Thursday, October 21, 2010
Dinero # 219 10/20/10 : A surprise return and a mysterious stranger
Rafa is attempting to comfort Ale. He assures her that no matter what comes their way they will get through this together. He suggests she go home and try and relax. Ale with a mournful cry gives Rafa a hug.
Across town it is decision time for Julieta. Her two suitors are vying for her hand. Julieta has had enough and angrily tell them to both stop and storms away. This leaves our two suitors blaming each other.
Dandy has approached Susana attempting to nuzzle up to her while she sits at her desk. An irritated Susana wants to know what he wants. “To ask me again to go eat meat in front of the whole world to prove my love for you.” Dandy tells her of course not but, for that reason they need to talk about their relationship;
their likes and dislikes, their intimacies.
If they are going to continue to love one another they need to not obligate each other to do things they don’t want to. Susana seems impressed with Dandy’s rational discussion. They decide to talk and have diner together. Of course it has to be in a neutral place. One where Susana can have her salads and Dandy can have his meat. What better place than the trancazo. We are treated to Dandy’s funky eye swirl.
Marco looking every bit the part of the “found out novela villain” is sharing his tragedies with the final two constants in his life, Chavez and a bottle of whiskey. Chavez is trying to figure out what went down. Marco informs him that Ale found out he never even knew Urdiales. Chavez can’t figure out why the guy would need to buy cars. It would have been better if he just bought bikes for all the workers. Marco is not impressed with his stupidity as he shakes him by the lapels. Chavez is able to detangle himself from Marcos clutches and asks him what’s going to happen now. Marco doesn’t have a clue. Now it is Chavez turn to go after Marco’s lapels and we have a lapel showdown.
Jorge is trying to comfort Rosario by offering her a cup of tea. The door opens and a morose Ale enters. Jorge wants to know what she is doing their so early and with such a face. Ale wants to know why they all have such faces as well. Jorge tells her it is the same face he has always had. Ale wants to know what’s wrong with Rosario. She asks if she found out about Marco. This brings a concerned Rosario to her feet wanting to know what happened to Marco. Ale assures her nothing happened to him. She found out that Marco lied to her and never worked with Urdiales. This is met with a unison “What?” Jorge can’t believe this. Certainly she is mistaken. She tells him she is not mistaken. Marco didn’t have a single explanation for her. Rosario can’t believe that their beloved Marco has been lying to them all this time. Jorge asks her why Marco would be lying. Ale tells them she doesn’t know and sadly sits down. She says she is going to divorce him and doesn’t ever want to see him again.
Vicky is serving up beans to the men folk when we hear a knock at the door.
The boys are to busy to answer so Vicky of course gets the honors. It is none other than Rafa who much to Vicky‘s displeasure is not there to see her but to pay off his debt to the family. The family is quite surprised that he is there to pay off the debt in full.
Chavez and Marco continue to commiserate as Marco salutes to their final whiskies together. Zetina walks in and seems quite surprised and excited to see them together. He quickly hides at a near by table and goes into full spy mode with his mission being to find out what they are discussing.
Marco is envisioning what Ale might be capable of if she finds out what they have been doing with the hacienda. It would mean a bullet between the eyes. Chavez has a worse image of what the old buzzard Rosario would do to him with the pistol. Zetina trying to listen in with the latest spy listening devices doesn’t have a clue what they are saying.
So we are in our final chapters why not add a little more intrigue as we see a pair of man’s hands stirring a cup of coffee.
Who should approach with an envelope but none other than the lovely Marian and hands it to our stranger.
He opens it and we see him thumbing through pictures of Rafa Julieta and Lenora with Marian asking “What do you think?”
You would have thought at this stage of the game Rafa would have figured out how to pay off his debts with a cashier‘s check, but no, as we see Felipe, Don G. and Pancho counting out the fruits of Rafa‘s labors in cash.
Vicky escorts Rafa to the door and reminds him about their agreement. Rafa assures her he has not forgotten they have an agreement.
Rosario is still beyond disbelief at what Marco has done. Jorge wonders if this might not be the reason why he was never able to remember his name. He continues to say “There was something inside me that knew he wasn’t trustworthy.” Ale sadly agrees that this could be the reason. Ale than want’s to know what’s been going on with them as they appear to be all upset as well. Jorge tells Rosario to tell Ale all about Quintana. She tells Ale it is very similar to what happened with Marco. That he was there to tell her he only wanted to marry her for money. Jorge is fighting mad about this. Ale is all sympatric as she tries to console a broken hearted Rosario asking her what she said to Quintana. Rosario tells her she told him he was the worse man she had ever known. Jorge walks over and gives a sympatric pat as well telling her “Well said.” The three sit together giving one another comfort.
Rosario goes on to tell them Quintana wanted to clear the air before they got married so there would not be any bad intentions between them. She says that he told her now it isn’t important to him that they don’t have any money he still loves her. Rosario says that his words now have her all broken up and feels bad. Ale shares her sadness and tells Tia that she feels really bad herself. Ale continues on saying both Marco and Quintana were liars.
The misery continues as the doorbell chimes. Ale answers it as we pan from a pair of black heels up to the lovely face of none other than a smiling Ruby, waving an enthusiastic “Hola.”
Rosario is in total shock as she sees Ruby at the door stating “That’s all I need.” Jorge on the other hand is more excited and this is exactly what he needs as he taps Rosario’s face to keep her from fainting. Ale shuts the door on Ruby stating “It’s just a ghost.”
Jorge knows better as he rushes to the door and opens it to Ruby gleefully greeting Georgie. Ale is surprised that Jorge would have asked her to return. He tells her “Yes, I called her.” Rosario and Ale are impressed that he remembered her phone number. Ruby clapping her hands in excitement wants to know if they missed her. In unison both Ale and Rosario answer “No.” Then looking at each other reluctantly state yes. Ruby rushes to them and gives each a sweet kiss telling them she missed them. After all they are like a family to her. Ale now giving her a forced hug, wants to know how things are going in Switzerland.
Ruby tells them it was very cold and she missed the warm climate of home. Rosario with no snootiness to spare tells her they were referring to the matter of the bank account. Ruby answers “The same. Neither backwards nor forwards.” (Ni para atras ni por adelante.)
Jorge tells her that it doesn’t matter, as he leads her joyfully to the sofa telling her they have lots to talk about. Ale rushes to Rosario’s side and asks her if she feels better. Rosario tells her a little with the distraction of Ruby’s arrival. Ale agrees looking over at Ruby and states “She could distract anyone.”
Rosario continues on their mutual saga of the broken hearts and asks Ale what they should do. Ale tells her she is going to continue on insisting on getting her divorce. Ruby is listening in intently. Ale tells Rosario she is worried about her and wants to know what she plans to do about Quintana. Rosario doesn’t understand why men have to be so hateful and such liars. Ale assures her not everyone is like that. Ruby agrees as she stands and tells them “Georgie isn’t like that” smiling as she continues “he is an a good and enchanting man.”
Ruby sits back down on the arm of Jorge’s chair and Ale casually asks her to go sit on the sofa. Ruby isn’t budging. Ale and Rosario continue on their man bashing rant stating that men are like children looking for mothers. Rosario admits that at her age she isn’t ready to become Quintana’s mother. Ale tells her that isn’t what she means. She just needs to decide if what Quintana told her was sincere. If he loves her it is worth the pain. After all he did tell her he still loves her. Again we see Ruby attending to Jorge but listening in to Ale and Rosario. Jorge wants to add his two cents, but Ruby sweetly tells him no, after all men don’t know about such things.
We are back at Vicky’s house where the men continue to count their dollars. Vicky is at the door telling Rafa how proud she is of him for paying off the money so much sooner than he had too. He tells her with some awkwardness that “On the day of the wedding (stutter stutter) he promised he would pay back all the money as soon as possible.” Vicky continues singing his praises telling him he is a hard worker and because of all his wonderful attributes he deserves a reward and plants a kiss on Rafa’s not to eager lips, as he begs his leave. Before he can make his escape Vicky pulls him back and asks him about the debt he has with that witch. Rafa wants to know what which. Vicky says Ale. He tells her Ale is not a witch and yes he has paid her as well.
This earns Rafa another reward as Vicky plants another kiss on him. This was met with the same lack of enthusiasm as her first kiss as Rafa is almost able to make his exit but not before Vicky drags him back to remind him once more that they have an agreement and that they are “novios“ and he owes her because his mother is free. Rafa tells her he knows and this was the second time she has reminded him about this and that he will never forget it. She tells him sweetly that he can go to work now and not to forget to come visit her tonight. If he doesn’t show up she will just have to go find out where he is. This has left poor Rafa to talk to himself asking Santa Claus when he will be able to end this farce. As he leaves Vicky is left to mutter to her self that something is going on, but she will keep a close eye out.
Marian has finished her business with the stranger whose only seen from elbows to hands as they shake on their arrangement, with Marian telling him they will be in touch.
We are now at the Hacienda with Daniel talking to some man, (I imagine it is his lawyer) about finishing up the papers regarding the hacienda. The man wants to know what the urgency is. Daniel tells him the only one here who can ask questions is him. He dismisses the man as if he were a simple servant and muses to himself that perhaps these papers are the only thing that will help him secure his objective. To win over Ale.
Chavez and Marco are still at the waterhole drowning their miseries. They are still trying to figure a way out of this mess. Chavez suggests he continue with the lie that he works for him in secret. Marco tells Chavez that he has said so many things now that he doesn’t remember them all. Marco says the worse thing of all is that ingrate Ale doesn’t believe him. She is now even doubting him. She has taken to her role as the offended one and is full of doubts. In the background we see Zetina hidden behind a newspaper taking his role as a spy to new levels.
Marco goes on to warn Chavez that if Ale and her family figured out what they were up to they could end up in Jail. Chavez doesn’t believe this could happen as it would be a very long and costly process. He reminds them that after all they no longer even own the hacienda. He says they have the contract that says Shrimp man now owns the hacienda. This gives Marco the opportunity to tell Chavez that he never really trusted the Shrimp Man. He suggests Chavez goes to the hacienda to get as much money as possible and close the sales with Shrimp man. Chavez tells him it isn’t that easy to get more money out of the hacienda. He tells him he has to wait. Marco isn’t buying this and tells Chavez he can’t wait. He does a disgusting hiccough in his face which causes Chavez to almost tip out of chair as he bumps into Zetina.
Marco’s phone rings and we hear the ultra high helium voice of Carmella ragging him out. Marco trying to calm her down tells her he will meet her at her office so they can talk. Marco abusing his phone as he hangs up says every day she torments him more. Chavez wants to know what his adoring tormentor wants now. He tells her the man eater wants her part of the money. He tells Chavez he has no other choice but to go see her. He stumbles out asking for his taxi, giving our resident barfly a pat on the shoulder as he leaves.
Susana is chewing out Dandy telling him she didn’t like it one bit that he made her eat meat, shaking her finger at him. Dandy tells her she has no idea how repentant he feels about the whole thing.
He then goes into a little Hare Krishna shoulder dance as we hear the music playing in the back ground. He tells her that he asked Doña Dolores to play the music she likes just to please her. Susan melts a bit and we get a big discussion about meat lovers verses vegetarians. He tells her that their relationship is stronger than the foods they eat. She tells him she doesn’t know if she can share her life with someone who doesn’t share in her beliefs.
Chavez now Marco-less but still at the bar is calling Quintana and the shrimp man. Zetina is listening in and decides this would be a great time to call Rafa. He tells Rafa he has news and this would be a good time to come to finally face Chavez. He tells him to fly over immediately (por que no viene de volada)
Chavez has reached the yellow breasted shrimp man and tells him he needs to talk with him urgently. He will be waiting in the usual place for him. Then he calls Quintana telling him as well they need to talk. It seems as Marco wants to know how they are coming along with closing the Hacienda deal. He hangs up offended that Quintana would think he might be drunk.
Ale is now on the phone with Rafa telling him she needs to talk to him. Rafa tells “his love” that he has talked with Urdiales who told him that she asked him about Marco. She tells him that Marco has been lying to her. Rafa tells her even though it hurts him to say it he did warn her. She agrees and tells him this causes her pain as well. He was telling the truth and she didn’t believe him. That’s why she needs to talk with him urgently.
He tells her Urdiales left and he needs to go meet with Zetina. He tells her he believes he has the opportunity to finally unmask the rascal that she is married to. He asks her if she would like to accompany him. She tells Rafa she doesn’t know if she could take so many things in the same day. Rafa assures her he will be with her to help her through it. He tells her he knows it will be painful but the things that strip us down can make us stronger. ( lo que se vaya a pelar que se vaya calamanco./ I am just taking a guess at this) We get a split screen of our two lovers.
He continues his pep talk and asks if he should come and get her. Ale agrees and tells him she will wait for him and tells him she loves him before she hangs up.
Rosario approaches her and wants to know if that was Rafa. She also wants to know if she really does love him. She tells her yes. Jorge stands now and wants to know if that means she never loved Marco. She tells him she will explain it all later. When she was with Marco she believed she did love him but once she met Rafa her life changed. She smiles brightly at saying this. With him she discovered love and learned how to laugh and smile and have fun. She continues “With Marco I never felt that.”
Rosario who just can’t leave well enough alone wants to know if what she has with Rafa is just a passing passion. Ale smiling tells her it isn’t just a passing moment and that she doesn’t want another moment to pass by that she won’t be by Rafa’s side. She continues to explain to Rosario that with Rafa she has seen life through different colors and a different form. She asks her if she remembers about all the doubts they had about Rafa. She tells her that they were all Marco’s tricks. She tells her Rafa is a great man and they have the opportunity to be together without obstacles. She knows he is the man of her life.
Rosario tells her she would love to have her clarity and sentiments. Ale tells her she could have that but not if she won’t leave her comfort zone (I think that’s what she said). She continues “Love sometimes hurts. But there is nothing better in the world than to be at the side of the man you love.” Rosario wants to know what they should do with the lies. Well if they confess their lies and asks for forgiveness everything should be just fine. Rosario has to think this over. Ale Asks her what’s worse the man that lies but confesses or the man who continues to lie and hides it. Rosario ponders this as well as Ruby thinks to herself that she should come clean to Jorge and tell him the truth if she doesn‘t want to loose him.
Dandy and Susana are eating and he tells her that love isn’t half of the total. There isn’t a perfect other half (Las medias de naranjas no existen/this is another guess here) He tells her that they are different as he takes his fork and grabs a piece of her salad and intertwines it with his meat skewed fork. He continues to say holding the forks together “If we are willing to share our differences together we will be stronger” and scoops both forks into his moth savoring them .
He tells her that when he is with her he is a much better human being. She makes him feel many things. She tells him that he has changed her life as well but still has doubts.
We travel to Carmella’s office as she closes the door and we see a wreck of a man who use to be Marco standing in there. She is chiding him about not seeing the money yet and she is tired of it. Swaggering to the effects of the afternoon spent in the whiskey bottle he tells her he has given her the first payment, and right now he doesn’t have any more.
She goes behind her desk sitting down and says “Look doll. I am a women. You are a man. I have needs.” as she shows off her ample assets continuing “and you haven‘t completed your side of the bargain. How long do I have to wait? I am not use to being rejected. What assurance do I have that you don‘t have the money and you are just going to take off? Hey?”
Marco still tipping about, sits down and tells her “Look sweetie, I am incapable of doing something like that to you.” She tells him the only thing she believes he is not capable of is to make a women happy. Marco leans in closer and tells her he is a real man and has made many, many women happy. Carmella pipes in “Minus me.” She tells him the worse thing a man can do is to reject a women. He knows what he has to do if he doesn’t want her to hand in his head and send him to jail. Marco asks her if she is really capable of doing that. She laughs at him telling him the difference between them is she is capable of many things and he is just a fraud. Marco leans away and Carmella gets ever close continuing to say “Or do you want to show me that isn’t true?” Time to pay the band Marco.
Dandy is still trying to get Susana to forgive him. He tells her he will never ask her to eat meat again. He tells her that they have been through so much together. Susana is still hung up on the food preference difference. Dandy brings up other differences they have like music. He wants somebody that will help him when he does something wrong. He tells her he can’t imagine life with out her. Susana is charmed and tells him he has never talked to her like that. Finally all is forgiven as they stand to seal it with a kiss. As they go to sit down the chairs break in unison.
We go to Doña Arcadia who is in her office watching her monitor grumbling about her employees wasting time. We see Chato sound asleep at his station. She rudely awakens him as he rushes to her beck and call. For his punishment for not being attentive she tells him he has to give the dogs a bath and brush their teeth as well as perfume them and fumigate them for fleas. Or something like that. As he leaves she continues to watch her screen and is not amused with antics her sales crew are up to. She is about to go confront them all. As she leaves we see Chato all dressed in full dog bath gear.
Muskrat is telling Marian what she feels for Rafa isn’t love but a fantasy. (Capricho/whim or fantasy.) She tells her she can’t understand why Rafa is ignoring her like this. This has never happened to her before. She feels rejected. Muskrat tells her that she should know that she is a very attractive women, but that her self-esteem is affected by Rafa’s indifference. Marian agrees with her. She tells her she has spent many sleepless nights wondering how far she would go to get Rafa. Muskrat wants to know what would be her limit. Marian tells her she has one last card to play. She tells her it is something that could be very dangerous but could be the opportunity to convince Rafa how much she loves him. Muskrat tells her she knew she was up to something as she has seemed very mysterious lately. She asks her what she is up to and Marian isn‘t ready to tell her for fear of loosing the game. None the less her plan is in play. She is certain it will be a great surprise.
We are back with Ale and a very pleased Jorge now that Ruby has returned. She is the best medicine for him. Rosario isn’t convinced. Ruby tells Jorge that she is sorry to say that she doesn’t have any news about the bank account. He tells her not to worry. Now that she is back at his side he is certain he will remember the account number.
If it’s not the phone it has been the doorbell interrupting us all night. This time it happens to be the door and Azucena rushes to answer it. It is Rafa who is warmly greeted by Ale with Rosario looking on crossly. Ruby seems a bit confused as she asks Jorge if Ale isn’t still married to Marco. Jorge tells her yes but she is about to divorce him.
Ale tells Rosario not to give her such a sour face. Rafa apologizes to Jorge telling him he knows he made a promise to him but many things have happened and he would like to talk with him about this but very calmly.
Rafa asks if he can borrow Ale for a little while. Jorge tells him not to go drinking and not to be late. They both promise in unison.
Ale gets her purse to leave and Rafa tells Ruby “Goodbye it’s been a pleasure” as Ale is chiding him and telling him “No no, not so much pleasure there” and closes the door.
Jorge tells Rosario not to worry. He tells her he may be loosing his memory but not his clarity. He tells her that Ale is in Love with Rafa and has been for a long time. Rosario wants to know how she can remember Rafa’s name. He tells her once again that Ruby is the best medicine for his memory.
Doña Arcadia is now front and center in the show room and is rounding up the “bunch of lazy good for nothings.” ( bola de haraganas ) She has had it and they are all fired. Including Dandy and Susana who have just arrived from their little make-up dinner.
Our final scene is with Rafa and Ale entering our favorite bar. Ale wants to know why they are at this bar. She would rather go to a different place. Rafa apologizes but tells her he needs her to see someone. Rafa is looking around and spies Zetina in the corner. Ale is confused and wants to know why she needs to see Zetina. Zetina points out Chavez in the chair and as they approach Ale is quite shocked to recognize a semi-comatose Chavez sitting at the table.
Well I can’t wait for tomorrow.
Across town it is decision time for Julieta. Her two suitors are vying for her hand. Julieta has had enough and angrily tell them to both stop and storms away. This leaves our two suitors blaming each other.
Dandy has approached Susana attempting to nuzzle up to her while she sits at her desk. An irritated Susana wants to know what he wants. “To ask me again to go eat meat in front of the whole world to prove my love for you.” Dandy tells her of course not but, for that reason they need to talk about their relationship;
their likes and dislikes, their intimacies.
If they are going to continue to love one another they need to not obligate each other to do things they don’t want to. Susana seems impressed with Dandy’s rational discussion. They decide to talk and have diner together. Of course it has to be in a neutral place. One where Susana can have her salads and Dandy can have his meat. What better place than the trancazo. We are treated to Dandy’s funky eye swirl.
Marco looking every bit the part of the “found out novela villain” is sharing his tragedies with the final two constants in his life, Chavez and a bottle of whiskey. Chavez is trying to figure out what went down. Marco informs him that Ale found out he never even knew Urdiales. Chavez can’t figure out why the guy would need to buy cars. It would have been better if he just bought bikes for all the workers. Marco is not impressed with his stupidity as he shakes him by the lapels. Chavez is able to detangle himself from Marcos clutches and asks him what’s going to happen now. Marco doesn’t have a clue. Now it is Chavez turn to go after Marco’s lapels and we have a lapel showdown.
Jorge is trying to comfort Rosario by offering her a cup of tea. The door opens and a morose Ale enters. Jorge wants to know what she is doing their so early and with such a face. Ale wants to know why they all have such faces as well. Jorge tells her it is the same face he has always had. Ale wants to know what’s wrong with Rosario. She asks if she found out about Marco. This brings a concerned Rosario to her feet wanting to know what happened to Marco. Ale assures her nothing happened to him. She found out that Marco lied to her and never worked with Urdiales. This is met with a unison “What?” Jorge can’t believe this. Certainly she is mistaken. She tells him she is not mistaken. Marco didn’t have a single explanation for her. Rosario can’t believe that their beloved Marco has been lying to them all this time. Jorge asks her why Marco would be lying. Ale tells them she doesn’t know and sadly sits down. She says she is going to divorce him and doesn’t ever want to see him again.
Vicky is serving up beans to the men folk when we hear a knock at the door.
The boys are to busy to answer so Vicky of course gets the honors. It is none other than Rafa who much to Vicky‘s displeasure is not there to see her but to pay off his debt to the family. The family is quite surprised that he is there to pay off the debt in full.
Chavez and Marco continue to commiserate as Marco salutes to their final whiskies together. Zetina walks in and seems quite surprised and excited to see them together. He quickly hides at a near by table and goes into full spy mode with his mission being to find out what they are discussing.
Marco is envisioning what Ale might be capable of if she finds out what they have been doing with the hacienda. It would mean a bullet between the eyes. Chavez has a worse image of what the old buzzard Rosario would do to him with the pistol. Zetina trying to listen in with the latest spy listening devices doesn’t have a clue what they are saying.
So we are in our final chapters why not add a little more intrigue as we see a pair of man’s hands stirring a cup of coffee.
Who should approach with an envelope but none other than the lovely Marian and hands it to our stranger.
He opens it and we see him thumbing through pictures of Rafa Julieta and Lenora with Marian asking “What do you think?”
You would have thought at this stage of the game Rafa would have figured out how to pay off his debts with a cashier‘s check, but no, as we see Felipe, Don G. and Pancho counting out the fruits of Rafa‘s labors in cash.
Vicky escorts Rafa to the door and reminds him about their agreement. Rafa assures her he has not forgotten they have an agreement.
Rosario is still beyond disbelief at what Marco has done. Jorge wonders if this might not be the reason why he was never able to remember his name. He continues to say “There was something inside me that knew he wasn’t trustworthy.” Ale sadly agrees that this could be the reason. Ale than want’s to know what’s been going on with them as they appear to be all upset as well. Jorge tells Rosario to tell Ale all about Quintana. She tells Ale it is very similar to what happened with Marco. That he was there to tell her he only wanted to marry her for money. Jorge is fighting mad about this. Ale is all sympatric as she tries to console a broken hearted Rosario asking her what she said to Quintana. Rosario tells her she told him he was the worse man she had ever known. Jorge walks over and gives a sympatric pat as well telling her “Well said.” The three sit together giving one another comfort.
Rosario goes on to tell them Quintana wanted to clear the air before they got married so there would not be any bad intentions between them. She says that he told her now it isn’t important to him that they don’t have any money he still loves her. Rosario says that his words now have her all broken up and feels bad. Ale shares her sadness and tells Tia that she feels really bad herself. Ale continues on saying both Marco and Quintana were liars.
The misery continues as the doorbell chimes. Ale answers it as we pan from a pair of black heels up to the lovely face of none other than a smiling Ruby, waving an enthusiastic “Hola.”
Rosario is in total shock as she sees Ruby at the door stating “That’s all I need.” Jorge on the other hand is more excited and this is exactly what he needs as he taps Rosario’s face to keep her from fainting. Ale shuts the door on Ruby stating “It’s just a ghost.”
Jorge knows better as he rushes to the door and opens it to Ruby gleefully greeting Georgie. Ale is surprised that Jorge would have asked her to return. He tells her “Yes, I called her.” Rosario and Ale are impressed that he remembered her phone number. Ruby clapping her hands in excitement wants to know if they missed her. In unison both Ale and Rosario answer “No.” Then looking at each other reluctantly state yes. Ruby rushes to them and gives each a sweet kiss telling them she missed them. After all they are like a family to her. Ale now giving her a forced hug, wants to know how things are going in Switzerland.
Ruby tells them it was very cold and she missed the warm climate of home. Rosario with no snootiness to spare tells her they were referring to the matter of the bank account. Ruby answers “The same. Neither backwards nor forwards.” (Ni para atras ni por adelante.)
Jorge tells her that it doesn’t matter, as he leads her joyfully to the sofa telling her they have lots to talk about. Ale rushes to Rosario’s side and asks her if she feels better. Rosario tells her a little with the distraction of Ruby’s arrival. Ale agrees looking over at Ruby and states “She could distract anyone.”
Rosario continues on their mutual saga of the broken hearts and asks Ale what they should do. Ale tells her she is going to continue on insisting on getting her divorce. Ruby is listening in intently. Ale tells Rosario she is worried about her and wants to know what she plans to do about Quintana. Rosario doesn’t understand why men have to be so hateful and such liars. Ale assures her not everyone is like that. Ruby agrees as she stands and tells them “Georgie isn’t like that” smiling as she continues “he is an a good and enchanting man.”
Ruby sits back down on the arm of Jorge’s chair and Ale casually asks her to go sit on the sofa. Ruby isn’t budging. Ale and Rosario continue on their man bashing rant stating that men are like children looking for mothers. Rosario admits that at her age she isn’t ready to become Quintana’s mother. Ale tells her that isn’t what she means. She just needs to decide if what Quintana told her was sincere. If he loves her it is worth the pain. After all he did tell her he still loves her. Again we see Ruby attending to Jorge but listening in to Ale and Rosario. Jorge wants to add his two cents, but Ruby sweetly tells him no, after all men don’t know about such things.
We are back at Vicky’s house where the men continue to count their dollars. Vicky is at the door telling Rafa how proud she is of him for paying off the money so much sooner than he had too. He tells her with some awkwardness that “On the day of the wedding (stutter stutter) he promised he would pay back all the money as soon as possible.” Vicky continues singing his praises telling him he is a hard worker and because of all his wonderful attributes he deserves a reward and plants a kiss on Rafa’s not to eager lips, as he begs his leave. Before he can make his escape Vicky pulls him back and asks him about the debt he has with that witch. Rafa wants to know what which. Vicky says Ale. He tells her Ale is not a witch and yes he has paid her as well.
This earns Rafa another reward as Vicky plants another kiss on him. This was met with the same lack of enthusiasm as her first kiss as Rafa is almost able to make his exit but not before Vicky drags him back to remind him once more that they have an agreement and that they are “novios“ and he owes her because his mother is free. Rafa tells her he knows and this was the second time she has reminded him about this and that he will never forget it. She tells him sweetly that he can go to work now and not to forget to come visit her tonight. If he doesn’t show up she will just have to go find out where he is. This has left poor Rafa to talk to himself asking Santa Claus when he will be able to end this farce. As he leaves Vicky is left to mutter to her self that something is going on, but she will keep a close eye out.
Marian has finished her business with the stranger whose only seen from elbows to hands as they shake on their arrangement, with Marian telling him they will be in touch.
We are now at the Hacienda with Daniel talking to some man, (I imagine it is his lawyer) about finishing up the papers regarding the hacienda. The man wants to know what the urgency is. Daniel tells him the only one here who can ask questions is him. He dismisses the man as if he were a simple servant and muses to himself that perhaps these papers are the only thing that will help him secure his objective. To win over Ale.
Chavez and Marco are still at the waterhole drowning their miseries. They are still trying to figure a way out of this mess. Chavez suggests he continue with the lie that he works for him in secret. Marco tells Chavez that he has said so many things now that he doesn’t remember them all. Marco says the worse thing of all is that ingrate Ale doesn’t believe him. She is now even doubting him. She has taken to her role as the offended one and is full of doubts. In the background we see Zetina hidden behind a newspaper taking his role as a spy to new levels.
Marco goes on to warn Chavez that if Ale and her family figured out what they were up to they could end up in Jail. Chavez doesn’t believe this could happen as it would be a very long and costly process. He reminds them that after all they no longer even own the hacienda. He says they have the contract that says Shrimp man now owns the hacienda. This gives Marco the opportunity to tell Chavez that he never really trusted the Shrimp Man. He suggests Chavez goes to the hacienda to get as much money as possible and close the sales with Shrimp man. Chavez tells him it isn’t that easy to get more money out of the hacienda. He tells him he has to wait. Marco isn’t buying this and tells Chavez he can’t wait. He does a disgusting hiccough in his face which causes Chavez to almost tip out of chair as he bumps into Zetina.
Marco’s phone rings and we hear the ultra high helium voice of Carmella ragging him out. Marco trying to calm her down tells her he will meet her at her office so they can talk. Marco abusing his phone as he hangs up says every day she torments him more. Chavez wants to know what his adoring tormentor wants now. He tells her the man eater wants her part of the money. He tells Chavez he has no other choice but to go see her. He stumbles out asking for his taxi, giving our resident barfly a pat on the shoulder as he leaves.
Susana is chewing out Dandy telling him she didn’t like it one bit that he made her eat meat, shaking her finger at him. Dandy tells her she has no idea how repentant he feels about the whole thing.
He then goes into a little Hare Krishna shoulder dance as we hear the music playing in the back ground. He tells her that he asked Doña Dolores to play the music she likes just to please her. Susan melts a bit and we get a big discussion about meat lovers verses vegetarians. He tells her that their relationship is stronger than the foods they eat. She tells him she doesn’t know if she can share her life with someone who doesn’t share in her beliefs.
Chavez now Marco-less but still at the bar is calling Quintana and the shrimp man. Zetina is listening in and decides this would be a great time to call Rafa. He tells Rafa he has news and this would be a good time to come to finally face Chavez. He tells him to fly over immediately (por que no viene de volada)
Chavez has reached the yellow breasted shrimp man and tells him he needs to talk with him urgently. He will be waiting in the usual place for him. Then he calls Quintana telling him as well they need to talk. It seems as Marco wants to know how they are coming along with closing the Hacienda deal. He hangs up offended that Quintana would think he might be drunk.
Ale is now on the phone with Rafa telling him she needs to talk to him. Rafa tells “his love” that he has talked with Urdiales who told him that she asked him about Marco. She tells him that Marco has been lying to her. Rafa tells her even though it hurts him to say it he did warn her. She agrees and tells him this causes her pain as well. He was telling the truth and she didn’t believe him. That’s why she needs to talk with him urgently.
He tells her Urdiales left and he needs to go meet with Zetina. He tells her he believes he has the opportunity to finally unmask the rascal that she is married to. He asks her if she would like to accompany him. She tells Rafa she doesn’t know if she could take so many things in the same day. Rafa assures her he will be with her to help her through it. He tells her he knows it will be painful but the things that strip us down can make us stronger. ( lo que se vaya a pelar que se vaya calamanco./ I am just taking a guess at this) We get a split screen of our two lovers.
He continues his pep talk and asks if he should come and get her. Ale agrees and tells him she will wait for him and tells him she loves him before she hangs up.
Rosario approaches her and wants to know if that was Rafa. She also wants to know if she really does love him. She tells her yes. Jorge stands now and wants to know if that means she never loved Marco. She tells him she will explain it all later. When she was with Marco she believed she did love him but once she met Rafa her life changed. She smiles brightly at saying this. With him she discovered love and learned how to laugh and smile and have fun. She continues “With Marco I never felt that.”
Rosario who just can’t leave well enough alone wants to know if what she has with Rafa is just a passing passion. Ale smiling tells her it isn’t just a passing moment and that she doesn’t want another moment to pass by that she won’t be by Rafa’s side. She continues to explain to Rosario that with Rafa she has seen life through different colors and a different form. She asks her if she remembers about all the doubts they had about Rafa. She tells her that they were all Marco’s tricks. She tells her Rafa is a great man and they have the opportunity to be together without obstacles. She knows he is the man of her life.
Rosario tells her she would love to have her clarity and sentiments. Ale tells her she could have that but not if she won’t leave her comfort zone (I think that’s what she said). She continues “Love sometimes hurts. But there is nothing better in the world than to be at the side of the man you love.” Rosario wants to know what they should do with the lies. Well if they confess their lies and asks for forgiveness everything should be just fine. Rosario has to think this over. Ale Asks her what’s worse the man that lies but confesses or the man who continues to lie and hides it. Rosario ponders this as well as Ruby thinks to herself that she should come clean to Jorge and tell him the truth if she doesn‘t want to loose him.
Dandy and Susana are eating and he tells her that love isn’t half of the total. There isn’t a perfect other half (Las medias de naranjas no existen/this is another guess here) He tells her that they are different as he takes his fork and grabs a piece of her salad and intertwines it with his meat skewed fork. He continues to say holding the forks together “If we are willing to share our differences together we will be stronger” and scoops both forks into his moth savoring them .
He tells her that when he is with her he is a much better human being. She makes him feel many things. She tells him that he has changed her life as well but still has doubts.
We travel to Carmella’s office as she closes the door and we see a wreck of a man who use to be Marco standing in there. She is chiding him about not seeing the money yet and she is tired of it. Swaggering to the effects of the afternoon spent in the whiskey bottle he tells her he has given her the first payment, and right now he doesn’t have any more.
She goes behind her desk sitting down and says “Look doll. I am a women. You are a man. I have needs.” as she shows off her ample assets continuing “and you haven‘t completed your side of the bargain. How long do I have to wait? I am not use to being rejected. What assurance do I have that you don‘t have the money and you are just going to take off? Hey?”
Marco still tipping about, sits down and tells her “Look sweetie, I am incapable of doing something like that to you.” She tells him the only thing she believes he is not capable of is to make a women happy. Marco leans in closer and tells her he is a real man and has made many, many women happy. Carmella pipes in “Minus me.” She tells him the worse thing a man can do is to reject a women. He knows what he has to do if he doesn’t want her to hand in his head and send him to jail. Marco asks her if she is really capable of doing that. She laughs at him telling him the difference between them is she is capable of many things and he is just a fraud. Marco leans away and Carmella gets ever close continuing to say “Or do you want to show me that isn’t true?” Time to pay the band Marco.
Dandy is still trying to get Susana to forgive him. He tells her he will never ask her to eat meat again. He tells her that they have been through so much together. Susana is still hung up on the food preference difference. Dandy brings up other differences they have like music. He wants somebody that will help him when he does something wrong. He tells her he can’t imagine life with out her. Susana is charmed and tells him he has never talked to her like that. Finally all is forgiven as they stand to seal it with a kiss. As they go to sit down the chairs break in unison.
We go to Doña Arcadia who is in her office watching her monitor grumbling about her employees wasting time. We see Chato sound asleep at his station. She rudely awakens him as he rushes to her beck and call. For his punishment for not being attentive she tells him he has to give the dogs a bath and brush their teeth as well as perfume them and fumigate them for fleas. Or something like that. As he leaves she continues to watch her screen and is not amused with antics her sales crew are up to. She is about to go confront them all. As she leaves we see Chato all dressed in full dog bath gear.
Muskrat is telling Marian what she feels for Rafa isn’t love but a fantasy. (Capricho/whim or fantasy.) She tells her she can’t understand why Rafa is ignoring her like this. This has never happened to her before. She feels rejected. Muskrat tells her that she should know that she is a very attractive women, but that her self-esteem is affected by Rafa’s indifference. Marian agrees with her. She tells her she has spent many sleepless nights wondering how far she would go to get Rafa. Muskrat wants to know what would be her limit. Marian tells her she has one last card to play. She tells her it is something that could be very dangerous but could be the opportunity to convince Rafa how much she loves him. Muskrat tells her she knew she was up to something as she has seemed very mysterious lately. She asks her what she is up to and Marian isn‘t ready to tell her for fear of loosing the game. None the less her plan is in play. She is certain it will be a great surprise.
We are back with Ale and a very pleased Jorge now that Ruby has returned. She is the best medicine for him. Rosario isn’t convinced. Ruby tells Jorge that she is sorry to say that she doesn’t have any news about the bank account. He tells her not to worry. Now that she is back at his side he is certain he will remember the account number.
If it’s not the phone it has been the doorbell interrupting us all night. This time it happens to be the door and Azucena rushes to answer it. It is Rafa who is warmly greeted by Ale with Rosario looking on crossly. Ruby seems a bit confused as she asks Jorge if Ale isn’t still married to Marco. Jorge tells her yes but she is about to divorce him.
Ale tells Rosario not to give her such a sour face. Rafa apologizes to Jorge telling him he knows he made a promise to him but many things have happened and he would like to talk with him about this but very calmly.
Rafa asks if he can borrow Ale for a little while. Jorge tells him not to go drinking and not to be late. They both promise in unison.
Ale gets her purse to leave and Rafa tells Ruby “Goodbye it’s been a pleasure” as Ale is chiding him and telling him “No no, not so much pleasure there” and closes the door.
Jorge tells Rosario not to worry. He tells her he may be loosing his memory but not his clarity. He tells her that Ale is in Love with Rafa and has been for a long time. Rosario wants to know how she can remember Rafa’s name. He tells her once again that Ruby is the best medicine for his memory.
Doña Arcadia is now front and center in the show room and is rounding up the “bunch of lazy good for nothings.” ( bola de haraganas ) She has had it and they are all fired. Including Dandy and Susana who have just arrived from their little make-up dinner.
Our final scene is with Rafa and Ale entering our favorite bar. Ale wants to know why they are at this bar. She would rather go to a different place. Rafa apologizes but tells her he needs her to see someone. Rafa is looking around and spies Zetina in the corner. Ale is confused and wants to know why she needs to see Zetina. Zetina points out Chavez in the chair and as they approach Ale is quite shocked to recognize a semi-comatose Chavez sitting at the table.
Well I can’t wait for tomorrow.
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
El Clon, Wed., October 20 - Summary for Discussion
Jade pulls away from kissing Daniel and laughs. He asks why. She says that she isn't 18 anymore but he is. She says that she is sad because she can't go back in time and he can't know the person she was then. Daniel replies that he likes the person she is now. 'Lucas...' says Jade and apologizes saying that she is confused. Daniel replies that he knows that she only noticed him because he looks like Lucas. At first, he was angry about that and then he forgave her. They laugh together. 
Lucas finds Cristina prancing around with a veil. She is planning to do a dance that will knock Leo's socks off. Lucas remarks how 'tú siempre subiendo el ánimo,' you always raise our spirits. 'I know there are problems,' says Cristina, 'but no one's dead.' Lucas says that he feels like he is dead. Cristina tells him that Jade was right, he is always looking for excuses not to be happy - now it is Natalia. She tells him that he has to break out and go crazy. Lucas says that Jade wants the 20-year old Lucas, not him. She won't accept him with his problems. Cristina says that she wouldn't do that either. Accepting someone's problems is different than living apart from them because of those problems.
Jade tells Daniel that she has nowhere to go. She has given up everything. He invites her to live with him. She says that Lucas never did that for her. There were many times when she was in this same position and he just left her alone.
Daniel brings Jade to his house and introduces her to Dora. He shows her his room. She can sleep on the bed and he will sleep on the floor. Jade tells him that she is afraid of causing him problems. Daniel says that the only thing he is afraid of is not being with her. He asks her to marry him.
[Instead of the opening credits for the show, we get a promo for Aurora and the first confirmation that it will premiere on Nov. 1]
Estela doesn't think Dora should let Jade stay with them. Dora replies that Daniel is going through a lot right now with the hearing tomorrow. She will let Jade stay for a few days and then they will see about it.
Daniel asks if Jade loves him. She tells Daniel that she needs to stay away from him. She is afraid of him. She knows how this will turn out. Daniel says that she is afraid of him because she has been told that he is a clone. He claims that at the hearing tomorrow, Albieri will prove that he isn't a clone and then when she sees him, she won't be reminded of what Lucas did to her. Daniel asks Jade how she met Lucas. When she tells him, he is impactado.
Ramoncito tells Gloria that he thinks Alej and Diana are novios.
Roberto gets notice that Karla has filed a paternity suit against him. Lucía has a spasm and has to sit down. Roberto swears that he hasn't been with anyone else. He tells her that he will prove that the claim is false.
Zein can't understand why Malicia wants to honor Leo Ferrer. She makes up something about wanting to attract wealthy businessmen. Zein says that she is the publicist, she can do what she wants.
Malicia calls Leo's office and gets Clara [I guess she hasn't started her new job yet.] Malicia won't say why she is calling and Clara won't put her through. Malicia replies that it isn't a problem, she will call Leo on his cell. Clara tells Carolina that Cristina ought to be warned.
Pablo tells Alej that Diana is the woman for him. Alej replies that Diana has been very supportive and they are thinking of moving in together. When asked if he has heard from Nati, Alej says that he has heard that she is worse every day.
Everybody's getting ready to go to the big hearing. There is some to-ing and fro-ing with the upshot that Pablo sees that Nati is preggers. He tells Cristina that he didn't know Nati was pregnant and he doesn't think Alej knows. Cristina says that Nati is about 6 months along.
Marisa is visiting Lucía. Lucía says that if Roberto betrayed her, she will die. At this point, Rosario comes in. She has remembered who Karla is and that she is a distant relative of Consuelo. In a flash, Lucía figures out the scam. She is sure that Karla et al won't want a DNA test because they will be shown to be liars. She is so relieved to realize that Robert didn't betray her.
Dora and Daniel leave for the hearing.
At the courthouse, everyone turns up. Roberto tells Rosa not to talk about reincarnation. The trial starts. The judge states that the results of the DNA test show that the DNA of Lucas and Daniel are identical. Leo is called to testify and all the other witness leave the hearing room.
Pablo tells Alej that he saw Nati and that she is 6 or 7 months pregnant. Pablo thinks that it isn't his child but Alej is sure that it is. He almost runs over Diana on his way to confront Nati. Ramoncito tells Gloria about this. 'San Judas Tadeo, esto no es fácil,' Saint Judas Tadeo, this isn't easy,' says Gloria as usual.
Jade and Estela have a little conversation about Morocco and why she wears a veil. [I guess Jade had her makeup in the pockets of her very tight pants because she is perfectly made up right down to the orange eyeshadow.]
Jade may be gone but things are not happy at Said's house. Said is mooning over Jade and won't talk to Rania. Jadiya and Rania have a knockdown drag out fight. When Jadiya curses Rania's father, they come to blows.
Jade calls Latifa and tells her where she is staying. Latifa and Zoraida are about to bring some of Latifa's clothes to Jade when the Naz comes in. She asks why they don't bring Jade her own clothes. Zoraida replies that Said wouldn't like it. The Naz says that no one will stop her if she goes over to Said's house and gets the stuff. [What do you bet it's all going to fit in a little telenovela magic maleta? In real life, she'd need a U-haul van.] When Latifa expresses surprise that the Naz wants to help Jade, once again the Naz shows why she is one of the more interesting characters in this novela. She replies, '¿Y qué es lo que tú quieras? ¿Que la otra odalisca, Rania, se ponga las cosas de tu prima?' Do you want that other odalisque, Rania, to wear your cousin's stuff?
Nati is her usual rude self to the other maid, Marina. When Marina won't leave her alone, she runs outside just as Alej runs up. He says that he won't leave until she explains what is going on. She tells him that the baby isn't his. She goes back inside, locks herself in her room and threatens to jump out the window if he doesn't leave. He tells her that he will leave but it is over between them. Neither of them seem very happy about this turn of events.
Marisa has gone to see Enrique's shrink. She starts to tell him the whole story of the novela. [At least it's a change from Enrique's endless sessions about how drugs ruin your life.]
All the witnesses are hanging around in the hall of the court. Rosa doesn't understand why they just can't have people come to court when they need them. [Good question! But in this respect a novela trial is the same as a real trial - a lot of standing around waiting.] Dora tells Albieri that she never should have come to his clinic- he ruined her life. Albieri replies that Dora is and always will be Daniel's mother. Then he sees that Amalia is there and slinks away. Meanwhile, Luisa does not accept Cristina's conclusion that Albieri has ruined a lot of people's lives. She says that he is a genius who is a benefactor of humanity. Cristina's expression says it all.
Much to the consternation of Roberto and Enrique, Leo testifies that Albieri made a clone of his son Lucas and that that clone is Daniel.
Luisa finds out that Amalia spoke to Albieri the previous day. Then she overhears Amalia on the phone arranging to meet someone. At the end of the conversation, Amalia says, 'Igual un beso para ti, Albieri,' A kiss to you, too, Albieri.
The credits roll.
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La Fea Más Bella #53-54 10/20/10 The phone rings and the world changes.
Read Kim's original recap, the section called “Missing Recap 35: Pimp My Boss.” Then come back here to discuss it.
I know todays two scene lists are particularly long. So much significant stuff happened, I couldn’t bear to ignore it.
Capitulo 53
1. Luigi gives the board a preview of the show, and Fatima practically does a lap dance for Fern.
2. The agent finishes the inventory, and the embargo is now finalized. Sanchez invites Fernando to bribe him to stop the embargo. Lety goes after Omar like a rabid dog because of his choice of attorney.
3. Fernando is burdened with guilt because he’s lost the company to Lety.
4. Fatima locks Lety out and chases Fernando. Lety detours Marcia and hides Fatima under her desk. Fernando asks Lety why he attracts all the locas. Lety giggles and says it’s not only locas. She says it’s because he’s like a superhero. He likes the sound of that.
5. Ali tells Marcia she’s sure Lety hid Fatima. Marcia reams out Fernando. Then she attacks Lety, saying that her job is Fernando’s alcahuete (one who procures women). Lety says, “I’m here for my work.” Marcia says, “For me, you’re my obstacle.” Luigi tells Marcia it’s too late to fire Fatima.
6. See the transcript. Fernando feels awful for how Lety was treated. He says Lety is his guardian angel. They hear her phone call and realize Tomás knows about the embargo. Omar sees it as a threat and plants doubts in Fernando. (Notice Fernando’s eyes vibrate as Omar is raising doubts.)
7. Jealous Paula tells Saimon that Jaz is just using him, and it won’t go anywhere because she’s living with Efren. He says, “What should I do? You reject me, so let me enjoy this illusion while I can.”
8. Fernando confronts Lety. She admits Tom knows about the embargo. She couldn’t meet Sanchez in a bar alone. And Tom had to know since he handles all the money. She assures them, he’s trustworthy.
9. Lety feels bad that she’s deceiving Sanchez about the true nature of the embargo. Tomás says that if Sanchez knew the debt was part of a fraud, he’d do things Lety wouldn’t like.
Capitulo 54
Read Kim's original recap, the section called “Lety gets a phone call FROM A BOY!!.” Then come back here to discuss it.
1. Marcia tells Fernando that since he can’t fire Fatima, she wants Lety’s head because she procures his women. Fern refuses – the company can’t exist without her. Marcia snarks, “What, does she already own the company?”
2. Fernando asks Luigi to fire Fatima because she’s crazy. Luigi says, “If she pursues you, it’s not the work of the Holy Spirit, nor because you’re the most attractive man in the universe.* The animal inside dominates you. You attract them, you seduce them, and then you throw them in the trash.”
3. Marta answers Lety’s phone. Lety comes back, and Marta tells her, “Guess who called? Your novio, Tomás Mora!” Fern tells Omar. “They talked about it right in front of me! As if I didn’t exist!”
4. Omar says he should’ve investigated her better. Fernando says now they depend on someone they don’t know. They agree they can’t ask Lety about her intimate life but, Fern says, “Her intimate life is intimately inter-related with MY life!” Omar says it doesn’t change anything if she’s in love. That startles Fern, and Omar teases that Fern is jealous of Tomás.
5. Lety gives Marcia cash to pay event staff. Marcia is insulted that Lety asks for a receipt. Fernando tells Omar it’ll be a wild night. Fatima with a fatal attraction, Marcia on the warpath, and Lety has a novio. He can’t concentrate on his work. He challenges Lety, and she says Tom isn’t her novio. The cuartel made that up.
6. Fernando is bursting with happiness. He tells Omar that Lety does not have a novio. Everything’s back to normal, and she didn’t hide anything from him. He plays with Omar’s toys like a little boy. Omar thinks that rumors always carry some truth.** Fern wants Omar to investigate with the cuartel, but Omar says Fern hatched the embargo plan, so Fern has to investigate.
7. Alicia provokes the cuartel, saying they’re not good enough to go to the launch. So Lety tells Ali that the cuartel WILL go to the launch. Ali tattles to Marcia. Marcia tells Lety she’s just a lowly employee, not the owner.
8. Fernando gets Marta to gossip about Lety. She says Tom is not her novio, but she’s mad about him. Juana said he’d change her life and she’d change his. He’s intelligent, rich, and very sexy. Marta makes Fern promise not to tell Lety what she said, “Cross my heart, ho-kay.”
9. Marta says Tom is not really her novio, just her amor platonico.*** She says he doesn’t even notice her. But now her luck is changing – she’s hit the jackpot! Fern asks how reliable Juana’s predictions are. Marta says they’re usually right, “but Juana also said, ‘terrible times were coming to Conceptos,’ and look! Things couldn’t be better!” QUE???!!!
* Note: Luigi tells Fernando he’s not the most attractive man in the universe. (That would be TBLMOE!) It wasn’t until a year later that Camil was named #1 in People en español’s Hombres más guapos, 2007.
**Today’s dicho. Omar tells Fernando, “Cuando el río suena, agua lleva.” When you hear the river it is because it carries water. (If a rumor is popular, it has some truth in it.)
*** Note: Amor platonico is an impossible love. Like, if you were in love with your history teacher (does a crush on Don Fernando count?).
Tune in tomorrow!
It Was a Dark and Stormy Dawn.
What will the cuartel do with the lab results?
Spanish Lesson. Cap 53, First Suspicions.
I wrote today’s Spanish Lesson because I had already transcribed it a few years ago. It's a rather loose translation.
F: Marcia really laid into Lety, horribly
O: Careful! Don’t let her be upset! You know what Lety has in her hands.
F: Enough paranoia. Lety is my guardian angel.
They overhear her phonecon with Tomas. They realize he knows about the embargo.
O: Didn’t you tell her, no one could know about the embargo except us three (it was not supposed to leave us three)? Didn’t you hear what she said to the guy who calls her all the time? She told him about the embargo! Wouldn’t it be good to ask her what’s going on? I don’t like it one bit. Tell me one thing. Do you know this so-called Tomas? Personally?
F: No, I’ve never seen him.
O: Nor do you know what he can carry between his hands? (?) Don’t you think you should already know who it is around Lety? Or to put it a better way, to know who is behind the woman who holds your company in her hands? Or, and hear me well, don’t you think you should know more about her?
F: No Omar, I’m not about to distrust Lety. On the contrary. Every day she convinces me more, the class of woman she is. And her loyalty toward me.
O: I agree. I have no doubts about her either. What’s more, we both would put our hands in the fire for Lety. She’s honest, upright, best intentions toward you. But don’t forget, she comes from a poor family. She’s never had $40M.
F: What, you think that money will [corrupt?] her? That she’ll take my company? Omar, I have enough problems, without inventing extra ones. Above all these problems, know this: you can’t suspect Lety of something so serious (poner en tela de juicio, to question). Have you forgotten? She rejected the CineRent bribe, for loyalty to me.
O: Yeah, but lest you forget, she didn’t reject it at first.
F: She’s human. She has the right to [stumble?]. What did she do in the end?
O: Yeah, fine. But that was 500K pesos. Now we’re talking millions of dollars. But fine. We won’t discuss Lety’s honesty. But be careful. [Someone could poison her. (?)] Don’t forget that someone could influence her to betray you.
F: I know her family. They are not that type of people.
O: Fine. And what can you tell me about that Tomas?
I know todays two scene lists are particularly long. So much significant stuff happened, I couldn’t bear to ignore it.
Capitulo 53
1. Luigi gives the board a preview of the show, and Fatima practically does a lap dance for Fern.
2. The agent finishes the inventory, and the embargo is now finalized. Sanchez invites Fernando to bribe him to stop the embargo. Lety goes after Omar like a rabid dog because of his choice of attorney.
3. Fernando is burdened with guilt because he’s lost the company to Lety.
4. Fatima locks Lety out and chases Fernando. Lety detours Marcia and hides Fatima under her desk. Fernando asks Lety why he attracts all the locas. Lety giggles and says it’s not only locas. She says it’s because he’s like a superhero. He likes the sound of that.
5. Ali tells Marcia she’s sure Lety hid Fatima. Marcia reams out Fernando. Then she attacks Lety, saying that her job is Fernando’s alcahuete (one who procures women). Lety says, “I’m here for my work.” Marcia says, “For me, you’re my obstacle.” Luigi tells Marcia it’s too late to fire Fatima.
6. See the transcript. Fernando feels awful for how Lety was treated. He says Lety is his guardian angel. They hear her phone call and realize Tomás knows about the embargo. Omar sees it as a threat and plants doubts in Fernando. (Notice Fernando’s eyes vibrate as Omar is raising doubts.)
7. Jealous Paula tells Saimon that Jaz is just using him, and it won’t go anywhere because she’s living with Efren. He says, “What should I do? You reject me, so let me enjoy this illusion while I can.”
8. Fernando confronts Lety. She admits Tom knows about the embargo. She couldn’t meet Sanchez in a bar alone. And Tom had to know since he handles all the money. She assures them, he’s trustworthy.
9. Lety feels bad that she’s deceiving Sanchez about the true nature of the embargo. Tomás says that if Sanchez knew the debt was part of a fraud, he’d do things Lety wouldn’t like.
Capitulo 54
Read Kim's original recap, the section called “Lety gets a phone call FROM A BOY!!.” Then come back here to discuss it.
1. Marcia tells Fernando that since he can’t fire Fatima, she wants Lety’s head because she procures his women. Fern refuses – the company can’t exist without her. Marcia snarks, “What, does she already own the company?”
2. Fernando asks Luigi to fire Fatima because she’s crazy. Luigi says, “If she pursues you, it’s not the work of the Holy Spirit, nor because you’re the most attractive man in the universe.* The animal inside dominates you. You attract them, you seduce them, and then you throw them in the trash.”
3. Marta answers Lety’s phone. Lety comes back, and Marta tells her, “Guess who called? Your novio, Tomás Mora!” Fern tells Omar. “They talked about it right in front of me! As if I didn’t exist!”
4. Omar says he should’ve investigated her better. Fernando says now they depend on someone they don’t know. They agree they can’t ask Lety about her intimate life but, Fern says, “Her intimate life is intimately inter-related with MY life!” Omar says it doesn’t change anything if she’s in love. That startles Fern, and Omar teases that Fern is jealous of Tomás.
5. Lety gives Marcia cash to pay event staff. Marcia is insulted that Lety asks for a receipt. Fernando tells Omar it’ll be a wild night. Fatima with a fatal attraction, Marcia on the warpath, and Lety has a novio. He can’t concentrate on his work. He challenges Lety, and she says Tom isn’t her novio. The cuartel made that up.
6. Fernando is bursting with happiness. He tells Omar that Lety does not have a novio. Everything’s back to normal, and she didn’t hide anything from him. He plays with Omar’s toys like a little boy. Omar thinks that rumors always carry some truth.** Fern wants Omar to investigate with the cuartel, but Omar says Fern hatched the embargo plan, so Fern has to investigate.
7. Alicia provokes the cuartel, saying they’re not good enough to go to the launch. So Lety tells Ali that the cuartel WILL go to the launch. Ali tattles to Marcia. Marcia tells Lety she’s just a lowly employee, not the owner.
8. Fernando gets Marta to gossip about Lety. She says Tom is not her novio, but she’s mad about him. Juana said he’d change her life and she’d change his. He’s intelligent, rich, and very sexy. Marta makes Fern promise not to tell Lety what she said, “Cross my heart, ho-kay.”
9. Marta says Tom is not really her novio, just her amor platonico.*** She says he doesn’t even notice her. But now her luck is changing – she’s hit the jackpot! Fern asks how reliable Juana’s predictions are. Marta says they’re usually right, “but Juana also said, ‘terrible times were coming to Conceptos,’ and look! Things couldn’t be better!” QUE???!!!
* Note: Luigi tells Fernando he’s not the most attractive man in the universe. (That would be TBLMOE!) It wasn’t until a year later that Camil was named #1 in People en español’s Hombres más guapos, 2007.
**Today’s dicho. Omar tells Fernando, “Cuando el río suena, agua lleva.” When you hear the river it is because it carries water. (If a rumor is popular, it has some truth in it.)
*** Note: Amor platonico is an impossible love. Like, if you were in love with your history teacher (does a crush on Don Fernando count?).
Tune in tomorrow!
It Was a Dark and Stormy Dawn.
What will the cuartel do with the lab results?
Spanish Lesson. Cap 53, First Suspicions.
I wrote today’s Spanish Lesson because I had already transcribed it a few years ago. It's a rather loose translation.
F: Marcia really laid into Lety, horribly
O: Careful! Don’t let her be upset! You know what Lety has in her hands.
F: Enough paranoia. Lety is my guardian angel.
They overhear her phonecon with Tomas. They realize he knows about the embargo.
O: Didn’t you tell her, no one could know about the embargo except us three (it was not supposed to leave us three)? Didn’t you hear what she said to the guy who calls her all the time? She told him about the embargo! Wouldn’t it be good to ask her what’s going on? I don’t like it one bit. Tell me one thing. Do you know this so-called Tomas? Personally?
F: No, I’ve never seen him.
O: Nor do you know what he can carry between his hands? (?) Don’t you think you should already know who it is around Lety? Or to put it a better way, to know who is behind the woman who holds your company in her hands? Or, and hear me well, don’t you think you should know more about her?
F: No Omar, I’m not about to distrust Lety. On the contrary. Every day she convinces me more, the class of woman she is. And her loyalty toward me.
O: I agree. I have no doubts about her either. What’s more, we both would put our hands in the fire for Lety. She’s honest, upright, best intentions toward you. But don’t forget, she comes from a poor family. She’s never had $40M.
F: What, you think that money will [corrupt?] her? That she’ll take my company? Omar, I have enough problems, without inventing extra ones. Above all these problems, know this: you can’t suspect Lety of something so serious (poner en tela de juicio, to question). Have you forgotten? She rejected the CineRent bribe, for loyalty to me.
O: Yeah, but lest you forget, she didn’t reject it at first.
F: She’s human. She has the right to [stumble?]. What did she do in the end?
O: Yeah, fine. But that was 500K pesos. Now we’re talking millions of dollars. But fine. We won’t discuss Lety’s honesty. But be careful. [Someone could poison her. (?)] Don’t forget that someone could influence her to betray you.
F: I know her family. They are not that type of people.
O: Fine. And what can you tell me about that Tomas?
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El Clon Tuesday October 19: Summary for Discussion
Natalia pulls her hood up and walks away unnoticed leaving Diana standing behind Alejandro with her arms around his shoulders. He doesn’t feel ready for a relationship, he says. He needs time and patience. Diana offers him both and he is grateful.
Enrique talks about how hard it is for the addict to live with his frustration, pain and especially, rage. And rage makes him want to consume even more drugs. The therapist points out that:
Viver es lidiar con las emociones.
(Living means coping with one’s emotions.)
But that is precisely what the addict can’t do. So he numbs himself with drugs. But then he is left with a terrible fear.
And so Natalia tries to numb the pain and rage she feels after seeing Alej and Diana together. Pregnant or not, her fifteen minutes of abstinence are over and she is back with her Zombies. And she’s not willing to share with Fernando. After all, they bought the drugs with her money.
At Empresas Ferrer, another piece of Clara’s world is wrenched away when Lucas informs her that she has been demoted: she is now his secretary. But she shouldn’t worry -- someone else has already been chosen to take her place.
In the barrio, Gloria is happy with Ramón’s latest item: Alej and Diana left the gym holding hands.
When Karla hears how Hilda was nearly thrown out by security at Roberto’s office, she wants to forget the whole thing. But Hilda is undeterred. She calls the Del Valle home number, gets Lucia on the phone and announces that Roberto has a son by her daughter. Fortunately, Lucia is sitting on the couch because she, like so many before her in this story, faints dead away. It’s a good thing Consuelo is there to phone for help.
Roberto has rushed home and is now assuring Lucia that:
Esa historia del hijo es lo más vil que puede existir.
(That story about a son is the most despicable thing I ever heard./literally: that can exist.)
He doesn’t even know that impostor (farsante). He thinks he knows who the daughter is, but he never had anything to do with her. Lucia is the only one he loves.
At Casa Ferrer, Cris is showing Vicki her presents from Morocco. Sour Mama Rosa interrupts the smiling friends to ask what they’d like for lunch. Cris has a yen for Cuban food:
...un plato de lechón con arroz, frijoles y maduritos...
(... a serving of suckling pig with rice, beans and plantains).
Rosa informs Cris very prissily that they never eat pork – too much fat and cholesterol! She recites a politically correct list of pastas. Whatever you like, says Cris.
Rosa grouses to Marisa about Cris’s low tastes but Marisa cuts her short, advising her to join forces with Cris (unirse): Así no sufres tanto. That way you won’t suffer so much.
Natalia phones Marisa with the unsettling news: she is pregnant. She hangs up before Marisa can say anything. The nightmare is starting again, Marisa tells Rosa.
Lucas is no happier than Marisa about the pregnancy. He tells Enrique he feels as if he is living Natalia’s life rather than his own. And he wonders, as he feels his life is passing him by, how Jade is... (¿Cómo estará Jade?)
Not so great, it seems. She can’t understand why Allah let the Shadow cross her path just when she had gotten over Lucas. Allah must be testing her, she tells Zoraida.
No me gusta verte así cabizbajo, Dora tells Daniel.
(I don’t like to see you downcast like that)
Daniel is sad to think that Jade prefers the ‘original’ to him. Dora begs him to stop comparing himself to Lucas. She can’t wait for the hearing tomorrow: Finally the 'misunderstanding' will be cleared up. And Daniel is also looking forward to it. He hopes to hear that he is unrelated to Lucas Ferrer.
We see Natalia wearing a white tank top and walking alone. Then she is in black and walks with her Zombies toward the drug house. She is visibly pregnant. (I’m completely confused by the timing because she looks at least 5 or 6 months along.)
¿Quieres acabar con la vida de tu hijo? (Do you want to do away with your child’s life?) asks the desperate Marisa when Natalia shows up at Casa Ferrer. Natalia retreats to her room, chases Rosa away, and once alone she says: Quiero morir. (I want to die.)
While the women – Cris, Marisa and Rosa – are trying to decide what to do, Natalia runs out the door.
Natalia meets up with Paula. I don’t want to use anymore, says Natalia. Okay, I’ll take your share, says Paula. Natalia snatches back her drugs.
At the Del Valle home, Roberto and Andrea are gossiping about Albieri and Amalia when Lucia bursts in. She was so worried when she didn’t find Roberto at work and couldn’t reach him on his cell. Why she almost had a heart attack. But now all is well and she and Roberto are all kissy-face while Andrea giggles and hides behind a pillow. And Consuelo, whose back is turned to them but is always lurking and listening, sticks out her tongue in disgust.
Consuelo reports back to Skank headquarters that she is ready to give up. That woman never lets Roberto out of her sight. You quit and I’ll sue you says the litigious Granny Skank. And Karla con K continues to have misgivings:
¡Yo te dije que lo mejor era no habernos metido con esa gente!
(I told you it would have been better not to mess with those people!)
Albieri has just gotten home from the librería (bookstore), when the doorbell rings. It’s Daniel. He tells Albieri: If you say that I’m a clone in the hearing tomorrow, you’ll never see me again. I don’t want anyone calling me a clone – not even you!
Luisa excuses herself so they can talk. She picks up Albieri’s jacket and notices a paper sticking out of one of the books he just bought. It is a note in Albieri’s writing: Este libro es como tú, con mucho cariño, Albieri. (This book is like you, with much affection, A)
Albieri does his best to convince Daniel that being a clone is nothing shameful any more than being a test-tube baby is shameful. He is a human being like everyone else. And besides, it may not even be necessary to mention cloning tomorrow.
Daniel feels that Albieri doesn’t get it:
A veces me siento tanta rabia por ti. Me gustaría que sintieras lo que yo sufro...
(Sometimes I feel so much rage towards you. I’d like you to feel what I’m suffering…)
And yet…
… al mismo tiempo no puedo alejar de ti.
(… at the same time I can’t stay away from you.)
Albieri created him and he’s the only person that can give him his place in the world.
The Family Council has assembled once again at Mohamed’s house. Said has been tight-lipped about his decision and now everyone listens attentively when Alí says:
Said, tell us, will you marry Jade or cast her to the winds?
¡Me caso! he says smiling. (I’ll marry her). Rania’s face falls. Alí beams and he tells Jade she is fortunate, that Allah has been good to her.
No one is prepared for Jade’s response:
Pues yo no me caso. No me vuelvo a casar con Said.
(Well I’m not getting married. I’m not going to marry Said again.)
Now Rania and Amina exchange smug little smiles while Jadiya’s face is a mask of grief.
Alí is furious. He has done so much to make this marriage possible and now she is throwing it away. He curses her. Jade accepts the curses meekly. But she can’t take any more. She refuses to go on deceiving herself.
Then I don’t want you either, retorts Said bitterly – not in my house and not in my life. I am burying you, Jade, in front of all these witnesses. I’ll never take you back. And I curse the moment I fell in love with you, the jewels I gave you, the silks, all the gifts…
The Naz looks on, her face streaked with tears.
Jade deliberately removes her veil, her rings, her earrings. I’ll give back everything you gave me, she says. And I’ll leave with what I came with: my life.
She holds Jadiya’s tearful face in her hands, strokes her hair and says: Some day, you’ll understand.
Samira comes up to her aunt: Tía, toma esto. (Aunt, take this). She gives her the veil she just received from her father. They embrace warmly. Latifa is weeping.
Jade kisses Jadiya one more time and tells her she loves her.
Rania continues to look smug.
You shouldn’t let her go, Zoraida tells Alí. She doesn’t know anyone in this city. Let her go, says Alí. When she comes back, she’ll be tamer (más mansa). But now, let her go where the wind takes her.
Said watches miserably, smirky Rania clinging to his arm and leaning on his shoulder, as Jade closes the gate behind her and heads out alone into the darkened street.
Daniel is waiting for Albieri in his office. He notices a photo of Lucas and he takes it down and scowls at it.
Albieri, meanwhile, tells Luisa that he bought the book for her. She doesn’t believe him. After all, he already owns that book. She demands reassurance that he loves her and that he’s never been unfaithful to her. She is, she tells him, the only one he can trust and she urges him not to disappoint her. And now, she says, let’s have dinner with Daniel.
But Daniel is gone. And the photo of Lucas is on the floor, torn to pieces.
Daniel sits on some steps outside, in the dark. He is idly tossing a coin over and over.
At Mohamed’s house the postmortem is in progress. Alí feels betrayed by Jade’s ingratitude; Abdul says it was her destiny; Rania is relieved that Jade is gone. Samira is worried about her aunt and so is Amin who points out that she left empty-handed. The Naz says Alí shouldn’t have let her leave with nothing. Jadiya is sad that her mother had to leave her gold; she warns Rania that it will never belong to her. Rania murmurs to Amina that she can’t stand Jadiya. She would say more but Amina restrains her.
At Casa Ferrer, Lucas sits in his bedroom unable to sleep. He is anxious. He has an oppressive sensation in his chest, almost a pain, as if something is about to happen. Marisa, already in bed, thinks he’s nervous about tomorrow’s paternity hearing. He doesn’t think that’s it. He can’t stand the idea of another Lucas wandering about, living his life, taking over moments that belonged to him.
He decides to go for a drive.
Outside in the Miami night, Jade walks up to Daniel, still seated on the steps. She sits down beside him, laughs, takes his arm and kisses him.
Credits roll.
Enrique talks about how hard it is for the addict to live with his frustration, pain and especially, rage. And rage makes him want to consume even more drugs. The therapist points out that:
Viver es lidiar con las emociones.
(Living means coping with one’s emotions.)
But that is precisely what the addict can’t do. So he numbs himself with drugs. But then he is left with a terrible fear.
And so Natalia tries to numb the pain and rage she feels after seeing Alej and Diana together. Pregnant or not, her fifteen minutes of abstinence are over and she is back with her Zombies. And she’s not willing to share with Fernando. After all, they bought the drugs with her money.
At Empresas Ferrer, another piece of Clara’s world is wrenched away when Lucas informs her that she has been demoted: she is now his secretary. But she shouldn’t worry -- someone else has already been chosen to take her place.
In the barrio, Gloria is happy with Ramón’s latest item: Alej and Diana left the gym holding hands.
When Karla hears how Hilda was nearly thrown out by security at Roberto’s office, she wants to forget the whole thing. But Hilda is undeterred. She calls the Del Valle home number, gets Lucia on the phone and announces that Roberto has a son by her daughter. Fortunately, Lucia is sitting on the couch because she, like so many before her in this story, faints dead away. It’s a good thing Consuelo is there to phone for help.
Roberto has rushed home and is now assuring Lucia that:
Esa historia del hijo es lo más vil que puede existir.
(That story about a son is the most despicable thing I ever heard./literally: that can exist.)
He doesn’t even know that impostor (farsante). He thinks he knows who the daughter is, but he never had anything to do with her. Lucia is the only one he loves.
At Casa Ferrer, Cris is showing Vicki her presents from Morocco. Sour Mama Rosa interrupts the smiling friends to ask what they’d like for lunch. Cris has a yen for Cuban food:
...un plato de lechón con arroz, frijoles y maduritos...
(... a serving of suckling pig with rice, beans and plantains).
Rosa informs Cris very prissily that they never eat pork – too much fat and cholesterol! She recites a politically correct list of pastas. Whatever you like, says Cris.
Rosa grouses to Marisa about Cris’s low tastes but Marisa cuts her short, advising her to join forces with Cris (unirse): Así no sufres tanto. That way you won’t suffer so much.
Natalia phones Marisa with the unsettling news: she is pregnant. She hangs up before Marisa can say anything. The nightmare is starting again, Marisa tells Rosa.
Lucas is no happier than Marisa about the pregnancy. He tells Enrique he feels as if he is living Natalia’s life rather than his own. And he wonders, as he feels his life is passing him by, how Jade is... (¿Cómo estará Jade?)
Not so great, it seems. She can’t understand why Allah let the Shadow cross her path just when she had gotten over Lucas. Allah must be testing her, she tells Zoraida.
No me gusta verte así cabizbajo, Dora tells Daniel.
(I don’t like to see you downcast like that)
Daniel is sad to think that Jade prefers the ‘original’ to him. Dora begs him to stop comparing himself to Lucas. She can’t wait for the hearing tomorrow: Finally the 'misunderstanding' will be cleared up. And Daniel is also looking forward to it. He hopes to hear that he is unrelated to Lucas Ferrer.
We see Natalia wearing a white tank top and walking alone. Then she is in black and walks with her Zombies toward the drug house. She is visibly pregnant. (I’m completely confused by the timing because she looks at least 5 or 6 months along.)
¿Quieres acabar con la vida de tu hijo? (Do you want to do away with your child’s life?) asks the desperate Marisa when Natalia shows up at Casa Ferrer. Natalia retreats to her room, chases Rosa away, and once alone she says: Quiero morir. (I want to die.)
While the women – Cris, Marisa and Rosa – are trying to decide what to do, Natalia runs out the door.
Natalia meets up with Paula. I don’t want to use anymore, says Natalia. Okay, I’ll take your share, says Paula. Natalia snatches back her drugs.
At the Del Valle home, Roberto and Andrea are gossiping about Albieri and Amalia when Lucia bursts in. She was so worried when she didn’t find Roberto at work and couldn’t reach him on his cell. Why she almost had a heart attack. But now all is well and she and Roberto are all kissy-face while Andrea giggles and hides behind a pillow. And Consuelo, whose back is turned to them but is always lurking and listening, sticks out her tongue in disgust.
Consuelo reports back to Skank headquarters that she is ready to give up. That woman never lets Roberto out of her sight. You quit and I’ll sue you says the litigious Granny Skank. And Karla con K continues to have misgivings:
¡Yo te dije que lo mejor era no habernos metido con esa gente!
(I told you it would have been better not to mess with those people!)
Albieri has just gotten home from the librería (bookstore), when the doorbell rings. It’s Daniel. He tells Albieri: If you say that I’m a clone in the hearing tomorrow, you’ll never see me again. I don’t want anyone calling me a clone – not even you!
Luisa excuses herself so they can talk. She picks up Albieri’s jacket and notices a paper sticking out of one of the books he just bought. It is a note in Albieri’s writing: Este libro es como tú, con mucho cariño, Albieri. (This book is like you, with much affection, A)
Albieri does his best to convince Daniel that being a clone is nothing shameful any more than being a test-tube baby is shameful. He is a human being like everyone else. And besides, it may not even be necessary to mention cloning tomorrow.
Daniel feels that Albieri doesn’t get it:
A veces me siento tanta rabia por ti. Me gustaría que sintieras lo que yo sufro...
(Sometimes I feel so much rage towards you. I’d like you to feel what I’m suffering…)
And yet…
… al mismo tiempo no puedo alejar de ti.
(… at the same time I can’t stay away from you.)
Albieri created him and he’s the only person that can give him his place in the world.
The Family Council has assembled once again at Mohamed’s house. Said has been tight-lipped about his decision and now everyone listens attentively when Alí says:
Said, tell us, will you marry Jade or cast her to the winds?
¡Me caso! he says smiling. (I’ll marry her). Rania’s face falls. Alí beams and he tells Jade she is fortunate, that Allah has been good to her.
No one is prepared for Jade’s response:
Pues yo no me caso. No me vuelvo a casar con Said.
(Well I’m not getting married. I’m not going to marry Said again.)
Now Rania and Amina exchange smug little smiles while Jadiya’s face is a mask of grief.
Alí is furious. He has done so much to make this marriage possible and now she is throwing it away. He curses her. Jade accepts the curses meekly. But she can’t take any more. She refuses to go on deceiving herself.
Then I don’t want you either, retorts Said bitterly – not in my house and not in my life. I am burying you, Jade, in front of all these witnesses. I’ll never take you back. And I curse the moment I fell in love with you, the jewels I gave you, the silks, all the gifts…
The Naz looks on, her face streaked with tears.
Jade deliberately removes her veil, her rings, her earrings. I’ll give back everything you gave me, she says. And I’ll leave with what I came with: my life.
She holds Jadiya’s tearful face in her hands, strokes her hair and says: Some day, you’ll understand.
Samira comes up to her aunt: Tía, toma esto. (Aunt, take this). She gives her the veil she just received from her father. They embrace warmly. Latifa is weeping.
Jade kisses Jadiya one more time and tells her she loves her.
Rania continues to look smug.
You shouldn’t let her go, Zoraida tells Alí. She doesn’t know anyone in this city. Let her go, says Alí. When she comes back, she’ll be tamer (más mansa). But now, let her go where the wind takes her.
Said watches miserably, smirky Rania clinging to his arm and leaning on his shoulder, as Jade closes the gate behind her and heads out alone into the darkened street.
Daniel is waiting for Albieri in his office. He notices a photo of Lucas and he takes it down and scowls at it.
Albieri, meanwhile, tells Luisa that he bought the book for her. She doesn’t believe him. After all, he already owns that book. She demands reassurance that he loves her and that he’s never been unfaithful to her. She is, she tells him, the only one he can trust and she urges him not to disappoint her. And now, she says, let’s have dinner with Daniel.
But Daniel is gone. And the photo of Lucas is on the floor, torn to pieces.
Daniel sits on some steps outside, in the dark. He is idly tossing a coin over and over.
At Mohamed’s house the postmortem is in progress. Alí feels betrayed by Jade’s ingratitude; Abdul says it was her destiny; Rania is relieved that Jade is gone. Samira is worried about her aunt and so is Amin who points out that she left empty-handed. The Naz says Alí shouldn’t have let her leave with nothing. Jadiya is sad that her mother had to leave her gold; she warns Rania that it will never belong to her. Rania murmurs to Amina that she can’t stand Jadiya. She would say more but Amina restrains her.
At Casa Ferrer, Lucas sits in his bedroom unable to sleep. He is anxious. He has an oppressive sensation in his chest, almost a pain, as if something is about to happen. Marisa, already in bed, thinks he’s nervous about tomorrow’s paternity hearing. He doesn’t think that’s it. He can’t stand the idea of another Lucas wandering about, living his life, taking over moments that belonged to him.
He decides to go for a drive.
Outside in the Miami night, Jade walks up to Daniel, still seated on the steps. She sits down beside him, laughs, takes his arm and kisses him.
Credits roll.
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Llena de Amor #50 Tue 10/19/10 Emanuel can’t forget about Marianela and Axel can’t remember her.
Emiliano wants the truth from a wide-eyed Netty. “What did you say? Tell me what you feel for me!”
In the hospital cafeteria, Emanuel protests that Marianela can’t just have lettuce and water like a horse; that isn’t dinner. She insists that she’s on a diet. He gets a forkful of chocolate dessert and starts waving it in her face, all, “watch the airplane! Wheeee! Open up your mouth so the yummy chocolate airplane can fly in!” but he forgot to put a bib on her so I don’t see how this is going to end well. Anyway, Emanuel doesn’t understand why Marianela wants to lose weight. He thinks she’s perfect just the way she is. He says he has something very important to tell her and he leans in really close, and when their lips are right close Ilitia walks in and says, “What is going on here?!!!”
Oh, gross, Bernardo has bloody bandages all over. Fedra’s grossed out, too, and says the bedroom looks like a battlefield hospital. She tells Spidey that Brandon found the gloves in his room. He frets about what they’re going to do, and Fedra’s response is “WE nothing. This is YOUR problem. Deal with it yourself.” She’s also mad that he hired someone to follow Axel. “Your job is not to take care of Axel. It’s to take care of ME. Me, me, me!” Bernardo is in pain and not feeling like doing much of anything, so Fedra tells him to get all his stuff and get out of the house immediately. He asks if she’s joking. {What an idiot. Doesn’t Fedra know that you can’t ever fire the guy who knows all your dirty secrets? It’s keep him or kill him.}
This is either a really, really nice hospital, or we’re actually in a restaurant nearby, because although there are a lot of doctors in the eatery, the staff are all in dressy black vest and bow tie waiter outfits. Emanuel tells Ilitia he is just worried because Marianela won’t eat. Ilitia thinks he should encourage this plan, because then maybe Mari will start to look normal. Mari tells Ilitia she’s missing her brain and Emanual is only in love with Miss Top Model herself, and she walks out without even eating the lettuce. Ilitia demands to know why Emanuel was about to kiss la gordita. “Who, me?” he stalls.
Back in Axel’s room, Netty babbles a lot in vaguely protesting terms. She was just saying she loves Emiliano like a relative! Really! Emiliano says in his sultry smoky voice that he thinks her eyes were saying something else, that she has always dreamed of being in his arms and being close to him. “What? No! Let me go!” she squawks. “I can’t,” he breathes, “the only thing I can think of right now is to kiss you.” He puts that thought into action. Boy, does he ever. Netty finally gives up her denial and goes for it. And then Marianela walks into the room. She’s frozen in shock.
Meanwhile, at the dinner theater, Emanuel is doing just as feeble a job as Netty in denying his feelings. The dining audience is on the edges of their seats as Ilitia gets more and more shrill, and one lady nearly loses her seat when Ilitia shoves Emanuel into her. “Admit it! You have a crush on the gorda!” “Okay, fine! It’s true! I really like her! So what?”
Marianela finally gathers her wits and exits Axel’s room. Unfortunately, Emiliano and Netty manage to hear the door close over their face sucking and they jump apart. Who was it?! Emiliano hopes it was just a nurse, but for Netty the moment is over. “This was a huge mistake! That kissing can never happen again!” except she uses like a hundred more words in circles to say that. Emiliano looks insulted.
After his moment of bravado, Emanuel is now trying to backtrack. He meant he just loves Marianela as the cute little cousin he played with since they were children. Ilitia is no fool, though. Well, not that kind of fool. She tells Emanuel to go ahead and get lost in that world of fat (yes, really what she said), but he’s now free of Ilitia, so he’s welcome to go choke to death at Costco. Or something. Emanuel for some reason doesn’t start immediately planning his unengagement party but instead tries to stop the whiny one from crying and all. She sobs that he was her last hope, but too late, and storms out.
Marianela is standing in the hallway, mind reeling over the Netty/Emiliano hookup, when Hurricane Ilitia blows through and tells her she got what she wanted; Emanuel is all hers. Then Ilitia nearly knocks Emanuel over as he’s coming in and she’s zinging back out, which is pretty funny. Emanuel tells Marianela that Ilitia is just crazy. “No one understands how I feel about you,” he sighs. “No. Especially not me,” Marianela agrees.
Inside the hospital room, Emiliano says that kiss is unforgettable and he was blind not to have realized sooner how she felt about him. He starts on seconds, but Netty says it’s not the time or the place. They are diverted from this argument when Axel starts seizing.
Bernardo is back in his bed cursing Fedra for dumping him whenever she feels like it while he risks his life for her. Nereida slinks in wearing a pink bathrobe and inquires about his health. Bernie knows that isn’t why she’s really there. She strips down to a short nightgown and whips off his blanket while he’s distracted. Nereida demands an explanation of what happened to his leg.
Emanuel tells Marianela that he got tired of Ilitia’s jealousy. Ilitia can’t stand it, but he isn’t willing to distance himself from Marianela. “Have you asked yourself why?” Mari asks. After all, Ilitia is his novia, the woman he supposedly loves and is going to marry, and Mari is just his cousin. Eman says he really likes spending time with Mari and Ilitia is just confused about how things are. “Maybe you’re the one who is confused. Are you really in love with Ilitia?” Mari asks. Emanuel seems thoughtful about that as though he can’t remember that he tried to break up with Ilitia just a day or two earlier, but doesn’t have time to process all this complexity because they hear Netty hollering for help.
Axel is still having a seizure. The doctor and nurse come in and take over.
In the dim foyer of Hades Homestead, Oliver is charming Gretel with sweet nothings like calling her “mi caramelita de chivo habañero.” Gretel asks why he cares about her so much, and he says she hit him with a Cupid arrow right in the middle of his soul and he can’t get it out. The besos begin, but Fedra walks in and snaps on the light and ruins everything.
There is a whole lotta kissin’ going on tonight. Bernardo and Nereida are up. This is gross. They’re sliming all over each other, with pillow talk like: “You’re the guy who was shot in the basement, right?” “Shut up. Curiosity killed the cat, and it could kill you, too.” More smooching. Spiderus kisses like a python swallowing its prey whole.
Fedra yells at Oliver to keep his filthy lips off her daughter. Gretel says she has no right to demand such a thing. Oliver gets a tiny glimpse of what Gretel’s life is like when Fedra hits her really hard, then holds her in a choke hold when Oliver tries to complain. Gretel tearily asks Oliver to please go. He grudgingly agrees, but like the Terminator, he’ll be back. Delicia watches all this, peeking around a corner.
Mari, Eman, and Netty all try to convince Emiliano that Axel is young and strong and he will recover. Emil says everyone has a limit, and if Axel dies he will never be able to live with the guilt. Emanuel insists that the only guilty party is the guy who beat Axel up, but Emiliano rightly says it never would have happened if he hadn’t kicked Axel out of the house. Marianela says the only one at fault is Fedra. All impactados.
Fedra wrestles Gretel onto her bed, yelling that she’s useless and has been a hindrance to Mommy Dearest her whole life. And now, on top of everything, she’s fallen in love with a poor guy! “You’re going to kill me!” Fedra shrieks, pressing a pillow into Gretel’s face. Gretel fights her off and says Fedra is no one to judge. She knows nothing about love, only hate. Fedra maturely tells her to shut up, or she’ll rearrange her face. “What do you want, Gretel, to become a slut?” “Well, you could teach me how to do it professionally, like you do. I know where you go when you sneak out of the house at night.” Fedra smacks Gretel around some more.
Marianela tells her shocked audience that she can’t tell them what she knows. It’s Axel’s secret and he’ll have to tell them himself when he wakes up.
Ilitia is at home, drinking in the dark and drowning in self-pity. “Why, Emanuel, whyyyyyyy? Why did you leave me for that elephant? What did I not give you?” She chucks her glass, shattering it all over the stairs.
Axel is awake! Everyone is encouraging him and Emiliano tells him that everything will be different now that they’ve gotten a second chance. Maybe now he’ll bother to be a parent and everything. Marianela starts gushing platitudes. OH. NO. “Who are you?” Axel asks her. His family is not any happier about this than we are. Um, Ferro, you were kidding about that threat? Right?
Muñeca and Lowrenzo find Ilitia flopped on the stairs, pathetic and drunk. She sobs that the wedding is off and the charming prince is in love with La Gorda. Low hauls her upstairs.
They explain who Marianela is, but Axel still can’t remember her and doesn’t know why he’s in a hospital.
The next morning. Lowrenzo assures his precious pretty princesita that Emanuel will pay. He will never let anyone hurt her. Ilitia says if he weren’t her father, she would die. By the way, who is mama? Low doesn’t want to talk about it. Ilitia makes him promise that the woman will never appear and they will never meet, NEVER. He promises. Oh, good, we are going to get to meet Ilitia’s biological mother. Ilitia also demands that he promise he doesn’t have any other children stashed away anywhere. He gets shifty-eyed and says, “You are my only daughter.”
Switch scenes to Lowrenzo’s son. The one we know about, anyway; who knows how many there might be? Cute little Cristián lounges in his stroller while Begoña and Muñeca eat and chat. Muñeca says Begoña is becoming her best friend, but there’s still so much she doesn’t know about her. For example, who the baby’s father is. Begoña just said he was a politician. “Well, I don’t know who the real mother of your daughter is,” says Begoña. Muñeca concludes that even best friends can have secrets. She asks Begoña’s advice on the pirated porn situation. Begoña quite emphatically thinks she should stay out of it, because if she goes to the police she’ll probably be jailed as well for being an accomplice. {Why doesn’t she just destroy the whole stash? Problem solved. Sure, Lowrenzo might get pounded, but that’s a small price. A bonus, even.}
At the pensión, Oliver rants to Brandon about Fedra’s awful abuse of Gretel. He’s talking awfully fast but I think he says if Gretel seems to have a screw loose, it’s because everyone is always loosening it for her. Fedra went nuts, because of one kiss! Brandon says he warned him that he’d have no future with that girl. Oliver says “a buen arból me vine arrimar,” see vocab notes. Brandon says to be careful because that family could destroy him, especially Fedra. “Did you hear the latest? Marianela was attacked in that house!” Netty walks in just then. “What?! They tried to kill my niece?!”
Marianela tells Delicia that Axel doesn’t remember her. Delicia isn’t surprised, after the way he was hit. Speaking of senseless beatings, was there ever a dustup here last night! Seems Gretel is finally in love with the handsome poli, and Fedra caught them kissing and threw the poor guy out and dragged Gretel off and hit her! Marianela takes off to see Gretel.
Gretel is in bed in the dark, with her hand bandaged and tears streaming down her bruised face. Paula sits there with her petting the cat, and wonders why Gretel is so sad and she can’t cheer her up. Paula reminisces about when Gretel was little and would cry and she would perk up right away, but then suddenly something changed and she stopped playing and smiling. Gretel sends her for warm chocolate milk. {Is Paula blind? Can she not see the abuse here?}
Bernardo is also still in bed when Fedra slithers in for a visit. He tells her he remembers she threw him out and he’s leaving that night and she will never see him again, he promises! “What?! You are so selfish! You can’t leave, especially right now when I need you more than ever!” In other words, she has remembered that he knows all her secrets. Also, she needs help because Gretel has found out about La Mala Noche. Bernardo remarks that Fedra hates Gretel so much it seems like she isn’t her real mother. Hmmm. Fedra says Gretel hated her first. But she will not let her win. Bernardo wonders if she’s thinking of offing Gretel, but Fedra thinks she’s got her terrified into silence for now. The one she’s worried about is the obese one. Spiderus licks his lips and rubs his hands together in anticipation. Fedra wants something that will kill Mari without leaving a trace or arousing suspicion. Spidey wiggles his eyebrows.
Marianela brings the chocolate milk to Gretel. Gretel says she isn’t going to allow her mother to destroy her like she did to Axel. Marianela tells her that Axel woke up and is recovering. Gretel sits up and Mari sees all the injuries and has a fit.
Netty is having a meltdown, crying that they killed her sister and they’ll kill her niece, too. Brandon tells her Eva’s death was an accident. Netty tells him and Oliver that they’re still investigating and they think there was sabotage.
Mari puts ice on Gretel’s face and says she can’t believe Fedra beat her like that just because she was kissing a humble guy. Gretel says that wasn’t the only reason. Fedra is also leading a double life. If people found out, there would be a huge scandal and the family would be ruined. {I would say this family has hit rock bottom already.}
Fedra sits in the garden wearing a horrible bedazzled tube top and making arrangements via phone for an engagement party for her beloved son. Emanuel comes outside and she tries to interest him in the details but he’d rather hear what she did to Axel that was so horrible it destroyed him.
Gretel is still caught up in the grossness and shame of her mother’s skanky secret life. Marianela remembers Netty telling her that Luis Felipe hated Fedra and had found out some awful secret about her, something that would get her thrown out of the family if people knew. “Gretel, you have to help me get the keys to my father’s office,” Mari says.
Fedra climbs way up on her mangy fleabitten high horse. “How dare you ask me such a thing? The only thing I have ever done is look out for the well-being of my children. Who put such an idea in your head? How am I supposed to know what someone falsely thinks I have done?” Emanuel says that Marianela mentioned something. Fedra: Rant, rant, rant, rabid slobber, Stupid girl just wants to destroy us for revenge, whine, whine, rant, blather, snarl. Lowrenzo walks into the garden and tells Emanuel no one stands up his daughter. No one.
The doctor tells Emiliano that Axel can go home but needs to rest for a few days. {I guess he can’t go home, then.} Emiliano tells him that Axel’s memory seems to be a tad spotty; when should that clear up? Doc says in the best cases it usually takes a few weeks to a few months. What about other cases? The doc gravely says Axel may never recover his memory completely.
Mauricio escorts Kristel out to the car. She worries that if anyone finds out about this, she could be disqualified from the beauty pageant. Malicio says not to worry; he knows a doctor who keeps everything underwater and her name will never appear in any records and no one will know. Kristel does not think to ask why he has such a doctor on quick notice. Kristel still doesn’t want to go, but Agent Orange tells her if she doesn’t go, they’re breaking up right now. Kristel gets in the car. Nereida eavesdrops and smirks, wondering how she can best make use of this secret.
Gladiola accompanies Begoña to the police station but Begoña won’t tell her why they’re there, just that it’s about her baby’s father.
Ilitia lounges around in her bathrobe and wants to die. Muñeca tries to comfort her and Ilitia yells that she’s awful and just a big nuisance and must be a terrible wife which is why Low went after other women. Muñeca calmly tells her she’s glad Emanuel was honest and didn’t deceive her, and if he fell in love with someone else, it must have been because he wanted someone mature, not a bratty child like Ilitia. Go Muñeca!
Fedra can’t believe Emanuel dumped Ilitia. Emanuel says that is a misunderstanding. Lowrenzo says she understood quite clearly that Emanuel is in love with his cousin. Eman can’t help smiling when Marianela is mentioned. Fedra is just dumbfounded that he could fall in love with that homage to lipids {how much time did the writers spend thinking up these insults?} Emanuel says he doesn’t have to explain himself to them, but not to worry about the wedding. He’ll keep his word. Fedra assures Low she’ll fix everything. Lowrenzo says he knows she spent the night out of the house a few days ago, and she was not with him. Where was she?
Begoña tells Comisario Tejeda about the bootleg porn in Lowrenzo’s storeroom.
Fedra is turned on by Lowrenzo’s jealousy. She says he’s her only amante, but her body wanders as suits her whims. He returns her earlier threat: If you deceive me, I will kill you.
Marianela and Gretel get into Luis Felipe’s cobweb-strewn office. Gretel says no one’s been in there since he died, not even to clean. Mari tells her to lock the door so Fedra won’t discover them there. Gretel starts panicking and says she wants to wait outside.
Kristel and Agent O go into the abortion clinic, where they have an appointment under the name of “Mabel.” In the waiting room, some woman is yelling at another about how stupid she was to get knocked up. Kristel really doesn’t want to be there and begs Malicio not to insist on this. He hands her a magazine so she won’t be bored waiting.
Gretel flips into one of her spells, reliving Luis Felipe’s murder. “Let him go! Let him go!” she yells. Mari asks what she’s talking about. Gretel manages to actually tell her that she (Gretel) could have prevented LF’s death, but she didn’t. She runs out of the office. “Gretel knows how my father died,” Mari realizes.
Avances: Oliver bursts into Bernardo’s room with gun at the ready. Emanuel and Marianela kiss. Brandon sees them.
Lonja – commodity exchange, grocery store, warehouse. Where Ilitia told Emanuel to go choke, die, and asphyxiate with Marianela.
Zafada – loose. Zafar = to loosen, and also to adorn.
A buen arból me vine arrimar. Oliver’s colorful language. He thinks Gretel is a good tree to snuggle against? I love Oliver, but his speech often baffles me. Anyone understand what he said?
Despapaye – disorder, confusion
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La Verdad Oculta #026: 'Assault and Attempted Rape'
Marcos and Susana discern nothing of the makeup table arrayed with masks and wigs and decide to leave them alone. At Juan José's, Asunción lies about where he got the money for the new block and tackle suspended over the kitchen pit. When Juan José explains Mario's architect niece lives across the way, Asunción reminds him her family sent him to prison.
Carlos visits Elsa's shyster lawyer, Lic. Matos, and surprises him with news that his father and Mario Genevés put Juan José away -- and that Carlos saw him running around near Mario's house. He claims Juan José is aggressive; and the cowardly Matos agrees, lying that he put Juan José in his place when he threatened him.
Carlos wants to offer Matos money to make sure Juan José doesn't bother his family, which the lawyer is happy to accept. Any infraction would put Juan José back in prison, he says -- and he'd be happy to take care of that, for a fee.
In a lovely montage, Gabriela and Juan José spend a happy and affectionate day in the park; but something's not quite right with this picture. She's kissing him, soothing his brow -- wait, wait. Sure enough, the scene turns dark; and then Caramelo is standing next to Juan José, awakening him. He was dreaming about this gorgeous, gorgeous girl he met at the market...
At the breakfast table, Julieta argues with Gabriela about their plans to leave town again. She's disgusted to be the only one paying the price for bugging out. And what does Gabriela think -- they'll work as corporate executives somewhere? It will always be waitressing!
The phone interrupts, and Julieta's main reason for staying in town speaks on the other end. When Roberto doesn't comprehend Julieta's accusation about his weekend trip, she wonders if on top of everything, he came back deaf, too! He explains only Bertha went, which Julieta relates to Gabriela after she hangs up.
Santiago goes by the tunnel house to meet and break up his partnership with Mario; he's damned angry David is hurting Gabriela, and unfortunately she loves him! When he explains the trip fiasco, Mario insists Bertha going was his own idea and that David would never trifle with Gabriela.
When Santiago won't be mollified and insists on breaking up, Mario threatens again to put him in jail -- but Santiago has another hole card: the ring that was in dead Márta's hand certainly belonged to her murderer! Santiago stalks out, leaving Mario in the lurch once again.
At home, Gabriela sits at the kitchen table having a good cry; while across town Roberto plies Julieta with kisses and explanations about his supposed business trip and manages to convince her it was innocent and that he cares about her. Besides that, he says, David does nothing but talk about how he loves Gabriela.
Elsa drops by Juan José's to pick up Caramelo for her new dress; and while the girl and Asunción go to lunch, Elsa questions Juan José about the night of the crime that put him in jail. Juan shrugs and explains he doesn't really know what happened; awakened by a scream, he arose and looked over the balcony.
Below in the crowd Adolfo looked up and accused him of the murder; then later Mario testified seeing him with the girl earlier. Elsa doubtfully asks if his story is the truth; and it suddenly dawns on Juan José that Elsa's considering he's actually guilty. She admits she's been listening to Carlos Ávila.
When Juan José angrily points out the hotel was full of possible suspects, Elsa stubbornly insists she heard the door was locked and only someone inside could have done it. Juan José is crushed at her suspicion and asks her not to return. About then, Caramelo enters; and Elsa takes her off to her apartment.
At Matos's, he's arranging for a scumbag to set a trap for Juan José. Later, a silver Mercedes pulls up at Juan José's; and a tall, dark and very handsome man exits. He proceeds to knock at the front door and tells Asunción he's Mauricio Medina, the architect prospective buyer; but Asunción blows him off, saying Juan José isn't selling.
A frustrated Medina lingers a moment in his car until the scumbag and a female accomplice happen by, where he overhears them discussing their scurrilous trap. The scumbag accuses the arriving Juan José of attacking him and the girl; and good-guy Medina breaks up the ensuing argument, alleging the scumbag is a liar.
The scumbags exit, threatening with the police. Medina takes the opportunity to pitch his offer; and Juan José kindly thanks him, but says he's still not selling. Medina exits, disappointed. Some blocks away, the scumbag instructs his scum bagette to bash him on the head with a rock to create a wound.
Julieta explains the facts of the Manzanillo trip to Gabriela at home, but Gabriela isn't buying it; and she's not buying Julieta's feeling that Roberto really cares about her either. She's just in a "no" mood, and hunkers down sourly in an upholstered chair -- despite hearing Roberto said David really loves her and remembering sweet times in L.A.
Matos's scumbags bring the police to arrest Juan José. At Elsa's, she's just trying to convince a doubtful Caramelo that bathing every day is really nice, when there's a banging on the door; and it's breathless Asunción announcing the cops have detained Juan José. They rush to the police station.
The scumbag reports success and assault and attempted rape charges to Matos, who pays him well and then reports to a pleased Carlos at the condo -- who in turn will pay him well. Juan José should be back in prison for a long time.
At the police station, Elsa is stubbornly suspicious Juan José could have hurt this new woman, but finally decides he couldn't. She won't let him go back to prison, she says; and Juan José suddenly remembers the prospective buyer who defended him against the rotten pair -- and unfortunately of whose whereabouts he knows nothing.
Carlos visits Elsa's shyster lawyer, Lic. Matos, and surprises him with news that his father and Mario Genevés put Juan José away -- and that Carlos saw him running around near Mario's house. He claims Juan José is aggressive; and the cowardly Matos agrees, lying that he put Juan José in his place when he threatened him.
Carlos wants to offer Matos money to make sure Juan José doesn't bother his family, which the lawyer is happy to accept. Any infraction would put Juan José back in prison, he says -- and he'd be happy to take care of that, for a fee.
In a lovely montage, Gabriela and Juan José spend a happy and affectionate day in the park; but something's not quite right with this picture. She's kissing him, soothing his brow -- wait, wait. Sure enough, the scene turns dark; and then Caramelo is standing next to Juan José, awakening him. He was dreaming about this gorgeous, gorgeous girl he met at the market...
At the breakfast table, Julieta argues with Gabriela about their plans to leave town again. She's disgusted to be the only one paying the price for bugging out. And what does Gabriela think -- they'll work as corporate executives somewhere? It will always be waitressing!
The phone interrupts, and Julieta's main reason for staying in town speaks on the other end. When Roberto doesn't comprehend Julieta's accusation about his weekend trip, she wonders if on top of everything, he came back deaf, too! He explains only Bertha went, which Julieta relates to Gabriela after she hangs up.
Santiago goes by the tunnel house to meet and break up his partnership with Mario; he's damned angry David is hurting Gabriela, and unfortunately she loves him! When he explains the trip fiasco, Mario insists Bertha going was his own idea and that David would never trifle with Gabriela.
When Santiago won't be mollified and insists on breaking up, Mario threatens again to put him in jail -- but Santiago has another hole card: the ring that was in dead Márta's hand certainly belonged to her murderer! Santiago stalks out, leaving Mario in the lurch once again.
At home, Gabriela sits at the kitchen table having a good cry; while across town Roberto plies Julieta with kisses and explanations about his supposed business trip and manages to convince her it was innocent and that he cares about her. Besides that, he says, David does nothing but talk about how he loves Gabriela.
Elsa drops by Juan José's to pick up Caramelo for her new dress; and while the girl and Asunción go to lunch, Elsa questions Juan José about the night of the crime that put him in jail. Juan shrugs and explains he doesn't really know what happened; awakened by a scream, he arose and looked over the balcony.
Below in the crowd Adolfo looked up and accused him of the murder; then later Mario testified seeing him with the girl earlier. Elsa doubtfully asks if his story is the truth; and it suddenly dawns on Juan José that Elsa's considering he's actually guilty. She admits she's been listening to Carlos Ávila.
When Juan José angrily points out the hotel was full of possible suspects, Elsa stubbornly insists she heard the door was locked and only someone inside could have done it. Juan José is crushed at her suspicion and asks her not to return. About then, Caramelo enters; and Elsa takes her off to her apartment.
At Matos's, he's arranging for a scumbag to set a trap for Juan José. Later, a silver Mercedes pulls up at Juan José's; and a tall, dark and very handsome man exits. He proceeds to knock at the front door and tells Asunción he's Mauricio Medina, the architect prospective buyer; but Asunción blows him off, saying Juan José isn't selling.
A frustrated Medina lingers a moment in his car until the scumbag and a female accomplice happen by, where he overhears them discussing their scurrilous trap. The scumbag accuses the arriving Juan José of attacking him and the girl; and good-guy Medina breaks up the ensuing argument, alleging the scumbag is a liar.
The scumbags exit, threatening with the police. Medina takes the opportunity to pitch his offer; and Juan José kindly thanks him, but says he's still not selling. Medina exits, disappointed. Some blocks away, the scumbag instructs his scum bagette to bash him on the head with a rock to create a wound.
Julieta explains the facts of the Manzanillo trip to Gabriela at home, but Gabriela isn't buying it; and she's not buying Julieta's feeling that Roberto really cares about her either. She's just in a "no" mood, and hunkers down sourly in an upholstered chair -- despite hearing Roberto said David really loves her and remembering sweet times in L.A.
Matos's scumbags bring the police to arrest Juan José. At Elsa's, she's just trying to convince a doubtful Caramelo that bathing every day is really nice, when there's a banging on the door; and it's breathless Asunción announcing the cops have detained Juan José. They rush to the police station.
The scumbag reports success and assault and attempted rape charges to Matos, who pays him well and then reports to a pleased Carlos at the condo -- who in turn will pay him well. Juan José should be back in prison for a long time.
At the police station, Elsa is stubbornly suspicious Juan José could have hurt this new woman, but finally decides he couldn't. She won't let him go back to prison, she says; and Juan José suddenly remembers the prospective buyer who defended him against the rotten pair -- and unfortunately of whose whereabouts he knows nothing.
Labels: verdad
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
The deceived are enlightened! Swindlers revealed! Urdiales buys trucks!
- 3/4 of the Guilty Group (Quintana, Shrimp, Chavez) - summoned by the remaining 1/4, Marco, who is suspiciously wondering why that "TODO YO" Daniel imbecile is telling people he owns the hacienda, when this crew should know it's Marco who owns it - shuffle, wipe their eyes, scratch invisible itches. Their rejoinders are too lame to translate.
- Doña Arcadia summons Beltran to tell him the ultra VIP Urdiales is coming to buy a boatload of cars. Beltran is joyous about $$$ and I am joyous hoping I will get the huge reveal! Beltran says the classy Licenciada Alvarez del Castillo will attend said VIP! HAHAHAHAHA!
- Ale grins at Rafa through morning meeting. There is no hymn again, Ramirez reproves his bosses: how will he stay motivated? Dandy, comatose again, is carried out by his pals.
- Jaime arrives to tell Ale her divorce is all taken care of, save that small detail, Marco's signature. "You'll be a Free Woman!" Rafa knows it won't be that easy, because Marco has pledged never to sign...
... so he (Rafa) hauls his Happy Compadres off to the conference room, asking them to redouble their efforts to unmask Marco so he'll sign the divorce. They say it'll be harder now that Carmela is wise to them. They think only that mamacita Marian can help now.
Rafa prefers to hope that Zerina Zeblina Zontoona can find Frank, the swindler who got Leonor to sign those damning papers. The others think Zetina couldn't find soap in the bathroom. - Ale is delighted to meet Urdiales and, locking the door to protect the secret relationship Marco has told her he has with this august personage, whispers cheerily, I'm the wife of your secret employee Marco Valenzuela.
It would have been delicious to watch Urdiales patiently repeat, in many ways, that he has never heard of this fellow, if it hadn't been so sad to watch Ale's disillusionment. She finally has to hand Urdiales off to Don Ismael to look at cars while she recovers...
... and meets with Marco at some bar, where he reiterates that he will never sign the divorce papers (and even tears them up and throws them in her lap)...
... and then she yells at him, "You've lied to me thousands of times you cynic, you lied to all of us, and where were you all those times anyway? And where did all that money come from, that you were 'supporting' us with, if you don't have a job with Urdiales? Don't touch me, you pig." She slaps him twice! And throws his ring in his face and leaves! He is speechless. HAHAHAHAH. - Quintana visits Rosario, who happily shows him the invitations to their wedding. He is increasingly uncomfortable and finally tells her: "I first approached you 'por interes' (which means for financial gain), I lusted after that wonderfully productive hacienda, but now that you don't own the hacienda OR your home, I realize I can't live without your voice, your love. Please forgive me."
She cries, says he's the worst man she ever knew, throws him out, and cries on brother Jorge's shoulder. Jorge feels a bit vindicated for always suspecting Quintana of the worst, then asks her "So, are you going to be an old maid all your life?" Way to go, bro. - Vicky strikes out. First she yells at Susana. Then Rafa won't answer his phone. Finally, el colmo! she sees her friend macking on her brother.
Vicky shrieks - and kicks Pancho to the floor. "Why didn't you tell me?" They plead, 'It's only been a little more than a day (and you were gonna kick the @##$( out of us).'
She relents and says she wants to call them "little bull" and "little cow." - Rafa enters Ale's office as she and Urdiales are having trouble getting past the "No I don't know him, he was lying to you" thing. Rafa consoles her, hears her sad whisper: "You and Susana were right, Marco isn't honest and good as I thought!"
He sweeps Urdiales away and does a fine selling job and Urdiales leaves happy (but bemused). - Julieta is walking along the sidewalk outside her classroom, minding her own business, when Jaime shows up (what a stalker). He hassles her, then young Cesar shows up. And - proposes! On his knees, with a ring!
Julieta is dumbfounded, but not as dumb as Jaime, who pulls Cesar to his feet and shouts: "You whippersnapper, you squirt, it's so unclassy to propose on a sidewalk outside school!" Then he (Jaime) also proposes. You'll have to wait till tomorrow for the outcome ... - Rafa calls Zetina and gives him yet another chance: "Follow that lawyer jerk and tell me when he's with Chavez."
- Marco pours down quarts of whiskey in his usual creepy bar, assuring the waiter he isn't driving so it's ok. Chavez shows up and Marco tells all. "We're done for!"
- Ale cries on Rafa's shoulder in the meeting room, saying of herself, "There's nobody so blind as one who doesn't want to see." "It wasn't fair for you to be so deceived," Rafa soothes her, "go home and calm down." She hugs him.
The 29th is the gran final. Tomorrow: Ale tells Rosario the truth about Marco, and Marian "plays her last card."
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