch is small. He tells her he already has a grown daughter and isn’t thrilled about another child. Bladiola guesses that he spoiled his little girl. He smiles. A nurse asks Bladiola to come with her.
The doctor is just handing a blood sample to a nurse for testing. Doris is still unconscious, but expensive as this production is, they didn’t spring for a beeping heart monitor. I feel cheated. Bladiola pets her daughter and tells her to fight, while the doctor looks on compassionately.
Brandon raves that Marianela shouldn’t have to pay those debts and she laments about the things that Fedra said about her mother. Netty’s lawyer comes in and says the other lawyers are junkyard dogs and it’s not going to be easy to fight them, but by golly, he’s going to do it.
Emanuel says he’ll talk to his mama. Marienela says it’s not the money, it’s what she said about her mother. The memory of her parents is all she has left. Ilitia smiles and rolls her eyes.
Fedra comes down the stairs and wraps her arms around Emanuel. She’s so relieved he’s okay.
Axel still has Mauricio by the lapels. Mauricio taunts that he didn’t like the two girls from the club. Axel lets him go and says they’re aren’t his type. Mauricio tells him to go see a shrink to help him out of the closet. Axel slugs him. He tells him to shut up, or he’s going to launch an investigation into why Mauricio’s running around in his brother’s clothes. Mauricio says don’t you dare, or everybody in the house’ll find out that you don’t like girls. He blows Axel and kiss and says Te quiero and leaves.
A doctor tells Lorenzo and Begoña that the kid just has a respiratory infection. They’ll keep him overnight. Begoña is all smiles. Lorenzo asks how long the paternity test will take. Begoña’s face falls. He says he can’t take any more of the hospital, he’ll see her tomorrow.
Now Emiliano is in the living room too. He says they’re going to investigate the cause of the fire. Kristel’s eyes get big. Netty’s lawyer says there’s no point in staying, but he’s going to investigate Fedra’s claims.
Netty comes down the stairs and says they’re leaving and Marianela with them. Emanuel takes Marianela’s hands and tenderly asks her to say she’ll stay.
Bladiola sits next to Begoña and sees she’s sad. She asks if her husband has left. Men! says Bladiola. They can’t take this sort of thing. We’ll keep each other company. I’ll get you a cup of coffee. Begoña smiles through her tears.
The firemen are questioning the two maids while Paulo oversees. They have figured out that the iron was on, and that it was dropped into the laundry. Nereida (who I think was doing the ironing, but I forget) tries to flirt with the firemen, but no luck. Both protest their innocence. The firemen are going to have to tell Fedra.
Marianela tells Mauricio that she can’t stay where she’s not loved, and where people badmouth her mother. Emiliano says she can’t leave her house. Netty says she needs to get out of this vultures’ nest where everyone humiliates her. It hasn’t been all bad, has it? says Emanuel.
Fedra thinks she should go, and Ilitia says time for “bye, Gordis.” Gretel tells her to butt out. Kristel says she doesn’t fit in. Emanuel gets mad and says it’s their fault that this happened. He begs Marianela to stay. Marianela says she doesn’t want to be the cause of his fighting with his family. Let’s go, Tia, she says. Emanuel pleads some more, and Ilitia tries to take his arm, but she shoves her off. At least let me drive you, he says.
No way, says Brandon.
The general tells Benigno to get his lawyer because he’s going to make his will in Marianela’s favor, and she gets everything now. Benigno won’t – he doesn’t want his general penniless. The general gets mad and says he’s at the end of his life anyway, and he doesn’t want the house to fall into Fedra’s hands. Benigno says okay.
Emanuel says Marianela has to decide who will drive her. Ilitia, arms folded, says Brandon is an animal and Netty fires back at her. Marianela is tired of the fighting and says she and Netty will go with Brandon.
Emiliano says he doesn’t want her to go, and she’s his responsibility until she comes of age. You haven’t done very well with that so far, says Netty. Marianela tells him she’s never wanted to leave a place so much, please let her go. She tells Gretel she was right, she never should have come. Gretel tears up, and Oliver tells her not to cry, he’ll see her again.
Mournful cellos kick in and Marienela says Goodbye, Emanuel. Kristel smiles, and Ilitia and Fedra do float princess waves.
Avances: Emanuel doesn’t seem pleased about Brandon, and it looks like with good reason – we see Brandon kissing Marianela tenderly on the forehead.
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He finds Emanuel, which wasn’t really hard to do given that the laundry room is pretty darned small. Still, he’s a hero!
Lorenzo and Begoña have arrived at the clinic with the sick baby. Lorenzo plunks himself down on a couch and flashes back to a time when Ilitia was sick as a little girl. What a cooing, doting daddy! Little Ilitia wishes she had a sibling, but he tells her that he doesn’t want to share his love with anybody – it’s all for her. Plus we see that Ilitia is
Begoña asks him to come into the examining room with her, but Lorenzo is cold. He finally forces himself to promise that at least he won’t leave, but he’s staying in the waiting room. She leaves and a nurse comes up with paperwork, asking if he’s the father. He tells her he’s not sure. He tells her the baby’s name is Christian, and tells her to put Begoña’s last name, Riquelme, then he asks if they do paternity tests there.
Dr Arnoldo has come to see Doris, who is unconscious on the bed with Gladiola and Consuelo fluttering as he examines her. Dr Arnoldo tells them it looks like she’s been poisoned. It occurs to Dr Arnoldo to call an ambulance. Hey, good thinking, doc! He says if they don’t rush her to the hospital, she could die.
Axel and Gretel are walking among some trees – they both just had to get away from all that drama. Gretel tells him she knows it’s all lies, because Fedra’s ambition and evilness are boundless. Axel comes to a halt and says he knows Gretel has some secret that has wounded her – won’t she please cough it up? Does it have something to do with their mother?
Everything has to do with her, says Gretel, staring into the darkness.
Marianela must be really myopic, because she’s down on her hands and knees looking for her glasses. Benigno comes in and finds them. Marianela tells him the house is on fire and right away he wants to call the general on his radio. Marianela says no time!
Brandon is trying to get Emanuel to come around. Finally he does enough for Brandon to help him up, wrap a blanket over him and get him out of there. Looks like the laundry room is like the burning bush; it burns but is not consumed. Here in So. Calif., a fire can take out a whole neighborhood in the time this one’s been burning. We also know to grab the hamster and the goldfish and get the heck out of the house, not hang around in the living room.
Fedra has completely lost it, and drat, none of the rest of the family is there to see. She is hysterical, I guess suffering from a post-traumatic stress flashback. She tries to hide behind the furniture and begs Bernardo to save her and her son – the ship is burning!
Benigno is calling the general anyway. Ilitia comes in wrapped in a towel, Delicia, right on her heels, breathlessly tells them Emanuel went into the fire and didn’t come out and now Brandon has gone in after him. They all rush off.
Fedra tries to run out of the living room, still begging Bernardo to save her son. Chema! Save your son! she says. Axel and Gretel come in and hear. Shut up, says Bernardo slapping her, you’re going to ruin everything! Axel demands to know why he hit his mother.
Marianela is outside the burning laundry room, also hysterical, wanting to know where her cousin is. Everyone is hollering and there’s too much smoke to see. But here comes out hero out of the orange smoke, helping Emanuel out. Marienela hugs Emanuel, who tells her he’s okay, he just hit his noggin, but he’s not burned. He says Brandon saved his life. They all go into the house. No sign of the firemen, but nobody seems worried.
In the living room, Bernardo tells Gretel and Axel that Fedra is just scared by the fire, and worried about her son’s safety. Axel says he’s never seen her that way, and what’s this about a burning boat? That’s right, says Bernardo, her parents’ boat, her parents were killed aboard a burning boat out in the ocean, you know that. Right, says Gretel, they were attacked by pirates. But she was saying for Chema to save her son. Who is this Chema?
Mauricio and Kristel are washing off the smoke in the swimming pool, she lamenting that her makeup is wrecked. Kristel gets out of the pool, so we get to admire her bulging boobies. Ilitia throws them both towels and tells them the fire was all their fault. Not so loud! says Kristel. Ilitia is mad at them because Emanuel had to risk his life. Maurico grumbles that his super-hero acts are getting boring. Ilitia tells him Emanuel’s twice the man he is. And that police guy had to save him.
Gretel’s still demanding to know who this Chema is that her mother had a child with. Bernardo tells her Fedra’s just real upset. A lot of back and forth until Fedra says she meant Emanuel. Bernardo and Axel take her upstairs. Gretel is astonished about the secret in her mother’s past.
Finally the firemen show up, Oliver with them. He directs them to the laundry room, because I guess they didn’t notice all the orange smoke. Gretel wants to know what he’s doing there. He smiles and happy music plays.
Marianela puts a bandage on the back of Emanuel’s head where he hit it. Her asthma seems to be starting up. Emanuel thanks Brandon again, and Brandon modestly says anyone would have done the same. They fist bump. Marianela gasps for air. She gets out the inhaler and Emanuel takes it in her hand and squirts it for her. Brandon rolls his eyes. After she’s better, Brandon tells her to come along so they can find Netty.
Fedra’s still in bad shape. She’s on her bed, raving a bit, and Bernardo is trying to get her to have a little hooch to calm her down. She refuses, but he tells her she better before blabs to everybody who she really is. She blubbers that she couldn’t stand for the same thing that happened to him should happen to her son. The fire was about to kill her, she was practically paralyzed and she called for Chemo, but he didn’t answer. You saved his life, not me. The father died in that fire. (I hope I got that right – corrections are welcome!)
Bernardo tells her not to let the past wreck everything. She says she can’t forget, that sometimes she has terrible nightmares where she hears the explosion and feels the fire burning her, and she jumps into the sea.
Bernardo is very worried that Gretel suspects something, maybe knows everything. Fedra says she just can’t face anything more today, and she curls into the bed.
Gretel wants to know what Oliver’s doing there. He starts to fudge something, but makes the mistake of calling her mi reina, then mi princessa. They banter a long time, and he says gosh, he came to save and instead he’s getting crucified. Cute! Anyway, finally he says that Brandon and Netty are there and could be in some danger, so he had to come check on them. Oh really? says Gretel.
Benigno is down in the general’s quarters. I still miss his wild locks. Now he looks like any other old tio that we all have in our basements. No flair. He tells Beningo that the paramedics gave him some nitro to put under his tongue when he gets chest pains. Modern medicine! he marvels. Astonishing paramedics, I marvel. Benigno looks a bit drained and says it’s been quite a night what with the paramedic sirens and the firemen sirens. He tells about how everyone was running around like chickens with their heads cut off.
The general is sure Fedra set the fire as a distraction. Did Marianela get her inheritance? I don’t know, says Benigno nervously, starting to back out of the room. The general demands that he find out. Netty appears in the doorway and says what happened to Marianela was horrible.
Oliver tells Gretel he’s not leaving until he has Netty and Brandon. She tells him to wait outside; she doesn’t have time for this. He notes that she doesn’t have time to even smile at a joke – what’s with all the crabby people in this house?
Brandon makes a heartfelt speech (backed up by heartfelt music) about how she has such lovely eyes, but they’re such sad eyes. Etc. He’d give her the world if she’d let him. She yells a bit again, but doesn’t seem to really have her heart in it now.
Emanuel, Marienela and Brandon come in. Brandon demands to know what Oliver’s doing there. Oliver pops his eyes and jerks his head towards Gretel.
Nereida brings towels to the shivering young ladies poolside, and Emanuel’s pants for Mauricio. The girls take off and Mauricio taunts Nereida – like what you see? She snaps at him and stomps off.
Gladiola has taken Doris to emergency. They roll Doris in and Gladiola sits on the waiting room couch and sobs. Wouldn’t you know, next to her is Lorenzo, who offers her his handkerchief. She blows her nose into it with a honk and hands it back to him. He looks at it like eeewww, and just then Begoña sits on his other side, takes the handkerchief and weeps into it.
He tells her Christian will be fine. She’s thrilled with the name and gives him a hug. Not here, he says sternly.
Apparently Netty has told Maximo the whole story. He’s furious, and says he’ll get his lawyers. Netty tells him she hates to say it, but maybe Fedra’s in the right. She saw the papers! That was Eva’s handwriting. Maximo thinks it’s robbery.
Axel is outside and spots Mauricio and wants to know if he’s escaping. Just taking a little air, says Maricio. Oh yeah? says Axel. Why are you wearing my brothers’ clothes? Mauricio gives him some lip, and says he got his shirt dirty, so Kristel borrowed one of her brother’s. Axel doesn’t believe him. Mauricio tells him maybe he shouldn’t be seen talking to Axel, people might get the wrong idea about him. Axel grabs him by the collar and tells him he better show some respect.
Brandon, Netty and Emanuel come into the living room where Oliver and Gretel are. Marianela introduces Oliver to Emanuel. Gretel wonders if he doesn’t have someplace better to be. Netty rushes in and says she has an earful of news for Brandon about what they did to Marianela, and she rushes upstairs saying she has to get everything together. Emanuel wonders what she means by getting things together, and Brandon wonders what’s that about the inheritance.
Emanuel and Marianela explain that there were some papers, and Brandon thinks it’s fishy. Emanuel tells him not to talk that way. Ilitia and Kristel appear and Ilitia runs to hug Emanuel. She says she wants those nacos out of there. Emanuel gives them an embarrassed smile.
Back in the waiting room, Bladiola and Lorenzo are on the little couch together again. Bladiola goes on and on, patting his arm, telling him his son will be okay, and her son is a policeman and got them a good insurance policy, etc. Lorenzo keeps skitching away, but the couch is small. He tells her he already has a grown daughter and isn’t thrilled about another child. Bladiola guesses that he spoiled his little girl. He smiles. A nurse asks Bladiola to come with her.
The doctor is just handing a blood sample to a nurse for testing. Doris is still unconscious, but expensive as this production is, they didn’t spring for a beeping heart monitor. I feel cheated. Bladiola pets her daughter and tells her to fight, while the doctor looks on compassionately.
Brandon raves that Marianela shouldn’t have to pay those debts and she laments about the things that Fedra said about her mother. Netty’s lawyer comes in and says the other lawyers are junkyard dogs and it’s not going to be easy to fight them, but by golly, he’s going to do it.
Emanuel says he’ll talk to his mama. Marienela says it’s not the money, it’s what she said about her mother. The memory of her parents is all she has left. Ilitia smiles and rolls her eyes.
Fedra comes down the stairs and wraps her arms around Emanuel. She’s so relieved he’s okay.
Axel still has Mauricio by the lapels. Mauricio taunts that he didn’t like the two girls from the club. Axel lets him go and says they’re aren’t his type. Mauricio tells him to go see a shrink to help him out of the closet. Axel slugs him. He tells him to shut up, or he’s going to launch an investigation into why Mauricio’s running around in his brother’s clothes. Mauricio says don’t you dare, or everybody in the house’ll find out that you don’t like girls. He blows Axel and kiss and says Te quiero and leaves.
A doctor tells Lorenzo and Begoña that the kid just has a respiratory infection. They’ll keep him overnight. Begoña is all smiles. Lorenzo asks how long the paternity test will take. Begoña’s face falls. He says he can’t take any more of the hospital, he’ll see her tomorrow.
Now Emiliano is in the living room too. He says they’re going to investigate the cause of the fire. Kristel’s eyes get big. Netty’s lawyer says there’s no point in staying, but he’s going to investigate Fedra’s claims.
Netty comes down the stairs and says they’re leaving and Marianela with them. Emanuel takes Marianela’s hands and tenderly asks her to say she’ll stay.
Bladiola sits next to Begoña and sees she’s sad. She asks if her husband has left. Men! says Bladiola. They can’t take this sort of thing. We’ll keep each other company. I’ll get you a cup of coffee. Begoña smiles through her tears.
The firemen are questioning the two maids while Paulo oversees. They have figured out that the iron was on, and that it was dropped into the laundry. Nereida (who I think was doing the ironing, but I forget) tries to flirt with the firemen, but no luck. Both protest their innocence. The firemen are going to have to tell Fedra.
Marianela tells Mauricio that she can’t stay where she’s not loved, and where people badmouth her mother. Emiliano says she can’t leave her house. Netty says she needs to get out of this vultures’ nest where everyone humiliates her. It hasn’t been all bad, has it? says Emanuel.
Fedra thinks she should go, and Ilitia says time for “bye, Gordis.” Gretel tells her to butt out. Kristel says she doesn’t fit in. Emanuel gets mad and says it’s their fault that this happened. He begs Marianela to stay. Marianela says she doesn’t want to be the cause of his fighting with his family. Let’s go, Tia, she says. Emanuel pleads some more, and Ilitia tries to take his arm, but she shoves her off. At least let me drive you, he says.
No way, says Brandon.
The general tells Benigno to get his lawyer because he’s going to make his will in Marianela’s favor, and she gets everything now. Benigno won’t – he doesn’t want his general penniless. The general gets mad and says he’s at the end of his life anyway, and he doesn’t want the house to fall into Fedra’s hands. Benigno says okay.
Emanuel says Marianela has to decide who will drive her. Ilitia, arms folded, says Brandon is an animal and Netty fires back at her. Marianela is tired of the fighting and says she and Netty will go with Brandon.
Emiliano says he doesn’t want her to go, and she’s his responsibility until she comes of age. You haven’t done very well with that so far, says Netty. Marianela tells him she’s never wanted to leave a place so much, please let her go. She tells Gretel she was right, she never should have come. Gretel tears up, and Oliver tells her not to cry, he’ll see her again.
Mournful cellos kick in and Marienela says Goodbye, Emanuel. Kristel smiles, and Ilitia and Fedra do float princess waves.
Avances: Emanuel doesn’t seem pleased about Brandon, and it looks like with good reason – we see Brandon kissing Marianela tenderly on the forehead.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
El Clon, Mon., September 13 - Summary for Discussion
Lucas finally meets his clone but they have a generational rather than a genetic encounter
The coffee grounds are cryptic again...
'Open the door or I'll kill myself. '¡Abranla!' Open it! screams Natalia while she throws stuff at the door and we get a PSA from Enrique. Lucas calls a doctor who is a friend of Leo's. Marisa reminds him that he can't institutionalize Nati against her will. She is of age.
The coffee grounds are cryptic again...
'Open the door or I'll kill myself. '¡Abranla!' Open it! screams Natalia while she throws stuff at the door and we get a PSA from Enrique. Lucas calls a doctor who is a friend of Leo's. Marisa reminds him that he can't institutionalize Nati against her will. She is of age.
Alej tells Gloria that he is going to the apartment to get the rest of his things. Gloria tells him to bring everything so that he doesn't have to go back there. When Ramon tells her that Alej seems sad, Gloria says, '¡Qué triste ni qué pan caliente!' Sad my foot, (literally, 'not even hot bread'). She says that Alej is getting over that 'mucosa,' brat and maybe he will meet a nice girl.
Lucas tells Marisa that he hasn't called a rehab clinic. The men that are coming are only to help them control Nati and keep her from harming herself.
I guess the scary drug guy sent his truck because Alej finds the apartment is completely empty of furniture, appliances, everything.
Two guys come and take Nati away. She cries for help from her parents.
Meanwhile, Daniel comes out of the shadows. He goes inside.
Lucas says to himself that 'Esta vida es injusta,' this life is unfair. He says that if he had the chance to do it all over again, everything would be different. Daniel comes into the room and they are both muy impactados.
[The person they got to play Daniel in the scenes where they are together is quite a bit shorter than Mauricio Ochmann.]
Lucas reaches out to Daniel's face, 'Tu eres yo,' You are me, he says.
[The person they got to play Daniel in the scenes where they are together is quite a bit shorter than Mauricio Ochmann.]
Lucas reaches out to Daniel's face, 'Tu eres yo,' You are me, he says.'Me dijeron que... que usted y to éramos iguales. No es cierto, somos muy diferentes. Yo nunca voy a ser igual a usted, nunca.' They told me that you and I are identical. But it's not true. We are very different. I will never be like you, never, says Daniel. 'Si yo tuviera tu edad, diría exactamente lo mismo,' If I were your age, I'd say exactly, the same thing,' replies Lucas. Lucas tells Daniel that he isn't going anywhere. Daniel says that Lucas can't give him orders, 'Usted no es nada mío,' You are nothing to me. 'Claro que lo soy, lo soy todo, todo,' Of course I am, replies Lucas, I'm everything, everything.'
Zoraida is at it again with the old coffee grounds. 
She says that when the past and the future cross in front of Jade, she will be the mirror. She also says that Jade should run from this meeting of past and future because it has the potential to destroy everything, including her. You'd think having gotten so many cryptic fortunes from Zoraida, Jade would stop asking. She is not happy about getting another one. Oh good, Zoraida tells Jade that she won't read her fortune again because it only makes her sad. Jade tells Zoraida that she misses the Jade of 20 years ago who had so much to live for.
She says that when the past and the future cross in front of Jade, she will be the mirror. She also says that Jade should run from this meeting of past and future because it has the potential to destroy everything, including her. You'd think having gotten so many cryptic fortunes from Zoraida, Jade would stop asking. She is not happy about getting another one. Oh good, Zoraida tells Jade that she won't read her fortune again because it only makes her sad. Jade tells Zoraida that she misses the Jade of 20 years ago who had so much to live for.'Aunque no te guste, tú eres yo,' Even though you don't like it, you are me, Lucas says to Daniel, '¿Sabes cómo fuiste hecho?' Do you know how you were made? Daniel shakes his head, 'Yo no soy un clon, yo no soy una cosa,' I am not a clone. I am not a thing. Lucas tells Daniel that he is going to end up just like him, a failure. He tells Daniel that he thinks he can take on the world because he is 20 but he will end up just like Lucas. Daniel runs out.
Pablo comes to the empty apartment and is a fountain of 'I told you so's.' He tells Alej that he has to go and tells Nati's family what she did.
Someone, probably Pablo, calls Andrea and fills her in on what happened at the apartment. Andrea tells Lucía who can't believe that the Nati they know would steal. Andrea tries to explain that drug addicts steal and worse to support their habits. When Andrea asks Lucía why she didn't tell Marisa about the rehab center Roberto took her to, Lucía is suddenly reminded that she hasn't spoken to Roberto in an hour. She can't think about Nati's situation until she finds Roberto. Andrea leaves in disgust.
Roberto is with Enrique working on Leo's lawsuit. While Roberto is talking to Lucía, Enrique takes a hit on his flask. After the call, Enrique gives Roberto the document and says that all he needs to do is sign it. Roberto tells him that Leo sent the rough draft that Enrique had done to another law firm and they thought it was brilliant. Since Enrique did such a good job, Robert suggests that they both sign the complaint. Enrique replies that he doesn't want everyone's pity. Leo doesn't trust him and he doesn't trust himself. He could fall off the wagon anytime. He starts on his self pity jag and Roberto says that he has to go.
Lucas is looking at old production shots, I'm mean family photos. He tells Rosa that he met his clone. She claims that Daniel isn't a clone; he is the reincarnation of Diego. Lucas tells her not to talk nonsense. He says that back then he thought that the love he felt was unique. When he met Jade, he believed that his life was complete. Now, he feels empty inside as if he has lost his soul.
At the clinic, Marisa has a flashback to a woman being taken away strapped down on a stretcher followed by a little girl. The woman is screaming, 'Marisa, don't leave me!' - is this her mother? Back to the present. The doctor comes and tells Marisa that Nati will sleep until morning and that they are doing tests to determine what drugs she took. He tells Marisa that since Nati is of age, he can't keep her at the clinic. If she doesn't want help, no one can help her.
Alej comes to Nati's house and Rosa tells him that Nati is in a clinic. Rosa is terribly upset. Outside, he tells Pablo that he couldn't ask the family for money when they were so devastated by Nati's situation.
Leo tells Marisa that they are doing the right thing and that they have to persuade Nati to go into rehab.
Clara comes home in the morning with Rogelio. After he leaves, she finds Fernando and Paula in her bed. 
She throws Paula out and reams Fernando a new one. She wonders where Escobar is.
She throws Paula out and reams Fernando a new one. She wonders where Escobar is.Well, Escobar is in Magic Malicia land where all reason has gone out the window. 
Anita is disgusted and Julio says that she seems to be very interested in the Chump's business. Anita denies this and says that she just doesn't like seeing Malicia lead him around by the nose. She leaves and the Chump tells Julio that he is annoyed with Anita for making up gossip (chisme) about Malicia being with another man. Without a blush, he tells Julio that after buying a bunch of expensive stuff for Malicia, they are back together. Gently Julio asks him about the document transferring the ownership of the apartment. The Chump replies that he has decided not to put the apartment in Fernando's name until he earns it. Julio strongly suggests to the Chump that he at least should put the apartment in his name.
Anita is disgusted and Julio says that she seems to be very interested in the Chump's business. Anita denies this and says that she just doesn't like seeing Malicia lead him around by the nose. She leaves and the Chump tells Julio that he is annoyed with Anita for making up gossip (chisme) about Malicia being with another man. Without a blush, he tells Julio that after buying a bunch of expensive stuff for Malicia, they are back together. Gently Julio asks him about the document transferring the ownership of the apartment. The Chump replies that he has decided not to put the apartment in Fernando's name until he earns it. Julio strongly suggests to the Chump that he at least should put the apartment in his name. Julio goes to see Albieri in his office. He tells him that Sylvia asked him to be a witness in the proceeding before the Florida Medical Board. He says that he told Sylvia that he would rather not be a witness. He tells Albieri tht Sylvia has decided to report him.
Meanwhile, Luisa is begging Sylvia not to proceed against Albieri. 
She reminds Sylvia of her friendship for Albieri. Sylvia says that it isn't a matter of friendship but of principles. Sylvia can't believe that Luisa, who was always so much against human cloning, can now support Albieri. Luisa brushes off her former opinions and says that in the future, when human cloning is accepted, they will feel stupid for having opposed it now. She says that Albieri is a genius that none of them understand. Sylvia can see that Luisa has drunk the Albieri kool aid and gives up. [Now in a normal novela, this is where Luisa would run Sylvia over with her car.]
She reminds Sylvia of her friendship for Albieri. Sylvia says that it isn't a matter of friendship but of principles. Sylvia can't believe that Luisa, who was always so much against human cloning, can now support Albieri. Luisa brushes off her former opinions and says that in the future, when human cloning is accepted, they will feel stupid for having opposed it now. She says that Albieri is a genius that none of them understand. Sylvia can see that Luisa has drunk the Albieri kool aid and gives up. [Now in a normal novela, this is where Luisa would run Sylvia over with her car.] After seeing Karla walk by in a gravid condition, Amin asks Mohamed how Karla can be preggers without being married. Mohamed says that Karla will burn in hell and Amin will watch while lying on golden pillows. Amin doesn't seem to be too happy to hear that.
Alej calls Rosa and wants to find out where Nati is.
Lucas comes to Dora's to see Natalia. He finds out that Daniel has gone to Morocco.
The credits roll.
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